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A charity website has four jobs: make the case for support, take a donation on a phone in under a minute, capture Gift Aid, and prove the charity is real. Here is what we build in and why, and when a hosted platform is enough to start with.
On launch day a startup website has one job: say what the product does, take the sign-up and stay up. What to build before, during and after a launch, and why the marketing site should stay separate from the product.
A SaaS website converts when a visitor can tell what the product does, who it is for and what happens when they click, then meets the shortest path to the first useful moment in the product. What to build on the marketing site and why.
A real estate portfolio website ranks and wins enquiries when every project is a real page with real detail, the people behind it are named with their qualifications, and the photos load fast. What to build for UK investors, developers, consultants and portfolio landlords.
A property developer website needs a page per development with plots, prices and status, a register-interest form that feeds the CRM, CGIs labelled as CGIs, and a corporate site that proves the track record. What to build and why.
Rightmove and Zoopla bring applicants; your own website is where vendor and landlord instructions come from. What an estate agent website needs: valuation requests, a property feed from the CRM, viewing booking, honest area pages and the details the law requires.
A travel agency website takes bookings when the flow matches what you sell: enquiry and quote for tailor-made trips, book now with a deposit for fixed departures. What to build, how deposits and balances work, and where ATOL and ABTA information belongs.
A spa website has one job: turn someone thinking about a treatment into a booked appointment. What UK spas and wellness studios need on the site, from treatment pages and deposits to Google Business Profile and structured data.