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Website redesign: when it is worth it, and when it is not.

A 2016 site is not necessarily due for a rebuild, and a 2023 site sometimes is. What counts is what the visitor experiences on their phone, and what Google understands. Here is how I decide, and how the price is set when the answer is yes.

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Your website, tested in 2 minutes

Three tests run while you answer 5 questions. The report arrives by WhatsApp and by email, then I call you to talk about next steps.

Five signs a redesign is due


Any one of these signs is enough to justify a redesign. Most of the sites I take over show three at once, and their owner had no idea.

It reads badly on a phone

Tiny text, overflowing menu, buttons you miss. Most of your visitors are on a phone; if they have to zoom, they leave.

It takes more than three seconds to load

Uncompressed images, hero video, accumulated plugins. Every extra second sends a share of visitors away, and Google measures it.

It says neither where you are nor what you do

A homepage that talks about “passion” and “quality” without naming the trade or the town receives no local searches.

The form brings nothing

Either it is broken, or it asks fifteen fields, or requests land in a mailbox nobody reads. You do not know because nobody complained.

The CMS has not been updated

A 2019 WordPress with twenty plugins is an open door. A redesign fixes the problem at the root instead of patching it.

When I will tell you no


If your site is recent, fast, readable, and the problem is a text that does not convince or a missing page, a redesign is money thrown away. A few pages rewritten or added settle it, on a quote.

If your site receives enquiries and you do not know where they come from, we look at the statistics first. A redesign without knowing what works risks breaking what works.

The visibility test, free and without sign-up, gives a first answer in one minute. The thirty-minute call gives the second.

What is kept, what is rebuilt


A redesign does not start from nothing. What Google already knows about you and what works today are kept; the rest is rebuilt properly.

Kept
  • The domain name

    Kept, and put back in your name if it is not. Nothing changes for your customers or your business cards.

  • The page addresses

    Every old address is redirected to the corresponding new page. Google carries over what it knew; you do not start from zero.

  • The copy that works

    A page that receives visits and converts is rewritten with care, not replaced.

  • The photos

    Kept if they are good, compressed, recropped. Replaced if they come from a stock library.

Rebuilt
  • The design

    A new grid, new typography, angles and colours decided with you.

  • The structure

    Pages are ordered by what your customers look for, not by your org chart.

  • The code

    Rewritten without a CMS or plugins: static files, nothing to update every month.

  • The hosting

    Moved to a fast network, certificate included, a single invoice.

  • The legal pages

    Legal notice, privacy, data processing: rewritten, not copied from elsewhere.

  • The Google profile

    Taken over, completed, pointed at the new addresses.

How it works


  1. 01The test

    You enter your address in the visibility test. Eighteen checks, one minute, no sign-up.

  2. 02The call

    Thirty minutes. I look at your site with you and say whether a redesign is worth it.

  3. 03The proposal

    One page: package, amount, deadline, list of pages kept and rebuilt.

  4. 04The build

    At a temporary address, while the old site stays online. Your package’s rounds of corrections.

  5. 05The switch

    The new site replaces the old one, with all redirects, on an agreed day. The old one is archived.

What a redesign costs


A redesign is priced like a new site, redirects included, on a free quote. A redesign is not less work than a new build; it is the same work, plus the inventory of the old site and the redirect plan.

Three packages, and one for your existing site

All the details →

A site that earns trust.
  • Positioning: your message, your audience
  • 10 pages, one language
  • Copy written, custom design
  • Initial SEO, Google profile
  • 2 rounds of revisions
  • Live in 2 weeks
MinimumOn quote
Be found by those who search.
  • Everything in Minimum, plus:
  • 20 pages, two languages
  • Technical SEO and answer engines, analytics
  • Wired to your tools and workflows: calendar, invoicing, till
  • 3 rounds of revisions, 30 days of optimisation
  • Live in 4 weeks
VisibleOn quote
Take market share.
  • Everything in Visible, plus:
  • 30 pages or more, three languages
  • Custom components
  • IT infrastructure set up: domain, DNS, email, CRM, CMS
  • Automations and software installed, on your side
  • 5 rounds of revisions, 90 days of optimisation
  • Live in 6 weeks
ConquêteOn quote
Fix or extend the site you already have.

An estimate in hours before starting, on a quote. No redesign, no commitment.

Your existing siteOn quote

Questions


Will I lose my rankings?

Not if the redirects are done, and they are. Every old address leads to its new page. A faster, better-structured site usually gains positions in the following weeks, but I do not promise it: I measure it.

Can I keep my domain name?

Yes, and I check that it is in your name. If it is in your former provider’s name, we recover it before anything else.

What happens to the old site?

A complete archive is handed to you on the day of the switch. It is no longer online, but nothing is lost.

How long does it take?

Two, four or six weeks depending on the package, like a new site. The old site stays online until the switch.

The figure first, the conversation second.

The free test is at the top of the page. You get the result by WhatsApp and by email, then I call you. Or by phone, on +41 26 420 00 86.