Independent businesses / individual character

Your own business.
A website that feels like it.

A website that shows what you do, reflects your business and makes the next step easy to find. Designed for independent businesses and self-employed people, from tutors and tradespeople to performers and local services.

Tell me about your website

Up to five straightforward pages · £500

£500 for design and build. Domain and hosting costs are separate and agreed before you commit. I’m not VAT registered, so no VAT is added.

A tiny weevil exploring full-size keyboard keys beside a computer mouse.

Website projects

Different businesses.
Different design decisions.

Katie’s vocal-coaching site needed routes for different kinds of singers. Ed Space needed a website that behaved like the comedy character. Both start with the people visiting and the impression the business wants to make. Their individual features were scoped separately.

Katie Hackney (vocal coach)

Katie’s Wellbeing homepage: Find your voice, with a colourful singing portrait.

A vocal-coaching website that gives different kinds of singers a way in, while keeping Katie's personality at its centre.

Available online — view it here

See Katie’s website story

Two businesses. Two distinct directions.

A different character.
A different kind of website.

A bold tattoo studio and a calm wellbeing service. Explore the full designs to see how the audience changes the colours, words and next steps.

Illustrative forearm with an original blackwork moth, from the Skinsmiths design study

Independent concept / tattoo studio

Skinsmiths Tattoos

Ink-black, red and expressive lettering. A confident studio identity, an animated moth and a reassuring first-tattoo guide.

Explore the tattoo studio design
AI-created illustrative exercise scene from the Maintain Independence design study

Independent concept / rehabilitation & wellbeing

Maintain Independence

Calm teal, human imagery and clear routes to support. A warmer, more reassuring design shaped around the people visiting.

Explore the wellbeing design

Self-initiated design studies, not commissioned client sites. Images are illustrative and AI-created; tattoo imagery is not the studio’s actual portfolio.

A useful, manageable website

What the £500
package covers.

Bring your business information, rough text and photos you have permission to use. I’ll design and build up to five straightforward pages, lightly polish your wording, and make sure visitors can find your services and enquiry form.

Need more pages, a shop, booking features or a system for updating your own content? Tell me what you have in mind. Those additions need a separate quote.

Full website scope and costs

Your website

£500

Design and build; domain and hosting separate.

  • A visual style tailored to your business
  • Up to five straightforward pages in one language
  • Mobile-friendly layouts and an enquiry form
  • Page titles, descriptions and a sitemap
  • Light polishing of the text you supply
  • One round of changes, with feedback sent together
  • Testing, launch, website source files and account guidance
  • Corrections needed to meet the agreed scope
Tell me about your website

A straightforward process

Agree it. Make it. Check it.

  1. Start with the brief

    We check the pages, features, content, running costs and timing, then agree the work in writing.

  2. Design and review

    Work starts after the agreement, £250 deposit, required content and a confirmed delivery slot. You review the design and send one round of feedback together.

  3. Check and launch

    We check the website against the agreed scope. The remaining £250 is due after acceptance and before launch, followed by the agreed handover.

Useful things to know

A few clear answers.

Will it look like everyone else’s?

The look is tailored to your business. I use tested components where useful, then shape the type, colours, images and layout around your content and character.

Who owns the website?

Your domain and key service accounts stay in your name. The written agreement explains the website rights, reusable components and third-party licences, with source files and account guidance at handover.

What are the ongoing costs?

Your domain, hosting and any agreed form-service charges are separate. We choose and agree them before you pay a deposit. There is no compulsory studio maintenance subscription.

Can you write all my content?

Light polishing of your rough text is included. You provide accurate business information and photos you have permission to use. Writing substantial new content or developing a brand is separate work.

Can I add a shop or booking system?

We can discuss those features, but they are outside the £500 package. Describe what you need in your enquiry so I can review the scope and quote separately.

What if I need more than five pages?

Tell me what you need. Five pages defines this package; extra pages can be quoted separately.

How soon can you start?

I’ll check the scope, content and available delivery slot before confirming dates in writing. Sending an enquiry does not reserve a slot.

Have a website in mind?

Tell me what you do and what your visitors need. We’ll check whether the package fits and what, if anything, needs a separate quote.

Tell me about your website