Immigration and relocation firm website cost in Taipei: local agencies vs Kolonell (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Taipei, an immigration and relocation firm website built by a local agency costs, as a 2026 ballpark, about 150 000 to 600 000 TWD, roughly 4 700 to 19 000 USD, and a Taiwanese freelancer can deliver a decent site for 30 000 to 150 000 TWD (950 to 4 700 USD), which is often cheaper than Kolonell. Kolonell charges a fixed 2 900, 4 900 or 8 900 USD, with native English copy written for HR teams and foreign executives, a project manager and a written schedule. The right choice depends mostly on the language your buyers read: if your clients read English first, the price gap is easier to justify than if they read Chinese first.

What do Taipei agencies, freelancers and Kolonell charge?

Let us say it upfront: the Taiwanese web market is clearly cheaper than Europe or the United States. The ballparks below draw on public rate cards of agencies in Taipei and New Taipei, minimum project sizes on Clutch.co profiles, hourly rates posted by local studios and prices visible on Upwork and Fiverr. They stay wide, because a bilingual Traditional Chinese and English site is not priced like a Chinese-only site.

The row that makes the difference is English copy. A relocation firm in Taipei often sells to a mobility manager based in Austin, Munich or Singapore, who compares three providers by reading their pages in English. A site translated word for word from Chinese shows quickly. If, on the other hand, most of your clients are Taiwanese employers hiring foreign engineers, a bilingual local agency will probably be more effective and cheaper.

The Kolonell project manager is reachable in your time zone: Google Meet calls at your hour and a written update every week. The team is based in Senegal (GMT), eight hours behind Taipei, which naturally puts calls in your late afternoon. Payment by bank transfer or Wise, 50 % at kickoff, 50 % on delivery. Plan details are on our international offer.

What is the total cost over three years?

Kolonell maintenance after the support period is quoted on request, so we apply the same maintenance assumption to all three columns, to compare what really changes.

The freelancer stays the cheapest option, by a wide margin. Kolonell sits in between: what you pay on top of the freelancer is native English copy, a project manager, a written fixed price and a full handover of access. These figures are for comparing quotes, not for predicting your invoice.

What does a relocation firm need in Taipei?

Taipei welcomes executives transferred by semiconductor, electronics, finance and gaming groups, researchers attached to universities and public institutes, entrepreneurs holding the Employment Gold Card and families settling around Tianmu, Xinyi or Da'an. Many also work in Hsinchu or Taoyuan and choose to live in Taipei. Your readers are looking for a neighbourhood, an international school, a lease they understand and a contact who speaks their language.

Two trades to separate clearly on the site. Immigration advice (work permits, residence, Gold Card, family reunification) touches regulated administrative procedures; relocation, or destination services, covers home search, schools, opening a bank account, address registration and spouse support. If you work with a lawyer or a specialist provider for the administrative side, say so on a Who does what page.

A space where the client tracks a file and uploads documents is a custom application, quoted on request. Ongoing SEO is also quoted on request.

Compliance, factually. Work and residence authorisations are issued by the competent Taiwanese authorities, and the Employment Gold Card follows its own criteria: the site must never promise a permit, a card or a timeline. Some immigration intermediary activities may require registration with the competent authority: check your position before describing your services. Files contain passports, family status and sometimes health information; Taiwan's Personal Data Protection Act governs how you collect them. Keep the site form minimal, and route documents through a secure tool, never plain email. This is not legal advice.

How do you compare quotes, and which red flags matter?

• A bilingual quote with no named English writer: you will often get a literal translation.
• A contact form that asks for the passport or residence permit number at first contact.
• Visa guaranteed style wording suggested by the agency to boost conversions: refuse it.
• A domain registered in the provider's name, or hosting you cannot transfer.
• A client portal included with no line on document hosting or access rights.
• No written delivery date, or a from price with no defined scope.

Ask three simple questions as well: who writes the English copy, who holds the access at the end, and what an added page costs in six months.

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Grace L., founder of a five-person relocation firm in Taipei, works for the HR teams of semiconductor groups and banks that transfer executives from the United States, Europe and Japan. She receives three proposals: a Xinyi agency at 420 000 TWD (about 13 100 USD) over 12 weeks, a freelancer at 90 000 TWD (about 2 800 USD) who asks her to write the English herself, and Kolonell Growth at 4 900 USD.

For Kolonell, she adds 1 300 USD of Chinese translation by a local translator: 6 200 USD in total. For the freelancer, she budgets an English copywriter at 1 500 USD: 4 300 USD. The agency stays at 13 100 USD. Grace rules out the agency (6 900 USD more than Kolonell) and weighs the other two: a 1 900 USD gap against a project manager, a fixed price and copy written directly for mobility managers. She books a local photographer for portraits in both cases.

FAQ

How much does a relocation firm website cost in Taipei in 2026?

With a local agency, about 150 000 to 600 000 TWD (4 700 to 19 000 USD); with a freelancer, about 30 000 to 150 000 TWD (950 to 4 700 USD). Kolonell charges a fixed 2 900, 4 900 or 8 900 USD.

Is Kolonell cheaper than a Taiwanese freelancer?

No, rarely. A local freelancer often costs under 3 000 USD; Kolonell makes sense if you need native English copy, a project manager and a written fixed price.

Can you write in Traditional Chinese?

No. We write native English and French; Chinese is supplied by you or quoted separately, often 1 000 to 1 500 USD for a site of this kind.

How long until the site is live?

3 to 4 weeks on Starter and Growth; on Premium, a written schedule at kickoff, usually 4 to 6 weeks.

Can the site receive client passports?

Not through a standard form. The form stays minimal and points to your secure tool; a custom portal is quoted on request.

Let's scope your project. Send us your client profiles, your languages and your target employers, and we will come back with a fixed-price plan and a 3 to 4 week timeline. Request your free quote or see the international offer.