The problem

You've been quoted £3,000+ for a website you don't need.

Local businesses are routinely sold complicated, expensive websites by people who benefit from making the whole thing confusing. We think that's broken. So we fixed it.

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Real quotes we've seen

Same site. Wildly different prices.

Local plumber
£4,200£399

What they actually needed: a 5-page site.

Family cafe
£2,800£399

What they actually needed: a menu + contact.

Independent shop
£6,500£399

What they actually needed: a about + gallery.

Three things going wrong

Why it costs you so much.

01

Inflated quotes

Small businesses are routinely quoted £3,000, £5,000 or more for websites they simply don't need.

02

Hidden complexity

Agencies benefit from confusion. The longer the proposal, the bigger the invoice. Jargon is a feature, not a bug.

03

Vague promises

You end up paying for meetings, revisions and retainers — not for a website that actually works.

Side by side

Typical agency vs us.

Typical agency
Old Genius
Upfront price
£3,000–£6,500
£399 flat
Discovery fees
Often £500+
None
Time to launch
6–12 weeks
1–2 weeks
Locked into a retainer
Usually
Never
Who owns it
Sometimes them
Always you
Jargon required
Yes
No

"I'd been quoted £4,500 by an agency. Old Genius built the same thing in ten days for £399. I still don't understand why anyone pays the agency price."

James · Independent retailer
The fix

One price. £399.

No tiered packages designed to upsell you. No discovery phase invoice. No retainer locked in before you've seen a thing.

One flat price

£399. Not a starting price. Not 'from'. The price.

Built in 1–2 weeks

No drawn-out discovery phase. We start, you launch.

No retainers

Hosting and updates are optional monthly add-ons. Cancel anytime.

Stop overpaying for a website.

See exactly what £399 gets you — no jargon, no upsells, no surprise invoices.

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