Why Bespoke?
Website builders are costing you more than you think.
Wix, Squarespace, WordPress. They promise the world for £20 a month. But here's what they don't put on the homepage.
01 You don't actually own it
Your website lives on their platform, on their terms. They raise prices, you pay. They remove a feature, you lose it. They go down, you go down. With a bespoke build, you own every line of code and can host it wherever you like. It's yours.
02 You'll outgrow it faster than you think
Builders are great until you need something they can't do. Then it's plugins, workarounds, and duct tape. Before you know it you're paying for three add-ons just to send a proper email. A custom build grows with your business instead of holding it back.
03 Slow sites lose customers
Website builders inject bloated code, third-party trackers, and generic markup. Google notices. Your visitors notice even more. Every extra second of load time costs you conversions. A hand-coded site is lean, fast, and built to rank.
04 Security is someone else's problem (until it's yours)
WordPress alone is responsible for a staggering number of hacked websites, and plugins are almost always the weak link. Custom code has a far smaller attack surface. No plugin supply chain, no automatic updates breaking things at 2am.
05 "Cheap" isn't cheap
£20 a month for five years is £1,200, and you still don't own it. Add premium plugins, a decent theme, and the time you've spent fighting the page builder, and you're well past what a bespoke site would have cost. My rates are competitive, and what you get is yours to keep forever.
06 Templates make you look like everyone else
Your business isn't generic, so why should your website be? Templates limit you to someone else's idea of what a business should look like. A bespoke site is designed around you, your brand, and how your customers actually use it.
The bottom line: a bespoke website isn't a luxury reserved for big companies with big budgets. It's a practical, cost-effective choice for any small business that wants to be taken seriously online. You get something built specifically for you, that you own, that performs, and that a real person stands behind. Not a template. Not a subscription. Not a prayer.
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No hard sell. Just a friendly conversation about what you need.