Custom website development on Laravel, Next.js and beyond.
Custom website development on Laravel, Next.js and other stacks, for startups and small businesses that have outgrown templates. It’s part of our web development service. One senior team designs, codes and launches the site, and the code is yours.
When a custom website makes sense
Choose a custom build when:
- a template or page builder can’t do what the site needs
- speed and Core Web Vitals matter to your sales or your search traffic
- the site has to pull from your own data, APIs or other systems
- your brand needs interactions and layouts a theme can’t deliver
If your team mainly needs to publish and edit pages, a CMS is usually the better fit. See WordPress development.
Laravel development
Laravel is a PHP framework for sites with a solid back end: content models, admin panels, forms, integrations and business rules. Our Laravel development services cover the build from data model to launch. Choose Laravel when the site’s back end does real work.
Next.js development
Next.js is a React framework for fast, custom front ends. Our Next.js development services suit product-led and marketing sites where speed and flexibility matter most. This site runs on Next.js. Choose Next.js when performance and a custom front end come first.
Other stacks
Some projects need something else. We’ll work on the stack that fits the job and tell you why in your quote.
Custom website or web app?
A website tells people about you. A web app lets them sign in and get things done: dashboards, portals, booking or quoting tools. Web apps are built under app development. Need logins and dashboards? That’s a web app.
What’s included
- Discovery and sitemap
- Custom UI design in Figma, or a build from your designs
- Front-end and back-end development
- Content editing setup: an admin panel or headless CMS
- Integrations with your forms, CRM, payments or APIs
- SEO foundations: URLs, metadata, schema, sitemap and redirects
- Performance and accessibility pass
- Analytics and conversion tracking
- Deployment, documentation and handover of the code
What we build, layer by layer
Custom work means owning every layer. Hover or tap a part of the system to see what we build there.
How a custom build runs
- 01Brief and scope
What the site must do, the stack, and the quote. We reply within 24 hours.
- 02Design
Wireframes and UI in Figma, reviewed with you.
- 03Build in weekly sprints
Every week you see progress on a live staging link.
- 04QA and launch
Testing across devices, speed checks, redirects and go-live.
- 05Handover and care
Code, documentation and optional website maintenance.
Timeline: smaller projects take a week or two at most. Everything else depends on project scope, and we confirm the timeline in your quote.
Tech stack
- Frameworks: Laravel, Next.js (React)
- Hosting/deploy: Vercel for Next.js; Laravel hosting
- Design: Figma
- Tracking: GA4, Google Tag Manager, Search Console
Questions, answered
It depends on scope: pages, features, integrations and content. Send the brief and you’ll get a quote before work starts.
They solve different problems, and some sites use both. Laravel is strong on the back end: data, admin tools and business rules. Next.js is strong on the front end: fast, interactive pages. We’ll recommend one in your quote.
Ownership of the code and source files is set out in your proposal, agreed before work starts.
Yes. We set up an admin panel or a headless CMS so your team can change content without touching code.
Not automatically. Both can rank well. A custom build gives you more control over speed and structure, and a good WordPress build is easier for your team to update. Either way, we build the SEO foundations in.
Let’s talk
Tell us what the site has to do that a template can’t.
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