A FINISHED SITE, NOT A BUILDER
Stop building your website one weekend at a time.
A do-it-yourself site builder gives you templates and leaves the rest to you. Web Presence Websites plans, writes and designs every page, adds the shop, bookings and inquiry forms you need, and runs your email too, all priced in US dollars.
THEM VS. US
At a glance, it's not close.
A site builder hands you the tools and a template. Here's what changes when one team finishes the website for you, side by side.
A do-it-yourself site builder
- A template, a blank page and a weekend to fill it.
- Billed annually, often on a contract.
- Every word on every page is yours to write.
- Hosting, a domain to connect and settings to work out on your own.
- A shop app, a booking app and a forms app, bolted on.
- Moving off WordPress means copying it across by hand.
- Replies scattered across inboxes and sticky notes.
Web Presence Websites
- A finished site. Every page planned, written and designed by our team, in your brand.
- Priced in US dollars. Paid monthly, no deposit.
- Written for you. From your current site or a few lines about the business, in your voice.
- Launched for you. Hosted on your own domain and set up by us, live once you've approved every page.
- All built in. Shop, bookings and inquiry forms on the same site, in your brand.
- Moved for you. Pages, posts, media and your shop come across, and the old site stays as it is.
- Every reply, one inbox. Sorted by campaign, then answered or routed to you.
Side by side, nothing hidden.
Fourteen things we were asked to compare, straight down the middle.
| Web Presence Websites | A do-it-yourself site builder | |
|---|---|---|
| Website, written and designed for you | yes | You build it yourself |
| Launched for you, on your own domain | yes | Once you've finished building |
| Online shop with payments and delivery | yes | Often a paid add-on |
| Online bookings from your own site | yes | Often a paid add-on |
| Courses and memberships | yes | Often a separate app |
| Your WordPress site moved across | yes | Copied by hand |
| Landing pages built from the email's own brief | yes | no |
| Email campaigns designed for you | yes | Usually a separate tool |
| Sending domain set up for you | yes | no |
| Every address checked before we send | yes | no |
| Every reply in one inbox, sorted by campaign | yes | no |
| Explainer films, ads and social posts | yes | no |
THE BIG DIFFERENCES
The three things that change how you run your week.
These aren't small extras. They're the reason building it yourself stops making sense.
A FINISHED WEBSITE, NOT A KIT
Every page planned, written and designed for you.
A do-it-yourself builder hands you a template and a blank page. Our team reads your current site or a few lines about the business, suggests three looks and writes every page, then adds an online shop with payments and delivery, bookings customers make themselves, even courses and memberships if that's your business.
- A website written, designed and launched for you
- An online shop with payments, tax and delivery built in
- Bookings customers make themselves, with reminders from your domain
- Courses and memberships if that's how you sell
DELIVERABILITY, HANDLED
Your domain, set up and paced so email lands in the inbox.
A site builder stops at the website, and leaves your email and its DNS to you: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, three acronyms and an afternoon lost in your web host's settings. Web Presence Websites registers your sending domain, sets up its authentication and hosts it, so your email needs no DNS from you at all.
- Sending domains registered and authenticated for you
- Zero DNS records to set up yourself
- A sending pace tuned to each inbox provider
- Your From address, signature and links all on one domain
EVERY REPLY, HANDLED
Every reply lands in one inbox, and we answer it or route it to you.
A typical email platform tells you who opened and who clicked, then leaves the conversation to your regular inbox, mixed in with everything else. Web Presence Websites gives every reply its own inbox, sorted by campaign, with a stage attached: engaged, warm, hot, won or lost.
- Every reply sorted by campaign, not buried in your main inbox
- A stage on every lead: engaged, warm, hot, won or lost
- Sequences that start the moment someone clicks
- Follow-up sent to one person at a time, never in bulk
SWITCHING TEAMS
Moving your site over takes an afternoon, not a rebuild.
Your site, your brand and your list come with you. Here's exactly how it goes.
Send us your site
Point us at your current site and we read what's there. A WordPress site, shop and all, moves across for you.
Pick a look
Three looks in your brand, and every page planned and written before anything goes live.
Your new site goes live
On your own domain, set up by us. Your old site stays exactly as it is until the new one goes live.
We tell your customers
Send us your list and we design an email about the new site, approved by you before it goes out.
QUESTIONS
Still deciding? Here's what switchers ask.
Is it hard to move my existing site over?
No. We read your current site to plan the new one, and bring a WordPress site's pages, posts, media, menus, forms and WooCommerce shop across for you. Your old site is left exactly as it is.
Will my new site look like a template?
No. It starts from three looks drawn in your brand, and every page is written for your business, so it reads and looks like you, not like everyone else's.
Am I locked into a contract?
We agree a term up front, paid monthly with no deposit. After your first term, your plan runs month to month and you can stop any time.
Do I lose features by picking a smaller plan?
No. Every feature is on every plan. The difference between plans is how much we take on for you each month, not what's included.
What happens to my subscribers' consent when I switch?
Consent travels with your list, not with the platform. Keep your records of who opted in and when, and that consent carries straight over under the CAN-SPAM Act, enforced by the FTC.
Can you run my email too?
Yes. The same team that builds your website, shop and bookings designs your campaigns, checks every address and sends from your own domain, with each one approved by you.
What if I only need a website for now?
Start with the website. Email, films and the campaign inbox are there when you want them, from the same team, under the same login, with nothing extra to set up.
What if I have a question partway through?
Email us any time. We usually reply within one business day.
A finished site. Built for you. Let's make the switch.
Your website, shop, bookings and email, together in US dollars, paid monthly.