SiteSmith

Web development

A website or app built around your work.

Need customers to book, buy or get in touch? Need a tool for your team? We design and build it, with a scope and maximum price agreed before work starts. Hosting and ongoing care are available too.

A website and phone app being assembled in a digital workshop

Platform

WordPress or custom?

WordPress suits many content-led sites and stores. Custom development gives us more control over features and workflows. We can help you choose.

WordPress

A content editor with themes and plugins. A practical choice for business websites and many online stores.

  • Lower build cost
  • Huge plugin ecosystem
  • Needs regular plugin updates

Custom development

Built around your features and workflows. A good fit for portals, dashboards and apps that need more control.

  • Built exactly to your needs
  • Fast and lightweight
  • Can grow into a web app later

In every project

What your project includes.

Project pricing

$95/hour

Quoted as a range of hours with a maximum price. If it takes longer, that's on us.

  1. 30%Deposit to book your project
  2. 20%Design approved
  3. 20%Development complete
  4. 30%Launch
  • Discovery and a clear scope

    A short call, then a written plan with a minimum and maximum price.

  • Designed for every screen

    Layouts that look right on phones, tablets and desktops.

  • Accessible and SEO-ready

    Semantic, readable pages that search engines and screen readers understand.

  • Built for speed

    Optimized images, lean code and caching, so pages load quickly.

  • Launch, done for you

    We put it live on our servers with SSL, email and backups switched on.

  • Handover and walkthrough

    We show you how to update your site, and you own it once it's paid for.

How we work

Review the work at each stage.

A deposit books the project. The remaining payments follow design approval, development and launch.

  1. Step 1

    Agree the scope

    We discuss what the site needs to do and agree the scope, price range and payment schedule.

    30% deposit
  2. Step 2

    Design

    Review the layouts and give feedback before we start development.

    20% on approval
  3. Step 3

    Build

    Try the working site in previews and review the features as we build them.

    20% when complete
  4. Step 4

    Launch

    We put the approved site live and walk you through managing it. Hosting and care depend on the plan you choose.

    30% at launch
Estimate your project

See your minimum, maximum and payment schedule instantly.

During and after the build

Where you'll find everything.

You follow the build in your client area. After launch, your team can use SiteSmith Workspace for email, files and meetings.

Your client area

Sign the quote, approve each design, see previews and pay milestones, on the web or in the SiteSmith app.

How it works

SiteSmith Workspace, free

Use Mail, Drive, documents and meetings on a free account. Email addresses on your domain come with a hosting plan.

See how it works

Already have a site you love?

We can host it, look after it on a care plan, or add new features to it - even if we didn't build it.

Websites, hosting and tools for your business.

What does your website need to do?

Tell us what you need, or use the quote builder to explore the scope and price.