How much time does it take to create a website?

Creating a website with the best website management services will increase the value of your business, but it is not an overnight job. After all, we’re discussing an asset that has to attract, convert, and retain customers for years to come.

Keeping that in mind, we’ve put together this manual to help you understand the website process a little better and how long a purpose-built custom website can typically take.

Remember, the timings we’ve cited are an overall indication and how soon your website will be ready relies upon multiple factors. These include the complexity of your design, your internal review process, the type of website you need to create, your target market and the products or services you can offer.

A quick overview of the website design and development process

Designing a website is a collaborative process between client and developer.

The initial step is getting to the crux of what you need for your website to do and how you’d like it to look and feel.

The next comes design.

It is where we translate the thoughts we discussed into visual mock-ups of the UI on desktop and mobile.

The next follows the web development stage (when your website gets built), followed by a testing phase when we guarantee that it works and iron out any issues.

The average timeline for website design and development

Considering all of the above mentioned, it most likely won’t surprise you that designing and developing a website from scratch can take weeks to months.

Given that we have broken down to five phases of a website, build in more detail and included estimates of the amount of time each process may require.

Identifying your needs and creating a plan (approx. 2 – 3 weeks)

Generally referred to as defining the scope, this is the point at which we make sure about your requirements and explore what your website needs to do.

If you have an existing website, we’ll ask what isn’t working? If you are coming to us for a first-time website, we’ll test a little deeper into the functionality and features your website needs to have.

We’ll also use this platform to know your customer and brand better.

The design phase (approx. 5 – 6 weeks)

The design phase comes when you get your first glimpse at how your website looks on screen. We’ll give wireframes to you to review featuring the styles, colours, and layouts we’re proposing.

If everything looks good, then we can progress to the build stage. If any tweaks are needed, we’ll update the plans as per the requirement.

Developing your website (approx. 4 – 8 weeks)

Once the website designs are approved, we can start developing your website. It is the most technical phase and includes creating the code that will allow your website to move and function.

Review, testing and snags (approx. 2 – 3 weeks)

When we have reached the review phase, we have reached the end goal. However, before making your website live, we initially make sure it works.

We’ll test it on a combination of desktop and mobile operating systems and guarantee it displays accurately on all devices and functions as it should be.

If there are any bugs, we’ll see that these get fixed.

Launching your website

Once the testing part is completed, nothing remains except to make your website live. We’ll do this at an agreed date and time, so you can align your marketing strategy accordingly.

We at The Fully Managed Website are well known as the best website builders in the UK, providing websites for various industries for over a decade. Our professional team has good knowledge and has a good amount of experience.