Do you have an office in Johannesburg or Pretoria?

We don't operate a physical office in Gauteng. WeMakeSites is a service-area business based in the North West that works remotely with clients across South Africa. All meetings happen over Google Meet or WhatsApp, all work happens online, and we deliver the same quality and turnaround a Gauteng-based agency would. The cost saving from no Sandton office rent flows back into your project as either lower price or more scope.

How much does a website cost in Johannesburg?

A standard custom website starts at R5,500 and a full e-commerce store at R15,000. These are the same prices we charge in every province — your location doesn't change our pricing. Pricing in Gauteng (especially Sandton agencies) often sits between R30,000 and R150,000 for a comparable site because of higher overheads, not better outcomes.

How long does it take to build a Gauteng business website?

A typical 5–8 page custom website goes live in 3–4 weeks from kick-off. E-commerce stores take 4–6 weeks. The bottleneck is usually content and feedback, not development — clients who provide copy and brand assets within the first week tend to launch fastest.

Can you help my Sandton business rank on Google?

Yes. Every site we build includes on-page SEO, structured data, sitemap generation, fast Core Web Vitals, and Google Search Console setup. We also offer ongoing SEO retainers covering local search, content production and link earning — the work needed to actually rank in a competitive Gauteng search.

Do you serve Soweto, Tembisa and the broader townships?

Yes. We work with businesses anywhere in Gauteng — township enterprises, suburban professional services, and corporates. We also offer flexible payment terms for small businesses and startups in their first year of trading.

Gauteng

Web design and development for Gauteng businesses

Custom websites, e-commerce stores and web applications for Johannesburg, Pretoria, Sandton, Centurion and the broader Gauteng economy.

Web design and development in Gauteng

WeMakeSites builds websites and web applications for businesses across Gauteng — Johannesburg, Pretoria, Sandton, Centurion, Midrand, Roodepoort and the rest of the province. We work remotely with Gauteng clients and deliver the same outcome a local agency would: a fast, responsive website that ranks on Google, converts visitors, and is supported by a monthly care plan. Custom websites start at R5,500, e-commerce stores at R15,000, and complex web apps are scoped per project. Most websites go live in 3–6 weeks. Every project includes mobile-first design, on-page SEO, analytics setup, and 30 days of post-launch support — the same scope our Cape Town and Durban clients receive. Gauteng is a competitive market and a generic template won't compete; we build sites designed to outrank local competitors.

Doing business in Gauteng

Gauteng is South Africa's economic engine. The province generates roughly a third of the country's GDP and houses the JSE, the heads of every major bank, the largest mining houses, and the densest concentration of tech companies in Africa. For local businesses that means two things: enormous opportunity and brutal competition. A restaurant in Sandton, a law firm in Rosebank, an e-commerce store shipping out of Midrand — they're all competing for attention against well-funded incumbents with full marketing teams.

This is where a website that's actually built for performance pays off. Most small business sites in Gauteng are built on cheap templates with bloated page weights, no SEO, and Lighthouse scores under 50. A well-built site scoring 90+ across Core Web Vitals, with proper schema markup, fast Time to First Byte, and search-intent-mapped content, can outrank competitors who've been around for years. We've seen R5,500 websites consistently outrank R50,000 agency builds because the agency built for visual flash and we built for Google's ranking signals.

Gauteng clients also expect quick turnarounds. We work asynchronously over WhatsApp, email and weekly check-ins — no driving to your office, no two-hour meetings to discuss a logo. That's how we keep prices low and timelines tight.