Web design that gets you customers

I'm Jay. I've been building websites & emails professionally for 12 years. Let me know about what you need and I can help you go live within a few days.

How it works

  1. You get in touch
  2. I send one fixed price
  3. You send photos and notes
  4. It goes live
  5. 30 days of free tweaks

Recent work

A few recent projects. I designed and built each one myself.

Generation Carpentry website screenshot
Web design

Generation Carpentry

A site for a carpenter in Hertfordshire who builds fitted furniture to order. The photographs do the selling, and the pages are set up so a local search can turn into an enquiry.

  • Service pages
  • Project gallery
  • Direct enquiry form
  • Set up for Google
Bike Doctor Essex website screenshot
Web design

Bike Doctor Essex

A site for a bike repair business, built for a phone first, so booking a repair is quick and nearby customers can find it.

  • Mobile-first
  • Local SEO
  • Click-to-call
  • Fast load
ClauseWard web application screenshot
Web app

ClauseWard

A web app built with React and Next.js. I built the interface, the data underneath it, and the way it gets released.

  • Full stack
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Product build
Fluxlancer landing page screenshot
Web app

Fluxlancer

One workspace for planning projects, tracking time and invoicing clients, with the profit on each project shown as you go.

  • Product build
  • Web app
  • Landing page
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What it costs

Three sizes. We agree the price before I start, and that's the number on the invoice.

Essential

Normally £1,000£500

Half price until 31 January

Where most people start. Enough for a trade or a local business that needs to be found and phoned.

  • Up to 5 pages
  • A landing page for ads or a campaign
  • Built for a phone first
  • Set up for Google: titles, sitemap, structured data
  • Contact or booking form
  • Live in 14 days
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Elevate

Normally £2,500£1,250

Half price until 31 January

For a business with more to show, or one that wants to update the site without going through me.

  • Up to 10 pages
  • A content system so you can edit the site yourself
  • Pages arranged so a visitor can enquire without hunting
  • Analytics set up so you can see what people do
  • Deeper SEO and speed work
  • Live in 21 days
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Enterprise

£5k+

Bookings, payments, logins, or anything that has to talk to software you already use. Priced per job.

  • As many pages as the project needs
  • Bookings, payments, logins, or a tie-in with software you already run
  • Custom features built from scratch
  • Motion and interaction where it earns its place
  • First call on my time when you need me
  • Planning help for the whole build, including the parts that aren't the design
  • Analytics, event tracking and structured data done thoroughly
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After it's live, hosting and a domain come to roughly £100 to £150 a year. Or I can look after everything, hosting included, for £75 a month. That part is optional and you can stop it whenever you like. What the care plan covers

What clients have said

Jay created a new website for me, exactly how I wanted it. Jay went above and beyond my expectations. Highly recommended.
Julian D.
Jay is a kind, devoted and enthusiastic professional. He will be eager to work efficiently on your project and deliver it in no time.
Joelle M.
Just had Jay make me a website and new logo. Very knowledgeable and great at what he does. I didn’t know what I wanted and left it to Jay - very happy with end result.
Mark V.
Jay has been so patient throughout this website build. Very knowledgeable, prompt with responses and very reasonable with his build costs.
Jacqueline D.
Jay was a pleasure to work with, he somehow knew exactly what I wanted with very little information. His communication was excellent.
Kerry C.
Jay goes beyond the remit of a job, works long hours, knows his stuff. Is now my go to guy. Can’t recommend highly enough.
Eddie L.
Jay responded to the brief quickly, sorted out the problems, charged the right price and kept his promises. What more could a client want?
Terence M.
Jay was fantastic. He did exactly what I asked for incredibly quickly. I’ll most definitely be using him in the future.
Laura T.
Brilliant experience start to finish. Highly recommended.
Marco A.
Jay did an excellent job - understood the brief well and fully catered to my need.
Ian B.
Great job. Good communication and went above and beyond.
Robert W.
Excellent response time and the quality of work was also excellent.
Philip R.

Straight answers

The questions I get asked most, answered the way I'd answer them on the phone.

Will this get me to the top of Google?

Not overnight, and anyone who promises that is lying to you. What I can do is build the site so Google can read it, make it load quickly, and write the pages around what your customers search for. That gives you a fair shot, and most cheap sites don't even do that much.

What if I don't know what I want?

Most people don't. It's the most common thing I hear on a first call. Tell me what the business does and who you'd like more of. I'll put something in front of you, and it's much easier to say what's wrong with a real page than to describe one from nothing.

Why you and not an agency?

With an agency you usually talk to an account manager while somebody else does the building. Here there's only me. If you want something changed a year from now, you message the same person who built it.

Can I change the site myself afterwards?

On Elevate and above, yes. You get a login where you can edit the text and photos. On Essential you send changes to me. They're free for the first 30 days, and included after that if you're on the care plan.

Do you only work locally?

No. I'm based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, but the work happens over phone, WhatsApp and email, so it makes no difference where you are. I keep UK hours.

Tell me about your business

Send over the essentials. I'll come back with a price, a realistic timeline, and what I need from you to get started.

Send a message

It comes straight to my inbox. I usually reply within a day.