The work

Sites you won't be embarrassed to send a Cardiff customer to

What if I pay for a website and it turns out to be a generic template, or worse, a nice-looking site that never actually brings in any work? Both fears are reasonable — here's what we actually build for businesses across Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan and the wider South Wales area, and why it's designed to do more than sit there.

The problem

I don't want to be embarrassed to send customers to my own website.

A lot of budget web design ends up looking generic — a template with a logo dropped on top, or a site that doesn't match what was promised on the sales call. You've worked hard to build your reputation. The last thing you want is a website that undersells it.

Every site is built around your business, not pulled from a template library. You see design work and feedback stages along the way, not just a finished site dropped in your inbox with no chance to say what's wrong.

Built around your business

We write the pages from a conversation with you, then you read it back and tell us what's wrong. Usually something is — and that's exactly the point of asking.

Built to bring in enquiries

Phone-first, fast-loading, with the basics of SEO in from day one — so the site is findable as well as good-looking.

The problem

I don't want an expensive online brochure that nobody uses.

You're not really buying pages and design. You want credibility, enquiries and customers. Plenty of Cardiff business owners have paid for a good-looking site that never sent them a single call, and nobody ever told them why.

Every site is designed around your business goals and how a customer actually gets from landing on the page to picking up the phone. On Professional and Business, we go further with Google Business Profile management and ongoing blog content, so the site keeps working after launch, not just on the day it goes live.

The work

Real sites for real Cardiff businesses.

Trades, shops, cafes and one-person consultancies across Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan and the wider South Wales area. Every site shown here is a live client site, not a template mock-up.

real client sites, not templates

Product photography from a client's online shop
£74 Starting price a month
The counter of an independent coffee shop we built a site for
A client site open on a laptop on a working desk
14 Days from kick-off to a live site, in most cases
Two client sites shown on phones
Design work in progress on a client site
5–10 Custom pages, depending on plan
An electrician loading a van, one of the trades we build for
Printed material carrying a client's brand through from the website
0 Exit fees when the site is yours
An independent florist's shopfront

Small Cardiff businesses deserve great design too.

Good design has been priced like a luxury for a long time. That's part of why a one-person operation ends up with a Facebook page instead of a website. The plans here start where a small business actually is.

Cardiff based. Working across the Vale of Glamorgan, Newport, Caerphilly, Pontypridd and the wider South Wales area.

  • Retail
  • Hospitality
  • Coaching
  • Consultancy
  • Trades
Why us

Same website, five different ways to get one.

Here's what each route actually asks of you: a DIY builder, a freelancer, an agency, an in-house hire, or us.

How Affordable Web Design Cardiff compares with a DIY builder, a freelancer, an agency and an in-house team
Feature Affordable Web Design Cardiff DIY builder Freelancer Agency In-house
Fixed monthly price Yes Yes No No No
Designed for you, not a template Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Hosting and SSL included Yes Yes No No No
Ongoing technical support Yes No No Yes No
Live inside two weeks Yes No No No No
No large bill up front Yes Yes No No No
No fixed-term contract, cancel any time Yes Yes No No No
Keep your files and CRM data if you leave Yes Yes Yes No Yes

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