Web design · Southend-on-Sea

Web Design in Southend-on-Sea, Free Demo First

Own Time Studios is a Southend-on-Sea web design studio run by Luke Dykes, building websites for the cafes, salons, barbers and trades around us. A free demo of your site first, no deposit, live within 7 days, backed by a 60-day guarantee.

★★★★★Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews on Google.

I'm Luke Dykes. I build every site myself, from Southend. Own Time Studios Limited, company 16112239.

Three quick answers, about twenty seconds. I build your demo from what is already online, like your Instagram or Google listing, so there is nothing to write. Your link arrives within 2 working days.

The ONE94 website homepage, showing the Leigh-on-Sea venue's booking and events platform
ONE94

Southend's independents shape how we build. A seafront cafe needs a site that answers the two questions a day tripper actually asks: are you open, and how do we find you. A salon in Westcliff needs bookings to land while every chair is busy.

A trade in Rayleigh or Rochford needs enquiries that ask for a quote, not just kind words. So we build fast pages with clear prices, a phone number you can tap, and booking and payments built in when the business needs them.

The offer is simple. We build a free, fully bespoke demo of your site with your content, and the price is agreed in writing once you have seen it. No deposit, live within 7 days, a 60-day guarantee, and you own everything at the end.

Three of our clients are on Leigh Road, inside the City of Southend-on-Sea. GustoSi, the family-run Italian at 188 Leigh Road, takes bookings by phone, so its number is a tap away on every screen. ONE94 at 194 Leigh Road sells darts and shuffleboard by the hour, with live availability and card payment. Elite Build & Co publishes guide prices for twelve jobs and a cost calculator.

The offer, everywhere we work

  • Free demo

    a live site with your content, before you buy

  • 7 days

    from sign-off to live

  • No deposit

    pay when it is done

  • 60 days

    money-back guarantee

You own everything: design, code, content, source files. How pricing works.

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“Luke at Own Time Studios created a fantastic webpage for me. After just a 20-minute phone call, I had a fully finished site by the end of the day that far exceeded my expectations. He also sorted out the domain emails and offered helpful free advice on other matters. Extremely reasonable, quick to respond to any questions, and a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Luke and his team, and I’m already looking forward to working with him on future projects.”

Allyx Palmer · Elite Build & CoFive star Google review

Local, genuinely

Southend earns its living in full view. The pier, still the longest pleasure pier in the world, runs out into the estuary. Adventure Island sits beside it, the high street climbs up from the seafront, and the cafes, arcades and rock shops trade hardest when the sun is out.

Step back from the front and the picture changes: a long mix of independents stretching from Westcliff and Chalkwell through the town centre and out to Thorpe Bay and Shoeburyness.

We meet in person anywhere local: your shop, your kitchen table, or a cafe on the seafront. Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff, Chalkwell, Thorpe Bay and Shoeburyness are all part of the City of Southend-on-Sea, and with Rayleigh and Rochford they are all home ground.

Ring 07438 284755 and you speak to Luke Dykes, who builds every site personally. The nearest live example is Elite Build & Co, a building firm on Leigh Road that works across Southend, Rayleigh and Rochford.

Fair questions

How much does a website cost in Southend?
There is no one fixed price, because it depends on how many pages you need and what they do. You see your free demo first, then get a firm price in writing before anything starts. No deposit. After launch, hosting is your choice: I can host it from £3.99 a month, or you can host it anywhere you like. Every build carries a 60-day guarantee, and you own the design, the code, the content and the source files.
How quickly can my site go live?
Within 7 days of signing off your free demo. That pace is the standard offer, and the 60-day guarantee sits behind it.
Can we meet face to face?
Yes. We are based in Southend-on-Sea and happily meet across the town and its neighbours, from Leigh-on-Sea and Westcliff to Thorpe Bay, Shoeburyness, Rayleigh and Rochford. We also take meetings across Essex and London. Call 07438 284755 or email luke@owntimestudios.com to set one up.
Do you only work with Southend businesses?
No. Southend is home, but we work across Essex, London and the South East, and remotely UK-wide. Industrial Barbers, a pop-up barbershop for London workspaces, is one example.
What exactly is the free demo?
Your new site, built by hand and shown to you live before you pay anything: usually five pages, with your own words, photos and logo, taken from what is already online, so there is nothing for you to write. It arrives as a link within 2 working days. It costs nothing and there is no obligation: if you do not want to go ahead, you owe nothing. If you do, you get one firm price in writing, and the site is live within 7 days of agreeing the brief and content. It is not the same as the instant concept page on this site, which is generated automatically.
Are there any monthly costs?
Only if you want them. Hosting is your choice: I can host your site from £3.99 a month, paid monthly, six-monthly or yearly, or you can host it anywhere you like. Your domain can stay where it is and be pointed at the new site, or I can manage it for you at cost. You own the code, so you can move it at any time, and care plans are optional.

Tell me what your Southend-on-Sea business needs.

A reply within one working day. Your free demo within 2 working days. A firm price in writing once you have seen it.

Or call 07438 284755 or email luke@owntimestudios.com.