What a personal portfolio website needs to do
Whether you are a designer, a developer, a student or a freelancer, the same rule holds: fewer, better pieces with a sentence of context beat a long gallery. A short about section and a visible contact link finish the job.
We write the copy from a short conversation and help you pick which work to show. If you are a student, the site can grow with you as you add projects.
People searching for a personal portfolio usually decide in seconds. Your site should answer the questions below before they have to ask.
See selected work
A few strong pieces
Read about you
Short and personal
Get in touch
Visible contact
Download a resume
Timing matters. Graduation season and job-search cycles bring portfolio refreshes.
The pages a personal portfolio website needs
A personal portfolio site does not need dozens of pages. It needs the right few, each doing one job:
- ✓Home with your best work
- ✓Work — pieces with context
- ✓About
- ✓Resume
- ✓Contact
Need a page for every service or town you cover? The larger packages give you room to grow.
Mistakes we see on personal portfolio websites
- ✓Showing everything you made
- ✓No context for projects — visitors cannot judge
- ✓Hidden contact
Getting found: SEO basics for a personal portfolio
- ✓Use your name and specialty — "your name product designer"
- ✓Describe projects in text — helps search engines
- ✓Keep an up-to-date title — matches job searches
Cheap Cheap Websites sets up the essentials on every build, and Monthly SEO adds new pages every month when you are ready.
Sample sites that could be yours
These are real samples we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words.
What a personal portfolio website costs
Most personal portfolios fit Launch Website: $399 one-time for up to 5 pages, because they need a home page, a work page, an about page, a resume file and a contact form. Websites are priced one-time, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds.
Optional add-ons, billed separately
The prices above are for your website. These two are separate monthly products you can add now or later. Neither is part of the website price.
Monthly SEO, from $50/month: new pages published on your site every month. See Monthly SEO →
Business Spotlight, from $30/month: articles about your business, labeled as paid, published on The Company Chronicle. See Business Spotlight →
What we ask a personal portfolio for
We will ask for your best projects, a short bio, your resume and how you want to be contacted.
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
