Oakpress Studio Web design Middlesbrough
Web design Middlesbrough, from a designer who grew up in Eston.
Websites that help Middlesbrough customers find you on Google, on the Google map and in AI answers like ChatGPT. Fixed prices from £295, live in 7 days, made by someone who grew up in Eston.
· by Jack Thomas
A web designer from Eston, for Middlesbrough businesses
I’m Jack. I grew up in Eston, on the edge of Middlesbrough, and I design and build websites for Middlesbrough businesses: shops and cafés in the town centre and on Linthorpe Road, trades in Acklam, Marton and Nunthorpe, salons and barbers in Linthorpe, Ormesby, Coulby Newham and Hemlington, and everyone in between.
You deal with me from the first message to launch day and after it. No account managers and no being passed around. The price is fixed and agreed before I start, and you see your site on a private preview link while it’s being built.
Searching “web designer near me” in Middlesbrough?
A web designer doesn’t need to be round the corner any more, but they do need to know who your customers are and how they search. When someone in Middlesbrough types “[what you do] near me” or “[what you do] Middlesbrough”, Google looks for a clear page saying what you do and where. Every site I build gives it one, so Google and ChatGPT can point people to you.
I work fully online, on UK hours. You get a reply within one working day on email or my UK WhatsApp, a video call whenever you want one, and you pay in pounds. Changes you send in the evening are often done by the morning.
What I keep finding when I search Middlesbrough
I check searches the way a customer does: Google set to Middlesbrough, not a ranking tool in London.
Between 12 and 24 October 2026 I checked 42 Teesside businesses with 4.7 stars or more on Google, searching from their own town the way a customer would. 25 of them weren’t in the Google Maps top 5 for their own search, and 15 weren’t even in the top 10. Eight of those had 50 reviews or more.
Most of them were on my list because they had no website of their own: 39 of the 42 had none linked on their Google profile, and on 13 the Website button just opened Facebook. Good reviews get you noticed; a clear page saying what you do and where is what gets you shown.
Those businesses are good at what they do, and Google can see it. What their customers can’t see is a price list, a booking button or the full list of services, so some of them ring the next business down instead. And when someone asks ChatGPT for the best one in Middlesbrough, it has nothing of theirs to read.
Showing up in ChatGPT and Google’s AI answers
When I searched “SEO Middlesbrough” from Middlesbrough, Google didn’t show a map at all. It showed an AI answer built from other agencies’ pages: their lists of what they include and what they charge. AI tools can only name a business they can read clear facts about.
So every site I build puts your services, prices, areas and hours in plain text, answers the questions customers ask in short paragraphs, and marks your details up with schema so Google, ChatGPT and Perplexity can quote them. Nobody controls what an AI says, but this gives you the best chance of being the one it names.
What’s included in every Middlesbrough website
- Pages written around what your customers search, with Middlesbrough and the areas you cover in the titles and headings.
- Built for phones first and fast, with your number, WhatsApp and opening hours one tap away.
- LocalBusiness and FAQ schema, so Google and AI tools read your name, address, hours and answers correctly.
- Short answers to the questions your customers ask, written so Google and ChatGPT can quote them.
- Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools connected, with your sitemap sent to both.
- A private preview link while I build, and 2 rounds of changes.
- The site and domain in your name.
Already have a website that nobody finds? That’s SEO for Middlesbrough businesses, starting with the £149 Search Fix, which also sets up your Google Business Profile and directory listings. Elsewhere on Teesside? See web design in Stockton, Redcar and the rest of Teesside. Comparing quotes? See what a website costs in the UK.
Prices
Up to 3 pages, built to be found.
Up to 6 pages with bookings or enquiries.
7 pages or more, online shops, several locations, or a big site rebuilt with every old page redirected.
Your Google profile, listings and website basics fixed. If I can’t find 5 things holding you back, you get your money back.
Monthly Google posts, reviews, new answers and a report showing where you stand.
Care (hosting, updates and 30 minutes of changes) is £40 a month. Websites are 50% to book your slot and 50% when the site goes live.
How much does a website cost in Middlesbrough?
With me, a Starter website is £295 for up to 3 pages, live in 7 days, and a Business website is £595 for up to 6 pages with bookings or enquiries. Bigger sites, shops and rebuilds are quoted from £1,500. If you already have a site and just need to be found, the Search Fix is £149. Every price is fixed and agreed before I start.
Can we meet in person in Middlesbrough?
I grew up in Eston and work fully online: email, WhatsApp on my UK number and video calls whenever you want one. You see your site on a private preview link as it’s built, and you can check it on your own phone before anything goes live.
Which parts of Middlesbrough do you work with?
All of it: the town centre, Linthorpe, Acklam, Marton, Nunthorpe, Ormesby, Coulby Newham, Hemlington, North Ormesby, Eston and Normanby. Each site names the areas you actually cover, so customers searching from those places can find you.
Can you get my Middlesbrough business onto the first page of Google?
Nobody can honestly promise a position. What I do is fix what’s holding you back, like your Google profile, listings and website, then show you every month where you stand when someone searches from Middlesbrough. Map positions usually move first; normal results often take a few months.
I only have a Facebook page. Do I need a website?
Google and ChatGPT barely read Facebook pages, so a Middlesbrough business with only Facebook is hard for them to recommend. A simple website with your services, prices, hours and reviews in plain text gives them something clear to show your customers.
Who owns my website and domain?
You do. Once it’s paid in full, the site and the domain are yours, set up in your name. If you ever leave, I hand everything over. Care at £40 a month covers hosting, updates and 30 minutes of changes.
Come in.
Send me your business name and town, and within one working day I’ll show you where you come up on Google, Google Maps and ChatGPT, plus the 3 fixes that would move you up. Free, with no obligation.