Custom marketing websites, WordPress builds and hand-coded static sites for South African and international brands. Designed around your story, built to load fast and easy for your team to run.
Design, development, SEO foundations, performance, testing and handover are scoped into every project. You are not buying a stripped-back build and discovering the essentials as add-ons later.
Custom design
Every page is designed around your brand, content and user journey, not adapted from a template. Type, spacing, colour and components work as one system.
Hand-coded build
Vanilla HTML, CSS and JavaScript for lightweight sites, or a custom WordPress theme when you need a CMS. No page-builder layer between your content and the frontend.
Fully responsive
Designed mobile-first, then tuned for tablet and desktop. Tested on real devices and modern browsers, not only a framework's default breakpoints.
SEO foundations
Semantic HTML, metadata, structured data, sitemap, robots, Open Graph, canonicals and Search Console, planned from the start rather than bolted on after launch.
Performance budgets
Image and font optimisation, lazy loading and efficient asset loading, with Core Web Vitals considered throughout. Real-world speed, not only a Lighthouse score.
CMS and handover
A tidy WordPress CMS where you need one, with sensible editing controls. Every project ends with a written handover so routine updates never need a developer.
Discovery & scope
A kickoff call, requirements gathering and a written scope with a fixed project price. Once the scope is agreed there are no surprise hourly charges or revised estimates for work already included.
Design
Wireframes first, then high-fidelity pages designed in a working environment. You review real, working screens, not static mockups.
Layouts built around your content and customers
Type, colour and components designed as one system
Mobile designed first, not squeezed in last
Feedback given on the live pages themselves
Build & QA
Hand-coded frontend and CMS integration, followed by cross-device testing, accessibility checks, SEO checks and performance testing before anything goes live.
Launch & support
DNS, hosting, analytics and Search Console set up where required, a written handover and 30 days of post-launch support. Ongoing care plans are there for teams that want senior support without hiring in-house.
How much does a custom website cost in South Africa?
Every project is quoted after a short briefing call. We look at the number of pages, functionality, CMS requirements, integrations and content before providing a fixed project price. No hourly billing and no surprise invoices for work included in the agreed scope. Fixed website packages start from R3 500, including one page websites.
Do you build websites on WordPress, or hand-coded?
Both. If you need to manage content yourself, we can build a custom WordPress theme in PHP without page builders. For smaller marketing sites and campaigns, we can build a lightweight static site using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Where are you based?
Ikonik Studio is based in Randburg, Johannesburg (web design in Johannesburg), and works remotely with clients across South Africa, the UK and Europe.
Do you handle hosting, SEO and ongoing support?
Yes. Hosting, analytics, Search Console and SEO foundations can be handled as part of the project. Every website includes 30 days of post-launch support, with ongoing maintenance available afterwards.
Can you redesign our existing website without losing SEO rankings?
Yes. We audit the existing site before the redesign, preserve important URLs and metadata, map redirects and migrate the relevant content and structured data. The goal is to improve the site without unnecessarily sacrificing existing search visibility.
Can you work with our existing branding and content?
Yes. A new website doesn't always require a new identity. We can work from your existing brand guidelines, refine what isn't working and build the site around the assets and content you already have.
What happens after launch?
You receive a written handover and 30 days of post-launch support. After that, you can manage the site internally or continue with Ikonik through an ongoing maintenance arrangement.
Ready to talk websites? Let’s start.
Book a short call about websites. You get a fixed scope, price and timeline in writing within 24 hours.
