Web design · Liverpool
Web design in Liverpool, built on spec.
I am Jake. I build websites for Liverpool businesses out of Liverpool, on spec, so you see the finished site for your business before you pay the rest. From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
Web design in Liverpool
I am Jake, and I run FORGE from Liverpool. I build websites for businesses across the city, on spec, which means I build your site first and send it to you finished. You look at the real thing for your own business before you decide to pay anything. It starts at £297, it is live within 7 days, and it goes live on your own domain. No agency queue, no months of back and forth, no paying in full for a promise.
Built here, not outsourced to nowhere
A lot of the cheap websites sold to Liverpool businesses are churned out by faceless outfits hundreds of miles away, or by a template farm that has never set foot in the city. You fill in a form, you get a generic site back, and there is nobody to call when you need a change.
I work differently because I am one person and I am here. When you message me, you are talking to the person building the site, not a sales rep passing you down a chain. If you want something changed six months from now, you message me and I do it. That is the whole point of keeping it small.
Getting found in Liverpool, not just being online
Being online and being found are two different things. There are Liverpool businesses with a website that has never once appeared when a local customer searched for what they do, because the site was built to exist, not to rank.
I build every site to be found in local search from day one. That means the technical groundwork done properly, the pages written around what people in Liverpool actually type into Google, and your Google Business Profile set up and pointed at the site so the two work together. Nobody honest promises you the top spot, because Google decides that. What I can promise is that the site is built to compete for it instead of being invisible.
Fast, because nobody waits around
Liverpool customers are on their phones, and a slow site loses them before it has loaded. Most of the sites at this price are built on WordPress, stacked with plugins, and they crawl on a phone signal. People do not wait. They hit the back button and call the next business on the list.
Every site I build is static, served straight from a fast global network, with no WordPress and nothing to bog it down. It loads fast on a phone in a car park with two bars of signal, which is exactly where a lot of your customers are when they are trying to reach you. Fast pages rank better and they turn more of those visitors into actual calls.
Tried a website before and got nothing back?
If you have been burned before, you are not alone, and you are right to be wary. The usual story is that someone sold a business owner a site, took the money, and disappeared, leaving a slow page buried where nobody could find it.
This is built to be the opposite of that. You see the finished site before you pay, so there is no leap of faith. It is fast and built to be found, so it has a real shot at bringing in work. And I am still here after it goes live, to change it when your business changes. You are buying something you can look at first, from someone who is not going anywhere.
How it works
From message to live in four steps.
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Message me
Tell me what you do and where you are on WhatsApp. No forms, no call to book.
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£99 to start
A £99 deposit gets your build going and comes off your quote. It covers some of the build time.
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I build it, you see it
I build the whole site, framed around your work, and send it to you finished to look at.
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Pay the rest, go live
Happy with it? You pay the balance, it goes live on your own domain, and it is yours to keep.
What you get
What a site from me includes.
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Built on spec
I build it first and send it finished. You see the real thing before you decide, not a mock-up.
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Live in 7 days
From the go-ahead, your site is live within a week. No months of back and forth.
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On your own domain
It goes live in your name. You own the site and everything on it, with no lock-in.
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Genuinely fast
Static pages, no WordPress. Fast pages rank better and turn more visitors into calls.
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Found on Google
Built to be found in local search, with the plumbing done properly from day one.
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Looked after
Someone looks after it and changes it when you need. Two small edits a month, your listing kept current.
Who I build for
Trades and businesses in Liverpool.
- Trades Own your leads instead of renting them off a directory. Built for emergency call-outs and high-ticket work, on your own domain, live in 7 days.
- Home services Get found for the jobs happening on your street. Visual, seasonal, recurring work, shown off and easy to book, live in 7 days on your own domain.
- Professional Look as credible as you are and win higher-value clients. No directory to lean on here, just being found and trusted, on a fast site that is yours.
What it costs
A straight price.
From £297 to build it, first three months of Care included, then £49 a month.
You own the site outright and can stop the monthly plan whenever you like. Hosting is part of Care and Grow, so one of those keeps it online after the first three months, or you host it yourself. See the full pricing.
Common questions
Questions I get asked.
Do you actually work in Liverpool?
Yes. I run FORGE out of Liverpool and build for businesses across the city and Merseyside. Because the whole thing runs over WhatsApp and email, I can build for you whether you are in the city centre, Woolton, Anfield or anywhere else, without dragging you into meetings.
How much does a website cost in Liverpool?
It starts at £297 to build, which includes the first three months of looking after it, then £49 a month after that. That is the same price wherever you are. There is no Liverpool markup and no vague 'from' figure that balloons once you are in.
How long will it take?
Seven days from the go-ahead in most cases. I build the site first, send it to you finished, and it goes live within the week once you are happy. No months of back and forth.
Will it help me show up on Google in Liverpool?
That is the point of it. The site is built to be found in local search, with the technical groundwork done properly and your Google Business Profile set up to match. Ranking is never guaranteed by anyone honest, but the site is built to give you the best shot at it.
I already get most of my work by word of mouth. Do I need this?
Word of mouth still sends people to Google before they call you. A good site turns those people who were going to check you out anyway into calls, instead of losing them to a competitor with a better looking site. It backs up the recommendation, it does not replace it.
I had a website before and it did nothing. Why would this be different?
Most cheap sites are built once and left to rot on slow WordPress hosting, buried on page five. This is a fast, static site built to be found and kept current. And you see the finished thing before you pay, so you are not buying a promise.
Do I own the site?
Yes, completely. It goes live on your own domain, in your name, and it is yours to keep. There is no lock-in and you can stop the monthly plan whenever you like.
Tell me what you do and I'll build you a site on spec, so you can see it before you pay. See the full pricing, browse the work, or get in touch.