Property management company website cost in Taipei: local agencies vs Kolonell (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Taipei, a property management company website built by a local agency costs, as a 2026 order of magnitude, about 120 000 to 600 000 TWD (roughly 3 750 to 18 750 USD), and a capable local freelancer delivers a Chinese-language site for 30 000 to 120 000 TWD (roughly 950 to 3 750 USD), often less than Kolonell. Kolonell charges a fixed 2 900, 4 900 or 8 900 USD and earns its place mainly when your owners or tenants read English: native English copy for expatriate tenants and overseas owners, a project manager reachable on Taipei time and a written scope. If your clientele is entirely local and Chinese-speaking, a good Taipei studio is probably the better buy, and the three-year total cost below shows why.

What do Taipei agencies, freelancers and Kolonell charge?

These ranges are cautious orders of magnitude, not official figures. They draw on public price lists from Taipei and New Taipei web studios, minimum project sizes on Clutch.co profiles, day rates published by local agencies (often 12 000 to 24 000 TWD a day, about 375 to 750 USD) and rates visible on Upwork and Taiwanese freelance platforms.

Payment is by bank transfer or Wise: 50 % at kickoff, 50 % at delivery. The team is based in Senegal (GMT), eight hours behind Taipei, so Google Meet calls usually happen in the late afternoon or early evening Taipei time, and a written update arrives every week. Kolonell does not visit apartments or take photos: they come from your team or a local photographer. Details are on our international website offer.

What does a three-year comparison look like?

The table compares a mid-range Taipei agency with the Premium package, for an English site with a Traditional Chinese version. It assumes the same maintenance budget on both sides, since Kolonell quotes maintenance after the support period separately.

The gap is small. Against a Taipei freelancer at 90 000 TWD (about 2 800 USD), the three-year total falls to around 7 200 USD, well below Kolonell. That freelancer is the right call if your site is mainly in Chinese and English is secondary; Kolonell makes sense when English is what wins your mandates.

What does each Kolonell package include for a Taipei property manager?

A custom tenant portal (rent statements, online contract signing, request tracking) is an application quoted separately. Ongoing SEO is also quoted separately.

What does a Taipei property manager need from its website?

The managed stock in Taipei is mostly residential and fragmented: apartments owned by individuals, often in buildings with a management committee, let unfurnished or furnished. Internationally minded firms serve expatriate tenants in Da'an, Xinyi and Zhongshan, families near the international schools of Tianmu, engineers at the Neihu technology park, and Taiwanese owners living in the United States or Canada who manage their property from afar. Those owners choose a manager by reading the site from the other side of the world.

• Reassure the remote owner: monthly reports, repair handling, a named contact, fees shown or on request depending on your practice.
• Welcome the expatriate: the lease explained in English, the deposit, utility setup, neighbourhoods.
• Link your listings: many firms publish on 591, Taiwan's main rental portal; the site should point to your listings rather than copy them.
• Show your Google reviews and a clear emergency number.

On compliance, facts only. Taiwan's Rental Housing Market Development and Regulation Act governs businesses that manage or sublet rental housing, which must be licensed and employ certified rental housing managers; if it applies to you, show your registration on the site. Forms collect personal data covered by Taiwan's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA): explain how it is used on a dedicated page. This is not legal advice.

Which red flags should you watch for in quotes?

• A machine-translated English version with no native review: it drives overseas owners away.
• A custom tenant portal priced by default when an existing tool would do.
• Listings typed in by hand, out of date within weeks.
• A domain registered in the provider's name.
• No written list of pages and forms.

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Kevin L. runs a firm managing 260 apartments, mostly furnished, in Da'an and Tianmu, half of them owned by landlords living in California. A Taipei agency quotes 360 000 TWD (about 11 250 USD) over 12 weeks; a freelancer quotes 90 000 TWD (about 2 800 USD) for a Chinese-only site; Kolonell proposes Premium at 8 900 USD, an English and French site with a Chinese version supplied by his team, on a written five-week plan.

Kevin rules out the freelancer, because his mandates come from English-speaking owners. He then sizes what he controls: at his 10 % fee, a furnished two-bedroom let at 45 000 TWD a month brings 4 500 TWD a month, or 54 000 TWD a year (about 1 690 USD). The build gap with the agency, about 2 350 USD, equals a little over a year of fees on a single mandate. The site guarantees no mandate; it makes the request easier to send.

FAQ

How much does a property management website cost in Taipei in 2026?

With a local agency, plan on roughly 120 000 to 600 000 TWD (about 3 750 to 18 750 USD); a freelancer often asks 30 000 to 120 000 TWD. Kolonell charges 2 900, 4 900 or 8 900 USD fixed.

Does Kolonell write in Chinese?

No. We write in English and French; the Traditional Chinese version comes from your team or a translator, often 30 000 to 50 000 TWD, or is quoted separately.

Can you connect our listings?

If your tool or portal provides an embed code or a stable link, we integrate it from Growth at 4 900 USD. A custom data feed is quoted separately.

Who takes the apartment photos?

Your team or a Taipei photographer, often 15 000 to 35 000 TWD for a set. Kolonell does not travel, but we brief the photographer on the formats needed.

How long does it take?

Starter and Growth go live in 3 to 4 weeks. Premium follows a written plan set at kickoff, usually 4 to 6 weeks, with 6 months of support.

Let's scope your project. Send us your unit count, the share of owners living abroad and the languages you need, and we will reply with a fixed-price package delivered in 3 to 6 weeks. Request your free quote or see the international offer.