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Affordable small business web design
Affordable Web Design For Small Business
Looking for affordable web design packages to get your small business online easily and cost-effectively? You’re in the right place! Unlike most cheap small business websites, these are built to compete.
Know what you need? Just pick a package below. Otherwise, let’s chat. It’s hard to plan a brand new venture. So I’m here to help with that, too.
Small Business Website Design
Unlike personal websites, business websites are vital marketing vehicles. So performance beats pretty. When cash flow is a concern, the engine is more critical than the paintwork. A pretty website is pretty useless at the bottom of Google.
Still, good visual design does help conversions. So you do need both. Sadly, most cheap web design focuses only on visuals. That costs you sales. Cheap web designers often disappear, too. Yet small business web design needs ongoing support, because online marketing and web technologies evolve rapidly.
These affordable small business website design packages fix that. They offer the quality you need, backed by decades of technical, design and marketing experience. Isn’t that what you were really looking for?
Peter’s expertise is exactly what I needed. When I have ideas Pete makes them work. I could not run my website without him. — Sue B‑E. Web Design:
Affordable Web Design Packages
Simple Brochure Site
Basic web presence- Good to support offline marketing
- Built to inform potential clients
- Professionally designed layout
- Up to 5 pages1
- Lead Capture/Contact form
- Mobile-friendly “responsive” design
- Search engine friendly
- Stock images (if needed)
- Hosting & (optional) email
- SSL security
- Weekly backups
Special Features:
- FREE Domain2 (optional)
- Content creation guidance
- Legal compliance help3
- Social Media Marketing tools & guides
- Boosted launch option
- Site stats setup (optional)
- SEO sitemap creation & submission
- 1 Extra pages £100 each
- 2 .com/.net/.org/.info/.co.uk/.uk
- 3 FREE integration of recommended legal solutions
- £500 + £50/mo.
Marketing Site
Serious online marketing- Everything in the Simple Brochure
- Ideal for startups
- Built to promote your business
- Built to attract leads
- Great for SEO & social media marketing
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Easily add unlimited pages
- Easy editing
- Simple menu management
- Flexible, expandable system
- Blog/News Page (optional)
Special Features:
- Enhanced SEO, speed & security
- Automated SEO help
- Managed security updates
- Marketing automation options
- Marketing guidance (if needed)
- Basic CMS training (if needed)
- Easy monthly setup fee payments
- Daily backups
- Simple Sales option1
- Anti-hacking guarantee2
- 1 Sell without a full web shop (e.g. bookings, subscriptions, limited items)
- 2 Up to £600 worth of free support if site hacked.
- 2 x £500 + £75/mo.
Basic Ecommerce
Online sales- Everything in the Marketing (CMS) Site
- Built to sell
- Shopping cart
- Unlimited products
- Product categories
- Easy catalogue management
- Easy order management
- Simple stock control
- Upsells/cross-sells
- Product variations
- Grouped products
- Virtual/downloadable products
- Featured products
- Simple shipping calculations
- Easy customer management
- Discount coupons
- No platform transaction fees
Special Features
- Simplified automatic tax calculations
- Basic ecommerce training (if needed)
- Print-on-demand options
- 2 x £750 + £75/mo.
Min. 12 month contract. Please see example small business web design templates here. Many more are available. So is full bespoke website design.
Excellent and professional work from beginning to end. Pete was open to ideas and able to make suggestions on how to develop my site. — Lisa P. Web Design:
Keeping Small Business Website Design Affordable

Affordable, responsive small business web design
Small business website design packages don’t need to reinvent the wheel. So professional templates keep these simple sites affordable without sacrificing quality.
These packages provide the features most small businesses need. Yet they also enhance performance and security to give you the best start possible.
CMS and Ecommerce systems are extremely flexible. So they offer a great base for future expansion. They also simplify the regular updates search engines like to see. Whilst simple brochure sites are more limited, they can still work well with offline advertising.
If you need bespoke design and coding, please see my professional websites. Otherwise, these packages offer affordable web design and SEO for small business.
Planning Your First Small Business Website?
I’ve been helping small businesses get online since 1997. So I can assist with website content writing, SEO and more as well as web design. Still, nothing costs more than missed chances. So don’t delay — let’s get started!
Ideas without action aren’t ideas. They’re regrets. — Steve Jobs
Boosted Launch for Small Business SEO
Affordable web design pays for itself once customers find your site. However, that’s not automatic. Even with extra Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) features built in.
Bing may not list your site until others link to it. Similarly, Google may only rank it for your business name. Yet that only reaches those who already know you.
SEO delivers free “organic” traffic. So it’s far cheaper than paid ads. Still, it does take time. So it’s vital to start as soon as you can.
Affordable Web Design Needs Affordable SEO
These small business web design packages include basic on-site SEO. Still, building your first backlink and other online listings at launch helps. That’s what the “Boosted Launch” option offers.