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How long does a custom website project take?
Not knowing how long a project will take is one of the most common reasons people put off starting a website project — whether it is three weeks or six months. The honest answer depends on scope, but the range is more predictable than it feels from the outside.
A realistic range
A focused single-page site typically moves in a few weeks. A standard multi-page business site more commonly runs 6–10 weeks from kickoff to launch. Larger scopes — ecommerce, custom booking flows, a built-in lightweight tool — extend that further, mostly because there is more to design, build, and test carefully.
What actually causes delays
It is rarely the development itself. The most common slowdown is waiting on content — photos, copy, decisions — from the client side, followed by scope expanding mid-project without an adjusted timeline to match, and revision rounds that go back and forth more than the proposal anticipated.
- Content (copy, photos, credentials) ready before kickoff, not during it
- One clear decision-maker for approvals, not a committee reviewing every round
- Scope changes flagged and agreed on as they come up, not absorbed silently
Quick check
The single biggest lever you control is how quickly you can turn around content and feedback — it moves the timeline more than almost anything else.
Working toward a deadline?
Tell me your timing, and I will be direct about what is realistic before you commit to anything.
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