Cheap website design, and the honest answer about what you get.
A straight look at what makes a website cheap, which corners actually matter, and where the £350 all-in price sits.
People search for cheap website design because quotes for a simple business site swing from nothing to several thousand pounds with no explanation in between. That is a fair thing to be suspicious about.
So here is the position without the sales language. A complete website here is £350 all in, which covers the design, the build, your domain, a business email address on that domain, SSL and your first three months of hosting, then £19.99 a month. The price is low because it is one designer with no sales team and no office to pay for, and because the scope is agreed before a single page is built.
What cheap usually means
The corners that get cut, and which ones matter.
The domain is not yours
The most common trap. If your website address is registered in the designer's name rather than your business name, you cannot leave without losing it. Here the domain is registered in your business name, and it stays yours.
Hosting and email arrive as separate bills
A build-only price looks cheaper until hosting and a business email address turn up as two more invoices. Both are inside the £350 here, with hosting free for the first three months.
One page instead of the pages you need
A single scrolling page is the fastest thing to sell and the weakest thing to be found with. Each service and each area you work in gets its own page here, because that is what Google has something to rank.
No one to ring afterwards
Cheap often means nobody answers when your prices change. Changes and support are inside the £19.99 a month, handled by the person who built the site, reachable 08:00–20:00 every day on 07999 090582.
Where cheap is fine
Not every saving is a corner cut.
No account manager
You talk to the designer. That removes a salary from the price and a week from the timescale, and costs you nothing.
A fixed scope
Agreeing the pages and wording before the build starts is what keeps the price fixed. Open-ended projects are what make agency invoices grow.
Sensible, proven foundations
The site is built on the same tested foundations every time rather than reinvented, which is faster to build and faster to load.
Pricing
A complete business website for £350.
£350
One-off design and build
- Bespoke design
- Mobile-first build
- Domain name
- Business email
- Contact and WhatsApp integration
- SEO foundations
Hosting, maintenance, security updates and support are free for the first three months, then £19.99/month.
Everything else included
- Custom website
- Professional design
- Mobile responsive
- Domain name
- Business email
- Contact forms
- WhatsApp integration
- Google Maps
- Social links
- SSL certificate
Common questions
Straight answers.
What is the cheapest a decent business website can cost?
Is a cheap website bad for Google?
Will a cheap website look cheap?
Are there extras to pay later?
Why would anyone pay thousands then?
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Where to go next.
Let's design the websiteyour business deserves.
Tell me what you need and I’ll come back to you personally with a clear next step. Websites start at £350 all in. Ready when you are.