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Websites on subscription, made in South Africa

Your website, designed, built and looked after.

One monthly fee covers the design, the build, search and the care after launch. Watch it take shape, comment where you want changes and sign off every page before it goes live.

  • From R1 950 a month
  • No build fee
  • Live in about five weeks
  • Your domain and content stay yours

Week 1. We agree what the site has to do, and who it's for.

  • R0Build fee. The monthly fee covers the design and the build.
  • 5 weeksFrom the first call to a live site, for most businesses.
  • 2.5 sThe most a page may take to load on a mid-range phone. We test every page against it.
  • 100%Yours. The domain and content from day one, and the code after the first year.
Why a subscription

Most websites are at their best on launch day.

Then the prices go out of date, a plugin breaks and nobody has time to fix it. With a subscription, launch day is where the work starts, not where it stops.

Website on a Tended Labs planOnce-off build, left alone
Launch6 months1 year18 months2 yearsOnline bookings addedSpeed fixNew service pageWinter menuPlugin out of dateOld prices still upSlow on new phones
An illustration of what usually happens, not measured data.
Compared on
Do it yourselfWix, Squarespace and friends
Once-off buildAn agency or a freelancer
UsTended LabsDesign, build and care, monthly
Up front
R0, plus your evenings
Typically R25 000 to R80 000
R0. From R1 950 a month
Who designs it
You, from a template
A designer, once
We do, from a blank page
When something breaks
You search for help
You pay by the hour
We fix it. It's included
Search (SEO)
Up to you
Set up at launch, then left
Set up, tracked and improved monthly
Changes after launch
You make them
Quoted each time
Monthly hours included
If you leave
Stuck on the builder
It's yours
It's yours: domain, content and code
How it works

Live in five weeks. Better every month after that.

Every stage ends with something you can see, click and sign off. Here's a bakery in Melville, start to finish.

  5. Month 2, 3, 4…GrowSee what happens

You sign off: a one-page brief, in your own words.

What's included

Design, build, search and care. In every plan.

Not a template with your logo on it. Everything a small business website needs to bring in work, done properly and kept that way.

Made for every screen

Most people meet your business on a phone. Each page is designed for every width, not squeezed down at the end.

Website design

Designed from a blank page

Your typefaces, your colours, your photos. No theme underneath.

Website design

An editor you can use

Change a price, a photo or your hours yourself. No call, no ticket.

Website development

Search set up properly

Checked before launch, tracked every month. We don't promise rankings. We do the work that earns them.

SEO

A speed budget on every page

Tested on a mid-range phone on 4G. A page that misses the budget doesn't go live.

How we build

Plugged into your tools

Payments, bookings, WhatsApp and your accounting, connected and tested. Enquiries land where you already work.

Integrations
  • Your domaincrumbandco.co.za
    In your name, day one
  • Your contentWords, photos, orders
    Export any time
  • Your codeThe whole site
    Yours after year one

Yours to keep

No hostage websites. If you ever leave, we hand everything over and help you move it.

How leaving works

What we don’t do

Templates or page buildersBig build feesPromise rankingsDisappear after launch
After launch

Launch day is where the work starts.

Ask for a change the way you'd message a colleague. We do it, tell you when it's live, and every month you get a short report on what changed and what it did.

Thandi, Crumb & CoGrow plan
Replies within a working day
Thandi: Hi, can we add our December hours? We're closed on the 25th and 26th.Mon 09:12
Tended Labs: Done, it's live. I've updated your Google Business Profile too.December hours liveMon 10:05 · 20 minutes of your hours
Tended Labs: One idea for this month: the menu photos are slowing that page down on phones. Shall I fix it? About an hour.Mon 10:07
Thandi: Yes please
Tended Labs: Done. The menu loads 1.1 seconds faster on a phone now.Menu photos resizedTue 14:30
October reportCrumb & Co · sample month
Sent on the 1st
Enquiries46+12 on September
Speed score97+6 this month
Uptime100%0 minutes down
Hours used4.5 of 6
Enquiries from the website, dailyOctober

What changed this month

  • December hours added, Google profile updatedYou asked
  • Menu photos resized: 1.1 s faster on phonesOur idea
  • Security and software updates (3)Routine
  • Backups: 31 of 31 nightsRoutine
Bigger jobs are quoted first, and you decide.
Work

Every site starts from a blank page.

Three concept sites we designed to show the range: a dentist, a restaurant and a bakery, each with its own type, colour and voice.

Ndlovu DentalParkhurstConcept
Karoo KitchenPrince AlbertConcept
Crumb & CoMelvilleConcept
Who you'll work with

You'll deal with the people who build your site.

We started Tended Labs because most small business owners we know paid for a website once, then watched it slowly go out of date. Nobody's job was to keep it working.

So that's our job. The person who designs and builds your site is the one who replies when you message, and every month we look for one thing that would make it bring in more work.

Tended LabsJohannesburg, South Africa
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  • Your domain, in your name.

    Registered to you from day one, never to us.

  • A person, not a ticket.

    The person who built your site answers your messages.

  • No slow pages.

    A page that misses the 2.5-second budget doesn't go live.

  • Leave with everything.

    After the first year, the code goes with you too. We help you move it.

Pricing

One monthly fee. No surprises.

No build fee and no hourly invoices. Pick the plan that fits now and move up or down as the business changes.

Rand per month, excluding VAT. No build fee.

Start

For a business that needs to look the part and be found nearby.

R1 950/ month

Billed monthly

Up to 5 pages2 hours of changes a month
  • Designed for you from a blank page
  • Hosting, SSL and daily backups
  • Search basics and your Google Business Profile
  • Enquiry form and WhatsApp button
  • Edit words and photos yourself
  • A short report every month
Start with Start

Grow

Most chosen

For a business that wants the website to bring in work, every month.

R3 950/ month

Billed monthly

Up to 15 pages6 hours of changes and improvements a month
  • Everything in Start
  • Local SEO for up to three areas, tracked monthly
  • Bookings, payments, CRM or email tools connected
  • A blog or news section you can post to
  • One improvement test a month, measured
  • A growth call every quarter
Choose Grow

Partner

For an online shop, a bigger site or something custom.

fromR7 500/ month

Billed monthly

As many pages as you need15 hours a month, same-day replies
  • Everything in Grow
  • Online shop with Yoco, PayFast or Peach
  • Custom integrations: Xero, Sage, your own systems
  • Two articles written for you each month
  • A strategy call every month
  • Priority fixes, same working day
Talk to us about Partner

In every plan

  • No build fee
  • Hosting, SSL and backups
  • Security and software updates
  • Uptime monitoring
  • Cookie-free analytics
  • POPIA-ready forms and privacy page
  • A speed budget on every page
  • You own the domain and the content

Prices exclude VAT. Twelve months minimum, then month to month. Leave after that and the site goes with you: we hand over the code, the content and the domain.

If you leave
Year oneThe minimum term, while the build pays for itself.
After thatMonth to month. Leave with 30 days' notice.
On the way outWe hand over the domain, the content and the code, and help you move.

Compare every plan in detail

FAQ

Questions

How does a website subscription work?

You pay one monthly fee instead of a big amount up front. That fee covers the design and build, the hosting, and a set number of hours each month for changes and improvements. The site isn't finished at launch. We keep working on it with you.

What counts as a change?

Anything you'd like done to the site: a new page, a new section, a form, a tweak to the design, connecting a tool. Small things take minutes. If something is bigger than your monthly hours, we quote it first and you decide.

Do you guarantee rankings?

No, and be careful of anyone who does. We guarantee the work: fast pages, a clean structure, correct structured data, a sitemap Google can read and local SEO done properly. Then we show you what it's doing every month.

I already have a website. Can you take it over?

Usually we rebuild it, because that's where the speed and search gains come from. We keep what's working: your content, your links and your rankings. Old addresses are redirected so nothing breaks.

Can I update the site myself?

Yes. Words, photos, prices, opening hours and blog posts are all edited in a simple editor. You don't need us to fix a typo, though you're welcome to ask.

Do you only work in Johannesburg?

We're based in Johannesburg and work with businesses all over South Africa. Most of the work happens on video calls and in a shared design file, so distance doesn't matter.

Let’s build yours.

Book a 15-minute call. Bring the site you have, or nothing at all. You'll leave knowing which plan fits, what it costs and when we can start.

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Prefer email? hello@tendedlabs.co.za

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