Professional Web Design at an Affordable Price
I am experienced in designing and developing websites for small businesses and organisations, and used to being flexible. I am happy building anything from very simple to very complex – and I can work with varying levels of input from your side.
I provide a fixed quote at the outset, based on gaining a clear understanding of what you do and what you need. As a guide, the vast majority of sites I build are priced as follows:
A brochure site for a small business or organisation
£800*
A more complex site with some additional functionality
£1400*
A small online shop (eCommerce) site
£2,000*
*These are indications for budgeting purposes – every site has different requirements.
No up-front payment is required. Initially, I build a “first draft” of the site, using, adapting and adding to any content that you can provide at the start. This first-draft site is fully-operational and often almost the complete final version. I share it with you, for us to both test and discuss. At that point I ask for a commitment of half of the cost of the original quote, and we agree how to continue to develop it further to produce the final live site.
Web Hosting Services
Almost all of my clients allow me to provide and manage the hosting accounts for their sites. I have a thorough understanding of what is required, and I commit a significant amount of time to ensuring that hosting is fast and secure. I provide an end-to-end service, ensuring that your site stays online and behaves!
WordPress-optimised hosting with security, software updates and regular backups
£135 – £200 annually
I can also provide and maintain bespoke VPS hosting arrangements for very demanding or high-traffic sites.
Other Ongoing Website Services
Once I have built your site, I can support you with it to whatever level you require. Most simple brochure sites require very little regular intervention. Many people are also at least partly familiar with WordPress and are able to make their own changes and additions to content – and I can teach and support you with this. Equally, I am more than happy to do it all for you on a one-off or retained basis.
Regular addition or update of content (blog posts, products etc) on your behalf
£40 per month*
Website analytics (I prefer Plausible to Google Analytics for reasons of data privacy)
£30 annually
Marketing integrations (setup of Facebook Commerce, Google Merchant Centre etc)
£160 – £320
*To be reviewed if regularly exceeding 2 hrs per month
One-off amendments or development, integration with third-party platforms (EPOS, stock management, back office, other sales channels etc), bespoke development and training sessions are priced based on my normal rate of £40 per hour.
I Don’t Normally* Offer …
- Help with photography or sourcing images.
- Setup of social media accounts and support with creating or adding social media content.
- Setup and maintenance of email accounts, cloud storage and other business systems.
- Setup and support with pay-per-click advertising.
- Production of paper materials, general graphic design, logo design and help with branding.
- Native (iOS and Android) app development. Sites can, however, be delivered as Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) to further enhance their already app-like behaviour on mobile devices.
- Off-page SEO. However on-page SEO is built in, right from the start – my sites get found and used!
- Support with, or maintenance of, websites not built by me.
- Technical support with hosting accounts not arranged by me.
*Although my arm can sometimes be twisted …
