Bytes Reality
Websites for small businesses

Websites that load fast, get found,
and don't cost £40 a month forever.

Bespoke static sites for small businesses and sole traders. Engineered for speed, security, and to be found by Google and AI. From £500. You own the code, host it where you like, and there's no monthly Wix bill.

See if your business is a fit How it works
From £500
No monthly platform fees
UK-based
You own the code

You want a website. You don't want the usual nonsense.

If any of this sounds familiar, you're in the right place.

Wix and Squarespace bills that never stop

Forty pounds a month, every month, forever. Add a feature, pay more. Want a custom design? You're stuck with the templates everyone else uses.

Quoted £4,000 by an agency you'll never hear from again

Over-engineered, retainer-driven, and locked behind a CMS only the agency knows how to use. You wanted a website, not a hostage situation.

A website nobody finds

It looks fine. But Google ignores it, ChatGPT can't summarise it, and customers find your competitor first. Pretty isn't enough.

What we offer

One bespoke website. Optional support. Optional growth.

No hidden tiers, no fake "premium" upsells. The website is the website. Care Plan and SEO Growth are bolt-ons you add only when you need them.

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Your Website

from £500

Bespoke design, static build, hosted free for your first 3 months.

  • Bespoke design, no templates
  • Built as static HTML, fast and secure
  • Mobile-first, accessible, SEO and schema baked in
  • Contact form, 3 months of free hosting, full handover docs

1-page from £500. Typical 5 to 7 page brochure £1,200 to £2,000. Larger sites and bookings or e-commerce are quoted. After 3 months you choose: take the site to your own host, or stay on a Care Plan.

Optional

Care Plan

from £29/month

Hands-off updates, hosting, and support after your launch period.

  • 3 to 4 update batches per year
  • Hosting, SSL renewal, monthly uptime monitoring
  • Security patches and small content edits
  • Priority response when something breaks

Prefer to manage it yourself? Take the site to your own host at month 3. We'll help you transfer at no extra cost.

When you're ready

SEO Growth

from £299/month

Follow-on package once the site is live and you want enquiries.

  • Technical SEO and AEO upkeep
  • 1 to 2 new content pages per month
  • Google Business Profile management
  • Monthly report with rankings, traffic, and recommendations

3 month minimum, then rolling. Cancel any time after that.

Pricing shown is the starting point. Final scope and price are agreed in writing before any work begins.

How it works

Four steps from "we should sort the website" to a live site your customers actually find.

1

Free homepage sketch

We design your homepage first, for free. You see the direction before you commit. No pressure to continue.

2

Quote and scope agreed

Fixed price, in writing. You know exactly what's included and what isn't.

3

Build and launch

Typically 1 to 3 weeks. Bigger sites or e-commerce take longer, we'll tell you upfront.

4

Handover or Care Plan

Take the keys and self-host, or let us look after it on the Care Plan. Your call.

What's included

No surprises later. This is what comes with every site, and what you can add when you need it.

Always included

  • Bespoke design, no templates
  • Mobile-first responsive layout
  • Accessible to WCAG 2.1 AA
  • Core Web Vitals tuned for speed
  • On-page SEO and Schema.org markup
  • Contact form with email delivery
  • Google Analytics 4 setup
  • Hosting for your first 3 months (launch period)
  • Handover docs and source code

Available add-ons

  • Blog with markdown content
  • Booking integration (Calendly or similar)
  • E-commerce (Shopify embed or Stripe Checkout)
  • Multilingual content
  • Custom email forwarding
  • Care Plan (ongoing updates and hosting)
  • SEO Growth (follow-on retainer)

See it in action

Real sites we've built, on demand. Click to expand.

Browse the full portfolio

Case studies, screenshots, and live sites

Recent client work, including bespoke brochure sites for sole traders, small business websites with bookings, and larger data-driven builds. All built with the same engineering standards.

View our work
Why us

Engineered to last. Built to be found.

Most agencies build websites the same way they did in 2014. WordPress, plugins, monthly hosting on someone else's terms. We don't.

Static sites are faster, cheaper to run, more secure, and easier to find. That's the whole pitch.

Engineered, not stitched together

Real code, not a stack of WordPress plugins held together with hope. Static HTML means no database to hack, no plugins that break on updates, no monthly platform tax.

Built to be found by humans and AI

Schema markup, AEO content structure, Core Web Vitals tuned, fast on mobile. This site is built that way. Yours will be too.

You own it. Always.

Code, design, content, hosting, domain. All yours from day one. Walk away whenever and take the whole thing with you.

Common questions

The things small business owners ask most often. Honest answers below.

How does this compare to Wix or Squarespace?

Wix and Squarespace are great if you want to do it yourself with templates and pay forever. We build you something custom, hand it over, and you choose what happens next. Hosting on your own account after the launch period costs about £0 to £10 a month, not £40. Long term it's cheaper, faster, and yours.

Can I update the site myself?

If you're comfortable with text files in a Git repo, yes. If you're not, the Care Plan is the easier route, send us your edits and we ship them in the next batch. Most small business owners take the Care Plan or just do without frequent updates, which is the whole point of a static site.

What if I need a blog or shop later?

We add it. A blog uses markdown files in the same repo. A shop drops in via Stripe Checkout or a Shopify embed. Both can be added at build time without rebuilding the whole site. We'll quote it as an add-on when you need it.

How long does it take?

A 1-page site is usually 1 week. A 5 to 7 page brochure is 2 to 3 weeks once we have your content. Bigger sites and anything with bookings or e-commerce takes longer, and we'll tell you the timeline before you commit.

Do I have to use your hosting?

No. We host your site free for the first 3 months so you can launch without thinking about it. After that you choose: stay with us on a Care Plan, or take the site to your own hosting account (Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages all work, usually free or under a tenner a month). We'll help you transfer at no charge.

What if I outgrow a static site?

Most small businesses don't, that's the honest answer. If you do (a customer portal, complex integrations, a real database), we build that too. Same engineering team, same tech stack, just a different shape. The static site you start with is never throwaway.

What's the catch at £500?

No catch. £500 buys a 1-page site, which is genuinely the right answer for a lot of sole traders. You write the copy, we design and build it, host it for a year. If you need more pages, more features, or content writing on top, the price scales with the scope and we agree it in writing first.

Want a free homepage design for your business?

Tell us a bit about your business and we'll send you a homepage mockup. No obligation, no calendar wrangling, no pitch deck.

Request your free sketch Use the contact form instead

Hate forms? Just email me directly.

hello@bytesreality.com