To a stranger,no website is a red flag. Aberdeen websites,all in for £500
Five pages of proper web design for your Aberdeen business: the trades, salons, cafes and small firms working from Union Street out to the suburbs.
- £500once, fixed
- No contractnothing to cancel
- You own itsite and domain
Aberdeen
Websites for the Aberdeen businesses that never got round to it
If you're not there when someone looks you up, the answer they find is a competitor who is.
Aberdeen is a granite city and it looks like nowhere else in Scotland. Union Street runs the length of it with Marischal College behind, the beach and the harbour are a short walk from the middle, and Old Aberdeen with the crown spire of King's College sits north of that. Past the centre it spreads into Dyce, Bridge of Don, Cults and Bieldside.
A small business here is competing in a city with money in it and plenty of firms that already look the part online. That cuts both ways. The standard is higher than in a small town and customers expect it, which means a joiner or a salon with no website at all stands out, just not in the way anybody wants.
Here is the honest part. We are in Glasgow and Aberdeen is the best part of three hours away, so we are not going to pretend we will pop up for a coffee. What we will do is exactly what we do for a business ten minutes from us: one phone call of about twenty minutes, then email, and you watch the pages get built. That is how nearly all of these get made anyway. £500, same as everywhere else.
- The city centre and Union Street. Salons, cafes, barbers and small practices in and off the main street.
- Dyce and Bridge of Don. Trades, garages and small firms on the north and west edges.
- Cults, Bieldside and Milltimber. Gardeners, joiners and services working the Deeside road.
- Torry, Kincorth and Cove. Van based trades and small contractors south of the harbour.
- Old Aberdeen, Woodside and Mastrick. Same terms, all covered.
Nearby, and the same £500
Web design Dundee
Dundee CityA rebuilt waterfront with the V&A and the Discovery on it, and the Law standing over the rest.
Web design Stirling
StirlingA castle at the top, a high street below it, and the Wallace Monument watching from Abbey Craig.
Web design Falkirk
FalkirkThe Kelpies at one end, the Wheel at the other, and a run of towns in between that all blur into each other.
Being found in Aberdeen
Aberdeen sets a higher bar than most Scottish cities
We work across Aberdeen and out from it, from Union Street, Marischal College and Old Aberdeen through Dyce, Woodside and Mastrick, west to Cults, Bieldside and Milltimber, and south of the harbour to Torry, Kincorth and Cove.
Aberdeen customers have spent a long time around businesses that present themselves properly, and it shows in what they expect from a small firm. In a small town a tradesman with no website looks like a tradesman who is busy. In Aberdeen the same tradesman looks like one who has not got round to it, next to three competitors who have. That judgement is made in a couple of seconds and it is made before anybody rings.
It also means the searches are more competitive than the population would suggest. There are established firms here who buy their way to the top of the results and will keep doing it. The ground a small business can actually take is the specific stuff, the trade plus the part of Aberdeen you work, because that is where the big spenders are not bothering to compete and where the customer is most likely to pick up the phone.
What Aberdeen businesses get wrong online
Assuming a phone number and word of mouth still carries it.
CommonIt carried it for a long time in Aberdeen and it does not any more. A recommendation now gets checked online before anybody calls, and if there is nothing to find, the recommendation quietly dies there.
Trying to compete on the broadest search in the city.
CommonThe general terms are the ones the biggest firms pay for. A specific one, naming your trade and Dyce or Cults or Bridge of Don, costs nothing to win and brings somebody who already knows what they want.
Writing as though the energy trade is the only customer.
CommonPlenty of Aberdeen businesses serve households and small firms who have nothing to do with it. A site pitched entirely at contractors reads as closed to everybody else.
Compare the cost
Why £500 once beats "from £350"
Budget web packages advertise a low headline price, then tie you to a monthly direct debit for a year and a half. Here's how that actually adds up.
| Feature | Savvy Website | Typical pay-monthly package | DIY site builder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up front | £500 | from £299 | £0 |
| Monthly fees | None you have to pay | £20–£30 a month | £13–£25 a month |
| Minimum term | None | Often 12 to 18 months | Rolling, but forever |
| Cost over 3 years | £540 | around £1,200 | around £700, and rising |
| Who writes the words | We do | Usually you | You |
| Your own domain | Included, first year | Sometimes included | Paid extra |
| Who owns it | You, outright | Usually them | You rent it |
| If you stop paying | Nothing happens | Site comes down | Site comes down |
Our three year figure is £500 plus roughly £20 a year for domain renewal after the first year. One like-for-like note: pay-monthly totals usually include an email inbox and ours doesn't. Email is an optional add-on, priced on request. We do offer optional care plans from £24.99 a month if you'd rather we looked after the site. It is never required, there is no minimum term, and the three year figures above assume you don't take it. Even allowing for that, the gap doesn't close. Comparison figures are typical advertised UK prices for budget and DIY packages in 2026, and minimum terms are those the providers publish themselves. Always check what your own quote includes.
The only clause that matters
£500 fixed. We don't get half of it until you're happy.
£500, fixed. Half gets the build started; the other half is due only once you've approved the finished site. If we can't get it right, you don't pay it, and the site still transfers to you.
- You approve it before the balance is due. Not the other way round.
- We carry the risk. If we can't get it right, you don't pay the balance.
- It's yours outright. Site and domain, both in your name.
The arithmetic, in full
Fixed. That is the whole cost of your website, and there are no monthly fees to us, ever.
- Today, to start the build
- £250
- Once you've approved it
- £250
- Monthly fees, either way
- None
Card, Apple Pay or Klarna, handled by Stripe. If you would rather get a price first, start there instead.
We don't get that second £250 until you tell us the site is right. If we can't get it right, you don't pay it, and the site still transfers to you.
What's included
Everything in your website, for one fixed price
One price covers the lot. Read every line. There's nothing hiding underneath it.
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Five pages, written for you
IncludedHome, services, about, reviews and contact, with every word written from a 20 minute phone call. No homework, no forms to fill in. If a single sharp page suits you better, we build that instead for the same money.
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Built for phones first
IncludedMost of your customers will find you on a phone, so that's where your site has to shine. Fast to load, easy to read, one tap to call you.
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Your own web address, and the Google side
IncludedYour own domain (yourbusiness.co.uk) registered to your business, first year on us. Set up properly for Google Search and Google Maps, including your Google Business Profile.
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Hosting and the boring bits
IncludedFast, secure hosting, the padlock in the browser bar, and backups. All sorted for you and included for the first year.
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A matching email address
Optional add-onPriced when you ask. Never snuck into the £500, and never billed monthly by us.
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The lot, one price
£500Once it's approved and paid, the site and the domain belong to your business outright. No rent, no strings, no upsells. The only running cost after year one is the £20-a-year domain renewal, paid to the registrar. See the full breakdown of what a website costs.
The work
What a £500 website actually looks like
Aberdeen runs on joiners, electricians, plumbers, garages, hairdressers and cafes, with a good number of the smaller firms working alongside the energy trade rather than in it. Start with Local Conference Solutions, live now.
After you're live · optional
Never want to think about this again?
Once your site is live it is yours. It keeps working whether you pay us another penny or not, and most owners simply renew the domain each year. If you would rather hand the upkeep over, there are two plans. Both are optional, month to month, and neither is mentioned on the call.
- Care plan, £24.99 a month. Hosting, domain, backups, three changes a month and a traffic report. For a site that is live and just needs looking after.
- Success plan, £99 a month. All of that, plus changes as you go, Michael directly rather than a ticket, and half an hour on the phone each month.
- Neither is required. The £500 does not depend on it, and we only raise it near the end of a build if we think it would genuinely help.
The bit that matters
You can take the site and never hear from us again.
Cancel any time, and the site stays yours. It does not come down, it does not get locked, and we hand over every login.
That is not how most monthly website deals work. The usual arrangement is a small setup fee, a direct debit, a minimum term of a year or more, and a site that stops being yours the moment you stop paying. Which is exactly why this is written here rather than buried in terms.
How it works
Four steps, and you're only ever committed to the one you're on
See a free preview
We show you a preview of what your site could look like before you spend a penny. If it's not for you, that's the end of it. No hard feelings.
Start the build
Like the direction? The first half, £250, gets the build under way. We have a quick call about your business so we can write your pages properly.
Site goes live
Your site goes live at your own address about a week after our call. You get up to two rounds of changes to get it just right.
Approve it, or walk away
Approve it and the last £250 completes the £500. If we've not got it right, you don't pay it. The deposit covers the work done and the site is still yours.
Get a quote
Tell us what you do. We'll send back a price and a plan.
Two fields is enough to start. You'll have your price within one working day, and a free one-page plan for your Aberdeen business alongside it. If the job's bigger than the £500 build, we'll tell you straight and quote it properly.
- A free plan comes with it. One page: where you come up on Google for what you do, who is above you, and the three things costing you calls. Yours to keep, whether you use us or not.
- We reply within one working day. Usually much sooner.
- No obligation, and no chasing. If it's not for you, that's the end of it.
- Rather just talk? Call or text Michael directly on 07508 750017, or message on WhatsApp.
If we emailed you first, the easiest thing is simply to hit reply.
Questions
What Aberdeen businesses ask before getting a website made
You are in Glasgow. Why would I use you rather than an Aberdeen firm?
For the price and the speed, and it is worth weighing that honestly. An Aberdeen agency can sit across a desk from you and we cannot, not without the best part of six hours in a car. What we do is one focused job for £500 with five pages live in about a week, written around Aberdeen and the areas you actually work. If meeting in person matters more to you than that, use somebody local and we will not try to talk you out of it.
How much does it cost to get a website made in Aberdeen?
Across the UK in 2026, freelancers typically charge £800 to £3,000 for a small business website and agencies £2,500 to £10,000. Budget packages advertise from around £299 to £350, but usually add £20 to £30 a month on a minimum term of a year or more, which works out dearer inside two years.
Ours is £500 once, the same price in Aberdeen as in Glasgow. The only ongoing cost is about £20 a year for the domain, and that goes to the registrar, not to us. See the full price breakdown →
Will my site be set up to rank in Aberdeen searches?
Yes. Your Aberdeen location and the areas you cover are written into the pages and the underlying code, so the site says Union Street, Marischal College, Aberdeen Beach, the Harbour, Old Aberdeen, King's College rather than just "Scotland". We also set up or tidy your Google Business Profile, which is what puts you on Google Maps when someone nearby searches for what you do.
Nobody honest will promise you a particular position for £500, and we will not. What we will do is the groundwork properly, which is more than a lot of sites at any price get.
Do you cover the areas around Aberdeen too?
Yes. Dundee, Stirling and Falkirk are all covered on exactly the same terms, and each has its own page: Dundee, Stirling, Falkirk. If your town is not listed, ask anyway, because the answer is nearly always yes. Here is everywhere we cover.
Can you build the whole website for me?
That's the whole idea. We do all of it: the words, the design, the photos, the domain, the hosting and the Google side, then show you the finished site and you tell us what to change.
Your part is a 20 minute phone call and any pictures you've already got on your phone. There's no software for you to learn and nothing for you to write.
Are there any monthly fees?
None that you have to pay. Hosting, the security certificate and backups are included for the first year, and after that the only bill is the domain renewal, about £20 a year, paid directly to the registrar. There's no contract and nothing to cancel.
If you would rather we kept looking after the site there are optional plans from £24.99 a month, but you can take the site and never hear from us again and it will carry on working.
What's the catch with the £500?
There isn't one. We keep the price down by doing one focused job well: a fast, good-looking site that gets you found and gets your phone ringing. £500 is the whole price of the website.
What it doesn't buy is an online shop, a booking system or a custom-built app. Those are real development jobs and cost real money, and if that's what your business needs we'll say so on the call rather than sell you something that won't do it. More questions answered here.