Web design · Southampton
Southampton is our home base. We design, build and host websites and online shops for local businesses, and we know the city and the people who shop, study and work in it. Every meeting is a video call, booked at a time that suits you.
Working with us locally
We hold every meeting by video call, so you don't have to shut the shop or leave the office to talk about your site. Being based here still matters: we know Southampton's neighbourhoods, its customers and the businesses you're up against, so we don't need the city explained to us.
Southampton businesses
Southampton is a port city with a big student population and a busy independent scene. That mix shapes what a good local website has to do.
Restaurants, bars, cafés, salons and shops mostly need the basics done brilliantly: opening hours, a menu or price list, directions, and a clear way to book or get in touch. Usually a phone-first information or business website.
Southampton's docks and cruise terminals support a long chain of local suppliers, from transport and logistics to trades and visitor services. These sites need to explain clearly what you do, who for, and how to get a quote.
With the University of Southampton and Solent University in the city, many businesses rely on students and staff, and their customers change every year. A fast site that turns up in local searches matters more than a glossy brochure.
Accountants, solicitors, consultants and trades across the city compete on trust. A well-structured business website with clear service pages and enquiry forms does a lot of the convincing before the first call.
If you make or stock products, an online shop lets you sell beyond the city without marketplace fees. We run our own e-commerce store, so we know what it takes. See e-commerce websites.
Many local businesses started on a website builder and now find it slow or limiting. A hand-built replacement is usually quicker, cheaper to run and easier for Google to understand.
Concept designs
We've built concept sites for fictional businesses to show how we'd approach yours. Two that fit the kinds of businesses found across Southampton:
Concept design · Hair & beauty
A salon site built around treatments, prices and booking, the kind of site an independent salon in Portswood or Bedford Place needs to fill its diary.
Concept design · Law firm
A calm, trustworthy site for a professional firm, with clear service pages and an easy route to a first consultation.
Prices
Information websites start from £300, business websites from £1,500, online shops from £3,000 and web applications from £10,000. The prices are the same wherever you are, nothing is due upfront, hosting is included, and you get a fixed written quote before any work starts. Being in Southampton doesn't change the price.
Starting prices. Information website from £300 · Business website from £1,500 · E-commerce website from £3,000 · Web application from £10,000. Optional add-ons and our hourly rates for changes after launch are on the pricing page.
More from MJ Hub
Find out more about what we build and how we work, or see the other places we cover from our Southampton base.
Questions
No. Even though we're based in the city, every meeting is a video call, booked at a time that suits you. We share our screen as we go, so you can see your site as it's built and point at exactly what you'd like changed. What being local gives you is someone who already knows the area, not a trip across town.
No. Southampton is where we're based, but we work with businesses across Hampshire, in Bournemouth, on the Isle of Wight and elsewhere in the UK, all by video call. Southampton clients get someone who knows their city and their customers.
Not with us. Our prices are published and are the same for every client, wherever they are: information websites from £300, business websites from £1,500 and online shops from £3,000. You get a fixed written quote before we start, and nothing is due upfront.
Yes. If your current site is slow, hard to update or tied to a builder subscription, we can rebuild it by hand, keep the pages that bring in visitors and redirect old addresses so you don't lose what you've built up in search. See website redesign.
Every site is designed and built by MJ Hub's in-house team, with Marcel, one of our co-founders, leading each project. There's no account manager in between, so the person on the call is the person doing the work.
Tell us a little about your business and we'll arrange a video call at a time that suits you. We reply within one business day.
