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Custom website for martial arts schools
A custom website for a martial arts school costs from $4,500 one-time at Nabee Studio, or $499/mo for 24 months with maintenance and hosting included. Unlike a template, it's designed around how a martial arts school actually operates — removing the manual touchpoints (Taking trial-class requests by phone and Facebook message) that template sites force on you.
The martial arts business runs on a simple loop: get a parent to book a trial, deliver a great first class, enroll the family. A martial arts website's whole job is to make that first step effortless. A parent searching for kids' karate is comparing schools in minutes, and the one that lets them book a trial online — with the waiver and intro offer handled — wins over the one that says "call us." A custom site is built to be that pitch and that funnel.
Beyond the trial, it establishes trust: your instructors' credentials, your programs by age and level, your community and values. Parents are choosing who spends hours a week with their child, so credibility converts. Unlike a Facebook page or a bland member-app storefront, a custom site presents all of that the way your school deserves — and it's yours.
The reality for most martial arts schools
The trial-class funnel is leaky
Trials are how enrollments happen, but if booking a trial means calling or messaging on Facebook, parents drop off. Without a clear online trial offer with waiver and scheduling, warm local interest never becomes a first class — and the first class is what sells the membership.
Waivers, intake, and belt records are manual
Every student needs a liability waiver and medical intake; kids' programs need parent/guardian info. Paper forms at the door slow the first class and pile up in a drawer. Belt/rank progression and attendance are tracked in notebooks or a separate app.
Membership billing and retention need attention
Recurring family memberships are the revenue base, but declined cards, cancellations, and lapsed students leak money. Manual follow-up on billing and win-back doesn't happen consistently when the instructor is on the mat all day.
What does it cost?
One scoping pass, one fixed number — no hourly billing. Belt tracking and billing live in member-management software; the leverage is a site that sells trial classes and manages the family enrollment funnel, not a separate platform.
- Website — from $4,500 one-time (standard from $7,500), or $499/mo for 24 months with the Maintenance Plan and hosting included.
The monthly plan totals somewhat more than paying up front — that's the honest trade for spreading the cost and having us operate everything for two years. Details in the payment plan guide and on the pricing page.
Start a project — one scoping pass, a fixed number within one business day.
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Common questions
- How much does a website for a martial arts school cost?
- From $4,500 one-time at Nabee Studio (standard from $7,500), or $499/mo for 24 months with the Maintenance Plan and hosting included. One scoping pass produces a fixed number — no hourly billing.
- What should a martial arts school website include?
- Beyond presenting the business: the workflows that remove manual work — trial-class booking & intro offer and digital waivers & family intake — plus the integrations martial arts schools actually use.
- Who maintains the website after launch?
- We do. The Maintenance Plan ($299/mo, included in the payment plan) covers hosting, SSL, security, backups, updates, and small content changes — you never inherit a server login you didn't ask for.
- Is a template or website builder good enough instead?
- Sometimes — if the site just needs to exist and you're happy doing the manual work a template can't remove. The honest comparison is in our custom vs website builder guide.