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What it costs to work with us.

Websites are a fixed price, quoted from a written specification. Search, ads, content and support are monthly. These are the ranges most clients fall into, so you can set a budget before we talk.

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What a website costs.

Every website is quoted at a fixed price from a written specification. Most fall into one of these ranges.

£5k to £8k

A focused site

For firms with a clear offer that need to look established and be easy to find.

  • Up to about 15 pages
  • 4 to 6 page designs
  • Enquiry forms and Google search basics
  • A content system your team can edit

About 5 to 7 weeks

£8k to £12k

An established firm

For organisations with several services, sectors or locations to explain.

  • About 15 to 50 pages, plus news and case studies
  • 6 to 10 page designs
  • One or two custom features, such as quote forms or location pages
  • Content moved across and old addresses redirected

About 7 to 10 weeks

£12k to £30k

A corporate site

For larger organisations with several divisions, libraries of projects or products, and more people signing off.

  • 50 pages to a few hundred
  • 10 to 15 page designs
  • Up to two custom tools, such as a finder, calculator or filtered library
  • Migration from another platform, with ranking pages protected

About 10 to 16 weeks

Sites with online ordering, live data feeds or hundreds of location pages are scoped separately. See what every website project includes.

What moves the price

  • How many different page designs the site needs, more than how many pages.
  • Custom features, such as finders, calculators, filters or booking.
  • How much content moves across, and from which system.
  • How many pages already bring in search traffic and need protecting.
  • Connections to your CRM, ordering or other systems.
  • How many people need to review and sign off.

WordPress care plans.

Updates, backups, security and monitoring come with every plan. The difference is how much editing time you get each month. Hosting can be added.

WordPress maintenance

A rolling monthly care plan, with a short report every month.

More about WordPress maintenance

  • £49a month

    A simple brochure site

    Updates, backups, security and uptime checks, plus 15 minutes of changes a month

  • £99a month

    Sites that change regularly

    30 minutes of changes a month, speed tuning, link and form checks, and a quarterly health review

  • £199a month

    Busy sites and online shops

    2 hours of changes a month, a staging site, WooCommerce support and a monthly check-in

Paid social.

Monthly management for Meta, LinkedIn and the other platforms your buyers use. Ad budgets are paid straight to each platform, on top of our fee.

Meta Ads

Facebook and Instagram. Your ad budget is paid straight to Meta.

More about Meta Ads

  • £400a month

    Testing one product or campaign

    For ad spend up to £2,000 a month

  • £750a month

    Several products or campaigns

    For ad spend up to £8,000 a month

  • From £1,500a month

    Large-scale or multi-product

    For ad spend over £8,000 a month

LinkedIn Ads

B2B lead generation. Your ad budget is paid straight to LinkedIn.

More about LinkedIn Ads

  • £500a month

    Testing LinkedIn

    For ad spend up to £3,000 a month

  • £900a month

    Building a pipeline

    Several campaigns, for ad spend up to £10,000 a month

  • From £1,500a month

    Account-based or large campaigns

    For ad spend over £10,000 a month, or a named-account programme

Social ads

One plan across platforms. Ad budgets are paid straight to each platform.

More about social ads

  • £400a month

    One platform

    For total ad spend up to £2,000 a month

  • £700a month

    Meta and LinkedIn together

    For total ad spend up to £8,000 a month

  • From £1,200a month

    Complex or high-volume accounts

    For total ad spend over £8,000 a month, or several campaign types

Email, CRM and business email.

A one-off set-up, then monthly help if you want it. Software licences stay in your name and are paid straight to Brevo, Google or Zoho.

Email and CRM

Set up in Brevo and handed back, or set up and run for you each month.

More about email and CRM

  • From £950one-off

    Set up and handed back

    Sender authentication, lists, a branded template, a welcome automation, your CRM pipeline and training

  • From £350a month

    Set up and run for you

    Newsletters, automations and CRM upkeep, with a monthly report and call

  • From £650a month

    Run for you, with Meta ads

    Everything in the plan before, plus Meta audience sync, retargeting and one calendar for email and ads

Google Workspace

Set-up, then optional monthly admin. Licences are paid straight to Google.

More about Google Workspace

  • £250one-off

    Set-up and migration

    Domain and email records, email and files moved, accounts and two-step sign-in

  • £39a month

    Small teams

    Up to 10 mailboxes: starters, leavers, password resets, security and backups

  • £99a month

    Larger teams

    Up to 50 mailboxes, priority support, device management and a quarterly security review

Zoho Mail

Set-up, then optional monthly admin. Licences are paid straight to Zoho.

More about Zoho Mail

  • £250one-off

    Set-up and migration

    Domain and email records, mail moved across, mailboxes, aliases and two-factor sign-in

  • £39a month

    Small teams

    Up to 10 mailboxes: starters, leavers, password resets and security

  • £99a month

    Larger teams

    Up to 50 mailboxes, shared inboxes and priority support

How we charge.

  • Websites are a fixed price. Quoted from a written specification, so the budget you approve is the budget you pay.
  • Monthly services roll monthly. No lock-in. You stay because it’s working.
  • Budgets stay in your name. Ad spend and software licences are paid straight to the platform, from your own accounts.
  • Prices exclude VAT. Every figure on this page is before VAT.

Questions about pricing.

Something else? Ask us.

Do your prices include VAT?
No. Every price on this page excludes VAT.
Why do you show ranges instead of one price?
Because the work varies. For a website, the number of page designs, custom features and how much content moves across make the difference. For monthly services, it’s how much we publish, manage or look after. After a short call you get an exact figure.
Can the website price go up once we’ve started?
Not for anything in the specification. The price is fixed before work starts, so the budget you approve is the budget you pay. If you ask for something new, we quote it before we do it.
Is the ad budget included in your fee?
No. Your ad budget is paid straight to Google, Meta or LinkedIn, so the account and the spend stay in your control. Our fee covers planning and running the campaigns.
Is there a minimum contract for monthly services?
No. Monthly services run on a rolling monthly basis, with no lock-in.
Do we need a care plan after launch?
No, it’s optional. If you’d rather host and update the site yourselves, we hand everything over.
How do we get an exact price?
Book a 30-minute call. For a website, you then get a written specification with a fixed price. For monthly services, we recommend the plan that fits and explain why.

Based in Reading, working across the Thames Valley.

We are happy to drive to meet you anywhere within about an hour of Reading. See how we work in your area.

Let’s talk about your budget.

  1. A 30-minute call with Peter Claridge, who leads every project.
  2. A written specification and a fixed price.
  3. A start date that suits you.
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