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Web design · Manchester, Greater Manchester

Website design in Manchester without the £3,000 invoice

A designer builds your site from a blank page, not a template. Hosting, your domain, SSL, daily backups and every future change are all in the £50. You see the finished website before you pay a penny.

Your options for web design in Manchester

Every Manchester business wanting a website has four realistic routes. We are one of them, so read the other three carefully; if one suits you better, take it.

DIY website builder
£240–£360 a year

Wix, Squarespace and friends. Cheap and instant, but you are the designer, the copywriter and the IT department. Most owners lose several weekends and end up with a site that looks like a template, because it is one.

Local freelancer
£800–£3,000 up front

Often great value if you find a good one with availability. Budget separately for hosting, the domain, and £60 to £120 an hour for changes after launch, which is where the quiet costs live.

Design agency
£2,500–£10,000 up front

The full-service route. Excellent if you have the budget, but most quotes for a small business site land between £3,000 and £4,000 before hosting, care plans and change fees are added.

Digital Market Stall
£50 a month, all in

Bespoke design from a blank page, copy written for you, UK hosting, your domain, SSL, daily backups and unlimited changes. No setup fee, no contract, and you pay nothing until you approve the finished site.

Why this beats the usual routes in Manchester

Genuinely bespoke, never a template

No themes, no page builders. Your site is designed around what your Manchester customers need to see before they call, and it will not look like anyone else's.

You pay nothing until you sign off

We carry the risk, not you. No deposit, no setup fee. The £50 a month starts only when you have approved the finished site, and if you do not love it you simply walk away.

Built to convert, mobile first

Most of your Manchester customers will find you on a phone. Every site is designed on a phone screen first: fast loading, readable without zooming, and a phone number a thumb can actually hit.

Finished in 7 days, unlimited revisions

You see the first full version within a week of your brief, and revisions are unlimited and free, before launch and forever after it.

Everything included, no surprise invoices

UK hosting, your domain name registered and renewed, SSL, daily backups, security patches and malware scans, all inside the £50. Updating your prices or photos never costs extra.

No contract, and a £600 exit door

We have to earn your £50 every single month, because you can leave whenever you like. And if you ever want full ownership, £600 buys the site, the domain and the code outright.

From brief to live in four steps

  1. Tell us about your businessA structured brief, about ten minutes: who you are, what you sell, how you want to look.
  2. We build it, freeA designer writes and builds your bespoke site from scratch. The first version is ready to review in 7 days.
  3. You polish itAsk for as many changes as you like, free, until it is exactly right. You have not paid anything yet.
  4. Sign off and go liveOnly now does the £50 a month start. Hosting, domain, SSL, backups and all future changes included.

Websites for small businesses in Manchester

We build for trades, salons, cafés and restaurants, independent shops, consultants, coaches and every other kind of independent business in Manchester and across Greater Manchester. If your customers search for what you do in Manchester, your website should be the one that convinces them.

Web design in Manchester: honest answers

How much does web design cost in Manchester?

A fair benchmark for a small business site: DIY builders cost £240 to £360 a year plus your own time, freelancers typically charge £800 to £3,000 up front, and agencies £2,500 to £10,000, with hosting and changes billed on top. We charge £50 a month with no setup fee, and design, hosting, domain, SSL, backups and unlimited changes are all included.

What happens if I want to leave?

There is no contract, so you can cancel in any month and keep your logo, content and photos. If you want the website itself, a one-off £600 buyout transfers the site, the domain and the code to you completely.

Do you actually work with businesses in Manchester?

Yes. We are a UK service and we design, build and manage websites for independent businesses in Manchester and right across the country. Everything happens by email and phone around your working day, which most owners prefer to meetings anyway.

How fast can my Manchester business get a website?

Seven days from brief to finished site. Your brief takes about ten minutes, a designer builds the site from scratch, and a week later you are reviewing the real thing, not a mock-up.

Why is it so much cheaper than Manchester agencies?

It is not cheaper work, it is a different model. No office, no account managers, no sales team, and a hard cap of 250 clients so quality never slips. You get the same bespoke design; you just pay for the website rather than the overheads.

Will my website show up when people search in Manchester?

We build every site with clean, fast code, proper page titles and descriptions, and the local signals search engines look for. No one can honestly guarantee rankings, but we make sure nothing about your site holds it back, and being quick and mobile-friendly is half the battle.

See it before you pay for it

Claim one of the 250 spots, fill in the ten minute brief, and review your finished website in seven days. You pay nothing until you sign it off.

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