Straight answers about getting a website.

Most advice about small business websites is written to sell you something, so the numbers are vague and the hard questions get skipped. These guides are our attempt at the opposite: plain English, real prices, and the trade-offs spelled out - including the ones that don't favour us.

We've been building websites for small businesses from Blackpool since 2016, so everything here comes from doing the work, not from a content calendar. What things genuinely cost in the UK right now. What pay-monthly deals are actually good for, and when paying upfront makes more sense. What your site needs before launch, and what's padding. Where we have a horse in the race - we sell a pay-monthly plan, after all - we say so plainly and let you weigh it yourself. Read them, keep the checklist, and use the lot against whoever you end up hiring. Even if it isn't us.