Website cost guide · Michigan

How much does a website cost in Michigan?

What a small-business website costs in Michigan in 2026, how the state's 6% sales tax separates custom website work from prewritten software, and two Michigan privacy laws that shape how your site's forms should work, from Detroit to the Upper Peninsula.

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The short answer

Website prices for Michigan businesses

For a small business in Michigan, a website of up to 5 pages on a premium WordPress theme starts at $799 with us and takes about 15 days. A custom-coded site of up to 8 pages, built in Astro, Next.js or React, starts at $1,999 and takes about 4 weeks. Fixing an existing site starts at $249, and looking after it costs $49 a month. Before you compare quotes, ask each studio which lines are custom work and which are software licences, because Michigan taxes the two differently.

01 · Basic Website
$799
02 · Business Website
$1,999
03 · Website Fix & Speed-up
$249
04 · Website Care Plan
$49

Our usual starting prices in USD. You get a written quote before any work starts, and the price we agree is the price you pay.

Official figures · Michigan

Michigan in numbers

A few Michigan figures that affect what you pay for a website and what your site has to handle, each taken from the official page that publishes it.

Michigan sales and use tax on prewritten software
6%
Michigan Treasury's bulletin approved July 31, 2023 applies the 6% sales and use tax to prewritten software, while custom software is exempt. On a website quote, check which lines are theme or plugin licences and which are custom work.
Official source Michigan Department of Treasury · Revenue Administrative Bulletin 2023-10
Breach notices to Michigan residents above which the credit bureaus must also be told
1,000
Under MCL 445.72 as last amended in 2010, a business that must send breach notices to more than 1,000 Michigan residents also has to notify the nationwide consumer reporting agencies. A site that collects many customer records should have a breach plan before launch.
Official source Michigan Legislature · MCL 445.72, Identity Theft Protection Act
Cap on civil fines for failing to give breach notices after one breach
$750,000
Under MCL 445.72 as last amended in 2010 (in force April 1, 2011), a business that knowingly fails to give a required breach notice can be fined up to $250 per notice, capped at $750,000 for one breach. It is a reason to ask how your studio would spot and report a breach on your site.
Official source Michigan Legislature · MCL 445.72, Identity Theft Protection Act
Professional and business services jobs in Michigan
616.7 thousand
The preliminary, seasonally adjusted September 2026 figure. Many of these firms sell on expertise, so their website is often the first thing a buyer checks.
Official source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Michigan Economy at a Glance
Professional and business services jobs in metro Detroit
374.0 thousand
The preliminary September 2026 figure for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn (not seasonally adjusted). Firms there compete for the same searches, so a fast, clear site matters.
Official source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Economy at a Glance

Only in Michigan

Michigan rules that affect your website

These come from Michigan law and Michigan Treasury guidance, not from federal rules. They are points to check and ask about, not tax or legal advice.

  1. §1

    Custom website work and prewritten software are taxed differently

    Michigan's 6% sales and use tax applies to prewritten software, while software originally designed for the exclusive use and special needs of the buyer is exempt. Charges for changing prewritten software to your needs are exempt too, but only when they are stated separately on the invoice. Ask each studio to list custom work, theme licences and plugin licences as separate lines, and check with Michigan Treasury if you are unsure.

    Official source Michigan Department of Treasury · Revenue Administrative Bulletin 2023-10
  2. §2

    Downloaded software and browser-only software are treated differently

    Treasury's 2023 bulletin says software that is downloaded in its entirety is generally taxable as prewritten software, while in its example of software that stays on the seller's servers and is reached only through a web browser, with no code or desktop agent delivered, there is no sale of prewritten software. A bundle that mixes software and services is judged with the 'incidental to services' test. Ask each supplier of hosting, plugins or tools which kind you are buying.

    Official source Michigan Department of Treasury · Revenue Administrative Bulletin 2023-10
  3. §3

    Michigan's breach notice law covers data your site collects

    Under the Identity Theft Protection Act (2004 PA 452; section 445.72 added in 2006 and in force since July 2, 2007), a business that discovers a breach of personal information about Michigan residents must notify them without unreasonable delay, unless it decides the breach is not likely to cause substantial loss, injury or identity theft. A company that only holds data for someone else must tell the data owner. Ask your studio how it would detect a breach and how quickly it would tell you.

    Official source Michigan Legislature · MCL 445.72, Identity Theft Protection Act
  4. §4

    Forms must not ask for full Social Security numbers over an insecure connection

    Michigan's Social Security Number Privacy Act (2004 PA 454, in force since March 1, 2005) says a business must not require anyone to send more than 4 sequential digits of their Social Security number over the internet unless the connection is secure or the data is encrypted, nor publicly display more than 4 digits. If your site has job, credit or patient forms, ask for HTTPS on every page and collect only the last 4 digits where you can.

    Official source Michigan Legislature · MCL 445.83, Social Security Number Privacy Act

This is a builder's checklist, not legal or regulatory advice. Guidance changes, so check your regulator's current pages; we build the pages it asks for and make them easy for you to keep up to date.

What moves the price

Six things that decide the cost

Storvexa Your quote, line by line

  1. 01

    Pages and content

    Five pages cost less than twenty. Writing the copy, finding photos and moving content from an old site all take time, so say up front who supplies them.

  2. 02

    Theme or custom code

    A premium WordPress theme is the quickest and cheapest route. A site written in our own code costs more, loads faster and has no page-builder plugins to keep updating.

  3. 03

    What the site has to do

    A contact form is simple. Online booking, payments, client logins or a shop each add work, because each has to be built, tested and kept safe.

  4. 04

    Languages and markets

    Every extra language means translated pages and its own search setup. Prices in more than one currency add a little more.

  5. 05

    Connections to your tools

    Linking the site to a CRM, a booking calendar, an accounting tool or a payment provider is quoted per connection, after we have seen what the tool allows.

  6. 06

    Speed and search work

    Basic Google setup comes with every site. Full on-page SEO, a Google Business Profile and analytics come with the custom-coded package.

Total In your written quote, before any work starts

FAQ · 06

Questions Michigan businesses ask

Asked before anyone asks for a quote.

Ask us anything else

It depends on how many pages you need and whether the site uses a theme or custom code. With us, a 5-page WordPress site takes about 15 days and a custom-coded site of up to 8 pages about 4 weeks, and the pricing page shows each in US dollars. Before comparing quotes, check whether each one adds Michigan sales tax on software licences.

It depends on what the quote contains. Michigan's 6% sales tax applies to prewritten software, while software originally designed for the exclusive use and special needs of the buyer is exempt. Licences for ready-made themes or plugins can count as prewritten software, so ask each studio to list them apart from custom work, and check with Michigan Treasury about your own quote.

It depends on how the software reaches you. Treasury's 2023 bulletin gives an example where software stays on the seller's servers, is reached only through a web browser and no code or desktop agent is delivered: that is not a sale of prewritten software. Downloaded software is judged differently. Ask each supplier which kind you are buying and check with Michigan Treasury.

Hiring a remote studio from Michigan works through video calls booked in your own time zone, a written quote in US dollars before any work starts, and shared progress links while the site is built. You approve each stage in writing. Ask any studio, including us, to confirm call hours, who owns the code and hosting, and what the quote leaves out.

Under the Identity Theft Protection Act, a business that discovers a breach affecting Michigan residents' personal information must notify them without unreasonable delay, unless it decides the breach is not likely to cause substantial loss, injury or identity theft. Above 1,000 notices it must also tell the national credit bureaus. Ask your studio how fast it would report a breach on your site.

Yes, if the form asks for Social Security numbers. Michigan's Social Security Number Privacy Act says a business must not require more than 4 sequential digits of a Social Security number to be sent over the internet unless the connection is secure or the data is encrypted. Ask for HTTPS on every page and collect only the last 4 digits where you can.

Website cost by place

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