WordPress web designer · York, North Yorkshire
Web design in York for businesses that want more enquiries.
I'm Steve. I design and build WordPress websites for service businesses in York and across North Yorkshire. Not templated, not outsourced. Strategy, design, build, launch, and ongoing care. All from one person who actually picks up the phone.
Steve Marks, web designer in Skipton, working with businesses across York and North Yorkshire.
A website that works while you're busy serving customers.
The best websites do their job while you're doing yours. They answer questions before anyone picks up the phone, build trust before the first meeting, and turn strangers into enquiries without you lifting a finger. That's what I build for York businesses.
“My contact form works really well for me, it's helped me book out my boutique for months in advance. Steve understood exactly what I wanted — something different, something that felt like my brand. The website captures everything Maidens & Ravens is about, and brides find us every week because of it.”
Why York businesses work with me
Strategy-first approach
Every site starts with your business goals, not a template. I work out what you need before touching any code.
Built to convert
Designed around getting enquiries, not just looking good. Every page has a job to do.
WordPress, no lock-in
You own everything: domain, hosting, files. Move it whenever you want. No hostage situations.
Local understanding
I work with businesses across York and North Yorkshire. I know the area and the customers you serve.
One point of contact
No account managers, no ticket queues. Just me. When you call, I answer.
Ongoing support
I don't disappear at launch. Website care plans keep your site secure, backed up, and looked after.
York success story
Maidens & Ravens, York.
A bridal boutique as distinctive as the dresses they sell. Elizabeth needed a website that matched her vision: gothic, sustainable, one-of-a-kind. I built it, and now she's booked out every Saturday for six months.
How it goes.
Free call
A proper conversation about your business, not your colour scheme.
Discovery
Your customers, what they need to see, and what's getting in the way.
Design
Drafts you can revise, built around the path to enquiry.
Build
Hand-built WordPress. Fast, secure, yours to keep.
Launch & care
Live, trained, and looked after long after handover.
Website design questions from York businesses
Answers to the questions I hear most often from York businesses. If yours isn't here, just ask.
Projects start at £2,000, and I quote every one once I understand what you need, so there's no surprise invoice and no day-rate meter ticking over. What moves the number is scope: how many pages, whether you're selling online, how much is built from scratch. You'll know the full price before I start a thing.
Because a £300 website and a £2,000 website aren't the same product at different prices. They're different things. The cheap one is usually a template filled in fast, with no thought to whether it ranks or turns visitors into enquiries. Mine are designed around getting you work and built to last.
Most builds run a few weeks from our first call to launch. The variable is usually how quickly content and photos come together, not the build itself. I'll give you an honest timeline up front.
Yes. I hand-build on WordPress partly so you're never held hostage for a simple text change. You get a training video and a site you can edit yourself: swap images, change copy, add a page. I'm there when you want me, not because you're stuck.
No. I'm based in Skipton and work with businesses across York, North Yorkshire and the wider county. Plenty of the work happens remotely via video calls. Where you are matters far less than whether we're a good fit.
I handle both. I register your domain in your name, so you own it. Hosting is fast, secure, and managed. Everything is yours to take with you if you ever want to leave. No lock-in, no hostage fees.
How I can help.
A new website built around enquiries.
Strategy, design, build and launch, then I stay on to look after it.
Stuck with a site you can't control?
Developer gone quiet, locked out, or paying too much? I'll tell you what can be recovered and the best way forward.
Just need it looked after?
Hosting, updates, backups and edits, handled by a real person in Skipton.
Tell me about your York business.
Say what's going on with your website and I'll come back to you personally within one working day.