Welcome to your new website. Handcrafted for photographers just like you.
When you’re getting ready to launch your photo business, you don’t want to go the DIY route, but you’re not ready to invest in a completely custom website…and you shouldn’t.
BUT you still want that custom look and feel…
We’ve teamed up with our friends at Photo Business Launch to bring you the best of both worlds.
To make it easy for you, we’ve built the perfect ‘blueprint’ template designed especially for ambitious photographers getting ready to launch and take their business seriously but without spending a fortune.Â
We’ve helped thousands of photographers launch websites they love.Â
We’re your geekly website phone-a-friend and we can’t wait to meet you.
We’ve built the perfect blueprint website package… just for photographers like you.
We know that not everyone wants to build their own website or can afford to commission a custom build.
There’s a better way.
 Our mission is to help you create a stunning website that truly represents you and your brand (that’s a given). But what we’re really passionate about is giving you the confidence to manage, edit and grow your own website yourself.
That’s where we come in. Using our Blueprint template, we’ll build your website but we’ll also show you how to use it and then be there to offer you unlimited, patient support and as much training as you need.Â
Plus, you get to launch your shiny new website in a matter of days rather than months.
This is for you if…
You're not ready to invest in a completely custom website build
You want a professional site built with speed and SEO in mind without sacrificing design or cutting corners
You need guidance on how to translate a logo into a brand that elevates your website
You want a team of experts to support you and help you to get the best out of your website as your business grows
You don’t have to do this alone.
Let us use our years and years of experience to create a website you can be proud of that can grow with you AND achieve the custom look and feel you really want.
OUR PROCESS
From onboarding to launch, your website will be live in just 30 days.
WE HAVE A UNIQUE WORKFLOW USING OUR EXCLUSIVE BLUEPRINT WEBSITE TEMPLATE WHICH STILL ALLOWS YOU PLENTY OF DESIGN FREEDOM
Our process is built around around a WordPress design that we call ‘The Blueprint’. We’ve taken everything we know about building websites for photographers and created the perfect blank canvas to bring your brand alive.
It’s elegant, built to convert, but still gives you plenty of design choices to make sure your website feels truly unique and stands out from the crowd.
And because we’ve built hundreds and hundreds of websites for small creative businesses just like yours, it goes without saying that we’re going to get it right when it comes to the technical side of things, like speed, SEO and security.
Here’s how it works….
1
Research & Discovery
WEEK 1
You’ll start your design journey with a kick-off call with one of the design team. We’ll guide you through choosing the pages you need, set you some (fun) homework and show you how to prepare your images and copy.
If you need guidance when it comes to domain and hosting, we’ll do that too.
2
Brand, Copy & Image Preparation
 WEEK 2
This is where the fun begins. We’ll help you create a Canva brand guide for your website so that we’re all sharing the same vision. We’ll set up your chosen pages and you’ll be able to enter your images and copy (following our copy prompts) straight onto the screen.
3
Main Website Build
WEEK 3
At this point, one of our experienced designers will take over to add your copy and images to the website and re-style every page according to your brand guide, making sure that your whole website has the cohesive and polished look that screams ‘professionally designed website’.
4
Testing, Launch & Training
WEEK 4
Once you’ve approved the finished website, we move into launch mode. We’ll be making sure that your site is speedy and secure. We’ll also do a handover session to give you the confidence to look after your site and then, boom! It’s launch time. Time to show off your new site.
Ready to see The Blueprint?
OUR WORDPRESS TEMPLATE THAT ACTS AS YOUR DESIGN STARTING POINT
 We’ve given you plenty of different layouts to choose from meaning you can mix and match your site to match your vision.
Choice of home pages, all suitable for any photography genre
Choice of gallery layouts, including masonry, slider and carousel
About page designed to showcase your personality and expertise
Our famous 'Experience page' - the mini services and sales page designed to get clients calling
Choice of blog layouts from minimalist and luxurious to fun-packed and magazine style
Contact and 'contact thanks' pages designed to make sure that anyone who contacts you feels like a VIP!
What’s included?
Discovery session with The Design Space team
Discuss your website vision, choose your layouts and begin your preparations
Your website built for you with our Blueprint template
Our exclusive template is built with WordPress and Kadence Blocks to be fast, fully responsive and great for SEO
All pages shown in the template
We’ll include even the layouts you don’t choose in case you need them later.Â
Free brand guide & training
Our onboarding brand exercises will help you build the visual brand to give your website a polished look and feel
Website training & launch goodies
Our quick start mini course will show you how to use, update and protect your shiny new website. Plus we’re throwing in a gorgeous collection of Canva graphics to launch your site in style.
Unlimited patient support
We’re serious about support and community. During your build, you’ll meet the whole team including the lovely Tom, our Support Manager. Plus we have an active and welcoming community where you can ask as many questions as you need.Â
SHOWCASE
Before
BLUEPRINT TEMPLATE
After
CUSTOMISED WEBSITES
“I didn’t hold out much hope on finding help building my website. Melissa and her team took all of my ideas on board and delivered such a VIP experience, considering how affordable it is. I actually can’t stop boasting about my website!”
GOT SOME
Questions?
What platform do I need to have my website built by you?
You’ll need self-hosted WordPress (we can guide you on this). Our BluePrint template uses the free plugin Kadence Blocks to give you an easy-to-use drag and drop editor. And that’s it!
(We’ll also throw in a pro license to give you lots of extra tools and access to our our Kadence Cloud for 3 months in case you need to grab some extra layouts).
Are there any hidden costs?
No, not at all. The only additional costs you’ll have is buying your domain name and some WordPress hosting. (We can guide you with this).
Do you offer extras like migration, additional pages or extra features?
Yes we do. When you book your project with us, you’ll have the chance to discuss your current and future needs and add-on any extras.
Do you offer branding and logo design?
Yes, we do. You can add branding to your website package. Prices start at £500 and include logo suite, colour palette, font suite and complementary design elements.
We also have packs of customisable logo designs which you can buy to customise yourself.Â
Do you do custom built websites?
Yes! Absolutely. Custom websites begin at £5,500 and we love to have a proper chat with you first so that we can put together a custom quote.
I have a website already that just need an update. Is this for me?
If you’re broadly happy with your current website, then this probably isn’t for you. If you just want to tweak it and you’re already using WordPress, then you might prefer to use our StyleCloud product to add some extra layouts and sections to your site.Â
Do you offer copywriting because I hate it!
Firstly, our BluePrint template is full of copy prompts so you mind find it really easy to follow along and complete your copy using those prompts.Â
But if you really want help, then we have a way with words!
We want it to be affordable, so we offer a package that focuses on your three key pages – home page, about page and your ‘experience’ or sales page.
We start with’emotion-based’ research to create a juicy bank of words to play with, which come straight from the lips of your ideal client.
We then ask you to share your thoughts using one of our carefully structured copy templates and then we turn your bullet points into expressive copy, designed to squarely connect with your ideal audience.
Interested? Just book a call.
Can I get help after the site launches?
Absolutely. We mean it when we say that we offer unlimited, patient support.Â
You’ll be given a handover call, online training and we have a support ticket system where you can get in touch.Â
You can also book us in for further training and development when you need it.Â
ABOUT US
LET’S TALK
I’m Melissa & I’m passionate about helping small business owners access affordable website design.
As soon as I started building websites, I realised that most people don’t need the equivalent of a Rolls Royce. They simply need better, affordable design as a foundation for their website.
That’s why I created The Design Space. It’s the Ikea of website templates and now with an affordable completely done-for-you option, which successful but budget-conscious business owners really need.Â
No more asking a web designer for every little change. No more being scared to push the update button.
I’m your website phone-a-friend and I’ve got you.
