Websites for cafes
A site that answers what people want to know before they set off: are you open, what is on the menu, where are you, and what is it like inside. Fixed price, with nothing monthly.
What a cafe website needs
Four things, all of them easy to find on a phone.
- Opening hours you can trust
- Your hours near the top of the page, and the same hours on your Google Business Profile, which is set up to match the site. Finding the door locked after the walk over is nobody's idea of a good first visit.
- The menu as a real page
- Your menu written out as text rather than a photo of a printed one, so it is easy to read on a phone and search engines can read it too. Prices and dietary notes sit next to each dish.
- How to find you
- Your address, directions in plain words, where to park and whether you are step free, with a link that opens your location in a map on their phone.
- Photos of the place
- Your own photos of the food, the counter and the room, sized to load quickly on a phone. They show people what to expect before they come in.
How the packages cover it
Fixed prices, in writing before I start. Half books your start date and the rest is invoiced when the site is ready to go live.
Starter, £500
Up to three pages, such as a home page with your hours and how to find you, your menu, and a contact page. The contact form, WhatsApp and tap to call, your Google Business Profile set up to match, and one round of changes. Usually live in one to two weeks.
Business, £1,500
Four to eight pages, so there is room for private hire or events. On top of Starter, booking links if you take bookings, an editor so you can change your menu, prices and hours yourself, and two rounds of changes. Usually live in two to three weeks.
The domain and hosting are in your name from day one, and the site is yours once the final invoice is paid. The prices page has everything side by side.
Guides that go with this page
Plain answers for cafe owners, with links to where the facts come from.
Do I need a website if I have a Facebook page?
What a page does well, what it cannot do, and when it is fine to wait.
How to get more Google reviews
Asking every customer, the review link and QR code, and what is not allowed.
How much does a small business website cost?
Building it yourself, paying a designer once or paying monthly, with real prices.
Questions
Worth knowing before you ask for a price.
Can I change the menu and the opening hours myself?
With Business, yes. It includes a simple editor for your text, prices and news, so a new dish or a bank holiday closure is a few minutes in a form. On Starter you send me the change and I price it before I do it.
I already post on Facebook. Do I need a website as well?
Not always, but a page you do not own, with your hours and menu spread across old posts, is a lot to rely on. Do I need a website if I have a Facebook page? goes through when it is enough and when it is not.
Will people be able to find us on Google Maps?
Your Google Business Profile is set up to match the site with every package, with the same name, address, phone number and hours, and the site links to your location. Where you appear in Google is up to Google, and I cannot promise a particular place.
Is there anything to pay monthly?
Not to me. Hosting for a normal site costs nothing, and the domain is around £10 a year, which you pay directly to the company it is registered with. If you use a paid booking tool, you pay that company directly, and I tell you the cost before we include it.
Want a price for yours?
Tell me about the cafe and what you want the site to do, and I will send a fixed price in writing.