How much does a website cost?

It depends on the scope, but our builds start at £650 for a landing page and £1,400–£5,866 for a custom website. E-commerce starts at £4,150. For ongoing support, WP Care plans start at £59/month, SEO retainers from £549/month, and our all-in Studio packages from £270/month. However a project is priced, we break it into milestones — each with a fixed price tied to a working deliverable. You never pay 50% of the total cost up front. Instead, you pay 50% of the first milestone to start it. When that milestone is complete, you pay the remaining 50% of it together with the 50% deposit on the next milestone — and that's what unlocks the next phase of work. The pattern continues until the final milestone is delivered, at which point you pay the remaining 50% of it. The effect: cash flow stays smooth, you always see a working deliverable before paying for the next, and we never carry more than half a milestone of unbilled work.

How long does a project take and what does delivery look like?

Indicative timings: Landing page: ~4 weeks from kick-off Custom website: 4–8 weeks E-commerce build: 8–12 weeks Brand work: 2–8 weeks depending on tier Delivery is broken into milestones built around working functionality, not internal phases like “design” or “build” in isolation. Think of it like an MVP and then MVP+1, MVP+2 — at the end of every milestone you have a live, usable thing you can see and sign off on. For a typical website project, the milestones look something like this: MVP — A working homepage and core navigation on staging, with your brand applied. Real, clickable, mobile-friendly. MVP+1 — All inner pages built, forms wired, analytics installed. MVP+2 — SEO foundations, schema, performance optimisations, content polish. Launch — Final QA, DNS cutover, hand-over docs. You'll always know what we're working on each week and what's due back from you. We never start the next milestone until the previous one is signed off and paid for, which keeps surprises out of the project.

What if I need a bit of everything — can you do that?

Yes, and this is what our Studio packages are built for. Instead of piecing together a freelance designer, a marketing agency, a developer, and a hosting account, you get all of it from one team on one monthly fee: Studio Lite — £1,200/month. SEO retainer + GBP management + WP Care + 6 hours/month of design, dev or content time. Studio Standard — £2,250/month. Bigger SEO scope, 13 hours/month design + dev, quarterly brand reviews. Studio Pro — £3,500/month. The whole stack — 18 hours/month of flex time, weekly GBP posts, monthly cross-discipline strategy session. Studio is best for businesses who'd otherwise hire a junior designer plus a part-time marketer. It's also how we work with most of our long-standing clients — they like having one point of contact for the whole digital side.

Do you offer ongoing maintenance after launch?

Yes — four WP Care plans, £59–£259/month, covering plugin and core updates, daily backups, security and performance monitoring, and content tweaks. Most clients pair their build with at least our Essentials plan so the site stays healthy and up to date.

Digital Design Studio. Fulham, London.

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Branding, website design, SEO and marketing for businesses ready to grow. Twenty years of design — delivered direct, by me.

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Design should make change happen. Full stop.

Strategy, brand, product and visibility — designed together. A logo in isolation solves nothing. A system built around the opportunity does.

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Studio Packages

Design, SEO and care — in one bundle.

One service. Design, SEO and website care bundled into a single relationship.

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UX Design

Products people actually use.

Journeys, prototypes, usability testing. I turn ideas into products that customers come back to.

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Website Design

Fast sites that pay for themselves.

I build high-performing WordPress sites that convert, rank and scale — grounded in strategy, designed around your business.

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Ecommerce Design

Stores built to sell.

WooCommerce builds where every screen earns its place in the funnel.

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Website Maintenance

Kept secure. Kept fast. Kept fresh.

Monthly WordPress maintenance — security, performance tuning, content updates. Done.

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Branding

Identities that earn trust on first glance.

Logos, identity systems and guidelines — I explore 50 to 100 concepts before a single pixel hits the screen.

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Graphic Design

Print and digital, in lockstep.

Social graphics, reports, flyers, business cards, posters. Print and digital design that looks like the brand, not a template.

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SEO

Visibility that compounds.

Rankings built on solid foundations — not quick wins that vanish next quarter. Local-first, London-focused.

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Google Business Profile

The map listing that wins local jobs.

Claim, optimise and grow the Google Business Profile that powers local enquiries — often the highest-ROI surface in local SEO.

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Social proof

In good company.

A few of the businesses trusting me with brand, web, SEO and marketing work.

Bhanu Choudhrie CC Alpha Group Dablam Jupiter Advisers Jupiter Investments London School of Economics Stellar International Art Foundation University of Leicester

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Customer reviews

In the clients' words.

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J4G Design has been a god send! Chris is communicative, fast, and most importantly great at what he does. He took over our website and google page management for my local painting company and I already feel in better hands. The amount of analytics, clear decision making to improve our results, and professionalism is unmatched. I recommend Chris to everyone who needs websites, logos, or google page optimization!

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I have had an excellent experience with Chris at J4G Design. He listened well to my requirements, turned them into a great first draft of a website, and then was very responsive to feedback, promptly actioning suggested changes and tweaks. As a result, he has designed a fantastic website for me and I am very happy!

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I asked Chris if he would re-vamp and update my existing website, which isn't always easy to do. Yet he has managed to really improve the overall look and navigation of the site so I'm really happy with it!

Tanya Bradbury via Google →

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Fantastic experience, got a great website that now is fit for purpose, easy to use for me and my customers, highly recommend Chris, explained everything to me in plain language, what a delight.

Scotty via Google →

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Chris designed some professional thumbnails templates for my YouTube channel. From start to finish, his creativity, professionalism and attention to detail were outstanding. Chris was incredibly patient and open to feedback, ensuring that every element was just right and that I was 100% happy with it. I highly recommend working with him!

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Chris was and is extremely helpful fixing a wordpress website (and lack of computer skills) . Very patient and supportive. Thank you!

Claire Foxon via Google →

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Christopher served as a Design Expert for a presentation to Engineering students and received great feedback for his knowledge and credibility. Christopher is practical, intelligent and great at client service. I highly recommend with him and J4G Design.

Jason Bell via Google →

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Working with Chris for our website design and maintenance has been a great experience, the end result has been clean, functional and reliable with regular the behind the scene updates. Chris is easy to work with and is quite responsive. Highly recommend, and the work is of the upmost quality.

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It's important for me to support local businesses, which Chris is. Plus, he's very responsive. I felt he was generous with his time, understanding what I needed, and very quick to get me what I needed! Thanks Chris. I'm sure we'll work together again!

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Selected portfolio.

Projects built to earn their weight — bakeries, bespoke learning platforms, health-sector UX, community organisations and more.

Website · WordPress Making courses easier to manage on WordPress for LICTD

Website · Squarespace Optimising the USA FS website for subs

Brand · Logo A brand evolution for Fulham BM

Brand · Logo A ‘kick ass’ brand identity for USA Fencing Strength

Website · WordPress Increasing on-website bookings with a new WordPress website for Iken Barns

Brand · Logo Evolving a logo into a brand identity for Gardens by Olivier

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Meet the founder

I'm Christopher.

Designer, problem-solver and your point of contact at J4G Design — fifteen years across UX, web, brand and graphic design, all under one roof.

I work with small businesses, ambitious founders and other freelancers — taking new brands off the ground and pushing established ones to the next level. I take care of the technical hassle so you can focus on running the business.

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