We typically take 4 weeks to complete a well-designed website for your Adelaide business at Caffeinated Marketing. So, if you’re reading this, congratulations! You’ve just subscribed to greater consumer engagement, higher lead generation, cohesive brand strategies, and increased visibility for your Adelaide business in 2025.

In this blog, you’ll learn about the website build process and why it takes some time to build a great website.

How Long Does It Take for My Website to Be Built?

Most websites will take anywhere from 4-8 weeks before completion, but it all depends on the scale of the project (which determines how complex the features will be) and how ready you are with your content. After we’re sure about what we’re working towards, we can create a realistic timeline with milestones and update you as the work progresses. Let’s elaborate on these factors.

How Ready You Are With Your Content

Contrary to what most people would think, most website projects do not go over budget and timeline due to coding. It’s due to content and revision delays. Before you ring us for a website, you need to determine a few things about your business. Our blog, 7 Things Your Web Designer Needs To Know About Your Business, lists them: Your business and marketing goals, products and services, proposed features and content for your website, your target audience, business branding, your USP(Unique Selling Point), your competitors, and your conversion strategy. Our team at Caffeinated Marketing will use this information as specifications to design your website.

Note that website designing really starts when you have these ready.

Scale of the Project

There are different kinds of websites, and each one is suited to a purpose. A simple landing page is a single, conversion-focused page for a product launch or an ad campaign, and may not take more than a week to design. Businesses that want a website quick and cheap can opt for websites using pre-built templates designed in two weeks or less.

If you want an informational or brochure site (a simple 5–10 page site that shares info about your Adelaide business, such as who you are, what you do, and how to contact you), then this could take up to three weeks.

Websites that take the most time to build are custom and e-commerce websites, and for good reason. Custom websites are tailor-made website solutions to solve certain business needs. For example, our team set up a custom website for a removal company that allows the office staff to fill out the job information. From there, the moving dates are automatically added to a Google Calendar. We also configured our system to send a thank-you SMS to the customer automatically. The truck driver will also receive an SMS with all the relevant job information. Within 5 days of the job being completed, the system will also send another thank you email to the customer, including a link asking them to leave a Facebook or Google review. A website like this can take more than four weeks to customise to taste.

E-commerce websites can also take anywhere from three to six weeks or even longer, depending on your needs. We offer bespoke ecommerce options to suit the needs and demands of your Adelaide business, unlike the subscription-based DIY platforms.

Website Development Timeline

Here’s a typical website build timeline breakdown at Caffeinated Marketing:

Consultation & Discovery – 1 Week

Remember that bit about the seven things we want to know about your business? This is when we want to know them. Usually, we give a questionnaire that asks the relevant questions. We will also discuss structure and functionality at this stage, and decide on a website design that matches your needs and budget. At the end of this stage, we will have a good idea of how long the process will take and will inform you accordingly.

Development – 2 Weeks

Our team will get to work immediately after you make an initial deposit. The first step is to create a mock-up of your website following the structure and functionality we discussed in the consultation stage. Once the mock-up is complete, we usually schedule a call with clients to discuss the first draft and determine if any changes are necessary. Once we scale through this phase, we can go ahead to build a well-designed website for your Adelaide business while working closely with you through the process.

Content Writing – 1 Week

After we complete your website design, the writing team takes over to create SEO content using all the information you gave us about your business. Our goal here is to create copy that matches your brand persona with clear call-to-actions that guide visitors to make a purchase.

Client Review & Revisions – 1-2 Weeks

We’ll show you the complete draft site and give you access. At this stage of the review process, you’ll be able to assess functionality and ease of navigation, suggest any minor design/text changes, and confirm any details (i.e., product details, pricing, images). Once edits based on your feedback are applied, we’ll take care of any final tweaks, and you’re set to launch!

Should I Build My Website Myself or Hire a Web Designer?

You can either build a website yourself. But is it worth it? Not really, except you’re fine with using a one-size-fits-all template with no real customisation for your business. It also means that you’re ready to spend a lot of time on this task, because website design can take up time that you can divert elsewhere. Moreover, do you even have the expertise or experience? A well-designed website does not always come together on the first attempt. If your website isn’t working well, finding and fixing the problem will be quite difficult if you’ve not done this before. What’s the other option?

Hire us at Caffeinated Marketing. We bring a brilliant team with a wealth of experience and expertise- developers, designers, and copywriters, who will work tirelessly until your dream website is brought to life. We also offer social media management, website maintenance, and website hosting.

Most Adelaide Website Projects Are Completed Within 4 Weeks

For most Adelaide businesses, we’ll take your website from idea to implementation in four weeks. Because we work in-house, there are no international delays or communication barriers. Contact us now to get started.

Your Website Development Timeline Can Be Expedited if Necessary

We provide expedited builds for businesses needing new launches, relaunches, or time-sensitive promotions. Contact us now to get started. Our expedited process can make your website live and operating in as little as a week, depending on the project’s needs.