You could hire a web design agency in California. They'd have a beautiful office with a foosball table and a dog called Pixel. They'd charge you $50,000, take six months, and deliver something built on WordPress with a premium theme they bought for $59. Or you could hire me. I'm one bloke in Ramsbottom with a laptop, a kettle, and a price list that starts at £499.
The websites are the same quality. The main difference is that you'd get yours about five months sooner and for roughly 98% less money. Also, I don't have a dog. I have a strong opinion about fonts.
Let's be honest about the differences. You've got sunshine. I've got drizzle. You've got avocado toast for $22. I've got a bacon barm for three quid. You've got venture capital. I've got a direct debit for my IONOS hosting. You've got 30,000 web designers within a 10-mile radius. I've got me, and I'm usually available.
But here's what we have in common: the internet works the same everywhere. A website built in Ramsbottom loads just as fast in LA. Google doesn't check the postcode of the person who wrote the code. Your customers will never know and never care that their favourite local website was built by a man who can see a Victorian tower from his desk.
I build websites from scratch. Hand-coded, fast, designed to rank on Google and work properly on every device. No WordPress, no page builders, no templates. Fully managed from £30 a month with hosting, SSL, support and a business email forwarder included.
I also set up business email with Microsoft 365, provide remote IT support, build AI chatbots that handle enquiries on your website around the clock, and run SEO campaigns to get you ranking in the searches that actually bring in business.
The eight-hour time difference works the same as it does for my New York clients, just more so. You brief me at the end of your day. I do the work while you're asleep. You wake up to a finished job. It's like having a web designer on the night shift, except I'm drinking tea, not Red Bull.
If you've ended up here from California and you're thinking "this can't be real," I promise you it is. British design, made in England, shipped to the West Coast. Drop me a message. I'm cheaper than your morning coffee.