Website Design
Custom visual direction and layouts that fit your business - not a template everyone else is using.
Premium websites,
built by one person.
I design and build websites and web apps for small businesses that want a stronger first impression. Sharper design, faster pages, and a real person to talk to. No agency overhead.
R499 / month flatLive in 4–6 weeksYou talk to the builder
Services
What I can build for you.
Most projects are one of these six. If your business needs a sharper site that explains the work fast and runs well, this is the menu.
All servicesWeb Development
Production builds with clean components, fast pages, and search-friendly markup.
Web Apps
Portals, dashboards, and booking tools built around how your business actually runs.
E-commerce
Cleaner product pages, sharper checkout, and storefronts that get out of the way of the sale.
SEO Foundations
Semantic structure, metadata, sitemap, and speed so search engines can actually find you.
Site Care
Ongoing updates, small fixes, content tweaks, and performance checks after launch.
Process
How a project runs.
Small enough to stay direct. Structured enough that the work does not drift.
Discover
Audience, offer, pages, goals, and what the site needs to feel like.
Design
Visual direction, layouts, mobile behaviour, and content hierarchy.
Build
Responsive, accessible, maintainable production code.
Launch
Optimise, deploy, and connect the boring-but-important bits.
Improve
Refine, extend, and keep the site sharp after launch.
About
One studio. One person. Direct work.
Watermelon Web is a one-person design and development studio. The work stays close, direct, and considered from first idea to final deploy. You talk to the person building the site, every step.
More about the studio01Look sharper than the category expects.
02Make the page easy to read in seconds.
03Treat speed, accessibility, and SEO as part of the design.
04Ship work that still feels good six months later.
Why clients choose this setup
A premium result without agency drag.
01
Direct communication
You talk to the person designing and building the site, so decisions stay clear and fast.
02
Conversion-first structure
Pages are planned around the actions your business needs: calls, bookings, or enquiries.
03
Built to rank and load fast
Technical SEO and performance are handled from day one, not patched after launch.
Pricing
Simple pricing. Custom only when it has to be.
Flat fees for websites. Custom scopes for web apps. No retainer maze.
See full pricingNew website buildMost common
R499
per month / flatA proper site - designed, built, launched, and kept tidy - for one predictable monthly fee.
- Design and build
- Responsive pages
- SEO setup
- Launch support
Upgrade existing siteUpgrade
R2000
flat / one-offAn existing site upgraded - sharper visuals, cleaner structure, stronger first impression.
- UX audit
- Layout clean-up
- Performance pass
- Fresh finish
Custom web appsCustom
Quoted
scoped per projectPortals, dashboards, and tools where the shape of the work needs a proper scope first.
- Discovery
- Interface design
- Build
- Deploy + iterate
ContactLet's build
Let's build
your next site.
Tell me a little about the business and what the site needs to do. I'll reply within one business day with the clearest next step.