Web design · Reading · WordPress, Shopify, Framer Web design for Reading businesses

What people in Reading see when they search for a web designer

Search for web design in Reading and the first page is a mix of small local studios, directory listings and pages that have not been touched for years. That tells you two things. Buyers have plenty of choice, and very few of the options explain clearly what you get for your money.

This page tries to do that.

A website is a sales tool first

Before we design anything we ask what the site has to do: which enquiries you want, from whom, and what someone needs to see before they get in touch. The layout, the copy and the photographs follow from that. A beautiful site that nobody can find, or that makes people hunt for the phone number, is an expensive brochure.

WordPress, Shopify or Framer

WordPress suits most service businesses: flexible, easy to edit and good for SEO when it is built cleanly. Shopify is our choice for online shops, and we move stores across from other platforms when the old one is holding sales back. Framer suits brand led sites that need to look exceptional and change often. We recommend the platform after the audit, not before.

Built for search from day one

Every site we build launches with page titles and descriptions written properly, a clear page for each service, schema that tells Google who you are, fast load times on a phone, and redirects from any old pages so you keep the rankings you already have. Our SEO team works on the build itself, not after it.

Real photographs instead of stock

Stock photos make a Reading business look like everyone else. Where it helps, we plan a photography or video shoot day into the build, and our crew comes to you to capture the work, the team and the place. Those images then work across the website, social media and ads.

Tracking that shows what the site earns

Forms, calls and bookings are tracked from launch, and every enquiry lands in your CRM, so you can see which pages produce work. If you do not have a CRM yet, we can set up CrewHub for you.

Designed for the way people actually browse

Most visitors arrive on a phone, often between jobs or on the way somewhere. Pages are designed for a small screen first: the phone number and the main action visible without scrolling, images compressed so pages load quickly on mobile data, and forms short enough to finish with one thumb.

Our case studies show finished sites alongside what they went on to deliver.

What our Reading web design service includes

• A free audit of your current site and a written plan
• Design for your brand, tested on phones first
• A build on WordPress, Shopify or Framer by our own developers
• Copywriting, or editing your words into pages people actually read
• SEO setup, redirects and speed work before launch
• Forms, call tracking and a CRM connection
• Training so your team can edit the site, with optional hosting and care

What a website costs in Reading

Our websites start from £2,499 and ecommerce sites from £4,999. A Shopify migration is £2,995, and hosting and care is £600 a year. Every price is on our pricing page. You own the website: the domain, the hosting, the platform account and the files.

How a build runs

Audit and plan, design, build, content and photography, testing, launch. The timetable depends on the size of the site and how quickly content arrives, so you get dates in the written plan before any work starts. You see the work at every stage, and nothing goes live without your approval.

Your website alongside SEO and ads

A new site is the foundation. SEO for Reading businesses brings people to it over time, and Google Ads in Reading brings them now.

See our web design services and the main Reading page for the wider picture.

Questions to ask any web designer in Reading

• Who owns the domain, the hosting and the files when the site is finished?
• Who writes the content, and who takes the photographs?
• How will you protect the rankings my current site already has?
• How will I know which pages bring in enquiries?
• What does it cost to change things after launch?

Our answers: you own all of it, we write and photograph with you, redirects and titles are mapped before launch, every enquiry is tracked into your CRM, and small changes after launch can sit in a monthly care plan or be done by your own team.

Based in High Wycombe, a short drive from Reading

We are based in High Wycombe, nineteen miles from Reading, and work with businesses across Berkshire and the Thames Valley. Design reviews happen on video calls. When the site needs photographs or video, our crew comes to you for a planned shoot day.

Start with a free website audit. Get your free audit and we will show you what your current site is costing you and what we would change first.