How much does a student website cost?
A student website has three kinds of cost: the design and build (paid once), the domain name (renewed every year), and hosting (often free for a simple site). At Northframe, Launch is $49 (student pricing, regularly $99), a one-time price for a custom one-page portfolio.
The three costs
- Design and build: a one-time cost, whether you pay a designer or spend your own time.
- Domain name: a yearly renewal paid to a registrar. Prices depend on the registrar and the ending (.com, .dev, .me and so on).
- Hosting: many hosts have free plans that comfortably run a simple personal site. Paid plans matter once you need more traffic, storage, or features. Running a website without a monthly fee covers what is optional.
What Northframe charges
Launch is $49 (student pricing, regularly $99). It includes 1 custom-designed page, projects and resume sections, basic contact section, 1 revision round, plus what every package has: custom visual design, responsive layout, domain setup help, deployment.
If you need more than one page, Presence is $199 (Founding Client Pricing, regularly $349) and covers up to 3 pages with a contact form and SEO and analytics setup. The web design for students page shows how a student site is planned.
Domain registration and paid third-party services, like premium hosting or email plans, are billed separately where required.
What pushes the price up
- More pages, or a separate page for every project.
- Features such as contact forms, galleries, or analytics.
- Logins, databases, or payments, which turn a website into an application.
- Extra rounds of changes beyond what was agreed.
Template or custom?
A template builder can be cheaper in cash, but the monthly plan, the template's limits, and the time spent fighting it all count. A custom site costs more upfront and fits your work exactly. Either is a reasonable choice, and the custom website vs Wix or Squarespace guide compares them side by side. What matters most is that the site is clear, current, and on a domain you control.
Common questions
Is the Northframe price one-time or monthly?
One-time. Domain renewal and any paid third-party services are separate and paid to those providers directly, under your own account. The website cost calculator shows the price for your page count and features.
Web design for students
A custom portfolio or resume website for students: one polished page on your own domain, designed around your work, with clear student pricing.