There are a couple of reasons for that. Many sites which look pretty take ages to download. Our sites are designed to rank well with search engines.
Search engines love text-intensive web sites.
As far as the search engines are concerned, it still holds true that 'content is king'. They 'pay through the nose for the name' as it were. Also, we realise that small businesses often don't have large budgets. This is why we are very flexible regarding prices . I already have a web site, but would like to 'refurbish' it.