ESSENTIAL
WEBSITES
Affordable, professional websites for the self-employed, startups and micro businesses. Built on WordPress, designed around your brand and ready to grow with you.
Essential websites done the right way
Start at your own pace
A professional website without the big upfront spend
Not every business needs to hit the ground running. If you’re just starting out, self-employed or running a small business, it often makes sense to take things one step at a time. Our Essential package is built for exactly that.
You still get a proper website, built on the same content management system we use for our larger projects, so it can grow with you. Start with up to five pages and add more as your business develops.
Every Essential website is fully responsive. It adjusts its layout to suit the screen it’s viewed on, so it looks right on a phone, tablet, laptop or desktop.
What's included
Everything you need to get online
The Essential package covers the foundations every small business website needs, set up properly from day one.
In-house designs
Choose from a range of our own designs, adapted to your branding, colours and logo.
Elementor Pro licence
Included for the first 12 months, then £100 per year. It powers your design and keeps it working as intended.
WordPress or Joomla!
Built on a proper content management system, ready for blogging, extensions and growth.
Up to 5 content pages
Room to introduce your business, explain your services and encourage enquiries.
Secure contact form
A contact form with spam protection, so genuine enquiries reach you and the bots don’t.
Header & footer menus
Clear, properly named navigation that helps visitors find their way and supports your SEO.
Privacy policy
Standard documentation tailored to your business, so visitors know how their data is handled.
Terms & conditions
Sets out the legal side of your website clearly for your visitors and customers.
Cookies policy
Explains what information your website collects and why.
Is it right for you?
Built for businesses taking their first steps online
If you’re on a tight budget but still want a quality website that represents your business with confidence, the Essential package is the perfect starting point.
- Self-employed and sole traders
- Startups finding their feet
- Micro businesses and local services
- A choice of designs adapted to your branding
- Room to grow as your business grows
- Easy to move up to Classic or Premium later
How it works
From first chat to launch day
We keep things simple. You talk to the people building your site, not an account manager, and we explain each step in plain English.
01
Discovery call
A free 30-minute meeting to understand your business, your customers and what you need from your website.
02
Choose your design
Pick one of our in-house designs and we’ll adapt it to your branding, then show you how it will look.
03
Build & content
We build your pages, set up your contact form and legal pages, and add your content.
04
Launch & support
We take your site live, then stay on hand for hosting, updates and any help you need.
Ready to get your business online?
Book a free 30-minute call and we’ll talk you through the Essential package and whether it’s the right fit for you.
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This package includes:
Theme options
We offer a choice of beautifully designed and vibrant themes that we can adapt to your organisation's branding
Elementor Licence
A powerful third party extension included for the first 12 months, essential for the designs integrity, £100 per year thereafter.
CMS Setup
We work with two CMS systems (content management system) WordPress & Joomla! ideal systems for blogging, extensions, applications and can grow and reduce in line with your business habits
Header & Footer Menus
Setup in web standard format for ease of navigation for visitors, named correctly for better SEO
Privacy Policy
Standardised documentation customised for your business
Terms & Conditions
Ensuring your visitors/ customers can fully understand your websites legal obligations
Cookies Policy
Ensuring customers know what information your website collects
Up to 5 content pages
Provide enough information to convey your business profile and encourage conversions
Contact Form
Safe and secure for you and your visitors to use with security captcha to gather the information you need to get back in touch
This package includes all the Essential Features plus:
Custom Post Type
Dynamically display your services, team or features in a way that makes it easy for add or edit more
Up to 10 Content Pages
Go more in to detail with your products or services & add a gallery to feature what you do
HTML Sitemap
Easy way for visitors to navigate your website visually, good for SEO
Fav Icon
Add the professional look on visitors browser tabs when they land on your website
Yoast SEO Free
Perfect to get your SEO journey off to a great start, upgrade to premium available
Customer Account Manager
Keep in touch throughout your new website journey
Google Maps
Help potential clients locate you without redirecting them from the website
This package includes all the Starter, Standard & Premium Features plus:
Google Analytics
Gain insights of your visitors including bounce rate, habits & location
Facebook Pixel
Manage your online marketing campaign and see what conversions your social marketing campaign really provides
Custom Animations
Tailored to your brand, colours and topic to define your organisation's offerings (Subject to brief)
Custom Illustrations
Beautifully created digital artwork exclusive to your website and business
Up to 20 pages
20 pages of engaging content and call to actions about your services and products
Interactive Map
Display a bespoke map with the option to show multiple locations and important information (Licence included for 12 months - £40 per year thereafter
Google Business Listing
Boosting websites ranking via your Google Business Profile
SEO Optimisation
Optimising your pages giving your website a head start with search engine ranking
SEO Report
A report of your websites SEO showing the home page SEO score and any further suggestions if any
Basic Booking Integration
Perfect for retaining clients on your site when booking events, classes or courses (Licence included for 12 months)*
FAQs
Common questions
Yes. Essential websites are built on the same platform as our larger packages, so when you’re ready we can add pages and features, or move you up to our Classic or Premium package without starting again.
Elementor Pro is the page builder your website’s design is built with. It’s included for the first 12 months, then it’s £100 per year to keep it licensed, updated and secure.
Yes. Because it’s built on a content management system, you can edit your text and images yourself. If you’d rather not, just get in touch and we can make the changes for you.
Yes. Every Essential website is fully responsive, so it adapts automatically to phones, tablets and desktops.
Yes. We offer managed UK hosting with SSL and backups, so you don’t need to worry about the technical side.
Essential is our most affordable website package. Book a free call and we’ll give you a clear price based on what you need, with no obligation.