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What we found. We have rebuilt 8,260 small business sites. Most of the previous sites were 4 to 7 years old.
The realistic lifespan
A well-built static site lasts three to five years before it needs a refresh. A site built on a hosted builder lasts about the same, but the moment you stop paying, the site is gone.
The thing that actually kills a site is not age. It is the slow accumulation of plugin updates, security patches, and certificate renewals that someone has to remember to do. After a few years, somebody is no longer doing them.
Signs it is time to rebuild
The site is slow on a phone. The contact form does not work. The gallery shows images from three redesigns ago. The "designed by" credit in the footer goes to a company that no longer exists. You are embarrassed to send people to it.
- Page takes more than three seconds to load on a normal 4G connection.
- Contact form submissions do not arrive in your inbox.
- The site is not mobile-friendly at all.
- You cannot remember the last time you updated it.
- The designer who built it is not responding.
What a rebuild costs
A flat-fee rebuild, done in 24 hours, is $600. After that, the only recurring cost is the domain.
Questions we get about this
Do I lose my Google ranking if I rebuild?
Not if the domain stays the same and the new site uses the same URL structure. Most rebuilds hold ranking within a week.
Can I just update the existing site?
Sometimes. If the underlying platform is healthy, a refresh is enough. If the platform is dead, a rebuild is cheaper than the update.
How long does a rebuild take?
The site itself is built before we contact you. The whole thing, end to end, is 24 hours.
Ready to how long should a small business website last??
Email shoaib@localsiteshop.com and tell us about the site. We will reply same day with a fixed quote and a date.
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