Web design Portsmouth
We build websites, booking systems and lead machines for Portsmouth businesses. From local search to missed-call capture, one team handles the lot. Website packages start at £1,295, with clear pricing and UK-wide delivery from Newcastle upon Tyne.
From £1,295
Published website build price
£59 a month
Required Website Care
£169 a month
AI Receptionist
UK-wide
Delivery from Newcastle upon Tyne
Portsmouth customers rarely wait around for a reply. They search, compare reviews, check your website and call the first business that looks ready. If your site is out of date, your forms ask weak questions or calls reach voicemail, the work can go elsewhere before you see it.
That matters in a compact, busy city where trades, hospitality, professional services and naval suppliers compete for attention. We provide website design Portsmouth businesses can use as their main sales system, not just an online brochure. We work remotely from Newcastle upon Tyne, keeping delivery simple and pricing clear.
The problem
Portsmouth customers compare your website with nearby competitors before they call. An old layout, weak service details or broken mobile pages can make a reliable business look risky.
Replace the outdated site with clear proof and next steps
You may serve Southsea, Cosham and Portsea, yet Google gives attention to businesses with clearer listings and more useful pages. Being established does not automatically make you easy to find.
Improve your listing, local pages and business details
A message saying "how much?" does not tell you the job size, access, address or timescale. You waste time chasing information instead of deciding which work is worth quoting.
Build quote forms that collect the facts upfront
What you get
Every client also takes Website Care at £59 a month. Everything else is modular.
Your evenings, priced up
Posting yourself feels free. It is not, because every hour on Instagram is an hour you cannot charge out.
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of billable time spent posting every month
Automate the postingThat is also around hours a year. Typical UK trade figures; adjust the sliders to your own.
Pricing
Every client also takes Website Care at £59 a month. Everything else is modular, so you only pay for what you actually need.
£1,295
A credible presence that turns visitors into enquiries.
Best for: Sole traders and small teams who need to look established and get the phone ringing.
£1,995
For businesses losing work to missed calls.
Best for: Established businesses that cannot answer the phone while they are on a job.
Everything in Essentials, plus:
£2,495
For businesses ready to buy leads through Google.
Best for: Businesses that want to turn ad spend into booked work, with the tracking to prove it.
Everything in Complete, plus:
Hosting, SSL, daily backups, security monitoring, software updates, uptime monitoring, up to 30 minutes of content changes each month and email support.
All prices exclude VAT.
Monthly
Website Care is required for every client. Add anything else when you need it, and drop it when you do not.
£59 a month
Hosting, SSL, daily backups, security monitoring, software updates, uptime monitoring, up to 30 minutes of content changes each month and email support.
£169 a month
Answers every call 24/7 in your business name, takes the job details, qualifies the caller and texts you immediately.
A human receptionist costs £24,000 to £28,000 a year. A live answering service runs £200 to £450 a month.
Price on application
Answers visitor questions on your site around the clock, using only what it has been taught about your business, and captures the enquiry before they leave.
Most visitors will not ring and will not fill in a form. They ask one question, get no answer, and leave.
£449 a month
Campaign management, bid and budget optimisation, ad copy testing, negative keyword management, landing page optimisation and a monthly reporting call.
Your ad spend goes direct to Google and is never marked up. Minimum recommended spend is £400 a month.
£249 a month
Two optimised pages or articles a month, local SEO, Google Business Profile posts, citation building, rank tracking and monthly reporting.
£99 a month
Plans, writes and posts your social media to Facebook and Instagram. You approve a month of content in one sitting.
£49 a month
A marketing plan built around your business, broken into weekly tasks, so you always know the next thing to do.
£75 a month
An additional 2 hours a month for changes, new pages and seasonal updates.
Bundles
The same modules, priced lower when taken together.
£199 a month
Saves £29
£595 a month
Saves £82
£795 a month
Saves £141
No Upfront Option
No setup fee. A template site built for your trade, with hosting, care and the AI receptionist included. For businesses who want to start now without the upfront cost.
Start with no upfront costQuote request
Two minutes of questions and we will send back a real number, not a range. Website packages start at £1,295, ecommerce from £2,495, and there is a no upfront option at £199 a month.
The result
Your forms explain what information matters and collect it before you reply. You can spot job type, location, urgency and likely value without a long message chain.
Your website and Google Business Profile make your services, areas and contact details easier to understand. Portsmouth searchers see a business that looks active, clear and ready.
Calls receive an answer even when you are on site. The details arrive by text, giving you a prompt to follow up while the enquiry is still fresh.
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Your website should explain what you do, prove that you can do it and make the next step easy. We build the website around your real work, whether you repair boilers in Southsea, run a shop in Cosham, manage holiday lets near the seafront or supply services to Portsmouth businesses.
You deal with the same person throughout by video call and email. There is no travel cost built into the price. That remote-first approach helps us offer affordable web design Portsmouth businesses can buy without removing the planning, writing or technical work.
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People search for services with a place attached, such as plumber Portsmouth, wedding venue Southsea or office cleaning Portsea. We make your website and Google Business Profile clear enough for Google and useful enough for the person ready to call.
Your Google Business Profile is the listing that appears in Maps and local results. We improve its services, categories, opening times, photos, posts and contact details. We also build useful local pages, so you can compete across Portsmouth rather than relying on one homepage.
More detail
Open the parts you care about. Everything here is on the page, just tidied away.
A vague contact box creates extra work. A useful quote form collects the facts you need before you reply. We shape forms around your service, so a roofer can ask about access and damage, while a removals firm can ask about addresses, floors and dates.
The result is fewer back-and-forth messages and better information for pricing. We can connect forms to email, spreadsheets or custom systems. We can also track calls and forms, so you can see which parts of your website produce genuine opportunities.
A customer choosing between several businesses often checks reviews before making contact. A handful of old reviews can make a capable company look inactive. We help you ask for feedback at the right point, then make positive proof easier to find on your website and Google listing.
The process can follow a completed boiler repair, wedding booking, shop order, property clean or commercial contract. It does not rely on awkward copy and paste requests from busy staff. Start by choosing the jobs and customers that should trigger a review request.
A missed call can be a lost emergency repair, appointment or quote. Our AI Receptionist answers 24/7 in your business name. It takes the caller's details, asks what they need and sorts urgency before texting the information straight to you.
It costs £169 a month on its own, or £199 a month with Website Care. It cannot replace your judgement on complex jobs, but it means callers receive a useful response while you are driving, serving customers or working on site. Add it when missed calls are costing more than the monthly fee.
Google Ads can put your business in front of people searching now. It works best when the advert, landing page, phone handling and follow-up all agree. We manage the campaign for £449 a month, while your ad spend goes directly to Google and is never marked up.
Tracking shows which advert and search led to a call or form. You can then judge campaigns by real opportunities and jobs, not by impressive-looking visit numbers. Begin with the services, locations and lead value that make paid enquiries worthwhile.
A new website gives you a better base, but useful content keeps adding reasons for people to find and trust you. SEO and Content costs £249 a month. Each month includes two useful pages or articles, local search work, Google Business Profile posts, directory work, rank tracking and reporting.
You can also add Automated Social Media for £99 a month. It plans, writes and posts to Facebook and Instagram for your approval. The Intelligent Marketing Coach costs £49 a month and turns your priorities into weekly tasks. Choose the option that matches the time you actually have.
Essentials costs £1,295 and gives you a credible presence that turns visitors into enquiries. Complete costs £1,995 and suits businesses losing work to missed calls. Growth costs £2,495 and is for businesses ready to buy leads through Google.
Website Care is required for every client at £59 a month. It includes hosting, security, daily backups, software updates, uptime checks, email support and up to 30 minutes of content changes monthly. If you sell online, Ecommerce Care is £99 a month because payments, stock and shop software need closer attention.
The honest comparison
It is a fair question, and it deserves a straight answer rather than a sales pitch.
If you simply need a basic online presence, a low-cost website builder may be enough. Somewhere to point people who already know your name. If that is genuinely all you need, do that and spend the money elsewhere. We would rather tell you that than take a fee for something you will not use.
Our websites are designed for established businesses that want Google traffic to turn into calls, enquiries and customers. Copy, tracking, conversion setup and ongoing management are built in. That is a different product solving a different problem, and it is priced accordingly.
A £199 builder site
Fine for a basic presence. Not built to win work.
A Look North website
Built so search traffic becomes booked jobs.
Who writes the words
A £199 builder site
You do, usually at 11pm, into a blank box.
A Look North website
We do. Copywriting for every page is included, written around the jobs you actually want.
Whether it shows up on Google
A £199 builder site
It will rank for your business name. Not much else.
A Look North website
A page for every service and every town you cover, structured so each one can rank.
What happens to an enquiry
A £199 builder site
A contact form emails you. If you miss it, you miss it.
A Look North website
Quote forms written for your trade, instant SMS and email alerts, and every enquiry stored so none are lost.
When the phone rings and you are on a job
A £199 builder site
It goes to voicemail. Most callers hang up and ring the next business.
A Look North website
Our AI receptionist answers 24/7 in your business name, takes the details and texts you straight away.
Knowing what is working
A £199 builder site
A visitor counter, if that.
A Look North website
Call tracking, conversion tracking and call attribution, so you know which clicks became real jobs.
Getting reviews
A £199 builder site
You remember to ask, sometimes.
A Look North website
Review generation set up so a request goes out after every job, with the results shown on your site.
What happens after launch
A £199 builder site
Nothing. It sits there until you cancel the subscription.
A Look North website
The Marketing Coach gives you a plan broken into weekly jobs, so the site keeps earning its keep.
Who owns it
A £199 builder site
The platform. Stop paying and it disappears.
A Look North website
You do. The code, the domain, the hosting account and the content are yours.
Speed on a phone
A £199 builder site
Template bloat, often slow, which costs you rankings and visitors.
A Look North website
Built mobile first, because that is where almost every local search happens.
When something breaks
A £199 builder site
A help centre article and a support queue.
A Look North website
Website Care at £59 a month: monitoring, backups, updates, and a person who answers.
If the upfront cost is the blocker rather than the quality, we do a no upfront option at £199 a month on a 24 month term. That is not a builder subscription. It is a real site built for your trade, with hosting, Website Care and the AI receptionist included, live in 5 working days. The difference between that and a £199 builder site is the difference between renting a van and renting a parking space.
What the difference buys
Not features. The things that change how much work comes in.
A missed call is a customer ringing your competitor. The AI receptionist picks up 24/7, qualifies the job and texts you. Most trades win back more than the cost of the whole website in the first few months.
One page cannot rank for eight services across twelve towns. We build a page for each, so you show up for the specific job someone is searching for right now.
Not "how much for a bathroom?" but property type, scale, access, timing and photos. You quote accurately, first, without a site visit.
A review request after every job. In a year you have the review count competitors cannot catch up with, and reviews are the last thing a customer checks before calling.
Copywriting for every page is included. No blank boxes, no writing your own service descriptions at 11pm, no page that sounds like everyone else.
Call tracking and conversion tracking show which clicks turned into jobs. You stop guessing which half of the marketing worked.
The Marketing Coach turns a strategy into weekly jobs small enough to actually finish. That is why our sites are still growing a year later.
Code, domain, hosting, content and your Google Business Profile. Nothing switches off if you leave, because nothing was rented to you.
If a basic presence is all you need, a builder is the sensible choice and we will say so. If you want the phone to ring more often, that is what we build. Get a fixed price.
FAQ
Straight answers on price, timescales, search and who owns what.
Where we work
We work with Portsmouth businesses remotely, which is why the price is what it is. These are the areas we build local pages for most often.
Nearby
One team, the same fixed prices, wherever you are. Every city page is written for how local businesses there win work.
References
The tools and bodies referred to on this page, plus where to go next on ours.
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Also built for
We work UK-wide. Each city has its own page, written for how businesses there actually compete on search.
Looking for a different sector? See all sectors we build for, or tell us your trade and we will quote for it.
Next step
Tell us what you do and which parts of Portsmouth you serve. We will send back a real number with a scope attached, not a range.
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