How long does it take to build a website?
A practical answer on development time, written from projects I have actually shipped rather than from a spec sheet.
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A typical website takes 2-4 weeks, while complex applications can take 3-6 months depending on the required features and testing phases.
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Calendar time and working time are not the same thing, and most of the gap is review. A build runs as design, then front end, then whatever backend the site needs, with a round of your feedback between each. The coding weeks are fairly predictable; the waiting is not. I work Sunday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00 in Kathmandu, so a comment left overnight in your timezone is usually picked up before your next morning.
The reliable way to shorten it is to reduce the number of people who have to approve each round, not to compress the build. A project with one decision-maker who can sign off within a day moves markedly faster than the same project with a committee, even where the code is identical. If several people need to see it, it helps to agree upfront that they review together rather than in sequence.
What This Means For Your Project
Timelines slip most often at the content stage, not the code stage — having your copy and images ready before development starts is the single biggest thing you can do to hit the shorter end of that range.
If this came up while you were scoping a project: the services page lists what I build, pricing publishes real starting figures, how I work covers cadence and timezone overlap, and the case studies show the stack and timeline on eight real projects. Unfamiliar term? Try the glossary.
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