A safe pair of hands for your website, since 2001.
Whether the business is yours or you're choosing on someone else's behalf, its website should match the standard of everything else it does. I'm Adam Lord, and from my studio near Ely I design and build every site myself, write the words if you'd like, and fix the price in writing first.
I've designed and built more than 1,200 websites, and on yours I'm the one senior person from the first conversation to launch, and for as long as you'd like me afterwards.
Some of the names I've worked for.
Over the years I've worked on the intranets for RWE, npower and Thames Water, on websites for joint research projects between the NHS and the University of Cambridge, and for the Blood and Transplant Research Unit. I also built the Surgical Research Society's website, through which it runs its memberships and ticket sales, and the Tropical Agriculture Association International website. I have also worked with many SMEs throughout Cambridgeshire and as far afield as Rwanda.
Two ways to work together.
Every project is designed, built and launched by me, at a fixed price agreed in writing before any work begins. The prices below are where a project starts when you bring your own words and photographs. If you’d rather I handled those too, along with the research and the page plan, I quote that to the job, so you only pay for what you need.
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A website
from £1,700
For small businesses, trades, professional firms and organisations that need a site that looks right, gets found on Google and turns visitors into enquiries.
- A free 30-minute call, then a written proposal within two working days
- Bespoke design and build on WordPress, designed for the phone first
- Search engine set-up, local search and your Google Business Profile, with the site tuned for speed
- Every account in your name: domain, hosting, email and analytics
- Launch, with a 30-minute training session and a written guide
Your part. Your words and photographs, in whatever form you have them, then signing off the design and the finished site.
Timing. Most websites take around four weeks to launch, with the date agreed in writing at the outset.
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An online shop
from £4,800
For businesses that sell online, or are about to, and want a shop they own outright, with nothing left for the office to puzzle out after launch.
- Everything in the website
- A WooCommerce shop built into your own WordPress site
- Your products loaded
- Payments, shipping and VAT all set up and working
- 30 days of fixes and tweaks after launch
Your part. The same words, photographs and sign-offs, plus your product details and prices in whatever form you keep them.
Timing. Around six weeks to launch, with the date agreed in writing at the outset.
Would you rather hand the whole thing over? I also research your market and the searches that matter, plan every page, write the words, arrange the photography and manage every supplier along the way, so one person is responsible from the first conversation to launch. That’s quoted to the job after the first call. More about how I work
Looked after, from £87 a month.
Once the site is live, someone has to keep it fast, secure and current, and that someone is me. Every plan is monthly rolling, you keep everything if you ever leave, and the included time is a ceiling rather than a target, so you always know what each month costs.
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Standard from £87 a month
- Brochure sites, blogs and booking-led sites
- UK hosting, daily backups, weekly updates and security
- Uptime checks and a monthly report you can read in a minute
- 90 minutes of content changes a month, made by me, plus ongoing speed work
- A quarterly SEO health check
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E-commerce from £147 a month
- WooCommerce shops taking live orders
- Everything in Standard
- Payment gateway monitoring and weekly database housekeeping
- Priority support
If you’d rather never touch the site yourself, a monthly partnership from £275 a month includes up to two hours of changes each month, made by me, or £495 a month with up to four hours and a quarterly review call. Also available when the work calls for it: SEO from £450 a month, Google Ads management at £450 a month with no markup on spend, bespoke WordPress plugins from £1,800 and branding from £700.
Recent work, shown in full.
Coach You
Website, search and copywriting for Jill McCulloch, a leadership coach in Cambridge: a warm site in her own colours where clients can book a session or a place on a course, with every word written to sound like Jill rather than like a website.
Read the case study
Reco Heart
A WooCommerce shop for a post-surgery bra, on a bespoke theme that replaced a page-builder template. It has a page for each operation, a proper sizing guide and VAT relief built into the checkout, because in a shop like this the details are what earn a customer's trust.
Read the case study
Cambridge Pianoforte
A website for a Cambridge piano dealer and tuner, presenting grand, upright and digital pianos alongside the brands they carry, with a Book a Tuning button on every page. Removals and servicing sit just beneath, so every part of the business has its proper place.
Visit the site (opens in a new tab)
If you're choosing on someone else's behalf.
If you've been asked to find a web designer for a director, the partners or a committee, you may well be asked afterwards why you chose this one. Everything below is in place today, and I'm happy to confirm any of it in writing.
One named person
You brief me, I design and build it, and I'm still the person you email about it a year later, with no account manager in between and no ticket queue.
A fixed price in writing
One figure, agreed before any work begins. Larger projects are usually paid in three stages: a deposit, a payment at design approval and the balance before launch. If the scope changes, the new price is agreed in writing before the extra work happens.
A written proposal within two working days
After our first call you'll receive a PDF you can forward as it stands, setting out the price, the launch date, the payment stages, what's included and what's needed from you.
Professional indemnity insurance
It's in place, so it's one less thing to check when you're making the case for your choice.
References you can speak to
References from past clients are available, and you're welcome to speak to them yourself before anything is signed.
Purchase orders and 30-day terms
If your organisation needs a PO number on the invoice and 30 days to pay, mention it on the call and the proposal will be written that way, with the payment dates and the launch date set out side by side.
You own everything
The domain, the hosting, the code and every account are held in your organisation's name, so nothing is ever tied to me if you decide to move on.
Cover when I'm away
A trusted associate is on call for anything urgent while I'm away, and the site itself runs on managed UK hosting with daily backups, so it never depends on one person's diary.
A note from Adam.
I work from a studio in Littleport, a few miles outside Ely, with Eric the cockapoo for company, who joins most of the walks and none of the calls. When you email, I'm the person who reads it and replies, the same day Monday to Friday, and I'm the same person who designs and builds your site and takes care of it afterwards.
I've run Cambridge Web Solutions and the web department at Simpsons Creative, so I know what each extra layer of people adds to a budget. Working on my own means yours goes into the work itself, and you never have to explain the job twice to someone who wasn't on the first call.
Nor does it stop at launch. Your site runs on managed UK hosting with daily backups, and in a monthly partnership I keep it current and make the changes myself. You own every part of it, so if you ever wanted to take it elsewhere, you could.
In their own words.
“Outstanding service. Always there when you need a little help getting to know the ins and outs of your website.”
“An amazing job, including a bespoke interactive map. He went above and beyond.”
“Creativity and expert technical knowledge, and he takes the time to understand what his clients want.”
5.0 from 8 Google reviews. Read every one, word for word.
From Ely independents to names you’ll know.
Some of these I built directly for the business. Others were larger projects for agencies and corporate clients, where I designed and built the web side, which is why not all of them appear in the portfolio. Every one counts towards the 1,200.
Questions worth asking.
The questions that come up on almost every first call. If yours isn't here, send it over and I'll give you a straight answer, without the sales talk.
How much does a website cost?
How long does a project take?
What does the discovery call involve, and how much do we have to do?
What happens if you're ill or away?
Can I update the site myself afterwards?
Do you work outside Cambridgeshire?
What's included after launch, and who makes the changes?
Start with a conversation.
Book a 30-minute call, or send a few lines below about the business and what the website needs to do, and I'll reply the same day, Monday to Friday. There's no obligation either way.
I take on just two website or shop projects at a time, so each one has my full attention.