Web design in Colchester
Colchester has plenty of web designers, so the question is which of them can show you ten years of results and will still be answering the phone in five. We are an Essex web design agency, partner-certified with WordPress, WooCommerce and Shopify, building websites for Colchester businesses that bring in enquiries and orders.
Essex businesses we have built websites for
Our studio is in Southend and our clients are spread across the county and beyond. Here are some of the Essex businesses whose websites we have designed and built, from online retailers to clinics and trade suppliers.
The Sunshine Co
Premium tanning brand with a fast-growing online store
E-Timber
Online timber merchant
HBOT Co
Oxygen therapy and wellness centre
Penny James
Long-standing business, website refreshed after a decade
Power Hygiene
Trade cleaning supplies, over 5,000 product lines
CHC Aesthetics
Doctor-led aesthetics clinic
Where we work
Web design for Colchester and north Essex
Colchester is a city now and it behaves like one: a large professional and retail centre, the business parks at Severalls and Tollgate, a university that feeds a steady stream of new companies, and a catchment that reaches the coast at Mersea and Clacton and inland to Braintree and Witham. A website here competes with a great many other websites, which is where planning, speed and search groundwork earn their keep.
We are in Westcliff-on-Sea, around fifty minutes down the A12. We would rather be straight about that than claim a local office we do not have. In practice the first meeting and the launch handover happen at your premises, and everything in between runs on video calls that fit around your week, which is how most of our clients prefer to work anyway.
Areas we cover
- Stanway
- Highwoods
- Lexden
- Wivenhoe
- West Mersea
- Tiptree
- Brightlingsea
- Braintree
- Witham
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Chelmsford
- All of Essex
The studio
Gibraltar House, 539-543 London Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea SS0 9LJ
01702 416431
Open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm
Websites built around your business
Colchester businesses come to us for three kinds of website, each with one job to do. Choose the one that matches what you need.
Ecommerce websites
Sell more, retain more and give your customers a store they actually enjoy buying from. Ecommerce is what we’re known for, and it shows in the results.
Ecommerce websites →
Lead generation websites
Get more enquiries and better quality leads with a website that works as hard as your sales team. The right people, finding you, at the right time.
Lead generation websites →
Membership websites
Build a community, grow recurring revenue and keep customers coming back. Ideal for membership and e-learning businesses looking to scale what they’ve built.
Membership websites →
What our clients say about working with us
Sarah Aspinall
Breaking Ballet
“We have seen great work from the team at designbox. From WordPress development to liaising with our in-house and remote dev teams, to paid search, the results have been great. I would highly recommend them.”
Kim Waller
Lick Library
“I have been working with designbox for the past two years and have always had exceptional customer service and support. We used them initially to redesign our website. The work is always delivered to the highest standard and the team are fantastic. Highly recommend.”
Emily Bryant
Amberjack
Nicole Osborne
Wunderstars
“Great hands-on service from start to finish. From idea generation, logo and branding through to a functioning website, the team were always on hand with suggestions and high quality implementation. Would happily recommend to all.”
Richard Combs
Intrinsic Capital
“designbox have been brilliant in supporting us in both marketing and web development. The team have been reliable and efficient in everything they have done for us.”
Esther Smith
Battlesbridge Horse & Country
Tommie Hession-Harris
Player Path
“designbox have been a huge support for me and my business for the past five years. Their up-to-date knowledge of digital design, marketing and the tech industry itself is fantastic, and I would recommend them to anyone.”
Samantha Wells
Tern Heads
“We are absolutely delighted with the service we receive from designbox, who manage my website and SEO among other things. They have helped us to grow the business over the last few years with a website to be proud of and a steady stream of new clients. Would highly recommend.”
Penny Hawker
CHC Aesthetics
Dale Harris
Greenoak Concept & Design
“Very helpful and professional company with some of the most friendly and talented staff I’ve met. They made us a beautiful website and have been cooperative with any assistance that we’ve needed since. Would highly recommend!”
Danny Whitefoord
Chiltern Co
“We have been working with Brandon and the team for the last few years and are very happy with their work. Brandon is very responsive and easy to work with.”
Tom Billings
Beach Equity
Kirsty Pile
KA Naturals
“Excellent service, highly professional staff who are all more than happy to give an extensive insight into online marketing campaigns in a digestible, understandable presentation. We have since moved all of my online marketing over to designbox across multiple companies.”
Robert Foster-Jones
Sunshine Co
“designbox completely saved my website and have created a completely unique website tailored to my needs. The support is second to none, nothing is ever too much to ask, and they go above and beyond to provide solutions or meet my design requirements. I have had nothing but great feedback from customers and the team are always at the end of the phone if we have any queries.”
Daisy Lethbridge
Mermaids Swimwear
Why Colchester businesses choose designbox
What you get from an Essex agency that has been doing this for ten years.
Honest about the distance
We are in Southend, around fifty minutes away. We come to you for the meetings that matter and run the rest remotely, and we will say upfront if a project would be better served by someone round the corner.
The people who build it are the people you talk to
There is no account manager relaying messages. Designers and developers take the brief, build the site and pick up the phone afterwards.
Partner-certified on every platform we use
Automattic Pro Agency Partner, Woo Pro Agency Partner, Shopify Partner and Cyber Essentials certified. Those credentials are earned, and they shape how every site is built, hosted and supported.
Clients who stay
93% of our clients stay with us year on year, and many have been with us since 2016. It is the number we are proudest of, and the one worth asking any agency about.
Who you will be dealing with
A small team in one studio in Westcliff-on-Sea. You meet the people building your site at the start and deal with them throughout, on video, by phone or at your office in Colchester.
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Web design in Colchester at designbox
Ready to talk web design for your Colchester business?
Tell us what you need the website to do and we will come back with clear advice and a quote. If a conversation at your office works better, say so and we will make the trip.
