Your current site is showing its age
It’s slow, awkward on a phone, and you’d hesitate to send it to a prospect.
Website design services
Launch a business website that brings you enquiries.
A good-looking site is nice. One that triggers enquiries and bookings is better. My website design services deliver clear, fast, search-ready business websites, so your future customers can find you, trust you and get in touch.
Structure · Design · SEO · Tracking
Where I work
A business website for every kind of activity.
- Tradespeople and contractors
- Lawyers, notaries and professional practices
- Restaurants and local shops
- Real estate agencies and professionals
- Accountants and consultancies
- Therapists and healthcare practitioners
- Architects and designers
- Hotels and guesthouses
- Coaches and freelancers
- Associations and non-profits
- Small and medium businesses
- Redesign of an existing site
Who it’s for
Website design services should win you customers, not just put a site online.
You don’t have a website yet, or only a social media page
People who search before they get in touch simply don’t find you.
You have a site, but nobody writes to you
Visitors but no enquiries: an unclear offer, a buried contact form, no obvious next step.
Your last developer delivered and disappeared
No content, no SEO, no follow-up, and logins you don’t control.
Business websites explained
A business website presents what you do and makes people want to get in touch.
It doesn’t sell online: it reassures, explains what you do and guides visitors to contact you. For a freelancer, a small company or a practice, it’s often the most profitable site you can have.
Get found
Clear pages that match what your customers search for, on Google and in AI assistants.
Convince
Proof, references and a message that gets straight to the point.
Trigger contact
One obvious next step: a call, a form or an online booking.
Business website
- Presents your services and your expertise
- Builds trust with references and reviews
- Generates enquiries and bookings
E-commerce website
- Sells online with a basket, payment and delivery
- Manages a catalogue of products
- Tracks stock and orders
Not sure which one you need? Let’s talk for 30 minutes and I’ll tell you which fits your business.
What I do
Business website design: from message to launch.
Four workstreams that follow on from each other. You can hand me all of it, or just the part you need.
01 · Structure and message
A site people understand in five seconds.
I start from your offer and your customers: who you are, what you do, who it’s for and why they should choose you. Then I plan the pages and write the copy for each one, or brief your team.
- Site structure: the pages that matter, and not one more.
- Message: a clear promise right at the top of the page.
- Copy: written for your customers and for search engines.
- Proof: references, reviews and figures you can stand behind.
02 · Design and build
A fast, polished site that looks right everywhere.
The design is yours: your colours, fonts and logo, never a recognisable template. The site is designed phone-first, then scaled up for the desktop.
- Custom: a visual identity that fits your business.
- Mobile first: readable and easy to use with a thumb.
- Light and fast: pages that load quickly.
- Accessible: contrast, keyboard navigation, readable text.
- Yours: the site, the domain name and the logins stay your property.
03 · SEO and speed
A site built to be found.
SEO isn’t an add-on at the end. Structure, titles, tags, speed and structured data are planned from the start, with one page per service and a local anchor if you work close to home.
- One page per service and per area, for example Toulouse.
- Clean, unique titles, descriptions and URLs.
- Lightweight pages: optimised images and clean code, so the site loads quickly on mobile.
- Local visibility: a Google Business Profile and structured data.
04 · Conversion and tracking
A site that turns visits into enquiries.
A business website is judged by what it triggers. I place the next step wherever it helps, and set up simple tracking so you know what’s working.
- Easy contact: a short form or online booking.
- Clear calls to action on every page.
- Privacy-friendly analytics, with a compliant cookie banner.
- A simple dashboard: visits, enquiries, where they come from.
Is your current website not bringing you any enquiries?
Get your website reviewedSelected work
Portfolio
Business websites for two very different activities, built on the same principles: a clear message, a fast site and a simple path to contact.
In progressReal estate showcase website
PA Real Estate
Villas for sale and rent in Phuket, on the French Riviera and in Monaco. An editorial, bilingual site (French and English) with a property catalogue, search, map, favourites and a contact form linked to an enquiry-tracking system.
Visit the site
LiveB2B consulting website
P&A Consulting
An independent owner’s representative in Phuket, working on villas, hotels and restaurants. A multilingual site (French, English, Russian, Chinese) designed to reassure foreign investors: services, references, booking and a secure contact form.
Visit the siteWant a site like this for your business?
Choosing the tool
Which platform for your website? I choose based on your needs.
A CMS such as WordPress
Best if… you want to edit your own copy and add pages or a blog.
Watch out for: plugins and updates, which someone has to look after.
A no-code builder (Webflow, Wix…)
Best if… you want a simple site that’s quick to launch with a precise design.
Watch out for: a monthly subscription and limited features.
A custom build
Best if… you have a specific need: a catalogue, a private area, several languages, maximum performance.
Watch out for: a higher budget, but a site built for you.
Pricing
How much does a business website cost?
There’s no single price for website design services: it depends on what the site has to do. Here’s what moves the price, and what the market looks like.
What moves the price
- The number of pages
- The copy: written for you or supplied by you
- A custom design or a template-based one
- Features: forms, booking, languages, a blog
- SEO and local visibility
- Maintenance after launch
Market benchmarks
In France, a business website built by a provider typically costs between €2,000 and €8,000, with a median of €3,800.
Budget for yearly costs too: the domain name (around €10 to €20) and hosting.
Source: La Fabrique du Net
My website design services are priced from a detailed quote: it spells out the pages, content, features, timeline and maintenance, so you know exactly what you’re buying.
Why work with me
Why hire a freelancer for your business website?
I’m Sophie Monteil, an independent digital marketing consultant based in Toulouse, France. Over six-plus years I’ve worked with 20+ businesses, B2B and B2C, to get them found online and chosen.
I don’t deliver a site for the sake of delivering one. I start from your commercial goal: which enquiries you want, from which customers, and what the site needs for them to arrive.
I start from your business, not a template
Your offers, your customers, the way you sell: the site reflects all of it, not a generic layout ten competitors already use.
SEO is planned from day one
Structure, copy and speed are designed for Google and for AI assistants, instead of being patched on afterwards.
Advice across your whole acquisition
A website doesn’t live alone. I also advise on SEO, advertising and how you track your enquiries.
One point of contact, a site that stays yours
The person who designs it is the person who delivers it. The site, the domain and the logins remain your property.
Method
How we work together
Four steps, with your sign-off at each one.
Scope
We clarify your offer, your customers and your goals. You leave with the site structure and a detailed quote.
Write and design
Copy and mock-ups for the key pages, approved by you before anything is built.
Build and test
The site is built, then tested on mobile, for speed, forms and SEO.
Launch and follow up
Go-live, a walkthrough so you can edit your own content, then follow-up on the first enquiries.
FAQ
Your questions
How much do website design services cost?
It depends on the number of pages, the copy, the design and the features. As a benchmark, a provider typically charges €2,000 to €8,000 in France (median €3,800 according to La Fabrique du Net). I work from a detailed quote, once I understand what you need.
How long does it take to build a business website?
Mostly it depends on the number of pages and how quickly feedback comes back. For a site of a few pages, allow a few weeks. The slowest part is often writing and approving the copy, which is why we start there.
Business website or e-commerce site: which one should I choose?
If you want to present your business and receive enquiries, a business website is enough. If you want to sell products online, with a basket and payment, you need an e-commerce site. The two can be combined: we pick based on what you need.
WordPress, Wix, Webflow or custom: which should I pick?
It depends on how hands-on you want to be and what the site needs to do. WordPress suits you if you want to edit content yourself and let the site grow. A no-code builder suits a simple site that launches quickly. A custom build suits a specific need or top performance. I’ll advise you based on your case.
Is SEO included?
The foundations are: structure, titles, descriptions, speed, structured data and local visibility. Ongoing work (content, links, tracking) is SEO support, which I offer separately: see my freelance SEO consultant page.
Will I be able to edit my website myself?
Yes, if the technical choice allows it, and that’s one of the criteria we start from. I show you how to edit your copy and images, and I’m around for bigger changes.
Who owns the website and the domain name?
You do. The domain name is registered in your name and you have all the logins. You can remove my access at any time.
Do you handle website redesign for an existing site?
Yes. We first look at what works and what holds the site back, and keep what’s useful. I plan the redirects needed so you don’t lose your current search visibility.
How much does a website redesign cost?
It depends on the scale: refreshing the design and fixing the essentials costs less than a full rebuild with a new structure and new copy. I quote after looking at your current site, with a detailed quote.
Do you build multilingual websites?
Yes. A multilingual site needs native copy in each language and a structure built for SEO, so I plan it from the design stage.
Next step
Give your business a website that works for you.
30 minutes to look at your current site, or your project, together and see what I’d do first. No strings attached.
Let’s talk about your website