What does "SEO-monitored UI/UX" actually mean?
Every design decision is reviewed against its ranking impact before it ships, heading hierarchy, page structure, image weight, font loading, critical CSS, JavaScript hydration cost, internal linking patterns, schema opportunities. Most design studios only think about SEO after the Figma file is signed off. We think about it from the first wireframe.
What does the £1,500 Custom Business package include? What's the catch?
There is no catch, but there are boundaries. At £1,500 in the UK (or $1,900 USA, CAD $2,500 Canada, AUD $2,900 Australia, USD $1,900 Gulf) you receive up to ten hand-coded pages, mobile-first responsive layout, schema, sitemap, Open Graph metadata, a contact form wired to analytics, and Core Web Vitals green on launch. You do not receive a custom CMS back-end, a blog engine, an e-commerce cart, or API integrations, those push the engagement into the £2,800+ Full Build tier. The Custom Business tier is designed for founders who need a credible, fast, indexable site in under three weeks without wasting budget on a page builder that will slow them down six months later.
Do you work with Gulf clients in Arabic as well as English?
Yes. Bilingual English and Arabic builds are standard for our Gulf engagements across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman. We handle RTL layout direction, Arabic typography, hreflang tags for ar-SA and ar-AE, and schema in both languages. Content is either supplied by the client in Arabic or translated by a native Arabic copywriter we work with regularly, we never hand an Arabic string through an automated translator for published body copy.
Is the entry tier good for SEO?
For a ten-page hand-coded site, yes, often better than a thirty-page site on a page builder. Every entry-tier build ships with schema markup, a properly structured sitemap, canonical tags, Open Graph metadata, image alt text, semantic HTML, and Core Web Vitals that hit green on mobile before we hand over. The constraint is content volume, not technical quality. If you want to rank for more than the handful of queries a ten-page site can support, you will eventually need a blog or additional service pages, but the technical foundation at £1,500 is identical to the foundation at £4,000.
What if I need a CMS or e-commerce later?
The entry tier is built to be extensible. We hand over a clean codebase (Next.js repo or a lightweight WordPress install) that a future developer can extend into a CMS or commerce build without starting over. When you are ready to add Shopify, Saleor, a WordPress admin for blog publishing, or any API integration, we can scope that as a follow-on. Many clients start at the Custom Business tier (£1,500) to validate demand, then come back for the Full Build or Enterprise tier (£2,800 to £4,000+) 6–12 months later once they know what the site actually needs to do.
How does your $1,900 USA tier compare to Fiverr or Upwork gigs?
The headline price is similar. The output is not. A $800 gig on Fiverr typically produces a Wix or Squarespace template with your logo swapped in, generic stock photography, no schema, no Core Web Vitals tuning, and no ranking strategy. Our $800 tier is a hand-coded site on Next.js or a static WordPress theme, with schema, CWV green on launch, analytics and Search Console wired in, and a post-launch monitoring window. You could buy ten Fiverr gigs for the price of one of ours, and none of them would outrank a properly built site six months in.
Do you offer bilingual English/Arabic sites?
Yes, at both the entry tier (from USD $800 in the Gulf) and the full build tier. Bilingual Gulf builds include full RTL rendering for Arabic pages, hreflang tag pairs linking English and Arabic versions, dual-language schema where appropriate, and a language-switch control tested across mobile, tablet, and desktop. We build for Arabic typography first rather than retrofitting an English template, which is the usual reason bilingual sites feel unbalanced.
What's included in the Gulf tier specifically?
Gulf starter tier at USD $800 includes: up to five hand-coded pages, bilingual English and Arabic content option (client supplies translations or we arrange native copywriting at cost), hreflang ar-SA / ar-AE / en setup, RTL CSS handling, PDPL-aware consent banner for Saudi, UAE DPL compliance for Dubai and Abu Dhabi clients, Gulf-specific schema (LocalBusiness with Gulf address), and guidance on .ae / .sa / .qa domain strategy versus .com routing. Delivery runs 10–16 days because of the bilingual QA pass. Gulf Custom Business tier at USD $1,900 adds up to ten pages.
Why is this cheaper than hiring a Dribbble designer plus a developer separately?
Because we do both under one roof, on one timeline, with no hand-off friction. A senior Dribbble-featured designer typically charges £3,000–£8,000 for a Figma file alone. A separate developer to build it charges another £4,000–£10,000 and takes 4–6 weeks to interpret the design. We deliver the full live site, designed, coded, SEO-ready, speed-tuned, in one engagement, usually for less than the Figma file costs on its own.
Do I get the Figma file and the code?
Yes, both. You own the design file and the full codebase. We hand over the Figma project on project completion and the code repo with full commit history. No vendor lock-in, you can take the whole thing to another developer tomorrow if you want to.
What stack do you build on?
Primarily Next.js 14 for custom sites (server-rendered, App Router, Core Web Vitals green on launch) and WordPress where the client needs non-technical editing. We avoid page-builders (Elementor, Divi, WP Bakery) because they produce slow, bloated DOM trees that tank Core Web Vitals. Every site we ship is hand-coded and passes PageSpeed Insights on mobile at 90+.
How fast is "fast loading" exactly?
Target thresholds: LCP under 2.0 seconds on 4G, INP under 150 ms, CLS under 0.05, TTFB under 400 ms from a UK edge. Typical real-world result for our Next.js builds: LCP around 1.3s, INP around 80ms, Lighthouse Performance 95+ on mobile. Hosted on Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, or the client's preferred edge.
Why does speed matter for SEO?
Core Web Vitals are a confirmed ranking signal since 2021. More practically: a one-second delay in LCP drops conversion rates 5–10%, and Google's ranking algorithm treats pages with poor field-data Core Web Vitals as lower quality even before the direct ranking impact. Speed matters for rankings, for ad efficiency, and for every commercial metric downstream.
Can you redesign an existing site without tanking rankings?
Yes, this is actually the most common engagement. We run a migration protocol: full URL map, 301 strategy, schema preservation, internal link rebuilding, CWV checks against the new templates before launch, post-launch monitoring for 30–60 days. Done properly, a redesign should lift rankings, not harm them.
How long does a typical project take?
Entry tier (five pages) runs 7–14 days. Standard Next.js or WordPress full build runs 4–8 weeks. E-commerce and multi-template projects run 8–12 weeks. Kick-off to Figma sign-off on a full build is usually week 2–3; development and SEO configuration through week 4–6; QA, CWV tuning, and launch by week 6–8.
What's included in the price?
UI/UX design (wireframes, mood direction, full desktop and mobile comps), copywriting support, full front-end and back-end development, SEO configuration (schema, sitemap, robots, canonicals, Open Graph, metadata), Core Web Vitals tuning, analytics installation, and a launch monitoring window. Not included: paid assets (premium photography, stock video, custom illustration), third-party subscriptions (Webflow hosting, premium plugins), and domain / DNS.
Do you do design-only projects?
Yes. If you have a developer already and only need the UI/UX design work, we scope design-only scopes available from £950. You get the Figma file, a design system, and a written implementation brief your developer can ship from. Still SEO-monitored.