--- title: "Lightweight websites" description: "Professional websites for small businesses. We do the heavy lifting." url: https://www.pivale.co/solutions/lightweight-websites/ publisher: Pivale (https://www.pivale.co) --- # Lightweight websites You know you need a website, but you don’t know where to start. Give us two hours to learn about your business, and we write, design, build and launch it for you. Once it’s live, we keep it running. Need a change? Email or call us. | | | |---|---| | Best for | Local trades, small firms and sole traders | | Your website | From £2,995 + VAT | | Hosting and technical care | From £45 a month + VAT | | Content care (optional) | Priced on request | ## The problem: You know you need a website. Where do you start? You’re busy running your business and looking after customers. Writing pages, finding photos and working out hosting can feel like a second job, so the website stays on the to-do list or ends up half-finished. - **What to say:** Knowing your trade is one thing. Explaining it to strangers in writing is another. - **Evenings and weekends:** Website builders cost little a month but take hours you don’t have. - **Looking the part:** A site that looks home-made on a phone puts customers off before they call. - **The technical bits:** Domains, hosting, contact forms, analytics and search engines all need setting up. ## How we help: You know your business. We know websites. We ask the questions, organise what you tell us and do the work. You make the decisions without becoming a web designer, copywriter or developer. 1. **Discover:** A two-hour conversation about your business: the customers you want, the jobs you’re proudest of, the questions people ask before they book, and who you’re not right for. 2. **Create:** We research your market, write your content, then design and build your site. You review it and send one round of changes before it goes live. 3. **Launch and look after:** We launch your site, set up analytics and host it. Afterwards, email or call us whenever something needs changing. ## What changes: Done for you, from start to launch. - **£2,995** starting price + VAT: interview, research, writing, design, build and launch - **2 hours** of your time for the interview, plus reviewing what we write - **0** logins, plugins or software updates for you to look after ## Changes: No login. Nothing to learn. Your website doesn’t come with a dashboard or a password to remember. We make the changes for you, so the site stays fast, secure and looking right. If you’d rather update it yourself, a website with a CMS, such as DayOne Digital™, will suit you better. - **Hosting and technical care, from £45 a month + VAT:** Hosting, security certificates and monitoring, with every change to your site kept in version control so an earlier version can be restored. You need this to keep your site online. We quote for content changes when you ask. - **Content care, priced on request:** Regular small changes made for you, such as new wording, photos or a finished project. We price it on how much you expect to change. - **One-off changes:** No content plan? Ask whenever you need something and we’ll tell you the cost before we start. - **Bigger changes:** We quote for new pages, sections or features before we start. [Edit your own website with DayOne Digital™](https://www.pivale.co/solutions/day-one-digital) ## What’s included: A complete website, written for you. We design your website around your business and build it from parts we’ve already tested, which keeps costs down and the pages fast. This website is built the same way. - **Writing:** We write the pages from your interview, and nothing goes live until you approve it. - **Design and build:** Designed for your business, quick to load and easy to use on a phone. - **Found and measured:** Search engine basics, a contact form and analytics, set up before launch. - **Live within as little as two weeks:** Counted from your interview and photos. The rest depends on how quickly you review and send feedback. ## Extras: Need more than a website? New logo? Signs on the van? Tell us in the interview and we’ll quote for it. - **Logo and brand:** A refresh of your logo, colours and brand assets. - **Vehicles and print:** Van signwriting, business cards and printed material in the same style. - **Photography:** Photos of your team, premises and work, when your own don’t do it justice. - **More pages:** Extra pages, project case studies or a second interview. [Brand development](https://www.pivale.co/services/brand) ## Proof ORBPAK: Fully charged from launch The problem: A new product category and an unknown brand, with buyers who needed technical answers before they would switch. The solution: A lightweight Astro website on Cloudflare, built as a sales tool for engineers and procurement teams. The outcome: A fast launch, low running costs and 100 in every Lighthouse category. Read the case study: https://www.pivale.co/work/orbpak ## Related - [DayOne Digital™](https://www.pivale.co/solutions/day-one-digital): A secure, compliant, affordable Drupal website. - [Microsites](https://www.pivale.co/solutions/microsites): Campaign sites without the sprawl. - [Brand development](https://www.pivale.co/services/brand): Identity that scales across every touchpoint. - [UX/UI design](https://www.pivale.co/services/ux-ui): Interfaces people actually enjoy using. - [Secure hosting](https://www.pivale.co/services/hosting): Upsun’s certified cloud, behind Cloudflare. - [Support & security](https://www.pivale.co/services/support): Responsive support that grows with you. Tell us about your business. We’ll take it from there. --- Source: https://www.pivale.co/solutions/lightweight-websites/. Pivale is a UK digital consultancy. Book a 30-minute call at https://www.pivale.co/contact/ or email hello@pivale.co.