Small businesses
Practices, trades, farms and guesthouses.
A site that answers the questions clients ask and sends every enquiry straight to you.
- Enquiries straight to your inbox
- Found in local search
- Planned around what clients ask
What you get
A website designed and built for your company alone, then looked after by the same person for as long as you trade. Here is everything that includes.
What I build
Medium businesses
A team, several services and perhaps more than one branch.
A larger site the whole company can stand behind, connected to the tools you already use.
- Planned with the people who use it
- Bookings and your other tools, connected
- An editor for your team
Online shops
Products, vouchers or bookings sold online.
A fast shop with secure checkout through a South African payment provider and orders sent straight to you.
- Product pages that sell
- Order emails to you and the buyer
- Returns, terms and privacy in place
Included in every website
Whatever the size of the site, all of this comes standard.
Strategy session
Planned before it is designed.
Custom design
No templates.
Phone and desktop
Tested on real screens.
Fast hosting
Cloudflare's global network.
SSL
Encrypted. Renewed automatically.
Search basics
Titles and structure Google reads.
Local search
Google Business Profile set up.
Security
Strict settings and spam protection.
Contact formOptional
Straight to your inbox.
AnalyticsOptional
See who visits and why.
Speed
Quick, even on a weak signal.
POPIA
Compliant forms and privacy policy.
AI ready
Readable by AI assistants.
Motion
Used sparingly.
From the first call to launch day
- 01
Briefing
We start with a conversation about your company, your clients and your competitors. You then get a written proposal with a fixed price and a timeline.
- 02
Content
Words and photographs come first, because good layout cannot rescue copy that does not sound like you. I help you write it.
- 03
Engineering
Design and build, then the systems behind them: search, analytics, forms, bookings and payments, each set up so every enquiry reaches you.
- 04
Testing
I try to break it before anyone else can. Every form and every link is checked on phones and desktops.
- 05
Cleared for takeoff
You sign it off and it goes live. From that day the Flight Plan keeps it current.
A website ages faster than you think
Browsers update, Google changes how it ranks pages and security standards move on. Your own prices, people and services change too.
A site nobody looks after keeps running, but it slowly falls behind. Clients notice long before the owner does.
Monitored
Automatic checks run around the clock. If the site goes down or a form stops sending, I am alerted.
Updated
Updates and security fixes are applied as they are released.
Changed when you ask
New prices, staff, products or opening hours go live when you send them.
Renewed on time
Your domain and certificates are tracked, so nothing expires.
Every version kept
If a change ever causes trouble, the previous version is restored in minutes.
Improved with data
Search and traffic reports are reviewed and the site is refined to match what people look for.
The person who built your site is the person who looks after it, so you always know who to call.
The Flight Plan
Every site I build runs on the same monthly plan. There are no tiers or packages to choose between.
Included
- Hosting on Cloudflare's network
- Uptime monitoring with alerts
- Encryption certificates, renewed automatically
- Updates and security fixes
- Content changes when you ask
- Search and traffic reviewed, site refined
- Domain renewal tracked
- Every release recorded and reversible
- A direct line to me
Priced to the site
A five page practice and an online shop are different jobs, so the monthly fee is worked out for each site from its size, what it does and how often it changes.
You will never pay for more than your site needs, and I will never charge less than it takes to look after it properly.
New pages and features are quoted before I start. Tools with their own subscription, such as a booking engine, are agreed with you first and billed separately.
Help with an existing WordPress site
Already have a WordPress website and need a hand with it? It might be a quick change, an update or something that has stopped working. I will sort it out and charge for the hours I spend on it. Your site stays where it is and there is nothing more to sign up for.
Ask about WordPress helpA fixed price, agreed in writing
We talk first. You then get a written proposal with a fixed price, a clear scope and a timeline, and no work starts until you have signed it.
Smaller projects: 30% up front, the balance on completion or over 3 to 12 months, interest free. Larger projects are paid in stages.
What is yours stays yours
Your domain is registered in your name, and your words, photographs and enquiries belong to you.
If you ever move on, you take the finished website with you at no charge. The code and tools I build with stay with Takeflight, and you can buy them if you want them. All of this is in the agreement you sign before work starts.
Photography Services
Quoted on the occasion, the hours and the travel.
I shoot with a professional camera, for websites or on their own.
Warm and unposed, in natural light. You get the edited set in full resolution, ready to use for your business.
- Farms, guesthouses and businesses
- Products, food and interiors
- Family occasions and events
Questions
How much does a website cost?
It depends on what the site needs to do. A focused site for a small business is often more affordable than people expect, while shops and bookings take more work. I scope what you need and what you would like, then quote a fixed price in writing. Smaller projects can be paid off over a few months, interest free.
Will my website show up on Google?
Nobody can honestly promise a ranking. What I can do is build it to be found: fast pages, clean structure, Search Console and your Google Business Profile set up properly.
Will my website bring in enquiries, or just look good?
It is planned around what your clients search for and what makes them get in touch. After launch, real search data shows what to improve.
I made a website concept with AI. Can you take it further?
Yes, bring it along. It makes a good brief. I turn it into a properly built site that is secure, quick, set up for search and looked after.
Why not WordPress?
WordPress leans on plugins, and plugins are where almost all of its reported security holes are found. My sites are built as ready made pages with no plugins and no database behind them, which leaves far fewer ways in. Nothing online is unbreakable, so they are still monitored and kept up to date.
Why not Wix or Squarespace?
They are quick to start, but you are renting. You cannot take the site to another host as it is, you have less control over speed and search details, and the platform keeps itself running without anyone looking after your site for you.
What happens when I need a small change?
You send it straight to me by email or WhatsApp. Waiting three months for a phone number to change is madness, and there is no queue of account managers here to cause it.
Will I be left on my own after launch?
No. Every site runs on the Flight Plan, so the person who built it keeps looking after it.
Who owns my website?
Your domain, words, photographs and data are yours. Once paid, you have a permanent licence to the finished website. The source code behind it stays with Takeflight unless you buy it.
Not sure what you need? That is what the first call is for.