Benjamin Price — Notes
Notes
Working thoughts on design, craft, and what it takes to build a website worth looking at twice. Written slowly, published rarely.
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What should a website cost?
The straight answer, in the first sentence. Why every guide quotes a range as wide as $3,000 to $150,000, and why the width of the range is the width of the negotiation.
Aug 2026
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[05]
Good got cheap
Anyone can build a decent website in an afternoon now. On what that changed, what it did not, and the three things a generated site cannot see.
Jul 2026
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The weakest person in the room
Your website meets more clients than anyone who works for you. On what a weak one quietly costs a business that gets everything else right.
Jul 2026
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The website is the product, not a picture of it
A mockup can only promise. The built thing has weight, timing and load, and that is where the work actually lives.
May 2026
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[02]
In praise of the slow reveal
Attention is earned, not grabbed. On motion that rewards a moment of patience instead of demanding one.
Apr 2026
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What we leave out
Restraint is the most expensive thing on the page. A note on the discipline of the empty space.
Mar 2026
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