Building Spells

Make your website work harder for your business.

Request a reviewed quote for a new website, an upgrade or continuing care. Scope, availability and costs are agreed individually. Send your project brief by email to start the conversation.

Start a project / request a consultation

Separate product: Coming soon — guided website-builder beta.

A website service built around guided questions, a preview you can review and requests in ordinary language. Tell us what your business needs, check the details and choose how the site will be hosted and supported.

Join the website beta

See the thinking in practice

Our own live Essex visit planner combines clear content, practical filters and a layout designed for desktop and mobile. It is an editorial project, not a client commission or the website-builder beta.

Explore Essex Before You Go

A simpler way to get the basics right

Your website should explain what you do, help the right customers recognise that it is for them, and give them a clear next step.

The first website pilot is intended for straightforward business sites: service pages, an about page, useful photographs and an enquiry route. More complex shops, booking systems and member areas need a separate discussion.

How the website service is intended to work

1. Tell us about your business

Answer questions about your services, customers, location, existing material and what the site needs to do. Unknown details remain questions for you to answer.

2. Review a proposed website

Check the words, images, business details and mobile layout. Ask for changes before approving the version to publish.

3. Choose hosting and care

Discuss hosting and management through Building Spells, or setup in your own hosting account. The agreed plan will explain what is included, which costs are separate and how future changes are handled.

Two ways to run your website

Hosted and managed

For owners who want the website and an agreed care service handled together. The proposed service combines setup, hosting and a defined allowance for ongoing work.

Register for the managed website beta

On your own hosting

For customers who want to keep their own supplier account or discuss a suitable machine. Setup and continuing care can be agreed separately.

Discuss my own hosting

Clear ownership and responsibilities

Keep your domain in your own account. Before paid work begins, we’ll agree the site files and documentation included at handover, any third-party software involved, the support scope and what happens if you leave.

Owning a domain, owning a website and licensing the tools used to manage it are different things. The written scope should make those differences understandable.

Join the first group of interested businesses

Registration helps Tyler understand the websites people need and contact suitable businesses as the pilot develops. There is no payment at this stage.

Registering does not generate a website, reserve a paid build or guarantee an invitation date.

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