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Web Design & Development for St Ives Businesses
A large share of St Ives households spend the working day in Cambridge and research local suppliers on a phone during the commute home. A site that looks fine on a laptop and is painful to use on a phone loses that enquiry before it ever reaches you. We work from Hills Road in Cambridge, about twenty five minutes away, and scope every build around the decision a mobile visitor is trying to make.

About us
Clickscope is a small web team based in Cambridge, about twenty five minutes from St Ives, building Webflow and WordPress sites designed around a mobile first, commuter heavy audience. We're a Cambridge digital marketing agency about 25 minutes away, close enough that web design decisions get made in person, not over email chains.
Our MISSION
Design around the phone in someone's hand, then build it fast and tracked
We start with what a St Ives visitor is trying to decide, often while travelling on the guided busway or the A14. From that we design the key templates and launch with redirects, tracking and search reporting live before the first visitor arrives.

Judged on enquiries, not awards
Every template earns its place through the enquiries it produces once live in St Ives, tracked from the first day rather than judged on portfolio appeal.
How we run web design and development for St Ives businesses
01 / How we work
Mobile first, then everything else
Search structure and content planning happen before design starts, and every template is checked on a phone first, since that's how most St Ives visitors will actually see it.

You break it first
Every build is reviewed on a staging site first, where you can test it before your customers do, catching problems ahead of launch.

Live from hour one, and yours to keep
Tracking, redirects and search reporting are active from launch hour one, and hosting, domain and CMS accounts remain registered to you the whole way through.
Client Results
One client with no previous Google Ads history turned £25,300 of spend into £891,000 in sales, around £35 back for every pound. That return only happens when the landing page does its job properly, whichever device it's viewed on.
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Revenue increase, year on year
For a building brand we grew year-on-year revenue by 132%. SEO up 363%, PPC up 55%. That's £239,000 more every month, and not a seasonal product.
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Agencies we've trained
We've provided training and consulting to over 60 other digital marketing agencies and freelancers. A number of them now refer their own SEO clients to us.
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Years on Google Ads
Nearly two decades of combined Google Ads experience, and over ten years running SEO campaigns, including work alongside brands like Costa Coffee.
FAQ
The questions you actually want answered
Is it possible to meet before the build starts, and where are you located?
Our office is 9 Hills Road, Cambridge, about twenty five minutes from St Ives. You're welcome to visit for scoping, and we're equally happy to come to you.
How much does a website cost for a St Ives business?
Scoping determines the fixed price, because a market stall trader's site is a different job to a multi-page trades business site. We agree the scope and price in writing before design starts.
Is there a binding contract once the site has gone live?
No, the build itself carries a fixed price. Support once it's live runs rolling monthly, and 30 days' notice cancels it whenever you like.
Will relaunching harm where we currently rank on Google?
Not when it's handled properly. Every existing URL is mapped and redirected, traffic-earning pages are retained, and Search Console is monitored for a month post launch.
Our customers mostly browse in the evening. Does that influence how the site gets built?
It changes the priority order. Page speed and mobile usability come first here, since a slow site loses an evening commuter who is comparing three suppliers on the bus home.
Which St Ives sectors do you build sites for?
Trades and home services, independent retail, and hospitality and riverside leisure are sectors we build for regularly here. A mobile friendly booking or enquiry form matters more than a large gallery.
Do you only build websites for St Ives businesses?
No. We're based in Cambridge and also build for clients in Huntingdon, Haverhill and Royston. Being close to St Ives shapes how we scope a build, not who it's for.
Can you also look after the marketing once the site is live and driving traffic?
Yes. SEO, Google Ads and tracking sit alongside web design under one roof, so the same team manages the site and the traffic driving to it.
What happens across the first 90 days once a website project starts?
The process starts with discovery on what the site must achieve, then structure planning, template design, build and a staging review. Most sites take six to ten weeks, depending on content speed.
How do you determine whether the new site is actually working?
Success is judged by enquiries and search performance post-launch, checked against Search Console for at least a month, rather than portfolio appeal.
There are very few competing agencies in St Ives. Does that mean a rebuild is still worth prioritising?
Usually yes. Most sites already in the town are thin and dated, so a properly built, mobile-friendly site can win visibility quickly where competition is this light.
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