Local presence
Start
From £325 one-off · standard £650
For a business that needs a focused first website.
- Up to 3 pages
- Services, business details and contact routes
- Phone, email or WhatsApp links
- Launch setup and owner handover
First-year launch offer · 50% off
A clear build price.
A clear cost to keep it running.
Save 50% on ForthShift fees from 12 November 2026 to 11 November 2027. One-off build discounts apply to quotes accepted during this period; monthly care and hourly work return to the displayed standard rates from 12 November 2027. Third-party provider costs are excluded. Choose the right starting point for your business. The figures below are indicative guide prices; your written proposal confirms the scope, payment schedule and total payable, including any applicable VAT, before you commit.
01 · Build your website
A starting point that fits.
Every build includes a mobile-friendly layout, basic search setup, a review before launch and a handover. Content, features and revision rounds are agreed in your proposal.
More room to tell your story
Grow
From £625 one-off · standard £1,250
For a business with more services, content and customer questions.
- Up to 7 pages
- Service or product catalogue
- Gallery and enquiry form
- Connection to an existing booking service
A more involved customer journey
Bespoke
From £1,250 one-off · standard £2,500
For ordering, payments or business tools that need a tailored build.
- Discovery and agreed feature specification
- Custom ordering or booking journeys
- Payment or external service integration
- Admin tools where included in the scope
Build prices exclude provider subscriptions, usage fees, paid assets and extra content work. We identify these in the proposal. Additional pages or integrations are quoted before work begins.
02 · Optional monthly care
Support after launch.
Choose a care plan or request help as needed. Maintenance pays for our time; infrastructure and supplier bills remain separate.
Essential care
£17.50 / month · standard £35
Monthly checks of the pages and key contact routes, routine updates to the components we maintain and a short maintenance summary. Content edits and new features are quoted separately.
Care + updates
£37.50 / month · standard £75
Essential care plus up to one hour of small content updates each month, such as changing prices, images or service details. Unused time expires at the end of the month.
Support when needed
£22.50 / hour · standard £45
No monthly care commitment. We confirm availability and an estimate before starting. Billed in 30-minute increments, with a 30-minute minimum.
Monthly plans are paid in advance and can be cancelled before the next billing month. Support is during UK business hours, with timing confirmed when a request is reviewed. Round-the-clock monitoring, guaranteed response times and incident recovery are outside these plans.
03 · Updates and new requirements
Agree the change. Then agree the price.
Your business will evolve. ForthShift’s separately quoted work also receives 50% off the standard service fee during the offer period. Supplier costs and paid licences are excluded. We show the standard fee and discounted total in your quote.
| Work | Charging approach | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Text, photos or price updates | £22.50/hour (standard £45/hour) | Estimate first; included monthly update time is used where applicable. |
| New pages, features or integrations | Fixed quote or £22.50/hour (standard £45/hour) | Scope, dependencies and cost approved before development. |
| Copywriting, photography or paid images | Quoted separately | We agree who supplies the content and any licensing costs. |
| Migration, recovery or provider handover | Quoted separately | Based on the systems involved and the work required. |
| Urgent or out-of-hours requests | Separate quote | Subject to availability; any premium agreed before work starts. |
04 · Business-paid infrastructure
Your accounts. Your supplier bills.
Your business pays infrastructure providers directly through accounts you own. These costs are additional to our build, care and update fees. We help identify the services you need before launch.
Domain, hosting and storage
Your website address renewal, hosting plan, database, file storage and backups may have subscription or usage charges. A provider’s free allowance can change or be exceeded.
Email and business services
Business mailboxes, website email delivery, booking tools and other subscriptions are paid directly to the chosen providers. We agree which are needed in the proposal.
Payments, licences and usage
Payment processing fees, paid plugins, fonts, images, third-party services and any optional AI usage are your business’s costs. We explain recurring and variable charges before adding a service.
Provider pricing varies with your chosen service and usage. Your proposal will list the expected services and estimated recurring costs. Usage alerts can help manage spend, but an alert alone is not a spending cap. We agree available limits and account responsibilities with you.
How quotes work
Know the whole picture before we start.
Your proposal sets out the pages and features, what you supply, revision rounds, delivery stages, payment milestones and running costs. Extra requirements are priced and approved separately.
A 30-day correction period after launch covers faults in the agreed build. New features, new content and third-party service changes are additional work. Ownership and access are documented in the agreement.
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