Helping local businesses look as good online as they are in person

Good businesses, let down by bad websites

We kept seeing the same thing: excellent local firms — builders who never miss a deadline, restaurants with a queue out the door, tradespeople booked six weeks ahead — represented online by a slow, dated website that a phone can barely load. Meanwhile a newer competitor with a sharper site was winning the enquiry.

Forge Point Web Studios was set up to close that gap. We take the same care over a website for a two-van plumbing firm as an agency would over a corporate rebrand: considered layout, readable typography, real photography, fast pages and a clear route to getting in touch.

The "build before you buy" model came from the same place. Business owners have been burned by deposits paid for work that never matched the pitch. So we removed the risk entirely — we build the site, you review the real thing, and only then do you decide whether it's worth paying for. When you approve it, the website is transferred into your ownership.