You need a website. The question is: when will it actually be live? Here’s the honest truth about website timelines in 2026.
The Quick Answer
- ✅ DIY builders (Wix, Squarespace): 1-3 days if you do it yourself
- ⏳ Freelancers: 2-8 weeks (often longer)
- 🐌 Agencies: 3-6 months
- 🚀 Wyrestack: 7 days, guaranteed
Option 1: DIY Website Builders
⏱ Timeline: 1-3 Days
Technically, you can launch a Wix or Squarespace site in an afternoon. But here’s the reality:
- Day 1: Pick a template, add content
- Day 2: Realize the template doesn’t work how you thought
- Day 3: Try to customize it, get frustrated
- Week 2: Still tweaking because it doesn’t look right
Hidden truth: Most DIY sites take 2-4 weeks because you’re learning as you go. And the result looks DIY.
Option 2: Freelancers
⏱ Timeline: 2-8 Weeks (Often Longer)
Typical Freelancer Timeline:
- Week 1: Initial call, send brief
- Week 2: Wait for proposal
- Week 3: They start (maybe)
- Week 4-5: First draft
- Week 6: Revisions
- Week 7: “Sorry, family emergency” (they ghost)
- Week 8: Find new freelancer, start over
Reality check: Good freelancers are booked 4-6 weeks out. Cheap ones disappear mid-project. Budget 2-3 months to be safe.
Option 3: Web Design Agencies
⏱ Timeline: 3-6 Months
Typical Agency Timeline:
- Month 1: “Discovery phase” (kickoff meeting, strategy doc, more meetings)
- Month 2: Wireframes and design mockups
- Month 2.5: Revisions on designs
- Month 3: Development starts
- Month 4: More meetings about content
- Month 5: Testing and revisions
- Month 6: Launch (maybe)
Why so long? Agencies have processes. Lots of processes. And lots of meetings.
- Account managers need to justify their existence
- Designers wait for developers, developers wait for designers
- Everything needs approval from multiple people
- You’re not their only client
Real talk: Agencies are slow because they’re expensive to run. More overhead = more meetings = longer timelines.
Option 4: Wyrestack (Modern Approach)
⏱ Timeline: 7 Days, Guaranteed
Our 7-Day Process:
- Day 1: You order, send brief & assets
- Days 2-3: We design & build
- Days 4-5: Add content, integrate features
- Day 6: You review, request changes
- Day 7: Final tweaks, launch 🚀
How are we so fast?
- No meetings marathon: One kickoff call, then we work
- Modern tech: Astro builds 10x faster than WordPress
- Fixed scope: We know exactly what to build (no scope creep)
- Focused team: No account managers, just builders
What Slows Down Website Projects?
🐌 Slow: Waiting for Feedback
Most projects stall because the client is slow to respond. With Wyrestack, we build it, you review once, done.
🐌 Slow: Technology Choices
WordPress requires plugins, configurations, updates. Astro is simpler and faster to develop.
🐌 Slow: Scope Creep
“Can we add just one more thing?” Fixed packages prevent this.
🐌 Slow: Too Many Stakeholders
Agencies have designers, developers, PMs, account managers. More people = more delays.
The Comparison Table
| Option | Timeline | Reality |
|---|---|---|
| DIY | 1-3 days | Actually 2-4 weeks, looks DIY |
| Freelancer | 2-8 weeks | Often 2-3 months, may ghost |
| Agency | 3-6 months | Lots of meetings, expensive |
| Wyrestack | 7 days | Actually 7 days, guaranteed |
Bottom Line
If you need a website this month, not in 6 months:
- ❌ Don’t use an agency (you’ll wait forever)
- ❌ Don’t gamble on freelancers (too risky)
- ❌ Don’t settle for DIY builders (looks cheap, ranks poorly)
- ✅ Get it built right, fast (that’s us)
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