We buildWebsites · Custom development

Websites built from scratch

Custom WordPress themePHPJavaScriptREST APIsheadless optionsCore Web Vitals
Old waycalls, emails, retypingNew sitethe site does the work
9.2h1.4h
difference7.8 h back every week
Who it is for

Who custom website development
is built for.

01 Companies whose brand matters

A template looks like a thousand other sites; your clients notice.

02 Sites that outgrew a page builder

Slow pages, broken layouts after updates and plugins nobody understands.

03 Businesses with unusual features

Calculators, configurators, member areas or data that no theme handles.

04 Teams that want to own the code

No lock-in to a builder, a platform or one developer.

The problem

Why template sites
hold businesses back.

Most of the web fails Google’s speed and experience tests — and heavy builders are a big part of why.

01 48%

of mobile websites pass Core Web Vitals, Google’s page-experience test — more than half fail.

02 45%

Core Web Vitals pass rate for WordPress on mobile — among the lowest of the major platforms.

03 ~60%

of WordPress sites use a page builder; Elementor alone is on 43% of them.

04 1.6 MB

median JavaScript a phone downloads on Wix and Shopify sites — the heaviest of the platforms.

05 8.4%

more retail conversions from a mobile site just 0.1 seconds faster.

→ Your
numbers

Put your monthly volume into the calculator and see hours and dollars.

How the site works

One custom website:
10 steps from brief to launch.

How a custom site is designed, built and handed over — so it stays fast and editable for years.

Every step

Every step of
custom website development.

Discover01 / 10
Trigger

Goals and audience

Who the site is for, what they must do on it and how success is measured.

Discover
Set

Content and structure

Pages, sections and the content each one needs, before any design.

Discover
Set

Design on real content

Layouts for desktop and phone, using your actual texts and photos.

Design
IF

Approved?

You review a clickable preview; changes are made before code.

Design
Code

Custom theme

Clean code without page builders, every block an editable field.

Build
HTTP

Integrations

Forms, CRM, payments and other systems connected through their APIs.

Build
Code

Speed and accessibility

Core Web Vitals and accessibility checked on real devices.

Build
Set

Content and redirects

Content moved, old URLs redirected, search engines notified.

Launch
Trigger

Go live

Launch with monitoring, backups and analytics in place.

Launch
Loop

Training and handover

Your team learns to edit; code and documentation are handed over.

After

What is custom website development?

Custom website development means the site is designed for your business and coded from scratch, instead of adapting a theme or stacking a page builder. The result is a site that looks like your brand, loads fast, does exactly what your clients need and is easy and safe for your team to edit.

More than half of mobile websites fail Google’s Core Web Vitals, and heavy page builders and scripts are a big reason. A clean custom build is faster, more stable after updates and does not lock you into a platform or a single developer.

What changes for your business

A site that stands out, pages that open in about a second, integrations that just work and code you own.

Before / after

Updating the site:
in a page builder, and in a custom theme.

Typical minutes per content update. Your own numbers go into the calculator below.

update
1 min 5 min Change a text or price without breaking the layout
8 min 30 min Add a new page in the site’s style
Auto 20 min Fix a layout broken by a plugin update
Auto 5 min Optimise images so the page stays fast
One update · by hand → with the new site 1 h 9 min −85% per update
Your numbers

What a custom site
saves your team.

Based on 1 h by hand and 9 min with the new site per item, from the table above.

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You stay in control

We build the system,
you run the content.

Code, speed and integrations are our job. The message and the content are yours.

The site does10 steps · every run
Goals and audience
site
Content and structure
site
Design on real content
site
Approved?
site
Custom theme
site
Integrations
site
Speed and accessibility
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Content and redirects
site
Go live
site
Training and handover
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You decide4 steps · always a person
Your brand and message

We design around them; you approve every step.

you
Content decisions

What to publish and when stays with your team.

you
New features

You decide what to add next; we estimate before we build.

you
Your code

It lives in your repository and can be handed to any developer.

you

Flip a switch to hand a step to the site or take it back.

Connects to

Works with your systems
through their APIs.

Results

What a custom website looks like
when it works.

Pages load fast on a phone, your team edits without fear, and the site grows with the business instead of being rebuilt every few years.

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of mobile sites pass Core Web Vitals (Web Almanac, 2025)
0%
of WordPress sites use a page builder (Web Almanac)
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more retail conversions from 0.1 s faster pages (Deloitte)
How we work

How a custom website
is built, week by week.

Week 1Discovery

Goals, audience and the pages that matter — a written scope and a fixed price before any design starts.

Weeks 2–3Design

Layouts on your real content, desktop and phone, with a preview link you can share.

Weeks 3–6Build

A fast, editable site: forms, integrations, SEO basics and analytics, tested on real devices.

AfterLaunch & care

Go-live, redirects and Search Console, then updates, backups and monitoring if you want us to stay.

FAQ

Custom website questions
we hear every time.

Is custom development more expensive than a template?

Upfront, usually yes. Over a few years it is often cheaper: no rebuilds, no fixing broken layouts, faster pages that convert better and changes your team can make without a developer.

Do you use WordPress?

Often, as the admin your team edits in — but with a custom theme, not a page builder. We also build headless or fully custom when the project needs it.

Who owns the code?

You do. It is in your repository with documentation, and any developer can continue the work.

Can we still edit the site ourselves?

Yes, and more safely than with a builder: every block is a field with the design locked in place.

How long does it take?

Most custom sites take six to ten weeks from discovery to launch, depending on the content and features.

More websites

Websites
for every kind of business.

Available for new projects

A site that works
while you sleep.

Describe the project in two sentences — we reply within a day with an honest range and the next step.

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