What it costs
What a video production website should cost
You can't sell video with words. Clients hire on what they watch. The site is where your showreel lives. Here is what it costs.
From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
Video production website cost
The short answer on cost
A video production website cost starts from £297 for a spec-built site on your own domain, live within seven days, with the first three months of care included, then £49 a month you can stop whenever. That sits below the agency quotes and above the throwaway builders, both of which mislead you. But for a video production company the number matters less than a simple fact about your work: you cannot sell it with words. A client does not hire you on a description; they hire you on what they watch, on the strength of your showreel and your past projects. So your website’s job is to be the home for that reel, the place a prospective client goes to see the quality of your work for themselves and decide you are the company for their project. Set against the value of a video project won because someone watched your reel, a few hundred pounds is trivial.
What the money buys: a home for the showreel
The value here is presenting video where clients will watch it, not decoration. That price buys a site built to show your work well, hosting your showreel and past projects so they load fast, play cleanly and look their best, and letting a prospective client watch the quality of your work directly. That matters because video is judged by being seen, not told, so your showreel is the single most persuasive thing you have, and it is only persuasive if clients actually watch it in a setting that does it justice. A site built to present video lets a client experience your best work and judge your quality for themselves, which no words could achieve, so it turns a viewer into an enquiry. A slow, clumsy site that plays your work badly undercuts the very quality you are showing, while one built for video lets it shine. What you are paying for is the home where your reel does the selling.
Why cheaper and dearer both mislead
The thousand-pound-plus agency quotes bundle overheads that do nothing to present your video better. The near-free DIY builders undersell you, handling video poorly, slow to load, clumsy to play, which spoils the very work that wins clients. Both miss the point. A video production company needs a site built to present video cleanly and well, which is a specific thing to get right, so agency prices waste money and bargain builders undercut the reel your business runs on.
Paid off by one client who watched your reel
Video projects are valuable, so the maths is quick. A single client, won because they watched your showreel and saw you could do the job, covers the build many times over, and because your reel keeps playing for every new visitor, it keeps winning the next client who watches. Set against the value of the projects a well-presented showreel wins, the modest cost is an easy decision for a company whose work, once watched, sells itself.
How it works
From message to live in four steps.
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Message me
Tell me your trade and your town on WhatsApp. No forms to wade through, no call to book.
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£99 to start
A £99 deposit gets your build going and comes off your quote. It covers some of the build time.
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I build it, you see it
I build the whole site, framed around your work, and send it to you finished to look at.
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Pay the rest, go live
Happy with it? You pay the balance, it goes live on your own domain, and it is yours to keep.
What you get
What a video production site from me includes.
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Built on spec
I build it first and send it finished. You see the real thing before you decide, not a mock-up.
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Live in 7 days
From the go-ahead, your site is live within a week. No months of back and forth.
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On your own domain
It goes live in your name. You own the site and everything on it, with no lock-in.
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Genuinely fast
Static pages, no WordPress. Fast pages rank better and turn more visitors into calls.
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Found on Google
Built to be found in local search, with the plumbing done properly from day one.
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Looked after
Someone looks after it and changes it when you need. Two small edits a month, your listing kept current.
What it costs
A straight price.
From £297 to build it, first three months of Care included, then £49 a month.
You own the site outright and can stop the monthly plan whenever you like. Hosting is part of Care and Grow, so one of those keeps it online after the first three months, or you host it yourself. See the full pricing.
Common questions
Questions I get asked.
How much does a video production website cost?
From £297 as a one-off, live on your own domain within seven days, then £49 a month for hosting and small edits you can stop any time, with the first three months included. For a business where clients hire on the strength of your showreel, that is a small price for a site that hosts your reel and past work where clients will watch it.
What am I really paying for with a video production website?
A home for your showreel and past work. Video cannot be sold with words, clients hire on what they watch, so the site's job is to present your showreel and projects where a prospective client can see the quality of your work for themselves. You are paying for a presence built to show video well, so a client watches your reel and decides you can do the job.
Why does the showreel drive the value?
Because video is judged by being watched, not described, so your showreel is the single most persuasive thing you have, and it needs somewhere to live where clients will see it. A site built to present video well lets a prospective client watch your best work and judge your quality directly, which no words can do, so its value is in showing the reel that wins the job.
Why do some video production websites cost thousands?
Agencies bundle overheads that do nothing to present your video better. A lean site built to host your showreel and projects cleanly does the real job for a fraction of the price, so the big quotes rarely make sense for a company whose work sells itself once a client watches it.
Is a cheap DIY video production website good enough?
Usually not, because presenting video well, loading fast and looking polished, matters, and cheap builders handle it poorly. A client judging you on your reel is put off by a slow, clumsy site that plays your work badly, which undercuts the very quality you are showing. You need a site built to present video, and a cheap DIY job rarely is.
Are there ongoing costs beyond the build?
The domain is about ten to fifteen pounds a year and stays yours. The £49 monthly plan covers hosting, backups and two small edits, so you can update your showreel and add new projects without a separate bill. A static site has almost nothing to break, so there are no surprise maintenance invoices.
How quickly does a video production website pay for itself?
Very fast, because video projects are valuable, so a single client won because they watched your showreel covers the build many times over. Win one project you would otherwise have missed and the site has more than paid for itself.
Do I own the video production website or rent it?
You own it outright. The domain is in your name and the site is yours to keep even if you stop the monthly plan. I do not lock people in, because the site that shows your work should belong to you, not be rented back every month.
Tell me your town and I'll build you a video production site on spec, so you can see it before you pay. Or read What a website costs, see the full pricing, or get in touch.