Website designers in Godstone are easy to shortlist and hard to tell apart. The portfolios use the same words. The useful difference is whether the person can describe the finished site before you pay: how many pages, what you own, and what year two costs. If they cannot, you are buying a meeting.
Use the list on us as well. The packages are Godstone website design. A related search, web designers in Godstone, is answered in where the work is actually done. We are at 109A Brighton Road, Coulsdon, CR5 2NG, not in a shop on the green.
What you are hiring
You are hiring someone to turn a page list into a site a customer can use. They should connect the form, make the phone number a link, and put the site on a host you can log in to. They do not need to run your ads. If the offer bundles ads, social posts and a website into one small monthly fee, ask which of the three will happen this month.
For a local firm they should also understand the Google profile. The site and the listing have to name the same business. That is SEO in Godstone, and it belongs in the build. A designer who will not talk about the listing is leaving half the local enquiry path unfinished.
Questions that matter
How many pages are included, and what does an extra page cost? Whose name is on the domain? What do you pay in year two, and to whom? Can you change the phone number yourself? Where do messages go? Will an existing site old addresses be redirected? Is there a fee to keep the design, or only the hosting renewal?
Our answers are the three bands below. There is no monthly design lock-in. You own the site. If you already have hosting, you can keep it. Write those answers beside any other quote so you are comparing the same things. A short brief helps, and the shape of one is in how to write a website brief.
The phone test
Open any example on your phone. Can you name the service without scrolling through a slogan? Does the number dial? Is the town a real coverage line or a pile of place names? A beautiful homepage that never states the offer is a weak example for a Godstone firm. A demo is fine if it is labelled. It is not proof that a local business used it.
Be wary of a guaranteed ranking, a mobile layout sold as an extra, and a contract you cannot leave. Be wary of a page per village offered before anyone has asked where you work. That pattern is described in service-area pages versus one homepage.
Prices you can check
Starter is £150 for up to five pages. Business is £295 for up to fifteen. Growth is £495 for up to thirty. Each includes the first year of domain, hosting and SSL. Year two is about £60 to the providers. Most small sites are ready within two to four weeks of the text and pictures. The breakdown is in the Godstone cost guide. The planning order is in Godstone website design.
How we answer
Send the services and the area. We will reply with one package, including when £150 is too small. A designer who will not do that in writing is asking you to decide blind. You can compare us with another quote using the questions above. We would rather lose a mismatched job than hide the second year.
Frequently asked questions
Does the designer need to live in Godstone?
No. The site needs to state your area correctly. Our studio is in Coulsdon and the work is remote.
Should I pick the lowest quote?
Pick the quote that states the pages, the year-two cost and the ownership. The lowest advert often leaves one of those out.
What do you charge?
£150, £295 or £495. The first year of domain, hosting and SSL is included.
