People pay web devs because they don't want to take the TIME to learn it and do it themselves.
The reason people offer $200 is because they really want to pay someone for 8 hours of work for $200, it has NOTHING to do with web design.
If you are starting a candy store, that's the business you are in. Candy. They don't want to be web developers. At the same time, they don't have much money.
A hired hand who can do the work, manage the content, setup the design, but still use the easy tools available would be perfect. Then we COULD charge $200, be done in a few hours, and have happy clients.
Most people won't care what you use to create their site as long as you get it done and it was affordable.