We've got time you haven't
An agency is juggling twenty accounts. We're juggling school and yours. Nobody is going to care more about getting your site right than the two people trying to build a reputation on it.
Web design studio · Southampton
We’re two teenagers who build websites for local businesses.
Alex and Jamie, from Southampton. We’re early on and looking for businesses to work with — so you get people who’ll actually care about your project, move quickly, and charge a fraction of what an agency would. Whatever you do and however small it feels, please get in touch.
- Fixed price, agreed up front
- Built mobile-first
- Live on your own domain
The obvious question
So why hire two teenagers?
We’re not going to pretend we’ve been doing this for twenty years. We haven’t. Here’s the honest case for taking a chance on us anyway.
Cheap because we're new, not because we cut corners
We're building a portfolio, so our prices reflect that. You get the benefit of that now — the same care an agency would charge four figures for, without the office and the account manager.
You're never stuck with us
Your domain, your content, your site. Fixed price agreed in writing before we start, and you see it working on a private link before you commit to anything.
What you get
A website that does one job properly
Not a template with your logo dropped in. We start from what your customers are actually trying to do when they land on your page.
A site that earns its keep
Most small business sites are a brochure nobody reads. We build the version that answers the three questions a customer actually has — what do you do, do you cover me, how do I reach you — and then gets out of the way.
Fast on a phone
The majority of your visitors are on a mobile signal, one-handed, half distracted. Every page we build is designed for that first and widened for desktop after.
Easy to get hold of you
Tap-to-call, your email, your WhatsApp, your address and a map — on every page, not buried at the bottom of one nobody scrolls to. The fewer steps between interest and contact, the more work you get.
Found on Google
Sensible page titles, real descriptions, a sitemap, and the location and service words your customers actually type. No magic, no monthly SEO retainer.
Yours, not rented
The site goes live on your own domain. If you ever want to move it or hand it to someone else, you can.
Changes without the wait
New service, new hours, new phone number — message us and it's usually done the same day.
Live work
See one for yourself
An example of a site we have live — built, launched, and running on the client’s own domain. Open it on your phone, which is where nearly all of their customers land.
LiveSalon & training academy
Platinum Hair, Beauty, Skin, Laser & Training Academy
Southampton
A salon and training academy running treatments and courses side by side, with no single place to send customers who wanted to see either.
- Treatments and academy courses in one place, easy for the owner to update
- A clear route to book on every page, not buried at the bottom of the site
- Built mobile-first, because that's where nearly every salon enquiry starts
How it works
Four steps, no mystery
- 01
A conversation
Twenty minutes, free, no pitch deck. We ask what you do, who you want calling you, and what you'd want the site to change about your week.
- 02
A fixed quote
One number for the whole build, agreed in writing before we start. No hourly billing and no surprise extras halfway through.
- 03
A first draft
You see a real working version on a private link — not a mockup — and tell us what's wrong with it. We expect notes.
- 04
Live
We put it on your domain, check it on real phones, and show you how to get hold of us when something needs changing.
Pricing
You’ll know the number first
We quote one fixed figure for the whole build after we’ve spoken. No hourly rate, no scope creep, nothing added on at the end. Tell us your budget and we’ll tell you straight if it works.
One page
For a trade or a single-service business. Everything a customer needs on one scrolling page: what you do, where you cover, and every way to reach you.
- Single page
- Tap-to-call and email links
- Live on your domain
Business site
Four to six pages when you have services, a location, or work worth showing off. The version most businesses actually want.
- Up to six pages
- Google basics sorted
- Photo galleries or service listings
Site + looking after it
The build, plus we keep it running and make the small changes for you. New number, new hours, new service — message us and it's done.
- Everything in Business site
- Hosting handled
- Changes on request
Who you’re dealing with
Two people, not a call centre
Solent Sites is Alex and Jamie. One of us builds it, one of us talks to you, and you get both — no account manager, no ticket queue, nobody passing you around. Start to finish, it’s the two of us.
More about usAlex
Design & build
The one who builds it. Every page, layout and line of code on your site is Alex's work — a specialist in the part most studios treat as an afterthought: how fast a page loads on a phone with two bars of signal, whether the contact form really lands in your inbox, how it holds up on a screen size nobody thought to test. That's the whole difference between a website that exists and one that brings you work.
Jamie
Your point of contact
The one who picks up. Every call, quote and question comes to Jamie, from the first conversation through to launch and long after it — so you're never chasing an inbox or explaining yourself twice. The job is to listen properly, work out what your customers actually need to see, and turn that into something Alex can build. When something needs changing next year, this is still the number you ring.
Any business, any size. Don’t hesitate to get in touch.
A twenty-minute conversation, free, and no obligation at the end of it. If a website isn’t what you need, we’ll say so.