Process15 min read
How much does a business website cost in the UK?
A transparent UK website budget guide covering scope, design, content, integrations, VAT, maintenance and the reasons two quotes can differ.
Planning guides
Planning & pricing software
Fixed scope, realistic budgets, delivery phases, and the questions worth answering before a build starts.
A useful estimate needs more than a feature list. These guides explain how scope, dependencies, timelines, ownership, and payment milestones shape the number before anybody writes code.
The examples come from the same pricing rules and delivery process used across Bothmade. They are here to help a buyer compare options and spot missing assumptions, whether or not the project ends up with us.
Guides in Planning & pricing software
Process7 min read
Fixed scope, fixed price
Why we quote a number before we write a line of code, and what has to be true for that to work.
Process8 min read
How our web and app development process actually works
A practical look at discovery, design, build, and launch, with an interactive project-timeline demo.
Process7 min read
Our pricing calculator won't sell you something broken
How quote dependencies stop buyers selecting an incomplete build, with a live pricing demo.
Process7 min read
Tell us what's actually wrong
Most quote forms ask what package you want. We'd rather start from the actual problem — pick one below and see what it's really costing you.
Process6 min read
There's no account manager
Why every message you send reaches whoever is actually writing the code — and what that means when something goes wrong.
Process6 min read
We don't disappear after launch
The most common complaint about studios isn't the work — it's what happens the week after you pay the final invoice. Here's what stays true here.
Process3 min read
A price should look decided, not computed
£7,458.75 is arithmetic. £7,460 is a number a person stood behind. The difference is at most a fiver and it changes the conversation.
Engineering4 min read
Prices in pounds, not converted pounds
A price that is converted when it is displayed is a price that changes on its own — including on the contract, and after the client agreed to it.
Process3 min read
The quote that expires, and the page that forgot
We printed “valid for 30 days” on every quote for months while nothing whatsoever enforced it.
Process4 min read
Ten quotes before we conclude anything
Every price in our catalogue is a guess by people who have not yet watched anybody decide whether to pay it. Here is what we do about that.
Buyer guide4 min read
The VAT line you cross without noticing
Ninety thousand pounds on a rolling twelve months is eight good projects. Crossing it unnoticed means owing 20% on money you have already spent.