Fixed-price, in writing
Every quote agreed in writing before any work begins. Web design pricing from £149.99 fixed — no hourly rates, no scope creep, no surprise invoices. The price you see is the price you pay.
I'm Martin — founder of Mako Digital. I build bespoke websites and full SaaS platforms for UK small businesses from a small office in Wigan. No agency overheads, no hourly rates, no page builders. Just proper code, fixed prices, and work I'm willing to put my name to.
Before Mako, I spent years building business platforms at scale — recruitment systems like Resolve Recruitment, fleet management tools, and compliance platforms. The kind of custom CRM development that runs entire UK companies behind the scenes.
What I kept seeing on the side was small businesses paying £3,000 for a basic website they couldn't even edit. Or paying £150/month for a "managed" site they didn't own. Or stuck on Wix because their developer disappeared. Local trades in Wigan, Leigh, and Bolton deserved better.
That's why Mako exists. Fixed-price WordPress web design, written quotes, fully owned by you. The same engineering depth I put into the SaaS platforms goes into every site we ship — proper code, real schema markup, fast load times, mobile-first, ranked by Google. Whether it's a one-page site or a five-page business website — never a builder template with your logo slapped on.
Every project is mine, end-to-end. No junior account managers, no offshore subcontracting, no "we'll have to check with the team". You get me — a UK-based WordPress developer with a real address, a real phone number, and a real pile of finished work behind me.
If you need ongoing visibility too, our local SEO retainers start at £99/month. If your project is bigger and needs custom CRM development or a bespoke platform, we scope it properly. Either way — drop me a line for a no-pressure chat.
Most agencies say the same things. Here's what's actually different about working with Mako, and why those differences matter to your bottom line.
Every quote agreed in writing before any work begins. Web design pricing from £149.99 fixed — no hourly rates, no scope creep, no surprise invoices. The price you see is the price you pay.
No Elementor. No Divi. No drag-and-drop. Every site is hand-coded WordPress with custom themes and standalone PHP templates. Faster, leaner, ranks better, and infinitely more flexible than any page builder.
Your domain, your hosting, your code, your content. No subscription lock-in, no proprietary CMS, no being held hostage. Move your WordPress website to any developer in the world whenever you want.
Every review is verified, from a paying client, on Google. Real small businesses across Wigan, Leigh, Bolton, and Manchester. No fake testimonials, no anonymous quotes.
Beyond websites — full custom CRM platforms running in production. Resolve Recruitment, RefAssure, TalentLynk, Gather360. That technical depth flows into every WordPress site we ship.
Properly local — based at 6 Seven Stars Road, WN3. Real address, real phone, real person. Most clients are within an hour of us, but we ship websites to businesses across the UK with the same fixed-price approach.
Every site below was built from scratch in custom WordPress. No templates, no page builders. Each one designed and coded around the specific business it serves.
When a client says "we need this complicated thing built", I've already done it before. Here's a sample of the SaaS platforms running in production right now.
Full recruitment SaaS — candidate pipeline, reference chasing, document signing, worker portal PWA, push notifications.
Automated reference checking platform with cold outreach nurture system, template builder, Stripe integration.
Recruitment CRM with bulk SMS gateway, mail merge, multi-signature, marketing email sequences, finance tracker.
CRM platform launched at £24.99/month with full Stripe integration, marketing pages, team invitations.
SafetyHub360, FleetPro360 — safety and fleet compliance CRM platforms with risk assessments and audit management.
Local hospitality community platform connecting Wigan venues, events, and customers across the borough.
From first call to live site, this is exactly how every project runs. No vague timelines, no fuzzy scope, no "ah we hadn't budgeted for that".
We talk through what you need, what you don't, and what success looks like. No sales pitch, no pressure. Usually 20-30 minutes.
You get a written quote covering scope, timeline, and total cost. No hourly rates, no estimates, no "and any extras". Approve it or tell us to revise.
I build it. You see progress, request revisions, give feedback. One-page sites ship in 2-3 days. Five-page builds 5-10 days. Custom platforms scoped individually.
Site goes live. You get full credentials — domain, hosting, code, content. Optional ongoing care plan if you want hands-off, or pay-as-you-go for changes later.
Every review is real, on Google, from a paying client. No fake testimonials, no anonymous quotes. Click through to read them all.
Mako Digital rebuilt our entire site with 49 sub-service pages and location clusters. Genuinely committed, hugely knowledgeable, and the results have been outstanding.
Martin built The Links Training & Consultancy a custom theme exactly to brief, fast, and to a really high standard. Genuinely couldn't recommend more highly.
Mako Digital delivered a full recruitment SaaS platform — Resolve Recruitment — that runs my entire business. Reference chasing, document signing, candidate pipeline. Brilliant work.
Why not a freelancer? Why not a bigger agency? Why not Wix? Here's what I'd tell you over a coffee.
Freelancers vary wildly. Some are brilliant, many disappear mid-project. With Mako Digital you get a registered UK business (24K Solutions Ltd), a real address in Wigan, a real phone number, and verified 5-star Google reviews from paying clients across Wigan, Leigh, Bolton, and Manchester. Plus the SaaS platforms running in production prove I don't go missing when things get hard.
Bigger agencies have bigger overheads — and you pay for them. £5,000 minimum for a basic website is normal. We charge £149.99 for a one-page site and £449.99 for a five-page site, fixed. Same quality, no junior account managers, no twelve-week timelines, no £80/hour change requests. See full web design pricing for the breakdown.
They're fine for a hobby site. For a business that needs to rank, scale, and look professional? Page builders are slow, generic, and lock you into their platform. Custom-coded WordPress is faster, leaner, ranks better in local SEO, and you actually own the code. Plus you can move it elsewhere if you ever want to.
WordPress runs 43% of the web for good reason — it's mature, well-supported, and any developer can pick up the code if I get hit by a bus. React/Next is great for SaaS — and we use it on custom CRM development projects — but for a marketing site for a UK SME, WordPress wins on practicality every time.
Low overheads, no salesperson commission, no junior account manager layer, no co-working office in Manchester I'm paying for. I'm the developer, the designer, and the project manager. That removes about 70% of the cost a comparable agency build would carry. Have a look at the portfolio to see what fixed-price actually delivers.
You own the code, the hosting account, the domain, the content. You can hand it to any WordPress developer in the world and they can pick it up. No proprietary builders, no licensed plugins, no "you need our agency to maintain this" scenario. Search Google for "WordPress developer near me" and any of them can take over.
Browse our services, see who we've worked with, or check out the local areas we cover.
No obligation, no sales pitch. A 20-minute call to understand what you need, after which I'll send a written quote — or recommend someone else if I'm not the right fit.
