Custom Website Development

Custom website development, built with Next.js rather than a page builder or a theme forced to fit your business. We build sites for companies selling to customers abroad, with the performance and structure search engines and buyers both respond to.

From $1,200, with a fixed quote once we understand the scope.

Who custom website development suits

A template site or a page builder is a reasonable starting point for some businesses. Custom website development earns its cost once a site needs to load fast, hold up under real traffic, or do something a template genuinely cannot.

• You need a site fast enough that Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores stop being a liability.
• Your current site is built on a page builder that has become slow and hard to change.
• You need custom functionality, an integration or a data model a template was never built to support.

What is included

Every build starts in Figma, not in a template library.

• Custom UI and UX design in Figma, approved before any code is written.
• Development in Next.js 14, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS.
• On-page SEO and meta configuration set up from the first page, not bolted on afterwards.
• CMS integration where content needs to be editable without a developer.
• Contact forms, email integration and Google Analytics 4 configured before launch.
• Cross-browser and cross-device testing with a Lighthouse audit before delivery.
• Thirty days of post-launch support for anything that needs adjusting.

The stack, and why it matters

Next.js renders pages on the server, which is what makes fast, genuinely good Core Web Vitals scores achievable rather than something bolted on afterwards with a plugin. The framework itself is maintained in the open and not tied to any one hosting provider.

TypeScript catches a category of bugs before they ever reach a browser, and Tailwind CSS keeps the styling consistent as a site grows, rather than accumulating conflicting rules the way hand-written CSS tends to over time.

Reference: Next.js documentation

The process, end to end

Discovery, design in Figma, development, testing and launch, in that order, each stage approved before the next begins. Nothing goes into code until the design is signed off, which is what prevents a project turning into an open-ended series of revisions.

What you own when it is finished

The code, completely. There is no licence fee, no page-builder subscription, and no dependency on us to make a future change. You can host it anywhere and hand it to any developer.

Related reading

What actually drives the cost of a website build is covered at /blog/what-a-business-website-costs-by-scope, the comparison between Next.js and WordPress is at /blog/nextjs-vs-wordpress-for-a-business-site, and the performance measures Google uses are explained at /blog/core-web-vitals-in-plain-language.