Web design & development studio

ARCdev

Websites that feel built, not assembled.

We design and hand-build websites for South African businesses — fast, distinctive and yours to keep.

  • Custom design
  • Built for speed
  • You own it
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Roughly how long it takes a visitor to form a first impression of a website.

53%

Of mobile visitors leave a page that takes longer than three seconds to load.

75%

Of people judge a business's credibility based on how its website looks.

24h

Our reply time on every enquiry, so your project never sits waiting.

What we do

Three ways we help your business show up online

Everything you need to look professional online and keep the leads coming in — from the first design to ongoing care.

01

Website builds

Fully custom sites — fast to load, easy to maintain, designed around your business instead of a template.

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02

Automations

Enquiries, follow-ups, bookings and reminders that run on their own — so nothing slips through the cracks.

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03

Hosting & upkeep

Deployed on modern hosting, kept secure and updated long after launch day.

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Why hand-built

Templates get you online. Custom gets you remembered.

Page builders get the job done. A hand-built site gets you noticed, loads faster and grows with your business.

Speed

Speed you can feel

No page-builder bloat. Lean code means pages load fast on any phone, on any connection.

Design

Design that fits

Shaped around your brand and your customers, not squeezed into someone else's layout.

Ownership

Yours to keep

You own the domain, the design and the code. No lock-in, no surprise platform fees.

Growth

Built to grow

Start with a few pages. Add booking, automations or a shop later without starting over.

How it works

From first call to live site

A simple four-step process, with check-ins along the way so there are never any surprises.

Scope

A short call to understand your business and what the site needs to do.

Design

We map out the look and structure, and you see it before a line is built.

Build

Hand-built with regular check-ins, so you see progress — not just a final reveal.

Launch

Deployed, connected to your domain, and ready for real customers.

Good to know

A few things most business owners don't hear

Small details that make a big difference to how many visitors turn into customers.

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People scan, they don't read

Headlines, spacing and layout do most of the work. Walls of text get skipped.

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Speed affects search ranking

Search engines factor in how fast and mobile-friendly a page is when deciding where it shows up.

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Every extra form field costs enquiries

The shorter the contact form, the more people actually finish it.

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A website is never "done"

The best sites get small, regular improvements instead of a full redo every few years.

FAQ

Questions we get a lot

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Most sites take two to four weeks from the first call to launch, depending on size and how quickly content comes together.

Every project is quoted upfront after a short call, so you know the full cost before anything is built. No hidden fees.

Yes. The domain, design and code are yours.

Yes — our upkeep plan covers ongoing updates, fixes and small changes.

Things like sending enquiries straight to your inbox or CRM, auto-replying to new leads, booking confirmations and reminders — tasks that run on their own once set up.

Have a project in mind?

Tell us what you're building — we'll tell you exactly how we'd approach it.

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