Website design FAQs

We go through your current website with you, page by page: what is working, what may be costing you enquiries, and what we would change first. It is free, there is no obligation, and there is no hard sell. To book, email patrick@websitedesign365.com or use the contact form with your website address, a phone number and a couple of times that suit you. We confirm by email and call you at the agreed time, by phone or video call.

Yes. If we can help, we will tell you how and what it would cost. If you only need a few changes you can make yourself, we will say so.

For a standard small-business site, once we have your content and sign-off, we can have your new website live within one working day. It costs £799 ex VAT, the same as our Refresh package.

A standard site of up to five pages; your wording, logo and photos ready before the day; the page list and layout signed off; someone available on the day to approve the pages; and access to your domain.

Online shops, booking systems, large content migrations and custom features are not one-day jobs. For those we give you a realistic timetable in writing instead.

Pointing a domain at a new site usually takes effect within a few hours, although DNS changes can occasionally take longer to reach every network. We do not change your email settings unless you ask us to.

Live in a Day and Refresh are £799 ex VAT for up to five pages. Business is £1,495 ex VAT for up to ten pages with 12 months of hosting. Commerce / Growth starts from £2,495 ex VAT. If the work sits outside those packages, we quote it. See pricing.

Live in a Day is a standard five-page site launched in one working day. Refresh is the same scope with more time and two rounds of revisions. Business is the usual fit for a small or medium-sized company: more pages, content migration, Google Business Profile and a year of hosting. Commerce / Growth is for shops, bookings or larger sites.

No. All prices exclude VAT. We will state VAT clearly on proposals and invoices if and when we are registered.

Our standard approach is 50% to begin, once the scope is agreed in writing, and 50% at launch.

Not for the build. Hosting is optional on Live in a Day and Refresh at £25 a month, and included for 12 months on Business and Commerce. After that, optional care is £25 to £35 a month.

Live in a Day sites launch within one working day once content and sign-off are in. A typical Refresh or Business site takes a few weeks from an approved brief and content. Shops and migrations take longer, and we say so up front.

Yes, usually. You know your business best. We edit, structure and lay out what you provide, and can reuse good wording from your current site. Full copywriting and photography are quoted separately.

Yes. Most of our work is revamps. We keep what still works and rebuild the rest. See website redesign.

No. We are based in Belfast and work with businesses across Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

Yes. We build on a private staging address and switch over at a planned time.

You do. The domain should be registered in your name, and the site you have paid for is yours, whether you host with us or elsewhere.

Yes. WordPress lets you edit your own site, is supported by a huge community, and can be moved to any competent host.

It is included for 12 months on Business and Commerce. On Live in a Day and Refresh it is optional at £25 a month, or we can work with a host you already use.

We check where your email is hosted before any change and do not change your email settings unless you ask us to.

Each package includes 30 days of fixes for agreed items. After that you can make everyday changes yourself, ask us to quote, or use optional care.

Every site includes on-page SEO foundations. We do not promise rankings, because nobody honestly can, but we make sure the basics are right.

Yes, if you want it, scoped and quoted separately. Many small businesses do well with solid foundations and an up-to-date Google Business Profile.

Only genuine ones you have permission to use. We never invent reviews, testimonials or statistics, on our site or yours.