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Web Design Services

Websites Designed
to
Win You Customers

We design marketing sites, landing pages and full company websites. We start with what your visitors came looking for, then build it so it loads fast and reads well on whatever phone or laptop they're using.

Full-page screens from a website designed and built by Web{X} Studio, layered as a collage
The Canvas luxury ecommerce site designed by Web{X} Studio, shown on a laptop and a phone
How We Help

Is Your Website
Costing You Enquiries?

If people land, skim and leave without getting in touch, the traffic usually isn't the problem. More often the site just doesn't answer the question they came with.

Visitors Leave Without Enquiring

People arrive, glance at the top of the page and leave. Most of the time the first screen doesn't say what you do or what they should click next.

The Site Looks Dated

Websites age faster than businesses do. If yours looks ten years old, visitors assume your work is too, and they've judged your prices before you've even spoken.

It Falls Apart On Phones

Most of your visitors are on a phone. If the layout was made for desktop and shrunk down later, the important stuff ends up buried three screens down.

Pages Take Too Long To Load

Huge images, scripts that block the page, and a theme that does far more than your page needs. People give up and leave while it's still loading.

Our Services

The Business Impact of
Good Web Design

Good design means people quickly understand what you sell and know how to get in touch. Do that well and more of the visitors you already get turn into enquiries. (Software with logins and user roles is a different job. See web app development.)

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Web Design & Build

Sites that tell people what you do on the first screen they see, with a next step that's easy to find.

3–5

Weeks from kickoff to launch for a typical business site of six to ten pages. We put the review dates in writing first.

Fixed

Price, quoted up front
Scope / Quote

You Know The Price First

We give you a fixed quote before starting. There's no hourly billing and no surprise extras, and yearly costs are listed separately.

View Our Work

Research Comes First

Before drawing anything we map how people move through your site. That way the layout is based on where they actually drop off.

Path MappingTrace the route to an enquiry Visitor BehaviourSee where people give up

One

Team for the whole job. No agency passing your project to a separate developer and losing details along the way.

Our Difference

How We Work
On Your Site

Our designers and developers are on your project together from day one. So if something won't work, we usually catch it while it's still a design, which is far cheaper than finding out during the build.

Research Before Layout

First we look at who you sell to and what they want from your site. We also check where your current site is losing them. Then we start drawing pages.

Scalable Page Systems

We design reusable sections with a documented type and colour scale. Page ten ends up much cheaper than page one, and it still matches.

Responsive Design

We design separate layouts for desktop, tablet and phone. The phone version gets proper attention, since that's where most of your visitors are.

Accessible By Design

We check contrast, focus states and keyboard navigation in the first draft. It's much easier than fixing it later, and you'll be in good shape if anyone audits the site.

We Build It Too

We design things that can actually be built, because we're the ones building them. Files are organised, sections are named and there's a working prototype, so nothing changes on the way into code.

Post-Launch Support

We don't disappear after launch. We're around for changes and new pages, and for the questions that only come up once real people start using the site.

Our Process

How We Design
Your New Website

Five stages. It starts with a call and ends with a live site your team can update without breaking it.

Book a call
Step 1Understand

Understand your business

We find out what you sell and who buys it, and what you need the website to actually do for you. Design comes after.

A team reviewing product sketches and wireframes together at a desk
Step 2Plan

Plan the structure

We agree the page list with you and sort out the navigation. Then we plan the main routes people will take through the site.

Wireframe printouts and sticky notes mapping user research, prototypes and usability
Step 3Design

Design the pages

Wireframes first. Then full designs for every key page, where the look and the wording get worked out side by side.

A designer working on high-fidelity app screens beside a whiteboard of user flows
Step 4Refine

Refine the design

Once your real content goes in, things always need adjusting. We tidy up the sections, check every screen size and fix whatever looks off.

A laptop showing user interface layouts beside a notebook of design notes
Step 5Launch

Build and launch

We build it, test it on real phones and laptops, and launch. You get everything you need to run the site yourself.

A designer and developer checking a page spec sheet against the built code
Why Work With Us

The People
Behind Your Site

Nice-looking pages are expected. The harder part is finding a team that understands what the site is for, keeps you in the loop and takes responsibility when something isn't right.

01

Experienced Designers

We've been designing and launching websites since 2019, taking them from rough first ideas to live sites.

Colleagues sitting together with laptops and notes, working through a brief
02

Outcome-Focused Approach

We want to know what the site has to achieve for your business. Ask us why something looks the way it does and we'll have an answer.

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03

Talk Directly To The Team

You talk to the designer working on your site. Ask about a page and the person who drew it will reply.

04

Flexible Engagement

Some clients come to us for one project. Others keep us on monthly support. Either works, depending on how often your site changes.

05

Clear From The Start

The price is fixed and agreed up front, along with exactly what's included.

06

Start With A Call

The first call is free. We'll look at your current site and tell you if we think we can help. If we're not the right team, we'll say so.

Want To
Talk It Over?

Talk To Our Team

Before You
Get In Touch

Can't see your question here? Email us or book a call and we'll answer it properly, usually with a few questions of our own.

Book an intro call

Tell us about your site and your deadline, and we'll explain how we'd go about it.

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Prefer email instead? hello@thewebxstudio.com
How much does a website cost?

It depends on the site, but you'll always get a fixed price before we start. No hourly rates, and no change orders sprung on you later. The quote covers design, build, responsive testing and launch. Anything you'll pay yearly (hosting, the domain, premium plugins, paid assets) is shown separately.

Scope is the main thing that changes the price. Got a fixed budget? Mention it on the first call and we'll work out what fits inside it.

How long does it take to design and build a website?

A landing page usually takes 1–2 weeks. For a normal business site with six to ten pages, allow 3–5 weeks to design and build it. Ecommerce stores and sites with custom features take 6–10 weeks, mostly depending on how much we have to build from scratch.

We'll send a written milestone plan with fixed review dates before starting. What slows most sites down is waiting for content and feedback (this part usually takes longer than people expect). Having one person who approves things helps a lot.

Will I be able to update the website myself?

Yes. The site goes on a CMS that's easy to use, and every page is made of sections. You can move them around, copy them or edit the text, all without touching any code.

At handover we'll walk you through it and leave written notes for the bits you'll forget in six months. Don't want to deal with it? We can make the changes for you on a monthly retainer.

Can you redesign our existing website?

Yes, a lot of our work is redesigns. We begin by working out where your current site loses people. That means the pages they abandon, the pages nobody finds, and the questions that keep landing in your inbox.

So the redesign is often smaller than you'd think. If three pages are costing you enquiries, we'd fix those before touching the forty that work fine.

Do you handle SEO, hosting and the domain?

The basic technical SEO comes with every build at no extra charge. That means clean markup, a title and description on each page, fast images, a sitemap, and Search Console set up before launch.

We'll set up hosting and the domain in your name, so you own the accounts. Ongoing SEO (content, links and the monthly work) is a separate service, and we'll tell you if you don't need it yet.

What do you need from us to get started?

Start with a call so we understand your business and your customers, and what success would look like for you. Then we'll need your logo and any brand assets, your analytics if you have them, and access to your current site and domain.

Don't worry if you're missing things. We can work without brand guidelines, and if you don't have copy, we'll write it.