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Custom WordPress & Squarespace Web Design

Web Design for small businesses

Turn visitors into clients with a stunning, conversion-focused website that works 24/7 to showcase your expertise and streamline bookings.

If you're feeling overwhelmed by outdated design and struggling to attract the right clients, you're in the right place.

Your website is the digital front door to your business, and it’s often the first impression your clients will get. But if your current site feels like it’s working against you, or you’re struggling to keep up with its demands, it’s time for a change. Imagine a website that not only looks amazing but also works around the clock to convert visitors into clients—effortlessly.

Custom WordPress Web Design Tailored to You

I create websites that capture your brand’s unique story and goals while giving you the peace of mind that everything is functioning seamlessly behind the scenes. From the first conversation to the final design, I’ll handle every detail to ensure your website works as hard as you do.

All packages are built for your needs

Take a look at some of my recent projects to get a taste of what I love to design.

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If you're feeling overwhelmed by outdated design and struggling to attract the right clients, you're in the right place.

Your website is the digital front door to your business, and it’s often the first impression your clients will get. But if your current site feels like it’s working against you, or you’re struggling to keep up with its demands, it’s time for a change. Imagine a website that not only looks amazing but also works around the clock to convert visitors into clients—effortlessly.

Custom WordPress Web Design Tailored to You

I create websites that capture your brand’s unique story and goals while giving you the peace of mind that everything is functioning seamlessly behind the scenes. From the first conversation to the final design, I’ll handle every detail to ensure your website works as hard as you do.

Packages Built for Your Needs

Package 1: Spark
1-2 Pages

Investment starts at £998

For those who need a simple but striking online presence.

Package 2: Glow
3-5 Pages

Investment starts at £2500

Perfect for businesses looking to offer more detailed services and content.

Package 3: Brilliance
6-8 Pages

Investment starts at £3600

For businesses ready to showcase a more complex site with added functionality.

A smartphone sits on a stone surface, showcasing a WordPress web design for a birth preparation and hypnobirthing course. The screen features an image of two people sitting on brick steps, highlighting how small businesses in Swansea can thrive online.
A smartphone showcases a blog page on the website of The Gower Celebrant titled featuring an article on "5 reasons for a humanist celebrant wedding". The phone sits atop sheets of paper and linen cloth, illustrating the power of stunning websites crafted by innovative female entrepreneurs.
A laptop rests on a leather sofa, displaying a WordPress web design project featuring a person and their dog — the homepage of Calm Kind Happy, an animal behaviour specialist website designed by Kate Fordy Designs.
A tablet showcases a stunning website for The Beauty Barn with an About page with the heading "The Beauty Barn and Me," featuring an article and a photo of a female entrepreneur, elegantly placed on a beige surface with white dried flowers.
Pilates Instructor website design by Kate Fordy Designs
A tablet showcasing a blog page, featuring bespoke web design elements and various text boxes and tags, rests elegantly on magazines atop a textured surface.
Aromatherapist Website Design with Shop Kate Fordy Designs
Fitness Trainer Website Design Integrated booking system Kate Fordy Designs

Clare’s Art Now Shines on a Beautiful, Easy-to-Manage Website.

"Kate took my vague ideas and turned them into a stunning, simple-to-use website that perfectly showcases my paintings."

Before working with Kate, I was completely overwhelmed by the technical side of building a website. I just wanted a space to show my work without all the hassle. Kate made the whole process easy, walking me through each step, and now I have a site that’s not only gorgeous but also so easy to update myself. I’m so proud to share it!

— Clare

Dreaming of a unique website that converts?

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I build beautiful, functional and fully responsive websites to fit your needs but that also shows off the character of your business (and more importantly, YOU!). I mainly build WordPress and Squarespace websites. I really get to know my clients so that I can truly create work that speaks from them to their ideal client.

I aim to keep the complicated jargon to a minimum whilst we work together and will openly answer questions about things you are pondering about, so that you can make fully informed choices about what is best suited to you in the longer term.

I work with each of my clients one-to-one to build a site that will help them reach their unique online goals – while keeping things running smoothly and efficiently with clear timelines, effective communication and no-nonsense contracts.

What are your web design needs?

Starter Website

Investment starts at £2500

Show off all your best bits to your ideal clients. Mainly designed for businesses who work predominantly offline but know the importance of having a strong online presence, or for those starting to build up their business. In two-four weeks you can have a gorgeous online showcase for your offline business. One that is as professional as you are and gives the very best first impression to those potential clients.

  • Consultation call
  • Design briefing questionnaire & content workbook/s
  • Access to portal to submit all copy, images and other content for website build
  • WordPress website design and build (4 pages)
  • Blog page & blog post template and 3 posts uploaded
  • 404 page build
  • Responsive design
  • UI/UX optimised
  • Testing across devices
  • Google analytics set up and integration
  • SEO best practice (plugin set up, image compression and alt tags)
  • Facebook pixel installation as required
  • One round of design amendments
  • 1 hour hand over call
  • Training videos on how to edit your site
  • One month of free support
  • One month of free hosting (if you host with me)
  • Additional pages £120 each
  • Copywriting from £250
  • Sales funnel from £500

4 – 6 weeks

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Growth Website

Investment starts at £3500

Beautiful, functional, professionally designed and built WordPress or Squarespace websites created with your ideal customer and their journey to your services in mind. Your website will be so much more than an online version of your business card, like an extra member of your team, it will work 24 hours a day to ensure that your dream clients keep on coming back to.

  • Consultation call
  • Design briefing questionnaire & content workbook/s
  • Access to portal to submit all copy, images and other content for website build
  • WordPress website design and build (up to 10 pages)
  • Blog page & blog post template and 3 posts uploaded
  • 404 page build
  • Newsletter Integration
  • Responsive design
  • UI/UX optimised
  • Testing across devices
  • Google analytics set up and integration
  • SEO best practice (plugin set up, image compression and alt tags)
  • Facebook pixel installation as required
  • One round of design amendments
  • 1 hour hand over call
  • Training videos on how to edit your site
  • One month of free support
  • One month of free hosting (if you host with me)
  • Additional pages £120 each
  • Copywriting from £250
  • Sales funnel from £500
  • E-commerce, E-learning or Membership setup from £1000

8-12 weeks

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Membership, eCommerce
& Courses Websites

Investment starts at £5500

Ready for a membership site, an ecommerce shop to sell your physical or digital products or an online course platform? WordPress websites that get your clients and customers from start to finish is what you need, and for it to look beautiful at the same time. This functionality can be added to a current website or as part of a new website creation.

  • Consultation call
  • Design briefing questionnaire & content workbook/s
  • Access to portal to submit all copy, images and other content for website build
  • WordPress website design and build (up to 10 pages)
  • Blog page & blog post template and 3 posts uploaded
  • 404 page build
  • Newsletter Integration
  • Responsive design
  • UI/UX optimised
  • Testing across devices
  • Google analytics set up and integration
  • SEO best practice (plugin set up, image compression and alt tags)
  • Facebook pixel installation as required
  • Two rounds of design amendments
  • 1 hour hand over call
  • Training videos on how to edit your site
  • One month of free support
  • One month of free hosting (if you host with me)

 

ITEMS SPECIFIC TO E-COMMERCE SITE:

  • Shop page design and build
  • Product page design and build
  • 3 X product upload
  • 2 x payment gateway integration e.g. Stripe and Paypal
  • Cart + checkout design and build

 

ITEMS SPECIFIC TO E-LEARNING SITE:

  • Single main course design and build
  • All course sales pages design and build
  • E-learning email setup
  • Course certificate design and setup

 

ITEMS SPECIFIC TO MEMBERSHIP SITE:

  • Single main membership design and build
  • Membership sales pages design and build
  • Membership payment and email setup
  • Additional pages £120 each
  • Copywriting from £250
  • Sales funnel from £500
  • E-commerce, E-learning or Membership setup from £1000

12-16 weeks

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WORK WITH ME

Custom Websites

I build beautiful, functional and fully responsive websites to fit your needs but that also shows off the character of your business (and more importantly, YOU!). Be that a tidy up of your DIY work or a new WooCommerce or Membership site I can take away the stress and hours of trial and error.

You should feel proud to promote your website and know that it’s making the very best impression for you online. I love to work together with my clients to create a website that reflects them and their message and gets them seen by the important people – their current and future clients.

You provide the text and photographic content and I get on with the designing to ensure that your online home is exactly as it needs to be, whilst you get on with doing what you are best at.

PACKAGES

What's Included?

I really try to make everything as simple and easy for you during the design process so that you can concentrate on your work with minimal interference.

ONE-TO-ONE BUILD SLOT

You'll be my only client during your build slot, so you know I'll be able to give your project my full attention and I'll be availble to respond to any queries you might have.

ON BRAND DESIGN

I'll make use of any existing branding you have – logos, colour codes, photography, etc. If you don't have existing branding, I can help with that too.

SEO OPTIMISATION

I'll follow Search Engine Optimisation best practices to encourage Google to start ranking your page ASAP... so those dream clients can find you!

IN-DEPTH PRE-BUILD QUESTIONNAIRE

After your booking is confirmed, I'll send you an in-depth questionnaire where you can give me all the details about your business and brand, your current website woes and what you'd like your new (or first!) website to be doing for you. Your answers will get my creative juices flowing and technical brain ticking well in advance of your build slot.

MOBILE RESPONSIVE LAYOUT

Good design and layout can still be hard to achieve without a little coding trickery. Your website will look gorgeous whether viewed on a phone, tablet, laptop or desktop. Guaranteed.

PLANNING & STRATEGY MEETING

We'll get on Zoom in the first couple of days of your build slot to talk through your ideas and mine and make sure we are on the same page.

HANDOVER LESSON & EMAIL ASSISTANCE

Once your website is up and running, we'll have a handover session via screenshare to get you up to speed in Squarespace and get you comfortable editing and updating your website yourself. If you have any further questions, 30 minutes of email assistance is included.

CUSTOM 404 ERROR PAGE

Broken and incorrect links are the enemy of a good website. However, they do occur sometimes so it is best to be prepared. I'll customise your 404 Error page to ensure those clients know they've landed on your website and give them a link to proceed to your Home page.

BUILT IN ANALYTICS

I will ensure that your website starts to collect data from the first time it goes live, so that in future you will be able to monitor and address changes that need to be made. Squarespace has a detailed and intuitive visitor analytics section so that you can see who is visiting your website, what content they are checking out and where they're coming from. I'll walk you through the analytics section in our handover session. It's not as scary as it sounds, I promise.

THOROUGH SITE TESTING

I'll test your website on phone, tablet, laptop and desktop. Most designers do this using a website that 'simulates' the device but I insist on testing on the actual devices, just as your visitors would.

DOMAIN AND EMAIL SET-UP

A professional business needs a professional web address. If you already have a domain name with another provider, I'll take care of transferring it to Squarespace or we can register a new one for you right away.

THIRD PARTY INTEGRATION

I'll get all your social media accounts linked up and integrated into your website so those dream clients know where else they can connect with you. If you use email marketing, I'll integrate sign-up forms in key positions around your website too. I can even link you up to services like Mindbody and Memberspace.

How Does It Work?

1. PROPOSAL

Book a free Consultation call where we have a quick 20 minute chat about what you want to achieve, timeframes and see if we are a good fit to work together.

2. ON BOARD

Contract, Deposit paid, Design Date for start of project booked.

You get given your homework whilst I get busy. It’s good homework…honestly!

3. DISCOVERY

This is when the actual building phase of the website begins and changes get made. At this point you will be updated weekly on progress.

3. Step Four

It’s launch time! We have a full online face-to-face lesson for 90 minutes to go through how you manage and update your site and make any last changes, then you are launched.