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We're as passionate about making your business a success as you are.
We take care of your marketing so that you can take care of your business.
And the best part? Our goal-focused marketing strategies generate real results.

We're a small team of creative people with a passion for helping businesses to achieve their full potential.

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1 January 2023

Designed our website for havering decorating, and we are very happy with the design and friendly service. Our company has taken off since. Highly recommend and appreciate.

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1 January 2023

Amazing couldn’t be happier with my website. Very helpful and Friendly staff If anyone is interested in getting a website this is the company to go with 100%

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1 January 2023

Commissioned to produce a updated website. The work is professional, was well informed upon the progress and all was finished within a timely manner Many thanks J

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1 January 2023

We find Websites Are Us extremely helpful and professional. They are always available when we need assistance, and they resolve issues as quickly and efficiently as they can. If you’re looking for web support I would most definitely recommend More...

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9 January 2022

Web Design

Passionate about quality and concerned with correct connections and information simply the type of professional l want to work with

14 April 2021

Halton has been our web developer since 2019 and has developed multiple websites for us during this time. We always receive positive feedback from our clients and business associates about our websites. Halton also has a great personality which makes him lovely to deal with and we wouldn't dream of using anyone else to develop a website for us. More...

10 April 2021

A friend of ours recommended Halton to us over 2 years ago and we have recommended him to dozens of other friends and acquaintances since then. Halton's strong points.....He listens.....take time to understand your business, works with your own ideas and adds his professional touch to achieve very pleasing results. He has a calm manner, pushes on to meet deadlines, is generous with his time. His background as a musician is a great asset when you need recorded elements for your website. I really can't say enough positive things about Halton's work ...... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. More...

8 April 2021

Halton had a clear understanding of what I needed right from the get go. All my clients in the cattle industry always give me great feedback on how good the site is. I continually use Halton for any questions I have about the site, updates and any computer issues I have. More...

4 April 2021

Outstanding service, extremely knowledgeable, I highly recommend Halton. I am extremely happy with his work & prompt service. Very very professional & so easy to talk to. For new websites or updating the old, Halton is the professional to go to. More...

3 April 2021

Websites Are Us are knowledgeable Joomla developers. Their fast response when we had to work on tight deadlines makes a difference in the online space. Still call on the team today when needed. Certainly recommend their services. More...

2 April 2021

Halton went Websites Are Us expectation in the design of our business website. His price for the work that he can produce is amazing. I highly recommend that you use Websites Are Us for your business More...

27 March 2021

I have been using Websites Are Us services for almost 2 years, and I simply can not speak highly enough about the quality of the service. Halton helped me develop and optimize my very first eCommerce website and since then has developed a number of other pages for me and my friends. The quality of service has never been short of absolute excellence in all aspects. More...

25 March 2021

Halton went Websites Are Us to help me create the exact website I wanted. I am very pleased with the product he has provided me with. I highly recommend anyone looking to create a website to give Halton a call. More...

22 March 2021

We are so pleased that we decided to use Websites Are Us. Halton has been fantastic to deal with and designed our website exactly how we wanted it. Outstanding communications also. We would recommend Websites Are Us to anyone. More...

21 March 2021

I have been working with Websites Are Us for nearly 2 years and have always found Halton and his team to be highly professional and a pleasure to work with. Halton listens to my needs as a small business owner and provides solid advice and guidance in an 'easy to understand manner. His professionalism and experience are highly valued where a professional and visible online presence for businesses is a must. More...

20 March 2021

Websites Are Us created the most beautiful website for my new business. I can't recommend him enough. He even worked with all my particular wants for my site without any hesitation. Spend the money for these guys to design your site. You will be so happy you did! Thanks again Websites Are Us for all your hard work. More...

19 March 2021

Fantastic service, the guys did a great job on our booking system, works extremely well.

16 March 2021

I have 20+ Wordpress stylish and functional websites thanks to Halton and his team - professional and efficient, quick turn around, good value and excellent support.

14 March 2021

Perfect Web Developing, beautiful designs and perfect content management system, easy and fast. All my friends love this site and google ranks it for every keyword in the top 10!!!!! Thanks a lot!!

13 March 2021

Thank you Websites Are Us for our new website! It is a project I kept putting off for so long because I thought it was going to cost a lot more. We have already started to get more enquiries from the site, so it is paying for itself! Halton, Sienna were a pleasure to work with! Their guidance on the best way to present our business was extremely valuable! I highly recommend you talk to the team at Websites Are Us if you are considering getting a website built for your business! More...

8 March 2021

Halton and Sienna built an awesome website for our business, we had been following them for a few years and are glad we choose them to build our site, they provide great service and are really helpfull. Everybody loves our website.

7 March 2021

I love my new Wordpress web site. Halton gave good advice on what to do.

3 March 2021

Great term to work with in building the website. Fast and professional, thanks for a great website

2 March 2021

Truly the best service. And the name befits the company well. Our brief was designed and created expediently and Halton's suggestions helped make it a great site. Happy to recommend Websites Are Us services. More...

27 February 2021

They gave us exactly what we wanted for our website and we're very pleased. Even though they are located on the other side of the world from us they were still very attentive and prompt with communication.

26 February 2021

Recently worked with the guys at Websites Are Us and that's exactly what I got. A team that goes Websites Are Us to deliver an exceptional product at the right price and in the specified time frame. Would thoroughly recommend them to anyone looking for webpage design. Its 5 stars from me!!! More...

25 February 2021

I've known Halton and his team at Websites Are Us for many years and can't help but praise his efforts. Having just completed our third website (two of which are e-stores), I have found Websites Are Us to be one of the most honest and reliable businesses I have dealt with. Halton is great with deadlines and tends to go the extra miles to help his customers. I am very impressed at his ability to find solutions to tasks and problem thrown at him. Well worth the modest fees. More...

22 February 2021

The Websites Are Us team is industry leaders in terms of the latest technology available to small business. The team is helpful, efficient and their designs extremely creative. Nothing is too much trouble. We highly recommend WAU. More...

20 February 2021

Websites Are Us created an amazing and professional website for us. There has been a dramatic improvement in sales through our website since it went live. Halton always answered our questions in a timely manner, and we had a lot of questions. Great price, great service, great product. More...

17 February 2021

Great service and communication. Halton was very helpful in setting up our web site and the ongoing support has been fantastic. Nothing is too much trouble. We would definitely recommend Halton and his team at Websites Are Us to anyone. More...

15 February 2021

We really enjoyed working with Halton at Websites Are Us. They are practical thinkers and solution-focused. It's nice to work with someone who has our business in mind when developing e-commerce solutions. It is clear why Websites Are Us are a recommended Big Commerce partner. We highly recommend Websites Are Us for your Web Design. More...

13 February 2021

Websites Are Us definitely went Websites Are Us to help us with our website redesign! Not only do they work fast, they also pay attention to all the details to help us sleep easy at night! We are very happy with their work and their continued support even after the project. Wish all the best for them! More...

12 February 2021

Fantastic service and great customer service. After shopping around for a cost-effective solution to my website hosted by big commerce, I came across Websites Are Us. Halton kept me very well informed and given the customized job I was looking for the adapted straight away. The job itself was exactly what he said he would do, no issues at all. What took me by surprise was that he even created a video of the changes made and how I could input text through various options in big commerce. Extremely professional and highly recommended service More...

10 February 2021

We trust Halton and his team with all of our digital marketing clients. Time after time he delivers great web sites that convert and make our job of promoting the sites so much easier. If your site is in need of a makeover or you are in the market for your first website I couldn’t recommend Halton and his team at Websites Are Us high enough. More...

8 February 2021

Fantastic service! Halton sorted out my broken website in no time and I'm more than happy with everything. Very professional and prompt service for a great price. Highly recommend using Websites Are Us. More...

5 February 2021

Good old fashion customer service.
The customer comes first for once in the Web Development Industry.

3 February 2021

Easy to deal with, very professional and completed all work to a very high standard immediately. Went beyond to help out with any problems and questions I had.

2 February 2021

"Halton made us an excellent web site. Very helpful, knowledgeable and understanding what a small business needs to get ahead on the web."

30 January 2021

Halton Powell at Websites Are Us built my company a website that looks great and has had a lot of positive feedback from my clients. His knowledge of websites, search engines and design helped me to make the right choice for my business. More...

29 January 2021

Creative, Obliging, On-trend, Personal Great words for this great company. Thank you, Halton, for our fantastic Website and the traffic that now comes our way!!!

27 January 2021

I have had Halton looking after my website for many years, I wouldn't use anyone else.
Whenever we have needed anything he as always help us straight away. Thank you, Halton, we would be lost without you :) More...

26 January 2021

Website are us great. After fooling around trying to knock up a Site myself, it looked dreadful and took a lot of clumsy, newbie work. Then I tried an Online service based somewhere remote. Communication was iterative and frustrating. Abandoned! Yes, humans who do good work are more expensive than automated template-driven cheapies, we have to accept that. But the ability to discuss the look, feel and function of your site turns out to be worth the money. You can use this gent with confidence; approachable, artistically intuitive, receptive and responsive. Spend the money and sleep smiling; that's my advice. More...

8 November 2020

"I would highly recommend Websites Are Us to anyone looking for a new website!"

6 November 2020

"Just had my website built by Halton and Sienna from Websites Are Us. I couldn't be more happy! They were a pleasure to work with and were often chasing me to get the Website completed not the other way around!"

2 November 2020

Halton and Sienna built our new website - it launched just this week. We're so happy with not only the look of the website itself, but the personalised professional service we received. I have no hesitation recommending Websites Are Us to anyone looking for the best web designer. More...

29 October 2020

"AMAZING!!! Halton and Sienna are truly fantastic at what they do. I highly recommend you to use them as website designers. :)"

22 October 2020

"We recently chose Websites Are Us to completely overhaul our website and give it a contemporary look and functionality. The team were great to work with and knew how to achieve what we wanted. Will continue to use them in the future!" More...

20 October 2020

"We love our new website!

We have been using Websites Are Us for our website development and management for over 10 years now and we are delighted with our new website.
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18 October 2020

They understand what their clients require and they deliver. Great service and always there with the latest thing, they understand what Google requires to make things happen for your business. Easy to deal with and very pro active. Keep up the brilliant work! Thank you More...

16 October 2020

Websites Are Us responded to our brief with a professional proposal that demonstrated their understanding of our requirements. They guided us through every stage of the project and provided a well-written plan with content guidelines, a shot list and recommendations for navigation and user experience. Their design ideas were impressive and resulted in a great website. The whole project ran smoothly and Halton and Sienna were great to work with. More...

Q&As

Website design is incredibly important when it comes to giving out a certain message or image, and it can really help to let consumers know what your brand is about.

The design and layout of your products will depend on your type of product or services provided, as well as your brand image and the messages you want to get across.

For instance, if you sell clothing or fashion items, you would want your site to be visually appealing, clean and beautiful, so your homepage should be striking and engage the user either in stunning imagery of your products or interesting web design that will intrigue them.

Your layout should then continue to be clean and aesthetically pleasing, whilst allowing users to easily see or navigate to product information that they wish to find.

However, if you sell tickets to comedy gig nights, your website might be much busier since you want to portray the concept that your nights are exciting and that there is a lot going on at your venues. You may use more colour to add to the vibe of excitement and laughter.

Whatever stylistic choice is made however in the web design, having prices, trust signals and reviews clearly visible would be imperative to make this site a good e-commerce one, since customers immediately want to know how much tickets cost, whether the site is secure and safe to pay through, what the returns policy is, and whether the shows are funny in the first place.

These two very different examples show that creating a great website varies widely depending on the industry and the needs and expectations of the user, but it all down to the customer being able to find what they want and buy it with ease.

Prospective clients are searching the web for your products and services. How easily can you be found? If your business is not listed (multiple) times on the first page of Google, Yahoo and Bing, you’re losing business to better-optimized competitors—guaranteed.

Content management systems like WordPress are very beneficial when it comes to improving your website’s organic ranking because they automatically create optimized website code and site structure.

They also make it extremely easy to add new content to your website, and after optimized code and site structure, onsite content is the most important thing for long-term SEO.

If you want a great website to outperform your competitors, it needs to be the following:

Visible – When we say visible, we mean in search engines like Google.
Mobile friendly – 52% of all UK online traffic now comes from smartphones and tablets.
Secure – Your website needs to be HTTPS instead of HTTP.
Fast – Website visitors need to see something happen on your site in under three seconds.
Optimized for user experience – Once your page loads, users form an opinion in 0.5 seconds.

Describe your business in a few sentences.
Do you currently have a website? If so, what is/isn’t working for you?
(sum up your business in a few short sentences)

What are your goals for this project?
Who is your target audience?
What specific features do you want on the site?
Who are your main competitors?
What makes you different from your competitors?
What’s the scope of the project?

I’ve been a web developer for four years now. Here is why I enjoy it so much and found it to be my passion.

Background

To start this off, my background is in Java. Iowa State’s computer science program is almost purely done in Java. Of course, there are a few classes in assembly, C, C++, Lisp…but the go-to language is Java.

I got hired for a Java position right out of school. I was excited because I got a job in the career field that I wanted! Everything is great, right? Not exactly…

Why I didn’t enjoy backend systems

I found within the first year that I did not enjoy Java. It was overly verbose, best practices involved using everybody else’s code to do the interesting problems, build process was slow and tedious, and on top of all of that, the problem set never changed.

My job could boil down to the following: take input from an endpoint, convert it into objects your system understands, hit a database, build a response and send it.

Every system I worked with followed the above. I was insanely bored.

Enter Wicket
I got voluntold to work on the interface for my first Java project. The company used wicket for their UIs, becuase Java developers could do it! It was a pain! Infinitely nested objects, weird quirks, no control over UI interactions without hitting the server…It really was terrible, in my experience.

jQuery and how I fell in love with Web

My next project was a customer landing page. It was written in jQuery on top of a Java portal system called Liferay. I very rarely had to deal with that part, luckily. I spent the first month rewriting the prototype that had been handed down to me. I didn’t understand javascript at the time. I noticed so much duplication and eliminated it.

As I did that, I learned. More and more, I understood interactions in the UI and the quirks of a dynamically typed language. I was able to take a 3300 line script and bring it down to 1800 while adding features. The initialization speed tripled, and every aspect was noticeably faster.

Then our business partners decided they wanted to redesign the app. They kept throwing out ideas. Left and right. For days. Eventually, we were told ‘this needs to stop.’ However, I wanted to make sure people were happy. I was able to produce three different prototypes matching the leading design ideas within a week. Simply replacing CSS produced two of them. It was so easy! I enjoyed the reactive nature, the speed of development, and the ability to communicate ideas through code changes.

And it continues

The world of web development has taken a considerable step (I won’t necessarily say forward, many would say it’s not!) in recent years. Transpilers and Node have transformed the way we work. There’s a build process now, which is not great, but the things we can do is fantastic! SASS, ESNext, Pug, Typescript, Elm, so many things can now be done to solve the same purpose.
It is that much faster to see your changes. The expressiveness of our languages has increased due to the syntactic sugar added to the language, but also the new languages that have come out. Our IDEs can remain light (a.k.a. not Eclipse, IntelliJ), but give us incredible power with linting tools like ESLint and JSHint. We can test our UI, and keep the tests out of our production code.
I love the speed at which web technologies advance. I love being on the bleeding edge to figure out how to best solve my day to day problems with new approaches. Something I rarely got in the Java world.

At Home
The added benefit of Web development is, I can do it at home. I don’t need any specialized hardware. Also, with the advent of NodeJS and its frameworks, I can create simple backends quickly, and in a language, I’m familiar with. I’m writing a blog on a UI that is running on Node, and I can modify how it looks with a simple modification to the templates.
When I would write Java applications at home, I always had to interact with the command line to see my results. I couldn’t share them the way I wanted to (with people who aren’t Developers).
But, with web development, I can take an idea, prototype it and serve it on a £25 raspberry pi. The entire internet can then access that pi. It is such a cool thing to be able to do.

Challenge
I will also say that web development has a near-constant challenge. With the new technologies, the problems we encounter (think browser compatibility, responsive design, bad APIs, asynchronous actions…etc), we are continually facing new things. Learning the solutions, debating the answers, it’s exciting!

I’m going to wrap this up before it hits 1000 words. I know there is more to say about why I am a web developer. We all have our drives and passions, and mine is web development. You’ll see it on my blog, you’ll see it in my work. It’s quite a huge part of who I am.

Why Choose Us?
Find out why thousands of businesses have chosen Websites Are Us.

WE'RE LOCAL
With a network of local website consultants based throughout the UK and Ireland, we’re right on your doorstep. From the first point of contact onwards, we remain on hand to help - even after your site has gone live.

WE LISTEN
Your website is about your business, not ours. One of our local consultants will meet with you to learn about your business and the sort of website you need. Then they’ll help you get everything ready for your new site to be created.

WE'RE AFFORDABLE
We believe professional doesn’t have to mean expensive. We’re all about creating high-quality websites that every business can afford, with simple pricing that lets you benefit from a professionally designed site and easy cash flow management.

WE MAKE IT EASY
Everything we do - including our website editor is easy. No jargon. No hidden costs. Just brilliant websites that are easy to edit, look great on any device, rank well on Google, and are built for success.

WE'RE EXPERIENCED
Our team is made up of qualified web designers and developers. When it comes to creating websites that work, we really know our stuff. We’ve helped thousands of businesses to bring their ideas to life over the years – see for yourself how our websites have made a difference.

WE NEVER STOP
A great website can only become greater. This is why our team of experts are always working on new developments and features. As a customer, you’ll automatically benefit - so your website will never go out of date.

RESPONSIVE DESIGN
All our website are built on a responsive framework, which means that they will perform on modern phones, tablets and desktops. This not only maximises your target audience but enhances your search engine results making your business more visible on the web.

VISUAL IMPACT
Our visually stimulating designs and attention to detail, will attract customers to your website and keep them there longer. Our websites are tailored to your individual business and can incorporate your company logo, colours etc., and will create a professional online image.

SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE
We will carefully listen to your website requirements and provide no obligation, jargon-free, advice and solutions which will meet your needs while providing value for money. We can provide occasional or regular updates and maintenance with a wide range of packages or one-off orders to suit your individual needs and budget. We will always provide you with a firm quote before commencing any work on your site.

PROFESSIONALLY BUILT
Built by a fully qualified web developer, our websites are not only visually appealing but ensure high performance. We only use fast, reliable UK based servers to host our sites and use our expertise to maximise your website's visibility on the web.

Services

DO I NEED A WEBSITE FOR MY SMALL BUSINESS? YES, YOU DO!
If you’re a business owner on the fence about creating a website, I’ll save you some time—you need one. A good one. A professionally designed, lead-catching, sales-increasing, brand-differentiating website.

Here’s why:

Consumer behaviour changes over time to adapt to modern technology, and consumer behaviour has changed to adapt to the digital age. I’ll give you an example—the Yellow Pages. The telephone was a disruptive new technology in the late 1800s and changed the way consumers did business. As more and more households began to use the telephone directory to find local products and services, business owners realized advertising in it was a smart bet. By the 1930s, advertising in the Yellow Pages was the standard operating procedure for most businesses. It made perfect sense—the majority of UK households used the directory daily.

Then came the world wide web and a new disruption to the commercial status quo: the digital transformation. As more and more consumers realized they could find what they needed online faster and more effectively than a phone book, behaviour shifted away from using the printed directory. By 2011, 70 per cent of all Americans rarely or never used printed phone directories. Also, in 2011, more than 59 per cent of consumers were already going online to find local businesses.

Fast-forward to 2019, and the number of consumers that go online to find a local business has jumped to 97 per cent. If you want them to choose your company, you need to be found online—meaning you need a website.

WHY YOU NEED A WEBSITE IN 2019—NO MATTER WHAT INDUSTRY YOU’RE IN

Look, in 2019, you need a website. You needed one the day you started your business, but better late than never.
At Websites Are Us, small business success is our middle name. We WANT you to succeed.

What Is SEO?
SEO stands for “search engine optimization.” It is the process of getting traffic from the “free,” “organic,” “editorial” or “natural” search results on search engines.
All major search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo have primary search results, where web pages and other content such as videos or local listings are shown and ranked based on what the search engine considers most relevant to users. Payment isn’t involved, as it is with paid search ads.

Web Design & Development
E-Commerce Websites
Having an easy to use online platform that allows you to promote and sell your product or service is essential for any retailer. We can create an easily navigablestore with a conversion led design and streamlined functionality to maximise ROI.

Secure online shopping solutions
A fully functioning e-commerce website should be a hassle-free way to take payments from customers. The e-commerce websites we build can securely integrate a variety of payment gateways to facilitate a smooth transactional process.

For customer peace of mind, and full GDPR compliance, SSL certificates and other security features are also integrated or built bespoke to your requirements so that you and your customers can be assured that payment and personal details will be protected. We can integrate with CRM's and EPOS systems too, helping to unify the whole sales process from online purchase to warehouse distribution. This means that your website stays updated and fed with accurate stock levels without the need to update several systems throughout the sales process.
What else can be added?
At Websites Are us, we take your e-commerce website to the next level by adding additional invaluable functionalities to your website. There are several different functions that can be integrated into e-commerce websites, including shopping services, custom shipping, drop shipping and wish-list functionalities.

Shopping functions allow you to trade intuitively on your e-commerce website to ensure that pricing and quantities between platforms are constantly, consistently and accurately updated. A wish list is an unrivalled function to encourage your customer to buy, aimed at converting your potential customers into sales. With integrations, everything we offer is bespoke, so we can work with you and integrate platforms into whichever system is best suited to your company.
What Are E-Commerce Websites
An eCommerce website is pivotal any retailer, regardless if you’re on the high street or not, in fact, most online shops only exist online. With the increasing demand for online shopping, you need an agency that knows how to showcase your brand and products in the best way possible.

Our web developers are experienced with numerous eCommerce platforms including WooCommerce – one of our favourites.

Don’t worry if you’re not sure which eCommerce platform is best suited for your new website, our senior developers and designers will sit down and discuss all the options; dependent on your business, products, audience and budget and advise on the best solution for you.

Digital Marketing
There are endless possibilities for promoting your business online. The digital world is ever growing and at Websites Are Us, we understand the need for your business to keep up with the online flow. Through the digital medium, you can give your business the highest possible visibility when targeting either specific or larger audiences.

Our online strategy services are designed with you in mind. We can help you promote your business with a well-optimised website, engaging social media, online advertising, and email campaigns to really underpin your company’s position and success.

Achieve Success with our Digital Marketing Packages

Would you believe us if we told you the number of people who go online every day is still ever increasing? From our wide range of digital services, we will help you choose the most efficient and effective marketing campaigns for your business.

All of our services can be arranged into exclusive packages. Reap the benefits of having a service package designed exactly to your business’s specifications and requirements.
How We Can Promote Your Business Online

Through Your Website
Websites Are Us creative team can design and build your website from scratch. But before we do this, we take time to understand your business goals and commercial objectives for the website. Only then will we start our approach to make it visually appealing, and populated with engaging SEO and local search focused copy.

Through Email Campaigns
Well produced, GDPR compliant email campaigns allow us to directly target both prospective and current customers. We can inform people straight away of any new products and services you may offer in a fast, easy to measure, and cost-effective manner.
Through Your Content

The creation of frequent, absorbing content expands the reach of your business and keeps you current and relevant in the fast-moving digital age. It also forms part of Google’s ranking of a website. We can compose and update your blog, testimonials, newsletters, company offers and success stories, keeping your business active online.

Through Online Advertising
Online advertising campaigns can be a welcome addition to your marketing strategy. We can employ advertising mediums such as Google Ads to connect your business with a wider audience.

Through Social Media
Having an established social media presence can be hugely beneficial for your business. Gone are the days of social media merely being a social tool; today it has evolved into a powerful business network and communication device that underpins a business’s identity messaging.

Through Video
The moving image is both eye-catching and self-explanatory in its use. The opportunity to showcase your work in video form should not be missed, as it can increase your business’s conversion rate by up to 80%. Whatever your needs, our talented videographers can help.

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