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🎨 Custom websites from R2,500 — hosting included

Website Designer Johannesburg — Custom Sites, Honest Prices

Looking for a website designer who answers WhatsApp, sticks to the quote and actually delivers? MBICT gives you freelance-quality personal service with agency-level reliability — custom business websites from R2,500, built in Johannesburg, live in days, not months.

✅ Not templates✅ Fixed prices✅ Live in 3–14 days✅ Real support

Freelancer vs Agency vs MBICT

FreelancerAgencyMBICT
Price💚 Low🔴 High💚 From R2,500
Direct contact✓✗✓
Reliability✗✓✓
Hosting & supportSometimes✓✓ Included
SpeedVariesSlow3–14 days

Freelance Designer or Agency? You Don't Have to Choose

Both options have real trade-offs. Here is the honest picture.

Hiring a Freelancer

Personal, flexible and affordable. But many Johannesburg business owners have a story about a freelancer who went quiet halfway through, held the login details hostage or vanished when the site broke.

  • ✓ Lower cost
  • ✓ Direct contact
  • ✗ Single point of failure
  • ✗ Hosting & security often ignored

Hiring an Agency

Processes, a team and accountability — but often R25,000+ for a basic site, long timelines and an account manager relaying messages between you and the person actually building it.

  • ✓ Reliable delivery
  • ✓ Ongoing support
  • ✗ Expensive
  • ✗ Slow and impersonal

The MBICT Way

You speak directly to the designer, prices start at R2,500 with hosting included, and you are backed by a registered Johannesburg IT company with hosting, security and support in-house.

  • ✓ Freelance-level prices
  • ✓ Direct WhatsApp access
  • ✓ Company-backed reliability
  • ✓ Hosting, SSL & support included

Our Design Process

Four clear steps from first chat to launch.

1

Discovery

A free 30-minute WhatsApp, video or in-person chat about your business, customers, competitors and goals.

2

Proposal

A fixed-price proposal within 24 hours, with scope, timeline and what we need from you. 50% deposit to start.

3

Build

We design your homepage first for approval, then build the rest, load content, set up SEO and test on real phones.

4

Launch

Go live with SSL, Google indexing and analytics, a short training session and 30 days of free changes.

The Kind of Websites We Build

From one-page sites for sole traders to multi-location corporate websites.

Professional Services

Law firms, accountants and consultants in Sandton and Rosebank — credible, fast sites with service pages and booking forms.

Trades & Home Services

Plumbers, electricians and builders across Johannesburg — Mini Websites from R2,500 that turn Google searches into WhatsApp leads.

Retail & E-commerce

Fashion, beauty and food brands selling nationwide with PayFast, Yoco and courier integration, from R3,500.

Medical & Wellness

Doctors, dentists, physios and salons with online booking and POPIA-compliant contact forms.

Hospitality & Venues

Restaurants, guest houses and wedding venues with menus, galleries and enquiry forms.

Corporate & B2B

Manufacturers, logistics and tech companies with catalogues, case studies and multi-page sites from R16,500.

⭐ 5.0

98 Google reviews

2020

In business since

3 days

Fastest launch

100%

Mobile-first builds

"I had been let down by two freelancers before. MBICT delivered exactly what they quoted, on time, and they still answer my WhatsApps a year later."

Website Design Pricing — Johannesburg

Fixed prices, excl. VAT. Websites from R2,500 with 1 year hosting included. 50% deposit, balance on launch.

🔥 Most Affordable

Mini Website

R2,500
  • ✓1 custom page
  • ✓Basic hosting (1yr) included
  • ✓SSL certificate
  • ✓WhatsApp button
  • ✓Contact form
  • ✓Mobile responsive
  • ✓Live in 3 days
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🛒 Sell Online

Basic Online Store

R3,500
  • ✓Up to 5 products
  • ✓Basic hosting (1yr) included
  • ✓PayFast & Yoco checkout
  • ✓SSL certificate
  • ✓Mobile responsive
  • ✓Admin product panel
  • ✓Live in 5 days
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Starter Website

R4,500
  • ✓Up to 5 pages
  • ✓Mobile-responsive design
  • ✓Google Business Profile setup
  • ✓Contact form + WhatsApp button
  • ✓SSL & basic on-page SEO
  • ✓Live in 7 days
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⭐ Most Popular

Business Website

R8,500
  • ✓Up to 12 pages
  • ✓Custom design & copy guidance
  • ✓Local SEO for Johannesburg
  • ✓Blog / news section
  • ✓Google Analytics & Search Console
  • ✓Live in 10–14 days
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E-Commerce Store

R12,000
  • ✓WooCommerce or Shopify
  • ✓PayFast, Yoco & Ozow payments
  • ✓Up to 50 products loaded
  • ✓Courier Guy / Bob Go shipping
  • ✓Stock & order management
  • ✓Training included
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Bigger project? Corporate sites from R16,500 and enterprise platforms from R35,000. WhatsApp us for a quote →

Work With a Website Designer Who Delivers

Tell us about your business and get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours.

Website Designer Johannesburg FAQs

What's the difference between a freelance designer and an agency?+
A freelancer is usually cheaper and personal, but you depend on one person — if they get sick, busy or disappear, your website is stuck. An agency offers reliability, a team and support, but often at two to three times the price with account managers in between. MBICT combines both: you work directly with the designer, at freelance-level prices, backed by an established company with support and hosting.
How much does a website designer charge in Johannesburg?+
Johannesburg website designers charge anywhere from R2,000 to R50,000+. MBICT prices are fixed: R2,500 for a Mini Website and R3,500 for a Basic Online Store (both with 1 year hosting included), R4,500 for a 5-page Starter site, R8,500 for a 12-page Business site and R12,000 for a full e-commerce store, excl. VAT.
Do you build custom or template sites?+
Every MBICT website is custom-designed around your brand, colours, content and goals. We use our own tested component library to work efficiently, but we do not resell off-the-shelf themes, so your site doesn't look like thousands of others.
How long to build my website?+
A Mini Website or Basic Online Store is typically live in 3–5 working days, a Starter site in about 7 days and a Business or e-commerce site in 10–14 days. Timelines depend mainly on how quickly we receive your content and feedback.
Do you provide ongoing support?+
Yes. Every website includes 30 days of free post-launch changes. After that, you can WhatsApp us for small updates, or choose a website maintenance plan that covers updates, backups, security monitoring and content changes.

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