Your work is sharp.
Your website should be too.
Whetstone is a one-man web studio. I design and build the site your work deserves, and I tell you the price on the first call. Sole traders to established firms, anywhere in the UK.
Recent work
All of it, whole →
What I do
Three jobs. I'll tell you on the call which one you need.
A new website
from £800
For businesses running on word of mouth, a dead Facebook page, or nothing at all. Designed from a blank page for your business, live on your own domain. Half up front, half when you approve it.
A rebuild
priced like a new site
You have a website; it's costing you work. I rebuild it from scratch on the same domain, keeping your reviews, your name and your number, then redesigning the rest. Your old site stays up until the new one replaces it.
A straight fix
quoted as a fix
Sometimes the site doesn't need rebuilding, and I'll tell you that on the call. Broken forms, dire speed, photos that undersell the work: fixed and billed as the small job it is.
Simple site
Up to 4 pages, your photos, your words, a contact form, your own web address and a year of hosting. Extra pages are £100 each. Most small businesses land between £800 and £1,200.
Bigger site
Online shops, lots of pages, custom features, or copy written from interviews.
Somewhere in between? Most people are. Tell me what you want and I'll give you an exact price on a free 15-minute chat. It doesn't change after that. Pay half to start and half when you approve the finished site, or spread it over up to 10 months with no interest. No VAT.
If you're really not happy, you can stop. I'll show you the design early and keep checking in as it takes shape. Anything can be changed. If, once you've seen the design, you decide you don't want to carry on, you pay only the first half and owe nothing more.
Straight answers
Asked on the first call, answered before it.
How long does it take?
About two weeks from first call to live for a simple site, if you're quick with feedback. A bigger site runs four to six weeks, because interviews and case studies take honest time. Either way, the date is agreed on the first call.
What do you need from me?
One phone call, whatever best shows your work (job photos, projects, results), and honest answers about what you want more of. I write the copy.
What kind of businesses do you build for?
Anything from a one-man business upwards. Trades are where I started and a good part of what the portfolio shows so far, but the process is the same whatever the size of the business. Book the call and I'll tell you straight whether I'm the right fit.
Fifteen minutes buys you
A straight look at what your current site is costing you
An exact, fixed price, quoted on the call and never after it
A straight answer if a rebuild isn't worth it
I won't chase you afterwards.