What does a website really cost in Benin?

The question comes up at every first meeting, and the honest answer fits in one sentence: it depends on what the site has to do.

Three levels of need

A five-page showcase site, an online catalogue and a business platform are not the same job. The first takes one or two weeks; the last takes months.

What really drives the price up

The number of pages matters less than people think. What costs is integration with your existing tools, payments, user roles and the content to produce.

The trap of very cheap offers

They exist, and they work for a very simple need. The problem shows up a year later, when a site has to evolve and nobody holds the access or the source code. Always ask who owns the domain name, the hosting and the files.