Across the UK there are tens of thousands of brilliant local businesses — chimney sweeps, roofers, dog groomers, electricians, gardeners, hair salons, restaurants, mobile mechanics. People who do excellent work, care deeply about their customers, and built their business from nothing.

Most of them have a website that doesn't do them justice. Slow on mobile. Designed once in 2015 and never touched again. A personal Gmail address on the contact page. No booking form. No reviews displayed. Sometimes no website at all.

The existing options haven't really worked. DIY website builders shift all the work onto the business owner — and look generic when you're done. Traditional agencies want £3,000–£8,000 upfront, then disappear once the invoice is paid. And the cheap "£20/month website" services are exactly that: cheap, slow templates that quietly hurt your business.

So we built Cracking Sites with one rule: give local businesses a proper, modern website without the upfront cost, the long contracts or the agency faff.

One simple price. No minimum term. No notice period. No nonsense. You stay because you want to, not because you're locked in.

The team

Founded by Christoff. Backed by ten.

A small, senior team of designers, developers and digital marketing specialists — all UK-based, all working directly on your account.

Christoff Berlage, founder of Cracking Sites
Founder

Christoff Berlage

Founder & CEO · Cracking Sites

Christoff started Cracking Sites after more than a decade in digital marketing — and a long-running frustration with the same problem on repeat. Small, brilliant local businesses being held back by their websites. Outdated designs. No booking systems. No proper Google Business Profile. Generic templates from agencies that vanish the moment the invoice clears.

Cracking Sites is the answer to that. A team of ten experienced designers and digital marketing specialists, working together to give local businesses a proper website without the agency price tag or the long contracts. We're growing fast — sweeping the country, retiring weak websites, and replacing them with modern, fast, converting ones that actually win work.

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Developers
2 engineers
SEO & Paid Ads
3 strategists
Customer Success
2 humans
What we believe

A few things we hold to.

No upfront fee

You shouldn't have to risk thousands to find out if a website will work. We do the work first. You pay monthly only once it's live.

Plain English

No jargon. No "digital transformation". No "synergistic omnichannel strategy". You'll always know exactly what you're getting and what it costs.

Real humans

UK-based team. You can call us. WhatsApp us. Email us. There's a real person at the other end who knows your site.

Built for mobile

Most of your customers will see your site on a phone. Every site we build assumes that from day one — thumbs-first, big buttons, fast loads.

More enquiries, fewer headaches

You don't want a website. You want more of the right kinds of jobs. That's what we design and build for.

Honest pricing

£99 a month, including VAT, everything included. £299 or £499 if you add managed paid ads. No surprise invoices, no scope creep, no upsells.

How we're different

The "no nonsense" promise.

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Upfront fee
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Minimum term
Stop whenever you want
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Notice period
No 30/60/90-day fuss
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UK-based team
Real humans, real phones
No pressure

Let's see what we'd build for you.

A free mockup, no payment details, no obligation. Usually back to you within 2 working days.

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