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How much does a website cost in Ireland?
What Irish small businesses pay for a website in 2026, from a basic brochure site to an online shop, with the source; running costs, VAT, grants and how to compare quotes.
A website redesign that holds on to your Google visits
Your site is tired, but it still brings in some work, and you're afraid a new one will lose it. We rebuild it without throwing away what Google already knows about you.
Car Repairs in Waterford | Gimeno Auto Works
Gimeno Auto WorksCar repair since 1987
087 555 0100
Car repair · Waterford
NCT prep, brakes and diagnostics
with appointments within 24 hours.
We text you photos of the problem before touching anything and let you know when the car is ready.
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4.8·G187 Google reviews
Photos of the problemBy text, before we repair
What we do
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Oil change and service
Filters, fluids and diagnostics, logged in your service history.
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Brakes and tyres
Pads, rotors and alignment, same-day appointments.
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Pre-NCT check
We check everything before your NCT.
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Gimeno Auto WorksCar repair since 1987
087 555 0100
Car repair · Waterford
NCT prep, brakes and diagnostics
with appointments within 24 hours.
We text you photos of the problem before touching anything and let you know when the car is ready.
CallBook now
4.8·G187 Google reviews
Photos of the problemBy text, before we repair
What we do
01
Oil change and service
Filters, fluids and diagnostics, logged in your service history.
02
Brakes and tyres
Pads, rotors and alignment, same-day appointments.
03
Pre-NCT check
We check everything before your NCT.
CallBook now
WhatsAppnowMaria L.Hi, found you on Google. Any openings this week for a checkup? It's a 2016 van.
Your website is tired, and you're wary of touching it
Most owners put off a redesign for one of these reasons.
- It was built ten years ago, it shows, and no one can edit it now.
- You know a business whose enquiries dried up after a new website.
- The person who built it has the logins and doesn't answer.
- Half the pages list services you stopped doing years ago.
What a redesign with a careful migration looks like
How we get there
Before designing anything, we list the pages that bring visits and enquiries now and the searches they appear for. Those are protected: improved, not deleted, and every old address points to its new page.
Then the rest is rebuilt: faster on a phone, a page per service, clear ways to get in touch. Same domain, better site, and Search Console watched after launch.
Every old address leads somewhere
Page by page, so visitors and Google land on the right new page instead of an error.
301 redirect map
Same domain, better site
We keep your domain and what already works, and rebuild the rest.
Watched after launch
Errors and visits checked in Search Console in the weeks after the new site goes live.
post-migration monitoring
How we redesign a website step by step
Four stages, protecting what works before changing anything.
Inventory
Every page, its visits and its links, from your Search Console and a full crawl.
New structure and redirect map
The new pages and where each old address will point, written into your plan.
Design and build
The new site built and approved page by page on a private address, while the old one keeps working.
Launch and monitoring
Redirects live, sitemap submitted and errors watched in the weeks after launch.
What our website redesign covers
Design, writing, migration and redirects. Scope goes in your proposal.
- A list of everything worth keeping
- Every old address mapped
- New design and copy
- Fast and ready for Google
- A watch after launch
We find the pages your new site must hold on to
We look at your site in Search Console and on Google and send you the pages that bring visits, the searches they rank for and what a redesign would need to keep. Plus what it's losing by being slow or unclear.
- What we found
- The plan, page by page
- The fixed quote
- What we wouldn't do
Carles builds your site, and he's the one who reviews it in the audit. Òscar makes sure Google understands it. Who we are
audit · riversidevetsclonmel.ie
sample document
1 · What we found
Your “pet vaccinations” and “dog dental” pages bring most visits; the redesign you were quoted would delete both.
2 · The plan, page by page
- Keep and improve the two pages that rank
- Every old address mapped to a new page
- .ie domain moved into the practice's name
- Search Console checked weekly after launch
3 · Fixed quote
- Redesign
- Fixed price
- Paid
- Once it's live
- Up front
- Nothing
- Until then
- €0
You pay once the new site is live and the old pages are safe
How paying at the end worksQuestions about a website redesign
What Irish owners ask before replacing an old site. Add yours to the form.
What does a website redesign cost in Ireland?
It depends on how much there is to move across (hundreds of pages, a shop, two languages). The audit gives you a fixed price before we start, and you pay it in one go once the new site is live.
Will I drop down Google after a redesign?
Not if the migration is done right: same domain, every old address redirected to its new page and Search Console checked after launch. We can't promise rankings, but we avoid what usually causes the drops.
The person who built my site has the logins. What now?
Ask them by email to transfer the domain and hosting to you; most will. If they don't, the registrar has a process for the registered holder. We help with both before the redesign starts.
Can my current text and photos be kept?
Yes, whatever still works stays, improved where it needs it. Pages that bring visits keep their content and address, or point to a better page. Out-of-date pages are rewritten or removed with a redirect.
Is it better to redesign or start a new website?
If the site has pages that rank and a domain with history, redesign and keep them. If it has neither, the work is much the same as a new site. The audit tells you which you have.
A website redesign rebuilds an existing site (design, text, structure and technical side) while keeping what works: your domain and the pages Google already shows. With us it's one fixed price, paid in one go once the new site is live.
More detail: Website redesign
A tired site sends work to your competitors every day
People size up a business by its website in seconds. A site that looks abandoned or crawls on a phone makes them try the next one, even when your work is better.
The longer it stays, the more you depend on what it still brings in. The free audit shows which pages must be kept and what a redesign would gain.
Redesigning an Irish website: your .ie domain and your logins
The domain is usually the most valuable part of an old site. A .ie domain is registered through a registrar to a named holder (.ie registry), and that should be you or your business; if the old developer registered it in their own name, we help you have it transferred first.
We also bring the site up to date with what Irish visitors and rules expect: an Eircode on the contact page, a cookie banner that waits for consent as the DPC expects, a privacy notice for the forms and, if you sell online, the accessibility basics of the European Accessibility Act.
Signs your website is due a redesign
Not every old site needs rebuilding. These are the signs that a redesign will pay off, rather than a few fixes.
It's hard to use on a phone
Text you have to zoom into, buttons too close together, a menu that doesn't open. Most of your visitors are on a phone.
You can't change it yourself
Every edit needs someone who's hard to reach, or the platform no longer gets updates.
It doesn't say what you do
Your services are buried in one page, so Google has nothing specific to show for each search.
It doesn't bring calls
Visitors arrive, but the phone, the text button or the form are hard to find.
Changing websites without losing your Google visits
Most traffic drops after a redesign have the same causes: old addresses that return errors, content that disappeared, pages blocked from Google by mistake or a domain change with no plan. Google's own guide to moving a site with URL changes comes down to the same steps we follow: map old to new, redirect each address and watch Search Console (site moves with URL changes).
If the problem is only speed or a few technical errors, you may not need a redesign at all: see website speed optimisation or an SEO audit.
What a redesign costs with us
It depends mostly on the size of your current site: how many pages there are to keep, merge or create. A redesign is a new custom WordPress website, so we size it with the inventory from the free audit and give you a fixed price that doesn't change mid-project. You pay it in one payment once the new site is live and you've checked it. What other providers charge, with sources, is in how much a website costs.
What's included, point by point
A list of everything worth keeping
What exists today, what brings visits and what other sites link to.
full page inventory
Every old address mapped
Each old address pointed to its new page, checked before and after launch.
301 redirects
New design and copy
Built around how customers search, with copy we write and you approve.
Fast and ready for Google
Fast on a phone, with titles, headings and structured data on every page.
Core Web Vitals and on-page SEO
A watch after launch
Errors and visits checked in the weeks after launch, and fixed if something slipped.
When a redesign is the right move, and when it isn't
Right move if
- Your site is outdated, slow or hard to change.
- It gets some Google traffic you want to keep.
- You want a fixed price and a signed date.
Not a fit if
- You want to change domain and brand with no plan: we'll plan it first.
- You need it live within a week.
- You need a custom web app.
More on redesigns and migrations in Ireland
What goes well with a redesign
Website guides
Your old site still brings in some work. Let's keep that and win back what it's losing.
Send us your web address and in under a week we'll tell you which pages must stay and what a redesign would gain, with the price.
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