Web design in Medway
Northbytes is a small web design and software studio based in Medway. We build websites for small businesses in Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Strood and Rainham. 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.
We write the code ourselves, agree a fixed price before anything starts, and the source code is yours at twelve months. If you want to meet before you spend anything, that is a short drive rather than a train to London.
From £0 build fee· fixed quote before we start
What a small business website costs in Medway
Most local studios will not publish a price. Here is ours, and it is the same in Medway as anywhere else we work: we do not price by postcode.
Simple site: £0 build fee
Roughly ten pages or fewer, no database and no logins, content basically settled. You host with us for the first year at £45 a month, which is £540 across year one and nothing up front.
Bookings, a shop or customer logins: from £500
Anything where a visitor books, pays or manages their own data needs a database behind it. That is real engineering, not a brochure site, and it is priced as such.
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, and nothing stops you moving the site elsewhere.
How a website project runs
Four steps, and the price is fixed at the second one.
A first conversation
In person anywhere in Medway, or a call if that suits you better. What the site needs to do, who it is for, and what you already have.
A fixed price and a timeline
Agreed before any work starts. No day rates, no discovery-phase invoice, and no number that moves once we are underway.
The build
Two to four weeks for a simple site once the content is settled. We build in code, not from a template, so technical SEO, accessibility and page speed come as standard, not as an extra.
Launch, then upkeep
We put it live, keep it patched and backed up, and fix what breaks. At twelve months the source code is yours.
When you need more than a website
The other job we get asked for most locally is replacing a spreadsheet that has quietly become the business system. That is software from £5,000, and apps for iOS and Android start from £3,000.
Lifestyle Choices is a Kent firm that ran its clients, deals in flight, introducer relationships and expenses out of a single spreadsheet. We mapped what the workbook was really doing and rebuilt it as a web application with client records, a deal pipeline and encrypted storage, without changing how the business actually works. One named local build, described properly, rather than a wall of logos.
Why local matters here, and where it does not
Being nearby is genuinely useful for the first conversation, for handing over content and photography, and for the awkward middle of a project where a twenty-minute coffee saves three emails.
It matters less for the build itself. Good engineering is not improved by proximity, and we would rather you chose us for the fixed price and the code ownership than for the postcode.
Common questions
Who builds small business websites in Medway?
Northbytes is a Medway-based studio that designs and builds websites for small businesses across Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Strood and Rainham. Simple sites carry no build fee with first-year hosting at £45 a month, sites with bookings, payments or logins start from £500, and every project is a fixed quote agreed before work starts.
How much does a website cost in Medway?
No build fee on a simple site if you host with us for the first year at £45 a month, which is £540 across year one. Anything with a database, logins or payments starts from £500 plus hosting. We do not price by postcode.
How long does a small business website take?
Usually two to four weeks for a simple site once the content is settled. Sites with bookings, payments or logins depend on scope, and you get the timeline with the fixed quote, before you commit.
Where in Medway are you based?
We are a Medway-based studio covering Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Strood and Rainham, and we work across the rest of Kent from here. We are a service-area business rather than a shop you walk into, so meetings are arranged, not drop-in.
Can we meet in person?
Yes, and for local projects we would prefer to. Anywhere in Medway is a short drive, and we will travel across Kent for a first meeting.
Read this before you commit
Web design in Strood
For firms that sell to other businesses: catalogues, trade accounts, ordering.
Web design in Rainham, Kent
For sole traders and home-based businesses, including whether you need a site yet.
Web design in Kent
The county-wide page, with the full price breakdown.
Lifestyle Choices case study
The Kent spreadsheet-to-software build, written up in full.
Website design packages compared
What each tier of website actually includes, and what it costs.
Website builder vs freelancer vs agency
The honest trade-offs, including when a DIY builder is the right call.
How much does a website cost in the UK?
Every option priced honestly, including the ones that are not us.
When to replace a spreadsheet with real software
The signs a workbook has become a business system, and what to do about it.
Get a fixed price for your Medway website
Tell us what you need and we will come back with a number and a timeline, before any work starts.
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