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WordPress web design from a Seattle agency serving the whole US. Custom builds start at $5,000, month to month, with SEO under the same roof.
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Professional WordPress web design typically runs from roughly $3,000 to $20,000 depending on scope, with most custom small business sites landing between $5,000 and $15,000. Kihan Marketing builds custom WordPress sites starting at $5,000, works month to month with no long term contract, and keeps design and SEO under one roof. Free proposal within one business day.
WordPress web design is a fixed scope project that takes you from a brief to a launched site: discovery and sitemap, custom design mockups, WordPress development, content placement, mobile and speed QA, an on page SEO foundation, launch, and training for your team. When an agency quotes you, that full list is what the number should cover.
None of this replaces knowing the platform. WordPress's own getting-started documentation is worth an hour of anyone’s time.
Quotes vary wildly because scope varies wildly. Some firms quote design only and treat development, analytics, metadata, and redirects as extras. Before comparing prices, make every WordPress web design agency list exactly what ships at launch. Two quotes for the same dollar figure are rarely for the same work.
Why WordPress
WordPress runs roughly 40 percent of all websites, which means you are never locked into one vendor. You own the site, and any qualified developer can work on it.
Across the US market, template customization by a freelancer generally runs about $1,000 to $5,000, custom agency builds commonly land between $5,000 and $20,000, and complex or e-commerce projects go beyond that. These are broad market ranges, but they hold up well enough to spot an outlier quote in either direction.
Affordable WordPress web design usually means a premium theme configured to your brand, which is a legitimate product as long as you know that is what you are buying. Kihan Marketing publishes its number: custom WordPress web design starts at $5,000, quoted as a fixed scope before work begins.
| Approach | Typical market range | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Template customization, freelancer | $1,000 to $5,000 | Tight budgets and simple brochure sites |
| Custom design, agency build | $5,000 to $20,000 | Businesses that need the site to compete |
| Complex or e-commerce build | $15,000 and up | Stores, memberships, custom features |
| Kihan Marketing custom build | Starts at $5,000 | Custom WordPress web design with SEO under one roof |
Watch for
The cheapest quote is rarely the affordable one. A budget build that has to be redone within a year or two costs more than a site built properly the first time.
A premium theme build starts from a purchased template and adapts it. It is faster and cheaper, but you inherit the theme’s structure, its unused code, and its resemblance to every other site built on it. Custom WordPress web design starts from your brand and your buyers, so the design, the code, and the heading structure exist to serve your goals.
The honest guidance: choose a theme when you need a simple brochure site and budget rules everything. Choose custom when the site has to compete in search, load fast on mobile, or support features that fight a theme’s assumptions. Most businesses hiring an agency at the $5,000 level and up are better served by custom.
| Factor | Premium theme build | Custom WordPress web design |
|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | Lower, often under $5,000 | Higher, typically $5,000 and up |
| Timeline | 2 to 4 weeks | 4 to 10 weeks |
| Design | Looks like other sites on the same theme | Built around your brand and buyers |
| Page speed | Often slowed by unused theme code | Only the code the site needs |
| SEO control | Limited by the theme's structure | Headings, metadata, and speed built for search |
| Flexibility | Constrained by theme updates | Grows with the business |
Most custom WordPress projects run 4 to 10 weeks from kickoff to launch. You approve the sitemap before design starts and the design before development starts, so there are no surprises at the end and no rework invoices.
The biggest schedule variable on any web project is content. When copy, images, and product details arrive early, timelines hold. We flag content needs at kickoff for exactly this reason.
You can evaluate a WordPress web design company before spending a dollar. Run every agency you are considering, including us, through this list on the first call. Any firm that stumbles on the ownership or pricing questions is telling you something.
Kihan Marketing is a Seattle web development and SEO agency serving clients across the US. The case for us is structural, not rhetorical: web design and SEO sit under one roof, so the site is architected for search from the first wireframe instead of retrofitted after launch. Most firms do one or the other, and the seams show.
Pricing is published and simple. Website design starts at $5,000. Ongoing SEO starts at $1,500 per month, and combined growth packages start at $3,000 per month. Everything is month to month with no long term contract, which means the work has to keep earning your business.
When design and SEO run together, expect early movement in weeks and meaningful traction in 60 to 90 days. We put that expectation in writing rather than promising rankings nobody can guarantee.
Next step
Call (425) 954-3452 or request a free proposal. You will have a scoped plan and a fixed starting quote within one business day.
Across the US market, template based builds generally run about $1,000 to $5,000, custom agency builds commonly run $5,000 to $20,000, and complex or e-commerce projects can go well beyond that. Kihan Marketing’s custom WordPress web design starts at $5,000, with the final quote depending on page count, features, and content needs.
Most custom builds take 4 to 10 weeks from kickoff to launch. Simple sites on a tight scope move faster, and e-commerce or heavy content projects take longer. The biggest schedule risk on any project is late copy and images, so we lock content requirements at kickoff.
If you need a handful of standard pages, have no serious search ambitions, and budget rules everything, a well configured theme is a legitimate choice. Choose custom when the site has to rank, load fast, match your brand, or support features a theme cannot handle cleanly. An agency that never recommends the cheaper option is selling, not advising.
Every build ships with the on page foundation: clean heading structure, fast load times, mobile QA, metadata, and analytics. Ongoing SEO, meaning the content and authority work that moves rankings after launch, is a separate engagement starting at $1,500 per month. When you run both, expect early movement in weeks and meaningful traction in 60 to 90 days.
You do. The domain, hosting, WordPress admin, and design files all belong to you, set up in accounts you control. If you ever leave, the site goes with you, which is exactly how month to month should work.
No. Design projects are quoted as a fixed scope, and any ongoing work such as SEO or a growth package runs month to month with no long term contract. You can stop whenever the numbers stop making sense.
WordPress runs roughly 40 percent of all websites, so you are never dependent on a single vendor, and the plugin ecosystem covers almost any feature a business site needs. Closed builders are fine for very simple sites, but they limit SEO control and make moving away painful. For a site that has to grow, ownership and portability usually win.
Kihan Marketing gives you a written scope and price within one business day. No pressure, and nothing to sign to see it.
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