Web design · Portsmouth
Web design in Portsmouth and Southsea
I build websites, sort out Google listings and run Google Ads for trades across Portsmouth. I'll come to you, and every price is published before we talk.
01 Portsmouth
Websites for Portsmouth trades
Area by area
A builder covering Southsea, Cosham and Drayton is answering three different searches. Every site I build gets a page for each service you sell and each place you cover, so there’s a page that matches when someone in Cosham searches for a builder.
Being straight about Portsmouth
It’s a busy city with plenty of firms competing for the same searches, so pages here can take longer to climb than in a smaller town. I can’t promise rankings, and nobody honest can. What I can do is build it properly and show you the calls and enquiries it brings in every month.
If you want calls sooner, Google Ads can sit alongside the site. Your ad money goes on your own card, on your own Google account, and I never take a cut of it.
I’ll come to you
I’m based near Eastleigh and I’ll drive over: your yard, your unit, your kitchen table, or a coffee.
02 Nearby
Around Portsmouth
Portsmouth gets searched area by area. These are the parts of the city that could each have their own page on your site.
- Portsmouth
- Southsea
- Cosham
- Hilsea
- Fratton
- North End
- Drayton
03 Prices
Same prices everywhere
Fixed, in writing, before anything starts. Half when we start, half when it goes live. No VAT.
Add-ons and monthly plansWebsite
Home, about, contact, reviews, FAQ and a services hub, plus a page for every service you sell and every town you cover. No limit on either. I write every page.
£450
Hosting and support free for the first 12 months, then £25 a month. Or take the files and host it yourself.
04 What you get
On every site
- A page for every service you sell and every town you cover, no limit on how many (Google ranks pages, not websites)
- Every page written by me, after a 20-minute chat
- Hand-coded and hosted on Cloudflare's network. No page builder, no plugins, nothing to slow it down
- Photos generated at several sizes so pages load fast on a phone on mobile data
- Your Google Business Profile aligned to the site (name, phone, services, categories, map), at no extra charge
- Structured data (schema) matching your Google listing
- A unique title, description and sharing image for every page
- Sitemap, robots file and an llms.txt so AI assistants describe your business correctly
- A quote form on every page, sent straight to your inbox
- Tap-to-call on mobile
- A proper 404 page, security headers, SSL, DNS set up
- Visitor stats (analytics) and Google Search Console set up and verified
05 How it works
Four steps. No surprises.
Step 1: We talk
20 minutes on what your business does and where the work comes from.
Step 2: Fixed quote
Priced from the published list, in writing, before anything starts.
Step 3: Build
Typically two to three weeks from receiving your content.
Step 4: Launch and measure
Live, tracked, and you can see the calls and enquiries it brings in.
06 Questions
Straight answers
Do you cover my area?
Anywhere in Hampshire, mainly Southampton, Eastleigh, Winchester, Fareham, Portsmouth, Romsey, Basingstoke and Andover, and the towns and villages around them. If you're just outside, give me a ring.
How much does a website cost?
£450 for the website, with a page for every service and every town you cover. Add-ons only if you need booking, payments or a shop. Every price is on the pricing page. What I quote is what you pay.
Will I be on the first page of Google?
I can't promise that, and nobody honest can. What I can do is build the site the way Google rewards, line it up with your Google Business Profile, and show you the calls and enquiries it's bringing in every month.
Do I have to sign a long contract?
No contract on the build. Monthly plans like Grow have a three-month minimum, then you can stop whenever you like.
Next step
In Portsmouth? Ring me.
20 minutes on what your business does and where the work comes from. Then a fixed price, in writing.
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. If I miss your call, I'll get back to you, usually by the next working day.