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The plan

Pay monthly websites: £30 a month, everything included

A pay monthly website means you don't pay thousands up front for a site, then more for hosting, then more again every time something needs changing. You pay one monthly amount and it's all handled.

Mine costs £30 a month, or £300 a year. Design, build, hosting, email, your domain, security and every day-to-day change you'll ever need. There is no setup fee and no other charge.

And here's the part nobody else in this market offers: you see your website before you pay anything. Not a mock-up of someone else's site. Yours.

Start my free preview £30/MO OR £300/YR · NO SETUP FEE
Gardenscape website
Sarah Brown Art website

How the free preview works

Send me your business name.

A phone number or an old website helps, but the name alone is enough - I'll work from what's already public about you.

I design and build a preview of your new site.

A real one, with your trade, your area and your details in it.

You decide.

If you like it, we polish it together, swap in your photos and words, and go live. If you don't, you owe me nothing and I'll say good luck and mean it.

No deposit, no card details, no "discovery call". The preview is how I earn the £30, not a trick to start a sales process.

What £30 a month includes

One plan. No tiers, no "from", no asterisks.

What "every change included" actually means: the things a business needs month to month - new prices, new photos, opening hours, a new team member, a seasonal offer, the odd extra page. Email them over and they get done. You will never get an invoice for changing a phone number.

What it doesn't mean: a whole new website every January, or an online shop bolted on. A full redesign or a shop is a separate project with a written quote - and I'll tell you that before any work starts, not after.

£30
A month · no setup fee
£300
A year · two months free · no setup fee
  • Design and build - a bespoke site for your business, not a template
  • Every page you need - and help writing the words for them
  • Custom forms - contact, quote requests, bookings, whatever your trade needs
  • Galleries and photos - your work, shown properly
  • Email at your own domain - you@yourbusiness.co.uk, not gmail
  • UK hosting - fast and secure
  • Your domain name - standard .co.uk or .com registration and renewal included
  • SSL, daily backups and security updates - the padlock and the safety net
  • Set up on Google - Business Profile, Search Console, Google Analytics, sitemap, and built so Google and the AI assistants can actually read it
  • Every day-to-day change, included - email me the change and it gets done
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What pay monthly websites normally cost

Worth knowing what the rest of the market charges, because "pay monthly" covers a lot of sins:

Provider typeTypical priceThe catch to check
Budget plans£24.99–£29/moSetup fees on top; 12–24 month minimum contracts; sometimes one page
Mid-market£39–£88/mo12-month ties are standard; content changes capped at ~30 minutes a month
Premium£150–£249/moGenuinely good, genuinely £1,800–£3,000 a year

Those are published prices from real UK providers, not straw men. Mine is £30, with the preview first and the changes included. I can charge that because there's no office, no account managers and no sales team - you're paying for a website, not a payroll.

Who owns the site? What happens if I leave?

The two questions you should ask anyone selling a monthly website.

Here are my answers up front:

Your domain is yours. It's registered for your business, not mine, and if you leave it goes with you, and I'll send you a full copy of your files - free.

Your content is yours. Your words, your photos, your logo. If you leave, you take them.

There's no lock-in. Rolling monthly, no minimum term, cancel anytime. No 24-month contract, no exit fee, no holding your website to ransom.

If you stop paying, the hosting stops - that's the honest trade-off of any monthly model, mine included. The difference is you'll never discover it buried in clause 14; it's right here on the page.

Recent projects on the plan

  • Hanney Glazed - a local glazing firm
  • Gardenscape - landscaping
  • Logs Unlimited - a local supplier
  • Sarah Brown Art - an artist's portfolio
  • Wantage & Grove Food Bank - a charity site, built around get help, give help

Browse the full portfolio →

Who you're dealing with

First Ideas is me, Gordon Hill, in Ogbourne St George near Marlborough. I've been building for the web for more than twenty years - everything from village businesses to a global gaming platform - and the person who builds your site is the person who answers when you ring. 5.0 on Google. Meet the team →

Hanney Glazed website
Logs Unlimited website

Questions people actually ask

Pulled from real search data, answered straight. Something else on your mind?

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What is the cheapest monthly website?

Plans in the UK start around £24.99 a month, but the cheapest ones tend to add setup fees, 24-month contracts, or cover a single page. Check the total over two years, not the headline number. Mine is £30 all-in: £720 over two years, nothing else.

Do people really pay monthly for websites?

Yes - it's how more and more small businesses buy them, because it swaps a £1,000–£3,000 upfront build plus hosting plus maintenance for one predictable amount.

What's a reasonable price to pay for a website?

In the UK, a freelancer typically charges £500–£3,000 to build a small business site, an agency £2,000–£15,000+ - then hosting (£5–£50/mo), a domain (£8–£20/yr) and maintenance (£50–£300/mo) on top. Reasonable is whatever gets you a site that works, with running costs you understand. That's the whole pitch of £30 all-in.

How expensive is it to run a website myself?

With a DIY builder, roughly £100–£360 a year - plus your evenings. If you enjoy that, genuinely, do it. If you'd rather never think about hosting, updates or why the contact form stopped working, that's what I'm for.

Is there a contract?

No. Rolling monthly, no minimum term - cancel whenever you like. Or pay yearly (£300) if you'd rather have one invoice.

What counts as a change?

Prices, photos, opening hours, team members, offers, extra pages - the normal life of a business website. A full redesign or new functionality is quoted separately, and told to you up front.

Can I have an online shop on the £30 plan?

No - a proper shop needs more than £30 a month can honestly cover. If you want to sell online, I build those as quoted projects instead. Ecommerce websites →

.com or .co.uk?

For a UK business serving UK customers, .co.uk is the natural choice and slightly reassuring to local buyers. If the .com is free too, take both - one just points at the other.

How long does the preview take?

Not long - it's built from what's already public about you, so it's usually with you sooner than you'd expect. I'd rather surprise you than promise a date a busy week would break.

What if I already have a website?

Even better - the preview becomes a free redesign of it. Send me the address; I'll tell you what's worth keeping. Website redesign →

Where are you based?

Ogbourne St George, near Marlborough in Wiltshire. Most clients are local-ish - Marlborough, Swindon, Wantage, across Wiltshire and Oxfordshire - but the plan works anywhere in the UK.

★★★★★

"Excellent customer care, supported throughout the process of creating my website."

Russell · 5.0 on Google

See yours before you pay anything.

Your business name is enough.

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