How Much Does a Hair Salon Website Cost in Australia?

An Australian web design price guide, checked in November 2026, lists a landing page at $800–$3,000, a small business site at $2,000–$6,000 and a custom build at $6,000–$15,000. Sites that integrate bookings, memberships or a CRM sit in a $15,000–$40,000 tier, care plans run $50–$300 a month and hourly work after launch is $80–$250.

A salon rarely needs that bookings tier. The appointment diary, stylist rosters, reminders, deposits and client cards already sit inside salon software the business pays for each month. Rebuilding any of that inside a website is expensive and duplicates a tool that's already working. What a salon site needs is narrower: a price list people can read on a phone, a team page, photos of real work, the salon's policies, and a Book now button on every page that opens the existing booking system.

That narrower brief is why salon sites can sit at the lower end of the market. Ours are $399 for one page, $899 for up to three pages and $1,499 for up to eight, with no GST added and no deposit. We build the draft, you ask for any changes, and you pay once you approve it.

Cost is one of the first things a new client checks, and a salon price list is harder to set out than most. Prices change with hair length and thickness, with how many colours go in, with toners and treatments, and with whether the stylist is a junior, senior or director. A list that just says "Colour from $95" leaves the client guessing and leads to an awkward moment at the desk.

Business.gov.au's guidance is that an advertised price must be the total, including all compulsory charges, and that if you advertise only part of a price, the total has to be just as noticeable. For a salon, that's worth keeping in mind when setting out "from" prices and anything that's always added, such as a compulsory toner. The official guidance is linked in the sources below, and it's the place to check rather than this page.

Laid out well, a salon price list often runs to a page of its own: cuts, colour, blonding, treatments, styling, extensions and bridal, with a column for each stylist level. That's text on a page, so it doesn't change our price. What does matter is how often it changes. Salons tend to review prices once or twice a year and add a service whenever a stylist trains in something new. On an hourly rate of $80–$250 those edits add up. Under our $30 monthly hosting they're text changes on an existing page, so they're included.

Deposits and no-show fees are charged by the booking system, not the website, so they add nothing to the cost of the build. The site's job is to state the policy in plain words before a client books: the deposit for long colour appointments, how much notice a cancellation needs, what happens if someone runs late, and whether a skin test is needed before a first colour. The wording should match what your software actually charges.

Gift vouchers are usually sold through the booking system too, so the site links to that page. Under the Australian Consumer Law, most gift cards bought since 1 November 2019 must be redeemable for at least three years, and the expiry date must be prominently displayed. Make sure the voucher page says what the vouchers say.

If you'd like to sell the shampoos, treatments and styling products you stock, our online stores start at $799 for up to 25 products with one payment gateway and basic order management, or $1,999 for unlimited products, multiple payment options, customer accounts and advanced shipping. Check first whether your booking platform already sells retail online, as some do, before paying for a separate store.

Take the three-page site: $899 to build, $360 of hosting over the first twelve months and about $20 for the domain, registered in your name. That comes to roughly $1,279 in the first year and about $380 a year after that, including every price rise, new team member and holiday closure notice on existing pages. We also set up business email on your domain, so bookings and supplier mail come from the salon's name rather than a personal address.

Your booking software subscription and card fees are separate and stay the same whoever builds the site. Hosting has no contract, and you can cancel anytime. For the wider picture of ongoing costs, see our guide to website maintenance costs.

A bigger budget makes sense for a salon group with several locations, a shared loyalty or membership scheme and its own app; for a brand selling a large retail range with stock synced to the salon's point of sale; or for a salon that wants someone to write the copy, shoot the team and the work, and run social media and ads. We don't write copy, take photos or manage ads, and the businesses that do are worth paying for when you need them.

For an independent salon that can send its price list, team bios and Instagram photos, most of a larger quote pays for work the salon has already done. Our guides to small business website costs and whether you need a website if you have Facebook go further.