Thatcham · Newbury · West Berkshire
Your business deserves
an address of its own.
I build websites for the small businesses, tradespeople and freelancers around Thatcham and Newbury. Designed for you, live in two weeks, £350 as a single payment — and the domain and the code are yours to keep.
- Live in two weeks
- You own the domain
- No monthly lock-in
- Built ten minutes down the road
People decide about you before they ever call.
A number on the side of a van and a Facebook page used to be plenty. Now somebody hears your name at the school gate, types it into their phone on the walk home, and makes up their mind in about four seconds.
If nothing comes up, or what comes up is a page that last moved in 2019, they scroll to the next name on the list. That's the whole problem, and it's a fixable one.
What it costs
The Starter Site — £350
One payment. Half up front, half when it goes live. No retainer, no contract, nothing you have to keep paying to stay online.
What's included
- Up to five pages, designed around your name and colours
- Works properly on phones — that's where most people will see it
- A contact form that lands straight in your inbox
- Set up so Google can read it: page titles, descriptions, local business markup
- Google Search Console set up, so you can see what people search to find you
- Visitor stats, so you can see what people actually look at
- Your domain connected and the padlock sorted
- Two rounds of changes, then 30 days of fixes after launch
Not in the £350
Writing all your copy from scratch, photography, logo design, an online shop, a booking system, or ongoing SEO. All of it's possible — I'll quote you before anything starts, so there are no surprises on the invoice.
Want me to look after it?
£20 a month, entirely optional
Your site stays online whether you take this or not, so it isn't a catch. It's for people who'd rather not think about domain renewals or fiddle with the site themselves. I keep an eye on it, and you get half an hour of changes a month: a new price, a fresh photo, an extra service. Stop whenever you like.
A site I built
Berkshire Bike Works
A friend wanted to start fixing bikes locally. He had the tools, the skill and a garage, and no way for anyone to find out he existed.
We built one page: what he fixes, what it costs, where he is, and a form. Nothing clever. It just had to exist and say the right things, and it's been bringing him work ever since.
How it works
Three steps, about two weeks
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A free half hour
A coffee in town or a call, whichever suits. You tell me what you do and who you'd like walking through the door. No pitch deck, no obligation.
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I build it
You send over your words, photos and logo. Within a week you get a link to a real, working site you can click around and pick holes in.
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It goes live
We make your changes, point your domain at it, and it's yours. I'll show you how to update it, or I can keep doing that for you.
Who you'd be working with
I'm Cam
I've spent the last ten years on copywriting, content and digital marketing, mostly for charities and good causes. I settled in Thatcham five years ago after a lot of moving around. I have built various websites for different projects and charitable initiatives.
This is me trying to be useful on the business side of that. There's no agency behind me and no account manager. You deal with me, which is also why I've got the time to spend on a job most agencies would think too small.
When I'm not doing this I play chess, strategic board games, and write a long-running blog about Zen, parenting and modern life in the UK.
Questions people ask
What's the catch at £350?
I'm building up a portfolio of local work, so this is a founding rate for the first handful of Thatcham and Newbury businesses.
Do I actually own it?
Yes. The domain goes in your name, the site files are yours, and if you ever want to take it somewhere else I'll hand the lot over without a fuss. Nothing is held hostage.
I haven't got any words or photos.
Most people haven't. I'll tidy up whatever you've got as part of the £350. If you'd rather I wrote the whole thing from scratch, that would be extra. We can discuss and I'll tell you what it costs before I start.
Why not just use Wix or Squarespace?
You can, and for some people that's the right answer. But it's an evening a week for a month, it keeps charging you, and the result usually looks like the template it came from. This way you get it done, done properly, and you get your evenings back.
What about Google Maps listings?
Your Google Business Profile is often worth more than the website for getting the phone to ring, so it's worth doing. Google requires the owner to verify it in person with a video, which means it has to be you rather than me. I'll talk you through exactly what to film, free, whether or not you're a client.
How long does it really take?
Two weeks from the day your content lands with me. The bit that slows projects down is almost always waiting on photos, so the sooner you send them the sooner you're live.
Let's get you an address.
Half an hour, free, no obligation. Tell me what your business does and I'll tell you straight whether a website is going to help you or not.