How Much Does a Therapist Website Cost?


The short answer

Somewhere between a few hundred dollars a year and several thousand up front - depending on whether you build it yourself, pay a platform made for therapists, or hire a designer. Here's how the three compare.

Building it yourself

General website builders typically charge a monthly fee for hosting and your domain. They're inexpensive, but the time is yours: choosing a template, writing every page, and working out what a therapist's site should even say.

Platforms made for therapists

Services built for therapists usually cost more a month, sometimes with a setup fee or a contract. In return you get templates that already know about specialties, fees and insurance. Read the contract: some charge to leave, or keep your site if you go.

Hiring a designer

A custom site from a designer often costs a few thousand dollars up front, plus hosting - and every later change is another invoice. It makes sense for a large group practice; for a solo practice it's usually more than the site needs to do.

The costs people miss

  • Your domain renewing each year.
  • Your time - often the biggest cost of all.
  • Changes you can't make yourself.
  • Getting your site back if you leave - check you can download it.

Where Acorn Pages fits

Acorn Pages' therapist sites start written for a practice, at a published monthly price, month to month with no contract, and your whole site is yours to download any time. The first 30 days are free. Already on a directory? Here's what a site adds to your profile.

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