Tell us about you
A friendly 20-minute chat about your business, your customers and what the site needs to do. That's the whole brief.
We build your website for absolutely nothing
Squidge Studio designs and builds proper, professional websites for small businesses — and the build costs £0. You pay £5 a month for hosting. No contracts, no surprises, no squeeze.
£0
to build
How it works
Three squishes and you're live
From first hello to a live website in about a week — and you never touch a line of code.
We build it — free
Design, copy polish, mobile layout, contact forms, the lot. You review a preview link and we tweak until you're grinning.
Go live for £5 a month
We host it on fast, secure infrastructure with SSL included. Fancy your own domain? We'll sort that too, at cost plus a small markup.
What you get
Everything a small business site needs
No bloated extras, no upsell maze. Just the things that actually bring customers through the door.
Designed for you
Every site is drawn up around your brand and your customers — never a fill-in-the-blanks template.
Lovely on mobile
Most of your visitors are on their phones. Your site will feel soft and snappy on every screen size.
Found on Google
Clean structure, quick loading and sensible titles, so local searches actually find you.
SSL & backups included
The padlock in the address bar, daily backups and security updates — all rolled into your fiver.
Little edits, on us
New opening hours? A menu change? Send us an email and small tweaks are done within two working days.
Leave whenever
No contracts and no exit fees. Stop paying and we'll even hand over your files with a smile.
Pricing
One tiny bill. That's the lot.
We make our money on hosting and domains, not on the build — so the build really is free.
The build
£0
one-off, forever
- Bespoke design & build
- Up to five pages
- Copy & photo polish
- Contact form set up
Hosting
£5
per month, flat
- Fast UK-served hosting
- SSL certificate included
- Daily backups
- Small edits included
- Cancel any time
Your own domain
from £12
per year, optional
- .co.uk from £12 a year
- .com from £15 a year
- Cost plus a small markup
- Renewal reminders, no traps
Domains are quoted per ending (.co.uk, .com, .shop and friends) at the registry price plus a small, clearly-stated markup. You own the domain — always.
Kind words
Small businesses, big grins
A few of the 214 sites we look after around the UK.
I kept putting a website off because quotes started at two grand. Squidge built ours for nothing and it looks better than the two-grand ones. I checked.
Bookings through the site doubled in the first month. For a fiver. My coffee habit costs more before Tuesday.
They changed our opening hours the same afternoon I emailed. Our old agency charged £60 an hour for that sort of thing.
Questions
The bits people always ask
How can the build possibly be free?
Because building a site is a one-off cost to us, but hosting is steady. Lots of happy customers paying £5 a month works better for everyone than a scary upfront bill. No catch, no small print — this page is the whole deal.
What does £5 a month actually cover?
Fast hosting, your SSL certificate, daily backups, security updates and small content edits. Everything a live site needs to stay live, healthy and current.
Do I have to buy a domain?
No — we can launch you on a free web address to start. When you want your own (like yourbusiness.co.uk), we register it for the registry cost plus a small markup, quoted upfront per ending. It's registered in your name, not ours.
What if I want to leave?
You just stop paying — there's no contract and no exit fee. We'll give you an export of your site files and help point your domain wherever you're going. We'd rather earn the fiver than lock you in.
How long does it take?
Most sites go from first chat to live in five to ten working days, depending on how quickly you can send us your photos and details.
Ready for your free website?
Email us today and you could be live by a week on Friday.
Email hello@squidgestudio.example