Websites that make you look serious.
A Cape Town studio for small businesses. I design, write and build the whole thing. Live in about a week.
Recent work
You are dealing with me, not an agency.
HelpCorp is one person in Cape Town. When you email, I answer. When something needs changing, I change it.
There is no account manager between us, no ticket queue, and nobody junior doing the work while someone senior takes your call. That is the whole reason it moves in a week rather than three months.
Before this I worked on superyachts, where the job was making things work for people who had every reason to expect them to. It turns out to be roughly the same job.
HelpCorp is a registered company, so you get a proper invoice and a real business to hold to account.
Everything, not just the pictures.
Most people quoting you for a website hand back a design and leave the rest to you. The writing, the photos, the domain, the email. That is where sites die.
I do
- Design built around your business, not a template
- The writing, in plain language
- Your photos edited, or new ones sourced
- Built to work properly on a phone first
I also sort
- Your domain name, registered in your name
- Email on your own address
- Hosting, security and the certificate
- Changes after launch, without a support ticket
How it works
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We talk
Twenty minutes, on the phone or in person. What the business does, who it is for, and what the site has to achieve. No charge and no pitch deck.
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I build it
You see a real working site on a private link, not a picture of one. You tell me what is wrong with it, and I change it.
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It goes live
On your own domain, with your own email address working. You own everything. If you ever leave, it leaves with you.
Questions people ask before they email.
How long does it actually take?
About a week from the first call, as long as you can get me your photos and details in the first day or two. That is usually the thing that decides it, not the building.
What does it cost?
It depends on how big the site is, so I will not pretend there is one number. Tell me what you need and I will give you a fixed price before anything starts. No hourly billing and no invoice you were not expecting.
Who owns the site when it is done?
You do, completely. The domain is registered in your name, the site is yours, and if you ever want to move it somewhere else or hand it to someone else, it goes with you. Nothing is held hostage.
Do I need to understand any of the technical side?
No. That is the job. You will never be sent a login and told to work it out, and nothing will be explained to you in jargon.
Can I change things after it is live?
Yes. Small changes, send me an email and I will do them. If you would rather do it yourself I will show you how, properly, once.
Can you sort email on my own domain?
Yes, and it is worth doing. An address at your own business reads very differently to a gmail address on a quote. I set it up so it arrives wherever you already read your mail.
I already have a website. Is it worth replacing?
Sometimes not. Send me the link and I will tell you honestly whether it needs rebuilding or just needs fixing. If it is the second one I will say so.
Tell me about your business.
What you do, and what is wrong with how you look online right now. I will tell you straight whether I can help and what it would take.
Or email [email protected]