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South Wales web design – responsive, affordable sites for SMEs near Cardiff & Bristol

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Small Business Web Design for Cardiff, Newport, Bristol & Beyond

Are you a small business owner seeking cost effective web design? Then you’re in the right place! Since 2005, I’ve helped small firms across the UK grow online with web design solutions for every budget:

Small Business Web Design Prices

• Bespoke Web Development from £12k — unique systems coded to manage unique business processes.
• Professional Web Design and WordPress Development from £3.6k — for established small firms and startups who need something special.
• Affordable Small Business Website Design from £1.2k — extremely cost-effective, flexible packages with manageable payment plans for small startups and sole traders who are serious about success.
• Budget Web Design from £600 — simpler editable brochure, blog and e-commerce sites for limited budgets. Less flexible than the options above, but still editable and more cost-effective than other cheap web design solutions.
• Basic Web Design from £75/month (for multi-page sites) and One Page Websites from £50/month — “static” (non-editable) sites for those who prefer offline/paid marketing to SEO and are too busy to edit content.

All the sites I build split payments over 3 months or more and use fast, 100% green, UK-based business hosting. In an increasingly unstable world, they are designed to keep you in control of your content and customer data — not global corporations.

Why Small Business Web Design?

Web Design Cardiff – Newport – Bristol

Small business website design is very different from building personal sites. Why? Because business websites need to compete.

That means small business website design needs to focus on performance. Otherwise, looking pretty is pretty useless on page ten of Google.

Small business websites are business-critical marketing vehicles in a never-ending marketing race. It takes more than polished paintwork to win that race. You’ll need a decent engine, too.

In other words, you’ll need a quality website with SEO and other promotional features built in. So that’s what all the solutions outlined below are designed to provide.

South Wales Web Design — For the UK

As I’m based in Newport (Casnewydd), South Wales, I largely work with firms in South Wales and Southwest England. Locals often search for “web design Cardiff” though, as Newport is a common name.

Still, if you’re based elsewhere in the UK, that’s fine. Since 2005, I’ve specialised in helping small businesses across the UK. So if you’re a sole trader, self-funded startup or other small business, I’ve got the solutions you need.

Amazing, professional service and speedy communications. Very impressed and highly recommended. — Barbara H. Web Design: (5/5)

Affordable Website Design in South Wales

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Startups and sole traders often want to design a basic website on a tight budget. Most are either information brochures, marketing hubs or e-commerce sites. So I’ve created three extremely flexible yet affordable web design packages to cover these common requirements.

Prioritising performance reduces risk. So these starter website packages also cover business-critical details that amateur or DIY web design often overlooks, and cheap web designers often skip to cut costs. Those include SEO, security, editable pages, mobile-friendly “responsive” web design and site stats.

They’re also flexible enough to grow with your business, supporting key marketing strategies like blogging, email marketing, membership sites and wholesale e-commerce, among others. Still, if you’re not ready to invest in such flexibility, my budget websites or static websites may be enough.

Designed with self-funded startups in mind, these affordable small business websites offer a hidden bonus, too. With many years of experience, I can offer a lot of help and advice on all aspects of online marketing. So I don’t just build websites — I help folks build businesses.

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: (5/5)

Professional Web Design in South Wales

Growth-focused, professional websites for small firms in the UK

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Sometimes you need more advanced features than simple small business websites provide. Professional web design can include:

• Website redesign — because change is the only constant and if you don’t keep up, you’ll fall behind
• Advanced e-commerce — including drop-shipping, print-on-demand, virtual goods, affiliate systems, auctions, real estate sales and rentals etc.
• Membership websites — members-only content, forums, social networks etc.
• Booking systems — appointments, events, webinars and courses

… and too many other options to list! Most of these advanced website solutions involve WordPress development.

Professional Website Redesign

Whilst looks aren’t everything, they do matter. Design that appeals more to your specific target audience boosts sales. So professional bespoke web design pays for itself.

That’s why website redesigns are so popular. It’s not just to chase changing visual trends, though. Relying on DIY website-building platforms or inexperienced designers incurs what’s known as “technical debt“. Technologies, businesses, security threats and marketing strategies all evolve rapidly. So over time, underinvesting in web design costs far more than it saves.

Small firms often start out with a cheap web design that isn’t flexible enough to grow smoothly with their business. Either that limits them, or bits get bolted on at random, creating a sluggish, ineffective “Frankenstein” site full of “spaghetti code”.

Then they repeat that mistake, replacing their broken site with another cheap web design — and lose any progress they have made in search rankings. Professional website redesign takes steps to avoid that.

WordPress Development

Providing WordPress web design near Cardiff, Newport & Bristol since 2005

More than 42% of all websites run on WordPress and over 9% are e-commerce sites using WooCommerce — the main WordPress e-commerce plugin. No other system comes close. In fact, many WordPress agencies use nothing else.

WordPress offers plugins for almost every common need, saving time and development costs for many projects. Such plugins often offer common features for free, with relatively low license fees for more complex needs.

Still, because WordPress is “open source” software, developers like me can add custom features when existing plugins aren’t enough. As a result, WordPress development is by far the most flexible, cost-effective way to build small business websites.

Approaching Pete to set up a new website was the best move I have made. We wanted a system that was easy to navigate and look good when customers shop online. Pete made the whole process simple and dealing with him was a great pleasure. He can't do enough to help and solve any problem that may arise. I would highly recommend Pete for his experience and knowledge and total dedication to see the project through to final conclusion. — Steve H. Web Design: (5/5)

Bespoke Web Development

Web development involves custom coding

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Very specific or unusual systems may need programming skills that many web designers simply don’t develop. Still, whilst bespoke web development takes time, it can build almost any system you can imagine.

However, specialist web developers often sell bespoke web development even if simpler solutions exist. So they’ll build you a blog or ecommerce system from scratch, then charge you for reinventing the wheel.

Bespoke web development can easily take months, costing tens of thousands of pounds. So unbiased advice from a web developer who also provides standard solutions could easily save you a lot of time and money.

Whilst I’ve been programming for decades, and have developed several large, unique and complex web apps from scratch, I’m focused on your business success. So I offer bespoke web development if you need it — but if there’s a simpler solution, I’ll suggest that first.

DogLost is the UK's largest community of pet owners and rescuers. Other developers have struggled to meet our needs, but since Peter rebuilt our site and support systems we have gone from strength to strength, winning major awards including the 2013 Innovation Award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare. We couldn't have done that without him. — Jayne H. Bespoke Web Development: (5/5)