How long does it take to build a custom website?

A custom website takes 4-12 weeks from kickoff to launch, depending on scope. A marketing site with 5-10 pages, basic CMS, and contact form typically ships in 4-6 weeks. E-commerce platforms, multi-language sites, or applications with complex integrations take 8-12 weeks.

The timeline breaks down roughly as: Week 1-2 for discovery and architecture, Week 2-4 for design and prototyping, Week 3-8 for development, Week 7-10 for content integration and QA, Week 9-12 for launch preparation and deployment. These phases overlap.

What slows projects down: unclear requirements (adding scope mid-build), slow content delivery (the #1 delay), committee-based approvals, and third-party API dependencies. What speeds them up: a clear brief before kickoff, content prepared in parallel with development, single decision-maker, and using proven patterns instead of inventing new ones.

We use a static-first architecture (Next.js with ISR) that means most of the site is pre-built and cached — launch performance is instant from day one, not something you optimize later.