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Sites that move people. — UK web design & development studio

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Wells Digital is a UK web design and development studio. We build fast, custom websites for small businesses and ambitious brands — the kind that make you impossible to scroll past.

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Capabilities

Strategy, web design and development under one roof — from affordable small-business sites to full custom builds, for clients across the UK.
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    Web Design

    Distinctive interfaces with real hierarchy — art-directed, never templated.

    • UI/UX
    • Design systems
    • Prototyping
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    Development

    Production front-ends in React & Next.js. Accessible, fast, and easy to maintain.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • Headless CMS
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    Branding

    Identity systems — marks, type, colour and voice — built to scale across every surface.

    • Identity
    • Guidelines
    • Naming
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    Motion & Interaction

    Micro-interactions and scroll choreography that make a product feel alive, not busy.

    • Framer Motion
    • GSAP
    • WebGL
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    SEO & Growth

    Technical SEO, Core Web Vitals and content structure so the work actually gets found.

    • Core Web Vitals
    • Schema
    • Analytics
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Selected work

Real sites, previewed live. Hover to browse — click to open the full plate.
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Timber & Co.

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Marketing site for a custom carpentry & fine-woodworking workshop.

  • Web Design
  • Development
  • SEO
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How we work

A short path from idea to live.

  1. 01
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    Discovery

    We dig into your goals, audience and competitors, then agree on what success actually looks like.

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    Design

    Art direction first, then screens. You see real, opinionated design early — not lorem-filled wireframes.

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    Build

    We engineer it for speed and accessibility, with weekly previews you can click through and comment on.

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    Launch & grow

    We ship, measure and refine. You leave with a site your team can run — plus a partner on call.

The studioColophon / Manifesto

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Senior-only — no juniors learning on your budget.

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Design and code under one roof.

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We ship, then we sweat the details.

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The press

What clients said — drag or scroll the column →
Letter Nº 01
They turned a vague brief into the best-looking site in our category. Traffic and demo bookings both jumped in the first month.
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Founder, SaaS startup
Letter Nº 02
The most detail-obsessed team we've worked with. Everything felt considered, and the hand-off was genuinely painless.
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Head of Marketing, D2C brand
Letter Nº 03
Fast, opinionated and refreshingly honest. They pushed back when it mattered and the result speaks for itself.
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Director, Agency partner
Letter Nº 04
We went from idea to launch in six weeks without a single ‘why is it slow’ conversation. Rare.
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Co-founder, Fintech
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Packages

Fixed prices, no surprises. Edit freely in lib/site.ts.
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Simple site

£150one-off

A clean, simple website — designed and built.

  • +Custom one-page / small site
  • +Responsive & accessible build
  • +No support or maintenance included
No support included
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Standard

£250total
£50 deposit upfront£200 on completion

The balanced option — a real site with a working contact form.

  • +Working email hook (contact form → your inbox)
  • +Option to add a custom domain for a full year
  • +Responsive & accessible build
+ Optional support · £10 / month
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Full site

£450total
£50 deposit upfront£400 on completion

The full package — standout design, SEO and Google presence.

  • +Full website with working email
  • +Standout, impressive custom design
  • +Google SEO + Google Business Profile setup
  • +FREE custom domain for the year — guaranteed
+ Optional support · £10 / month

*Optional support is £10/month and covers up to 1 hour of work per month. Anything beyond that hour is quoted separately by arrangement.

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Common questions

Costs, timelines and what's included — the things clients ask first.
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    How much does a website cost?

    Our websites start at £150 for a simple one-page site, £250 for a standard site with a working contact form, and £450 for a full custom build with SEO. Every project is a fixed price agreed upfront — no surprise invoices.

  • 02

    How long does a website take to build?

    Most small-business sites take two to four weeks from kickoff to launch, depending on scope and how quickly we get your content. We share clickable previews each week so you always know where things stand.

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    What's included in a Wells Digital website?

    Custom design and build, a fast and accessible responsive site, and a working contact form. The Standard and Full packages add a custom domain, and the Full package includes Google SEO setup and a free domain for the year.

  • 04

    Do you work with businesses across the UK remotely?

    Yes. Wells Digital is a fully remote studio working with clients UK-wide — from London to Manchester, Leeds, Bristol and everywhere between. Everything happens over email and video calls.

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    Do you do SEO and Google Business Profile setup?

    Yes. Technical SEO and Core Web Vitals come as standard, and our Full package includes keyword-focused SEO work plus connection to your Google Business Profile so customers can find you.

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Enquiries

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