About Cheap Web Design

Why we started

Cheap Web Design began with a simple frustration: too many good South African businesses were being quoted R30,000, R50,000 or more for a basic website — money that most small business owners simply don't have lying around when they're just getting started. We knew there had to be a better way to help business owners get online without draining their savings.

So we built one. Fourteen years and more than 1,300 websites later, we're still doing exactly that — helping plumbers, salons, accountants, tour operators, shop owners and everyone in between get a professional website at a price that makes sense.

Why "cheap" doesn't mean low quality

People sometimes assume that a low price means corners are being cut. In our case, it's the opposite. We keep our prices low because we've spent over a decade refining an efficient, repeatable process:

• We build on WordPress, a proven, widely-supported platform — not a custom framework we'd need to charge extra hours to maintain.
• We use templatable design systems, so we're not reinventing the wheel (and re-billing you for it) on every single project.
• We've streamlined our onboarding, content-gathering and build process so projects move quickly without back-and-forth delays.
• Lower overheads mean we can pass the savings on to you, not cut what actually matters — design quality, speed, mobile-friendliness and SEO basics.

Every website we deliver is custom-designed for the client's business, mobile-responsive, fast-loading and built with on-page SEO in mind. Efficient does not mean generic.

What we believe in

• Honesty — clear, once-off pricing with no hidden extras or surprise invoices.
• Speed— most websites are ready in 5–10 working days, because your business can't wait months to get online.
• Support — a real South African team on the phone and WhatsApp, speaking plain English, not tech jargon.

Who we help

We work with small and medium businesses across every industry and every corner of South Africa — from home-based services and independent tradespeople to growing retailers and professional firms. Whether you're in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban or a small town nobody's heard of, we handle everything online, over the phone and on WhatsApp, so distance is never a barrier.