Websites for cafés, shops and trades in Milton Keynes
A website designed around your business and built for phones. You change your menu, prices, hours and notices yourself, from your phone, and the whole thing is yours outright.
£750, paid onceHalf up front, half at handover. No monthly fees.
I design and build websites from Stony Stratford, for businesses across Milton Keynes, from cafés to joiners and builders.
What’s included
Everything a local business needs to be found, look right and stay up to date, for one price.
Designed around your business
Your name, your colours, your photos and your words, so it looks like your place and nobody else’s.
Built for phones first
Most visitors will be on a phone, so it’s designed for phones first, then tablets and computers.
Menu, prices and hours from your phone
They live in a Google Sheet in your account. Change a price and your website shows it the next time it’s opened.
A live “open now” line
It follows your hours, so people can see whether you’re open before they set off.
Notices
Closed for a holiday, a new special, a change to your hours: type a line in the sheet and it’s on your website.
Email signups
Customers can sign up to hear your news.
Your domain, with the padlock
yourbusiness.co.uk, in your name, with the hosting in your name too. You get every login.
Ready for Google
Your hours, location and business details are marked up so search engines can read them. Nobody can promise you the top of Google, but this is the groundwork.
A coming-soon page
If you haven’t opened yet, you get a coming-soon page at no extra cost.
See how the sheet works: change a price in the demo and watch the website update. The demo is a booking website, but the sheet works the same way on every Freehold website.
Or open two made-up businesses built this way: Lark & Loaf, a café, and Halden Joinery, a joiner.
Website price
One price, paid in two halves: half up front, half at handover.
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Website
£750Everything above, designed and built for you.
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Extras
- Coming-soon pageIncluded
- Google Business Profile set up£50
- QR code cards for your counter£30
- Photo gallery£75
After launch
- 30 days of free tweaks
- Free fixes if something I built stops working
- Later changes the sheet doesn’t cover: £30 each
- Your only running cost: renewing your domain name once a year
Website builder or a website you own?
Website builders charge every month and leave the building to you. A Freehold website is built for you, paid for once and stays yours.
Website builders
- CostA fee every month, for as long as you use it
- DesignPick a template and build it yourself
- ChangesLearn their editor
- OwnershipStop paying and it’s gone
Freehold
- Cost£750, paid once
- DesignDesigned and built for you, around your brand
- ChangesMenu, prices and hours from your phone
- OwnershipYours outright, with every login
How it works
Chat
Tell me about your business. I’ll come to you, or we can message.
Preview
You see your design before you pay anything.
Build
You pay half and I build it. It usually takes two to three weeks, depending on how quickly we agree the design.
Handover
You pay the other half, and the hosting, domain and sheet go into your name, with a one-page title deed of every login.
Questions about websites
Do I have to pay every month?
No. You pay £750 once, in two halves. The only regular cost is renewing your domain name each year.
Can I change things myself?
Yes. Your menu, prices, hours and notices are in a Google Sheet you can edit from your phone.
What if I type something wrong in the sheet?
Your website keeps showing the last good version, so a typo can’t break the page.
Will I show up on Google?
Your website is set up so Google can read your business details, like your hours and where you are. Nobody can promise rankings, but a Google Business Profile helps local customers find you, and I can set one up for £50.
What do I need to give you?
A free Google account, a few photos, and your menu or prices. I do the rest.
How long does it take?
Usually two to three weeks, depending on how quickly we agree the design.
Who owns the website?
You do. Hosting, your domain and your Google Sheet are set up in your name, and I hand over every login.
What if something breaks?
If something I built stops working, I fix it free. You also get 30 days of free tweaks after launch. Later changes the sheet doesn’t cover are £30 each.
Do clients book appointments with you? A booking website lets them book themselves, day or night. See booking websites
Get a quote
Tell me about your business and I’ll get back to you within a day or two.
Not sure what you need yet? Answer a few quick questions and get an estimate straight away.