Most small business owners land in the same spot. You know you need a website, a proper one, not a half-finished Facebook page, but the options are either a fiddly DIY builder that eats your weekends, or an agency quote that makes your eyes water. So it gets put off. Again. I’m the sensible middle: a real person who builds you a proper, custom site for a fair price, and actually makes it painless.
What “a proper website” means
Not a template thousands of other businesses are also using. A site built around your business, what you do, who you’re for, and the one or two things you want people to do when they land on it. That usually means:
- A clean, modern design that looks like you, on your own domain
- Fast loading and easy to use on a phone, where most people will see it first
- Words that actually explain what you do, without the waffle
- A clear next step, call, message, book, buy, that’s impossible to miss
- Set up so Google can find you and show you to the right people
How it works, start to finish
I keep the process short and human:
- We have a chat. You tell me about the business and what you want the site to do. No obligation.
- I plan it and price it. You get a fixed quote and a timeline up front, so there are no surprises.
- I build it. I design and build the whole thing myself, showing you as I go.
- We go live, and I stay put. Your site launches, and I’m still here for changes and questions.
That’s it. No account managers, no forms disappearing into a queue, no wondering who’s actually doing the work. It’s me, the whole way through.
Who it’s for
Any small business that wants to look the part and be found: shops and salons, cafés and trades, clinics, consultants, growing local firms, first-timers and people replacing a site that never really worked. If you’re small enough to care deeply about every customer, we’ll get on well.
Anywhere in the UK, not just Liverpool
I’m based in Liverpool, but most of what I do works just as well remotely, so where you are doesn’t really change anything. We chat over the phone, by message and email, I build the site and show you as it comes together, and it goes live on your own domain wherever your business happens to be. Plenty of the people I work with I’ve never met in person, and it makes no difference to how their site turns out. So if you’re a small business anywhere in the country and you want a proper website built by one real person you can actually reach, rather than a faceless company or an overseas template mill, this is exactly that. You still deal with me, start to finish, whether you’re up the road or the other end of the country.
Honest about the money
Websites start at £249, agreed as a fixed price before we begin. It’s more than a cheap template, because it’s a proper, made-for-you site, and comfortably less than an agency would charge for the same thing. You own the site and the domain outright, with no lock-in, no monthly trap, and no one holding your business hostage.
What it isn’t
A proper small business website isn’t a thirty-page brochure nobody reads, and it isn’t a box you tick once and forget. It’s a small number of pages, doing a small number of jobs, really well, getting found, building a bit of trust, and nudging someone to take the next step. I won’t sell you features you’ll never use or pages you don’t need; if something won’t earn its place, I’ll tell you. Honestly, half of doing this well is knowing what to leave out, so your site stays clear, quick and easy for a customer to act on, and easy for you to keep on top of afterwards.
The goal is simple: a website that quietly works for you, built by someone you can actually reach. If you like a bit of theory behind it, my guide to the 7 C’s of a website explains which parts genuinely matter for a small business, and which you can happily ignore. Based in Liverpool? There’s a page on small business web design in Liverpool written for local firms. If that’s what you’ve been after, let’s have a chat about it.