Websites that grow with your business.

A small creative team in Derby since 1999.Small creative team, in Derby since 1999.
Websites, online shops, search visibility and ongoing development.Websites, shops, search and development.
All under one roof.

We offer all you need to grow online:

A website built to grow with you

Designed from scratch around your business, never squeezed into a template, then hosted, secured and backed up on our UK servers. New pages come as you grow: up to 10 on Essentials, 25 on Growth, unlimited on Scale.

Custom designUK hosting & securityFast on every screenPages that grow with youCompare the plans

Found by the people looking for you

Every site is set up for search and structured so search engines and AI assistants can read it. Growth adds on-page search work every month and your Google Business Profile; Scale adds a search strategy and reporting on what’s working.

Set up for searchReadable by AI searchGoogle Business ProfileMonthly site reportCompare the plans

A site that keeps moving

Tell us what you want changed and we do it, as part of your plan: five updates a month on Essentials, unlimited on Growth and Scale. Blog posts too, from one a month on Essentials to two or three written for you on Growth, or written to your strategy on Scale.

Monthly updatesBlog postsNew pagesSame working day repliesCompare the plans

Sell, take bookings and run more of the business online

Essentials includes a small shop of up to 20 products. Growth adds the full store and integrated booking systems. On Scale we build what your business runs on: lead generation tools, a CRM, web apps and automation.

Online shopsBooking systemsCRM & web appsAutomationCompare the plans

We're local, independent, still going.

In Derby since 1999, with the personal feel of a small team.
Hundreds of websites built, and dozens of businesses growing with us every month.

Local & personal

A small, hands-on team in Derby that knows what makes a website work for a business, working with clients right across the UK. Your online partnership team.

Support you won't mind getting in touch with

There’s no before and after with us. It’s an ongoing relationship, covered by your monthly plan from day one.

Clients who come back

Many of the businesses we work with have been with us for years, and some are on their second or third site with us.

Our process: beginning, middle, no end.

Step One

Talk it through

A friendly, no-pressure chat about your business, your goals, what's not working today and how we'd be able to help.

Step Two

Design

Within five working days you get a working prototype of your home page, built around your brand, so you can click through it rather than imagine it.

Step Three

Build & refine

Once you're happy with the prototype, we agree a launch date and build the rest of the site, refining as we go. Properly built, never rushed.

Step Four

Launch & management

We put it live, then keep developing it with you for as long as you're with us. That's the promise.

Start with Step One today

Tell us what you need. We’ll give you honest, practical advice on how we help businesses just like yours. No hard sell, no jargon.

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Drop us your details and we’ll be in touch.

Real websites, real relationships and fully managed.

A selection of businesses from the hundreds we’ve built.

Interior Design

Clare Holland Interior Creations

A calm, considered site for an interior designer who shopped around and chose us for straight-talking advice and reliable, approachable service.

Energy · Metering

LanTen Metering Services

Wireless metering and billing for landlords, housing associations and managing agents. A credible, plain-spoken site for a technical service, with case studies the team adds themselves.

Home Improvement

Derby Double Glazing

A clear, professional site for a local glazing firm, shaped around their needs, with every query answered along the way.

Construction Consultancy

Armsons Barlow

Project management, quantity surveying and building surveying from a Derby practice with fifty years behind it. Project case studies, a management team and a news feed the office keeps current itself.

Cake Decoration · E-commerce

Deb's Kitchen Cakes

Personalised cake toppers, printed to order and posted out. Photo uploads, icing or wafer, and a long list of occasions, all funnelled into a shop that keeps the choosing simple.

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The Clare Holland Interior Creations home page
The LanTen Metering Services home page
The Derby Double Glazing home page
The Armsons Barlow home page
The Deb's Kitchen Cakes home page

What should your website do?

What you care about most should be baked into your design.

Easy to find, for people and for AI search.

Says clearly who you are, what you do and how to reach you, in a form that search engines and AI assistants can both read.

  • Set up for Google search
  • Readable by search engines and AI assistants
  • Your business details marked up properly
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Turn visits into enquiries.

Every page points people to the next step: a call, a form or a message.

  • A clear route to getting in touch
  • Forms that are quick to fill in
  • Enquiries straight to your inbox
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Sells day and night, all year round.

Orders land in your inbox automatically, wherever you are.

  • Manage products and orders
  • Secure payment and shipping
  • Hosted with 99.9% uptime
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One monthly fee. Three ways to start.

No set-up fee and no contract. Design, hosting and ongoing development in one fee.

£249 a month

Essentials

A custom website, hosting and monthly updates, to get established online.

See Essentials
£449 a month

Growth

More pages, blog posts written for you and on-page search work, to build momentum online.

See Growth
From £749 a month

Scale

Custom tools, systems and web apps, quoted on scope, to extend what your business does online.

See Scale

Clients who stay, year on year.

Having been a client of Kevin and the team for many, many years, I am always greeted with friendly professionalism, whatever the size of the query or edit. A huge special thank you to Kevin for your support over the years.
TPTanya Pyne
Photography By Tanya
They knew exactly what we wanted & delivered a great design, and the team handled it with ease. We have full back-up from them and they've helped us gain full potential from the site.
KWKay Wood
The Pet Superstore
I approached a number of companies but found Online Design the most professional & knowledgeable. Kevin & his team suggested some great ideas. A very reliable & approachable company, which I highly recommend.
CHClare Holland
Clare Holland Interior Creations
1999
Established in Derby, one of the city's longest-running web studios.
Friar Gate
Our studio home at Friar Gate Studios since 2007.
Across the UK
A Derby studio, with clients right across the UK.
100%
Renewable-powered hosting for every site we host.