Websites that bring in work, not just look good

The problem this solves

Most small business websites get built once and then left alone. Not through carelessness: there is simply nobody whose job it is to look after them, and the work that keeps a site healthy is invisible right up until the moment it is not.

The other half of the problem is that plenty of sites were built to look good rather than to bring in business. No clear path from visitor to enquiry, weak technical SEO foundations, slow load times. It photographs well and does nothing.

What the work covers

• Design and build. Custom WordPress builds, not a generic theme with swapped colours. Built around your customers’ actual journey through the site.
• Technical foundations. Page speed, structured navigation, clean taxonomy, image optimisation. The unglamorous work that both search engines and real visitors respond to.
• Hosting. Reliable hosting, set up properly from day one.
• Ongoing care. Updates, backups that are actually checked rather than configured and forgotten, and a real person who answers when something breaks. Available as a simple monthly plan once your site is live.

How it works

1. Start with the problem. A short call or a written brief. What is not working, or what you are trying to achieve.
2. A clear proposal, scoped, itemised and priced plainly. No vague “packages.”
3. Build, with visibility. You see staging previews as it comes together, not just a reveal at the end.
4. Handover, and an option to stay supported. The site is yours either way. A care plan is offered, never assumed.

Most small business sites go from agreed quote to live in two to four weeks. The work is based in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, for businesses anywhere in Ireland. In Kildare, meetings can happen in person; see web design in Kildare. Elsewhere, a call does the same job.

What it costs

Every project is quoted individually, because every project is different. A three-page site for a new business and a rebuild of something with ten years of content behind it are not the same job, and pricing them off the same list helps neither of us. For the typical ranges in Ireland and what moves a project between them, see what a small business website actually costs.

What you get instead is an itemised quote: each piece of work listed separately with its own price, so you can see what you are paying for and drop anything you do not want. No packages, no tiers you have to talk your way out of.

Ongoing hosting and care is quoted the same way, based on what the site actually needs rather than a band it happens to fall into.

Proof

whichnewcar.ie is an Irish new-car review platform run by a motoring journalist with many years of road-testing experience. Custom design, a publishing workflow that holds up weekly, and ongoing maintenance. Read the case study.

What “properly designed” actually means

The same form, twice. One as internal software usually ships, one designed. Both work and both validate identically. Submit them empty and the difference stops being a matter of taste.