Website cost guide · Minnesota
How much does a website cost in Minnesota?
Before you compare quotes in Minnesota, check three things. Minnesota taxes prewritten software but not custom programs. A privacy law has been in force since July 31, 2025. And the Twin Cities metro adds its own transportation sales tax. Here is what each one means for a website quote, with the official source for every point.
The short answer
Website prices for Minnesota businesses
For a small business in Minnesota, 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. Minnesota taxes prewritten software but not custom programs, so ask every studio for a quote that lists theme and plugin licenses apart from the custom work.
- 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 · Minnesota
Minnesota in numbers
Official Minnesota figures to keep in mind when you budget for a website. Each one comes from a state statute or a city program page and gives its year.
- Minnesota state sales tax rate
- 6.875%
- In 2026, the state rate is 6.5% plus an additional 0.375% that expires July 1, 2034. It applies to taxable items such as prewritten software licenses, so check which lines of a website quote it covers.
- Official source Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Minn. Stat. 297A.62, Rates; general rate
- Metro area transportation sales tax
- 0.75%
- A 2023 law added 0.75% on taxable sales in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties. If you are in the Twin Cities metro, the tax on any taxable line of a quote is higher than the state rate alone.
- Official source Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Minn. Stat. 297A.9915, Metropolitan area transportation sales tax
- Consumers that bring a business under the privacy act
- 100,000
- Since July 31, 2025, the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act has covered businesses that handle the personal data of 100,000 or more consumers in a calendar year. Data used only to complete a payment is not counted. A busy store or booking site should check where it stands.
- Official source Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Minn. Stat. 325M.12, Scope; exclusions
- Free consulting hours for Minneapolis small businesses
- Up to 50
- The City of Minneapolis Business Technical Assistance Program has offered up to 50 hours of no-cost consulting, including business and marketing plans. It does not build websites, but it can help you plan one. Check whether it is open and whether you qualify.
- Official source City of Minneapolis · Help for small businesses (Business Technical Assistance Program)
Only in Minnesota
Minnesota rules that affect your website
These rules come from Minnesota statutes and rules, on top of the national points in our US guide. They are not legal or tax advice. Use them to decide what to check and what to ask.
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Custom programs and prewritten software are taxed differently
Minnesota's sales tax rule says tax is due on the sale, lease or license of a canned or prewritten program, but not on a custom computer program. A website quote often mixes custom work with licensed themes, plugins or apps. Ask for an itemized quote that lists them separately, and check with the Minnesota Department of Revenue how your project is treated.
Official source Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Minn. R. 8130.9910, Computer software -
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The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act has applied since July 31, 2025
The act took effect on July 31, 2025. It covers businesses that do business in Minnesota or target its residents and that, in a calendar year, control or process the personal data of 100,000 or more consumers, or of 25,000 or more while earning over 25% of gross revenue from selling personal data. If your site collects data at that scale, ask your studio how forms, analytics and ad tags will be set up to fit the act.
Official source Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Minn. Stat. 325M.12, Scope; exclusions -
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Small businesses still may not sell sensitive data without consent
The act excludes small businesses as the U.S. Small Business Administration defines them, with one exception: they must not sell a consumer's sensitive data without that consumer's prior consent. If your site collects health, location or other sensitive details through forms or tracking, ask where that data goes and whether any tool you add counts as selling it.
Official source Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Minn. Stat. 325M.17, Requirements for small businesses -
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Covered sites need a clear privacy link on the home page
Businesses covered by the act must post a clear privacy notice. It must say what personal data is processed and why, what rights consumers have and how to appeal, what is sold or shared and with which kinds of third parties, how to contact the business, how long data is kept, and when the notice was last updated. The notice must be posted through a conspicuous link using the word "privacy" on the home page. Ask your studio to build that link in and agree who writes the notice.
Official source Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Minn. Stat. 325M.16, Controller duties -
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Minnesota's breach notice law covers data your forms collect
Under Minnesota's breach law, a business whose unencrypted personal information is acquired by an unauthorized person must tell affected residents in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay. If more than 500 people must be told at one time, it must also tell the nationwide consumer reporting agencies within 48 hours. Ask your studio what your site's forms store, where, and whether it is encrypted.
Official source Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Minn. Stat. 325E.61, Data warehouses; notice required for certain disclosures
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Languages and markets
Every extra language means translated pages and its own search setup. Prices in more than one currency add a little more.
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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.
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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
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