Website cost guide · New York
How much does a website cost in New York?
What a business website costs in New York State in 2026, how New York sales tax treats web design compared with software, and the state data-security and anti-discrimination rules a New York site has to live with.
The short answer
Website prices for New York businesses
For a small business in New York, 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 New York quotes, check whether each one separates design work from any software licences, because New York 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 · New York
New York numbers that affect a website budget
State-level figures from New York's tax department, Attorney General, statute and federal labor statistics. Check the source before relying on any figure: rates and laws change.
- State sales tax rate
- 4%
- New York's state rate is currently 4%, and counties, cities and school districts can add their own rate on top. If any part of a website quote is taxable, such as a software licence, the rate depends on the address, so use the state's lookup tool.
- Official source New York State Department of Taxation and Finance · Sales and use tax rates
- Extra rate in the commuter district
- 0.375%
- Taxable sales inside the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District carry an additional 0.375%. For a business there, any taxable line on a website invoice costs a little more than the same line elsewhere in the state.
- Official source New York State Department of Taxation and Finance · Sales and use tax rates
- SHIELD Act penalty for weak safeguards
- $5,000 per violation
- A court can impose a civil penalty of up to $5,000 per violation for failing to keep reasonable safeguards over New York residents' private information. Security work on forms, logins and backups is worth budgeting for.
- Official source New York State Attorney General · SHIELD Act
- Deadline to notify residents of a breach
- 30 days
- The current text of New York's breach law (revision of March 28, 2025) requires notice within 30 days of discovering a breach, unless law enforcement needs a delay. Your site needs logging and someone who would notice a breach in time.
- Official source New York State Senate · General Business Law § 899-AA
- Nonfarm jobs in New York
- 9.97 million
- New York had about 9,970,400 nonfarm jobs in September 2026 (preliminary, seasonally adjusted). It is a large, competitive market, so a site has to win on clarity and speed, not just exist.
- Official source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · New York Economy at a Glance
Only in New York
New York rules to check before you buy a website
These are New York State rules, on top of the federal points in our US guide. They are pointers on what to ask, not tax or legal advice.
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Design work and software are taxed differently
New York treats prewritten software as taxable tangible personal property, including licences to access software remotely, while custom software designed to a particular purchaser's specifications is not taxed. In a 2020 advisory opinion, TSB-A-20(70)S, the tax department concluded that a company's services of creating and hosting websites for its clients were not subject to state and local sales tax. Advisory opinions only bind the facts they describe, so ask each studio to list design work, theme or plugin licences and hosting as separate lines, and check with the department if you are unsure.
Official source New York State Department of Taxation and Finance · TB-ST-128 Computer software; TSB-A-20(70)S (tax.ny.gov/pdf/advisory_opinions/sales/a20-70s.pdf) -
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The SHIELD Act requires reasonable safeguards
General Business Law § 899-bb applies to any person or business that owns or licenses computerized data that includes private information of a New York resident. A small business, meaning fewer than 50 employees, under $3 million in gross annual revenue in each of the last three fiscal years, or under $5 million in year-end total assets, can use safeguards suited to its size, but it still needs administrative, technical and physical ones. Ask your studio how the site protects logins, form data and backups.
Official source New York State Senate · General Business Law § 899-BB -
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An email address and password counts as private information
Under General Business Law § 899-aa, a user name or email address combined with a password or security question and answer counts as private information, as does a card or account number combined with personal information and any required security code. If your new site has customer accounts or takes payments, a breach triggers notice to affected New York residents within 30 days of discovery. Ask who would detect a breach and how fast.
Official source New York State Senate · General Business Law § 899-AA -
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The Human Rights Law covers businesses open to the public
The New York State Human Rights Law bars discrimination, including on the basis of disability, in places of public accommodation, and the Division of Human Rights lists entities that provide any type of goods or services available to the public. The Division's page does not spell out website rules. For incidents on or after February 15, 2024, people have three years to file a discrimination report. Ask your studio to build to WCAG 2.2 AA, and get legal advice if you need certainty.
Official source New York State Division of Human Rights · Protected places; Report discrimination (dhr.ny.gov/report)
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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