“Pages” in Web Design:
WTF Are They and Why Are They on My Invoice?

So you hired someone to “build a website.” Cool. Then they dropped a bomb on you like:

“That’ll be €X per page.”

...Wait. What the hell is a page, and why does it sound like something ripped out of an ancient scroll and slapped onto your invoice?

Well buckle up, because I’m about to demystify this overused, under-explained dev lingo and drag it into the modern era. You didn’t ask for this enlightenment—but here it comes anyway.

🧱 A Page Is a Digital Room (That You Probably Forgot to Clean)

Every website is like a badass cyber-bunker. And each “page”? That’s a room.

  • Home – Your entrance. Your digital jaw-punch. First impressions happen here.
  • About – The narcissism suite. “Look at me, I’m experienced and trustworthy.”
  • Services – The weapons rack. What you’re offering, and how it shreds the competition.
  • Contact – The intercom. Ring the bell, leave a message, summon the gods.
  • Blog – Your brain’s garage sale. Hot takes, cold facts, and SEO bait.

Each page is its own beast—designed, developed, optimized, debugged, then styled until it glows.

💸 Why You’re Charged Per Page (Spoiler: Because Time Is Real)

Asking a dev to build “just a website” without clarifying pages is like telling an architect:
“Just build me a structure. With… you know… walls and stuff.”

Every page requires:

  • Different content
  • Different logic
  • Unique layout
  • Testing for screen sizes, browsers, and your weird uncle’s iPhone 6
  • Actual thought and design work (you’d be shocked how rare that is)

So yeah, we charge for pages. No apologies.

🧙 Are All Pages Created Equal? HA. No.

There’s a galactic gap between:

  • A “Contact” page with a form and some text...
  • ...and a “Dashboard” page that syncs with 4 APIs, triggers push notifications, and reacts faster than your ex during an argument.

Not all pages are created equal. Some are copy-paste monkeys. Others are Frankenstein's monster — and you better believe I’m charging for the electricity.

🧠 Want to Add Pages Later?

Welcome to modular development, baby.

You can start with 3 pages and expand into a 50-page empire when you realize your startup is actually a real business. But remember:

More pages = more time. More time = more money.
And I don’t accept “exposure” as payment. Save that for OnlyFans.

TL;DR for the Scroll-Impaired

Pages are real work, not a buzzword.

  • Every one of them adds design, logic, and time to your site.
  • They’re priced individually because they’re built individually.
  • Your site is a war machine. I’m the weaponsmith. Pages are the blades.

If you still think all pages are equal, I suggest building your next site on Microsoft Word.

— The Web Runners
Click. Hire. Deploy.
And never ask me again why “pages” cost money.

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