Straight answers
We quote what a project costs, say what it will take, and tell you when something you've asked for won't work. No padding, no jargon, no scope surprises halfway through.
Cape Designs
About Cape Designs
A small Cape Town studio with an unusually simple promise: a website that looks the part, loads fast, and brings in work.
Who We Are
Built in Cape Town, for businesses that need to be found
Cape Designs started with a frustration most business owners will recognise. Web design was either wildly expensive — five-figure quotes and three-month timelines for a five-page site — or wildly cheap, which usually meant a template, a slow site and a designer who stopped answering emails after the invoice cleared.
We built the studio to sit in the sensible middle. Real custom design, honest fixed pricing, and a turnaround measured in days rather than quarters. Everything we make is built to be handed over: you get the domain, the hosting, the files and a walkthrough of how to run it yourself.
Today we work with trades, retailers, care providers, tour operators and consultants across South Africa — most of them small teams who need their website to do real work rather than sit there looking decorative.
120+Projects delivered
7 daysAverage landing page turnaround
98%Clients who'd recommend us
8 yrsBuilding for the web
What We Believe
Four things we don't compromise on
Every studio says it cares about quality. These are the specific commitments we'll hold ourselves to on your project.
Design with a job to do
Pretty is the baseline. Every layout decision we make is measured against one question: does this make it easier for a visitor to become a customer?
Mobile first, always
Most South Africans meet your business on a phone, often on mobile data. We design the phone layout first and keep pages light enough to open instantly.
You own everything
Your domain, your hosting, your files, your logo artwork. Nothing is held hostage. If you ever move on, we hand it all over without a fuss.
Our Process
From first message to live website
No mystery, no black box. Here's exactly what happens once you get in touch.
01
Discover
A short call or WhatsApp chat. We learn what your business does, who buys from you, and what the site actually needs to achieve.
02
Design
You get a design of the homepage first. We refine it together until you're happy before a single inner page is built.
03
Build
Approved design becomes a fast, responsive, search-friendly site. Copywriting and image sourcing happen here on our larger packages.
04
Launch & support
We connect your domain, set up your email addresses, test on real devices, and walk you through managing it yourself.
Capabilities
What we actually do
We're a design and development studio, which means the person who draws your site is the person who builds it. Nothing gets lost in translation between two teams.
- Web design & development — custom marketing sites, landing pages and WordPress builds.
- eCommerce — full online stores with local payment gateways and courier shipping.
- Branding & graphic design — logos, business cards, social media graphics and print-ready artwork.
- SEO foundations — page structure, speed, metadata and Google Business Profile setup.
- Hosting, domains & email — set up, connected and included for your first year.
WordPressWooCommerceElementorShopifyHTML & CSSJavaScriptPHPFigmaAdobe IllustratorPhotoshopGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Business ProfilePayFastYocoMailchimp
Local Knowledge
Why working with a Cape Town studio matters
Local search is where most small-business enquiries begin, and it rewards businesses that are set up properly: consistent name and address details, a live Google Business Profile, suburb-level page structure, and a site fast enough to survive a patchy mobile connection.
We build all of that in as standard, because we've watched it decide whether a site brings in two enquiries a month or twenty. We also know the local realities — load-shedding-friendly hosting, South African payment gateways, courier rate tables and pricing in Rand.
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