Web design in Gillingham, Kent
We build websites for Gillingham, Kent trades and local businesses from a Medway studio next door: electricians, plumbers and builders, and the clinics, clubs and shops in Hempstead, Wigmore, Twydall and Brompton. A simple site has no build fee if you host with us for the first year at £45 a month, and is usually live two to four weeks after the content is settled.
Most Gillingham businesses we talk to do not need a big site. They need a site that comes up when someone searches for their trade, makes the phone number tappable and shows real work. That is a ten-page site with a fixed price, not a project.
From £0 build fee· fixed quote before we start
What a trade website needs, and what it does not
If you are an electrician, plumber, builder, decorator or cleaner in Gillingham, nearly all of your web traffic is someone on a phone with a problem. The site has to answer four things in the first screen: what you do, where you cover, how to call you, and whether you look trustworthy. Everything else is secondary.
A phone number and WhatsApp that work on a phone
Tap to call, tap to message. It sounds obvious and a surprising number of trade sites still have the number as an image.
The areas you cover, written down
Gillingham, Rainham, Chatham, the ME7 and ME8 postcodes, wherever you actually go. Search engines and AI answers both read this, and it is the main reason a local site shows up for a local search.
Photos of real jobs and real reviews
Your own work, not stock photos of a van. We link your Google reviews so the site shows the same rating people see on Maps.
No blog, unless you will write it
A blog with two posts from 2023 does more harm than none. We would rather build you a site that stays current because there is nothing on it that goes stale.
Clubs, clinics and the High Street
Gillingham is not only trades. Sports clubs around Medway Park and Priestfield, clinics and practices near the hospital, and independents on the High Street and in Hempstead Valley all come to us with a different version of the same problem: the current site was built by someone who has moved on, and nobody can change the opening hours.
For those we build a simple site you can edit yourself, or where members or patients need to book or log in, a site with a database behind it from £500. Either way the code is yours at twelve months, so you are never stuck with a site nobody can touch again.
What it costs in Gillingham
The same published prices as anywhere else in Medway. The price follows the job, not the postcode.
Simple site: £0 build fee
Ten pages or fewer, no database and no logins. First-year hosting with us at £45 a month, which is £540 across year one and nothing up front.
Bookings, members' areas or a shop: from £500
Anything a visitor books, pays for or manages themselves. Fixed price after a first conversation.
Hosting and upkeep: £45 a month
HTTPS, monitoring, backups, security patches and bug fixes. £90 a month if the site has a database. No minimum term after the first year.
Common questions
Who builds small business websites in Gillingham, Kent?
Northbytes is a Medway-based web design and software studio that builds websites for Gillingham trades, clubs, clinics and shops, including Hempstead, Wigmore, Twydall and Brompton. Simple sites carry no build fee with first-year hosting at £45 a month, sites with bookings or logins start from £500, and every project is a fixed quote agreed before work starts.
How much does a website cost for a tradesperson in Gillingham?
A trade site with your services, areas covered, photos, reviews and a tap-to-call number is a simple site, so there is no build fee if you host with us for the first year at £45 a month. That is £540 across the year and nothing up front. Online booking or quoting adds a database and starts from £500.
Will the site show up when someone searches for my trade in Gillingham?
We build the site so it can: the areas you cover written as text, a page per service, structured data so search engines know you are a local business, and fast load times on a phone. We cannot promise a position, and nobody honest can, but the site will not be the thing holding you back. Your Google Business Profile and reviews do the rest.
How long does a website take?
Usually two to four weeks for a simple site once the content is settled. If you have photos of your work and a list of services, it is quick. If you do not, we help you get them together.
Read this before you commit
Why does my business need a website?
What a website does that a Facebook page cannot, and when you do not need one yet.
Website design packages compared
What each tier actually includes, and what it costs.
Website maintenance cost in the UK
What the £45 a month covers, and what it would cost to do it yourself.
Get a fixed price for your Gillingham website
Tell us your trade and the areas you cover. We will come back with a number and a timeline before any work starts.
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