Cape Town Web Design Studio
Your website should be your
best salesperson.
I design and hand-build custom websites for small businesses and premium brands — fast, mobile-first, and fully yours to own. No Wix, no monthly platform fees, no templates that 10,000 other businesses also use.
Perfect scores on Google's own test.
Run this website through Google PageSpeed Insights and this is what comes back. Every client site is built to exactly the same standard — because speed is what wins customers.
Source: Google PageSpeed Insights — mcarthurstudio.co.za
Performance
SEO
Best Practices
Agentic Browsing
See your new website before you pay a cent.
Send me your business name and a few details, and I'll design a free homepage mockup so you can see exactly what's possible — no commitment, no invoice, no pressure. If you love it, we build it.
Delivered in 2–3 business days
Not a template. Never will be.
Every McArthur Studio site is hand-coded line by line — no Wix, no page builders, no bloated theme code. That one decision pays off three ways: the fastest possible loading times, the best possible SEO rankings, and cheaper Google Ads clicks.
You own it outright
No monthly licence fees to Wix or Squarespace. Once your site is built, it's yours — hosted on Netlify's global CDN at near-zero cost. You're not renting it.
Fastest possible loading
Hand-coded means zero template bloat, so pages load in a fraction of a second. Visitors who don't wait don't leave — a faster site keeps more people on the page and turns more of them into paying customers.
Best SEO rankings possible
Google actively ranks fast, clean, semantic websites above slow template ones. Hand-written HTML with total PageSpeed optimisation gives you the strongest possible foundation to outrank your competitors.
Cheaper Google Ads clicks
Google charges less per click when your landing page loads fast — it's built into their Quality Score. A hand-coded site lowers your cost-per-click, so the same ad budget brings in more customers.
Three steps to a website that works.
No lengthy discovery workshops, no endless back-and-forth. The process is designed to be simple, fast, and collaborative at exactly the right moments.
You brief me
Fill in the Start a Project form with your business details, the look you want, and any sites you like. No lengthy calls needed to get started.
I design & build
You see your homepage design first. Once you're happy, I build the full site — clean code, fast loading, looking great on every screen.
We launch it
I handle the Netlify hosting setup. You connect your domain (or I help you). Your new site goes live — and you own it completely from day one.
Simple pricing. Serious value.
Three fixed packages, published upfront. Every one is hand-coded with total PageSpeed optimisation — faster loading, stronger SEO rankings, and cheaper Google Ads clicks.
Get your business online fast with a clean, professional website.
- Custom one-page homepage
- Mobile-first design
- Total PageSpeed optimisation
- Good SEO
- Contact form & WhatsApp button
- Social media links
- Netlify hosting setup
For sole traders, tradespeople & new businesses.
Get started →Delivered in 48 hours
A full business website designed to attract and convert customers.
- Everything in Starter
- 3–5 pages
- Expert SEO
- Total PageSpeed optimisation
- Booking / Calendly integration
- Gallery section
- Testimonials & FAQ
For established small businesses.
Get started →Delivered in 3 days
A complete, high-end website designed to impress and outshine competitors.
- Everything in Professional
- 8–10 pages
- Expert SEO & total PageSpeed optimisation
- Custom design polish
- Subtle animations
- Copywriting assistance
- Priority delivery
For premium brands that want to stand out.
Get started →Priority delivery
Work that speaks for itself.
Every site is built from scratch — custom code, real performance, designed to do a job.
Live site
Bright Light Painters
Painting, waterproofing, electrical & building services in the Overberg.
Painting & Trades · Starter
Live site
Africa Tip Trails
African travel & adventure trails — tours, itineraries and booking enquiries.
Travel & Tourism · StarterSummit Advisors
Premium financial advisory firm website with Calendly booking.
Finance · PremiumWhat clients say.
Results matter more than promises. Here's how clients describe the experience.
"We went from an embarrassing old site to something we're genuinely proud to send clients to. The whole process took less than a week and we didn't have to chase once. Completely worth every rand."
"I was nervous about going custom — I thought it would be complicated and expensive. It was neither. The site loads instantly, looks professional, and I own it. No more monthly Wix fees eating into my margins."
"The free mockup sealed the deal for me. I could see exactly what I was getting before committing. The final site was even better — and enquiries through the contact form started within days of launching."
Ready to have a website
that actually works?
Start with a full project or let me show you what your site could look like — completely free, no obligation.