How much does a website cost?

Our packages start at £499 for a Starter site, £1,499 for Growth and £2,999 for our full Premium build. Enterprise partnerships are priced on request. All prices are one-off, no monthly agency fees. Hosting and domain costs are separate and we discuss these upfront.

Do I have to pay everything upfront?

No. We take a 50% deposit when we start work and the remaining 50% is due on launch day. We never ask for full payment before we've done any work.

Are there any ongoing fees?

Our design and build fees are one-off. You will need to pay for hosting (typically £5–15/month) and domain renewal (typically £10–15/year) separately. We help you set these up and are transparent about the costs before you commit.

Can I upgrade my package later?

Yes. If you start on a Starter site and want to expand it later, we can quote for adding pages or features. We'll always tell you upfront what it will cost before doing any work.

How long does it take to build my site?

Starter sites typically take 5–7 working days. Growth sites take 10–14 days. Premium and custom projects are scoped individually. We always agree a timeline before starting and stick to it.

What do you need from me to get started?

Your logo (if you have one), any photos or images and an idea of what you want to say. We can help you write copy and suggest free stock photography if needed.

Will I be able to update the site myself?

It depends on the platform we build on. For most small business sites we use platforms that are easy to update yourself. We also offer a monthly maintenance service from £49/month if you'd rather not deal with it.

How many revisions do I get?

Starter: 1 round. Growth: 3 rounds. Premium: unlimited. A revision round means you give us all your feedback at once and we implement everything.

Will my site work on mobile?

Yes, always. Every site we build is fully responsive, it looks great on phones, tablets and desktops. We test on real devices before handing anything over.

Basic SEO is included in all packages, page titles, meta descriptions, fast load times and Google Search Console setup. Growth and Premium packages include full SEO optimisation and structured data markup to help you rank for local search terms.

Do you handle hosting and domains?

We help you set everything up but we don't act as a middleman, you keep full ownership and pay providers directly. This means you're never locked in to us.

Can you work with my existing domain?

Yes. If you already have a domain we'll connect the new site to it. If you need a new domain we'll help you choose and register one.

Where are you based? Do we need to meet in person?

We're based in Edinburgh but work with clients across Scotland, the UK and internationally. Everything can be done remotely. We're happy to meet in person for Edinburgh clients if preferred.

What if I'm not happy with the result?

We work through revisions until you're happy. Before we ever start building we share a design mockup for approval so you know exactly what you're getting before a single line of code is written.

Do you work with any industry?

We work with all kinds of small businesses, shops, contractors, therapists, fitness professionals, restaurants, consultants and more. If you're a legitimate business that needs a website, we can help.

Why Mobile-First Matters | Blog | Wellington Web Co.

More than 60% of all web searches now happen on a mobile device. In Edinburgh, where people are constantly searching on the go for a café nearby, a plumber, a local shop that number is even higher. If your website isn't built for phones, a significant portion of the people who find you are immediately having a bad experience.

What "mobile-friendly" actually means

It doesn't just mean your site can be viewed on a phone. It means the layout adapts intelligently text is readable without zooming, buttons are large enough to tap, navigation is easy with a thumb and images load quickly on a mobile connection. A site that technically "works" on mobile but requires pinching, zooming and horizontal scrolling is not mobile-friendly. It's just not broken.

The bounce rate problem

When someone lands on a site that's hard to use on their phone, they leave. Immediately. This is called a bounce and a high bounce rate tells Google your site isn't worth showing to people. Over time, a poor mobile experience actively hurts your search rankings as well as your conversion rate.

What it costs you in real terms

If 100 people find your site this month and 60 of them are on mobile and your mobile experience is poor enough that half of those people leave immediately you've just lost 30 potential customers. For a local business that might be 30 people who would have called, booked or walked in.

How to tell if your site is the problem

Pull out your phone right now and load your website. Can you read the text without zooming? Can you tap the phone number to call? Does the menu work? Does the page load in under 3 seconds? If the answer to any of those is no, you have a problem worth fixing.

A mobile-first site doesn't cost significantly more than a standard one it's just built correctly from the start. Every site we build at Wellington Web Co. is designed mobile-first, tested on real devices and only signed off when it looks and works properly on every screen size.

Google's mobile-first indexing

Since 2023, Google uses the mobile version of your site as the primary version for ranking. That means if your mobile experience is poor, your search rankings suffer regardless of how good your desktop site looks. A site that was built five years ago without mobile in mind is probably holding you back in search results right now, even if you can't see the problem just by looking at it on a laptop.

Speed matters more on mobile

Most people on mobile are on 4G or 5G but signal is patchy and patience is short. Google's data shows that more than half of mobile users will leave a site that takes longer than 3 seconds to load. Large images, heavy fonts and unoptimised code all slow things down. A properly built mobile-first site compresses images automatically, loads only what's needed and scores well on Google's Core Web Vitals, the speed and usability metrics Google uses as a ranking factor.

If you're not sure how your site performs, you can run it through Google's free PageSpeed Insights tool. A score below 50 on mobile is a problem worth fixing.

Not sure if your site is mobile-friendly? Send us the URL and we'll give you an honest assessment no charge.

Why your Edinburgh business is losing customers without a mobile-friendly site