Web design · North West

Web design in the North West, done properly.

Web design in the North West is a coin flip between big-city agencies on big-city retainers and bargain builders who vanish after launch. INKON is the third option: national-standard work, published prices, and a website that answers enquiries while you sleep.

What I do

What a website from INKON does for a business in the North West.

Found

A page for every job you want, and every place you want it.

When someone in North West searches for what you do, your site has a page written to answer that exact search, and a page for each town you work. That is what Google ranks and what people trust.

First to reply

Every enquiry answered in seconds, day or night.

Violet, INKON's AI assistant, is built into the site. She answers questions, takes the details and emails you the lead while the customer is still on the page. The fastest reply wins the job, and now that is you.

Kept working

Your Google listing right, content posted for you, a report every month.

On a plan your Google Business Profile is kept right, reviews are earned, new pages go up for the searches you want next, and you get a plain-English report on what moved.

Who I build for in the North West

  • Local trades and service businesses
  • Independent retail and hospitality
  • Professional and B2B firms
  • Ambitious small and growing businesses
  • Anyone underserved by big-city agencies and bargain builders

Why North West

Manchester and Liverpool agencies do excellent work from £5,000 up, with account managers sat between you and the people actually building it. At the other end, someone’s cousin does it for £300 and disappears. The middle, built properly with the numbers on the page, is strangely empty across this region, and that’s where I sit. What I build doesn’t care about distance: pages structured to rank in your own town, content written and posted for you, and an enquiry answered in seconds whether it comes from Carlisle or Crewe. Meetings happen by video, and you can watch the search method proving itself on this site in public.

The price and the promise

What a website costs in the North West. Same price in every town.

The middle ground: national-standard work at published prices, and nobody pays a postcode premium.

  • Website design and build

    From £1,500 to £2,000 and up, quoted up front

    Included in the plan

  • Hosting, SSL and backups

    £10 to £30 a month

    Included

  • Maintenance and updates

    £30 to £100 a month, to keep the software standing

    Nothing to maintain, so nothing to pay

  • Changes and small fixes

    £50 to £80 an hour, on the clock

    Made in minutes, never billed

  • On-page SEO

    A setup fee, or a retainer

    Every page, from day one

  • Google Business Profile

    A monthly management fee

    Kept right, every month

  • A chat assistant that replies

    £20 to £46 a month per tool

    Violet, INKON's AI assistant, included

  • Blog posts and social content

    Per post, or a content retainer

    On Grow: two posts, Google posts and twenty social posts a month

  • A report on what moved

    Rarely offered

    Plain English, every month

All of it, for a fixed monthly price in the North West. From £99 a month, six months minimum then month to month, baked into how the website is built from day one. Year one, site only, usually runs £1,860 to £2,700 at an agency. Here it is £1,188 with everything above.

Pick the pace

For every search you want to be found for in the North West, your website carries content written to satisfy it. That is the promise, and how it works shows what happens at every step.

A big-city agency, a bargain builder, or the third option. The way to tell them apart is the three-year number, not the quote.

A DIY builder, an agency, a Starter Site or a plan: the four routes compared over three years.

Who you'd be working with

One person, thirty years, and your build gets my full attention.

John Stirzaker, who runs INKON

Hi, I'm John

I used to run an agency. Now it's me, my systems and Violet, and that's the point: the expensive part is already built, so you get the website an agency would charge eight thousand for without paying anyone to build the machinery again. Our first meeting is about your business, not mine. While I'm building yours, it has my full attention, and I get excited about it. Ask Howard.

John Stirzaker, INKON Founder

Questions businesses in the North West ask me

Can you get my business found on Google in the North West?

Yes - local SEO works the same in Stockport as in Blackpool: proper local pages, Google Business Profile discipline, reviews and citations. The difference is doing it properly, which most of your rivals do not.

Should I just use Wix or Squarespace instead?

You can, and a bargain builder is what half the North West reaches for. But you build and maintain it yourself, and a DIY site rarely ranks against firms doing it properly or answers the enquiry that comes in overnight. I build and look after it, structured to rank in your town wherever you are in the North West, with enquiries answered in seconds. If a builder genuinely suits you better, I'll say so.

Do you work with businesses in Manchester or Liverpool?

Yes - the build, the search work and the AI lead response are identical anywhere in the North West. City meetings are usually video, with in-person available when a project calls for it.

Can you do local SEO for an area you're not based in?

Local SEO is method, not residency: proper local pages, Google Business Profile discipline, reviews and citations work the same in Stockport as they do in Blackpool. The difference is doing it properly.

Are your prices the same across the North West?

Identical everywhere and published in full: five-page Starter Sites £800, or plans from £99 a month with the build included - Growth builds come with the plans. Nobody pays a postcode premium.

What if my business grows beyond the North West?

Good - the foundations are built for it. The same structure that ranks you town by town extends to any region, and the lead response scales with volume. Several things on my roadmap exist precisely for that conversation.

Can I get cheap web design in the North West?

You can get cheap anywhere. The region is full of bargain builders who take the money and go quiet, and city agencies who bill you every month for the privilege. My prices sit in between and they are on the page. Presence is £150 a year for one page, hosting in it. A Starter Site is £800 once. The Launch plan is £99 a month, six months minimum, then month to month. No quote-on-request games.

Who is the best web designer in the North West?

In a region this size, best is close to meaningless. Best for your trade, in your town, is the question worth asking. A big-city agency may genuinely be right for you, and if so I'll say it. Otherwise judge everyone the same way. Published prices. Real sites you can click through and use. Someone who answers when you ring. A clear answer on what happens after launch.

If I stop paying, do I lose the website?

Not if you bought it outright. Pay £800 once and the Starter Site is yours from day one, files and domain, wherever in the North West you are. On a monthly plan I host and own the build while you subscribe, six months minimum, then month to month. After six months, leave and the standard website is yours to keep. The AI lead response stays with me, since I run it. That is the whole arrangement, written plainly.

What happens once the site is live?

This is where the region gets let down. Bargain builders disappear and agencies bill you for a phone call. On the £99 a month plan you get hosting, support, small changes and the AI lead response included, so a new service page or a changed number costs you an email. Own a Starter Site and you can add the AI lead response for £200 a year. That is website design in the North West as I do it.

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Violet - INKON's AI assistant · replies in seconds, any hour

Prefer email? hello@inkon.co.uk works too - John reads every message personally.