A site that is still working a year after it launched.
For most customers the website is the first real encounter with a business, and it is where interest becomes a booking or a sale. We design for that moment, then keep the site fast, current and converting long after launch, which is the part most builds skip. Every build is priced on scope rather than from a list, because a one-page site for a barber and a shop selling online are not the same job.
Do I actually need a new website?
Often not, and we would rather say so before you spend anything. A site that is three years old, loads quickly and reads well on a phone usually needs its content, its speed and its structured data attended to rather than replacing. Rebuilding is the right answer when the site cannot be edited without a developer, when it fails on a phone, or when the business it describes is no longer the business you run. The audit tells you which of those you have.
What makes a site convert rather than just look good?
The path from arriving to acting being short, obvious and available at the moment somebody wants it. Most independent sites lose people in the same few places, and none of them are about the design being unattractive.
- It loads in a couple of seconds on a phone on mobile data, not on office broadband
- The thing a customer came for is on the first screen, not three scrolls down
- Booking, ordering or enquiring takes one step, and works without a phone call
- Prices, hours and location are stated rather than implied
- The structured data underneath tells Google and the assistants what the business is
How long does a build take?
Most builds run between four and eight weeks from brief to launch, and the variable is almost never the code. It is photography, copy and the decisions only an owner can make. We write to a schedule that assumes you are running a business at the same time, and the parts we can do without you carry on while we wait.
What happens after it launches?
It stays with us if you are on a plan, which is the point. Software ages, content goes stale, and a site nobody has touched in a year quietly stops earning. Hosting, updates, edits, speed and the search work all continue as part of the monthly arrangement, so the site keeps pace with the business rather than being handed over and forgotten.
What does a website cost?
It is quoted on scope, and we do not publish a range, because a figure without a brief behind it is a guess that helps nobody. What we can say is that the monthly plans start at £850 and that a build sits alongside them rather than inside them. The first conversation is free and costs you an hour.
We look at how the business appears across Google, Maps and AI assistants, and send one written report. No cost, and a reply within two working days.