Do you have an office in Sandton or Rosebank?

No — we work with Joburg clients remotely. All briefing and project work happens over Google Meet, WhatsApp and shared docs. Most Joburg clients prefer this because it saves them the hour of M1 traffic to a CBD agency office.

How much does a website cost in Johannesburg?

Standard custom websites from R5,500. E-commerce from R15,000. Joburg agencies (especially Sandton and Rosebank) typically quote between R30,000 and R150,000 for comparable work — the difference is overheads, not technical quality.

Can you help my Sandton or Rosebank business outrank competitors?

Yes. Joburg is the most competitive web market in SA, but it's also the market where well-built sites can win biggest. We build with on-page SEO, structured data and Core Web Vitals from day one, and offer ongoing SEO retainers for clients who want to compete in difficult keyword niches.

Do you serve Soweto, Alexandra and the townships?

Yes. We work with Joburg businesses regardless of suburb — township enterprises, suburban professional services, corporates. Flexible payment terms available for small businesses and startups.

How long does a Joburg website take?

Standard 5–8 page custom websites go live in 3–4 weeks. E-commerce 4–6 weeks. Bottleneck is usually content turnaround, not development.

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Web design and development for Johannesburg

Custom websites, e-commerce stores and web applications for Joburg's most competitive market. Same scope as a Sandton agency, lean pricing.

Web design and development in Johannesburg

WeMakeSites builds websites for Johannesburg businesses — Sandton, Rosebank, CBD, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto and the broader Joburg metro. We work remotely with Joburg clients, delivering on the same timelines a Sandton-based agency would: 3–4 weeks for a standard custom site (R5,500+), 4–6 weeks for an e-commerce store (R15,000+). Joburg is South Africa's most competitive web market — every category has well-funded incumbents, and a generic template won't compete. We build hand-coded sites with Lighthouse 90+ scores, sub-2.5s LCP, structured data and on-page SEO, designed to outrank competitors who've been around for years on legacy WordPress builds. Custom design, two rounds of revisions, 30 days post-launch support, optional care plan from R449/month. Pricing is the same nationwide.

Doing business in Johannesburg

Johannesburg is the densest concentration of business on the continent. The JSE, every major bank's HQ, the largest mining houses, the biggest law firms, the biggest agencies — they're all here. That density creates two things: enormous addressable market, and brutal competition. A small accounting firm in Bryanston, a restaurant in Maboneng, a fashion brand in Rosebank — they're all competing for visibility against rivals with full marketing teams.

Web performance is the single biggest separator in this market. Most small business sites in Joburg are running on cheap themes with bloated page weights, no SEO foundation, and Lighthouse scores under 50. They look acceptable but they don't rank, don't convert and don't load fast on mobile. A 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 entrenched for years.

We also work asynchronously, which suits how Joburg actually operates. No driving across the city for a meeting, no Sandton parking-fee briefings — everything happens over WhatsApp, Google Meet and shared docs. That keeps timelines tight and costs predictable. Your project doesn't stall because someone got stuck on the M1.

We've built for clients across Joburg's range: hospitality in Maboneng and Rosebank, professional services in Sandton and the CBD, e-commerce shipping from Midrand and Roodepoort, manufacturing supply on the East Rand. The work pattern is consistent: deeply local SEO, mobile-first design, strong conversion focus.

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