Web Design & Development

Website Design and Development in Sri Lanka

WordPress, Shopify and WooCommerce websites built for speed, search visibility and conversions — with tracking installed from day one so you can see what the site actually produces.

A large share of Sri Lankan business websites are brochures. They look acceptable on a laptop, load slowly on a phone, have no tracking beyond a page-view counter, and were never structured for search. When a paid campaign sends traffic to a site like that, the budget is spent twice — once on the click and once on the visitor who leaves.

We build websites as part of the marketing system rather than separately from it. Structure is planned around the searches people make, pages are built to load fast on mobile data, forms and WhatsApp buttons are tracked as conversions, and analytics is configured before launch rather than months afterwards.

What a website project includes

Scope is agreed up front in writing, with a fixed page count and a clear list of what is included and what is an add-on.

Structure & UX planning

Sitemap and page structure planned around buying intent and the questions customers actually ask, so the site supports both search and the sales conversation.

Mobile-first design

Designed for the phone first, because that is where most Sri Lankan traffic comes from. Clear hierarchy, readable type and obvious next steps on every page.

Speed & Core Web Vitals

Right-sized and compressed images, caching, minified assets and controlled layout shift. Speed is checked on a throttled mobile connection, not on office fibre.

SEO foundation

Clean URLs, title tags and meta descriptions, heading structure, schema markup, XML sitemap and Search Console connected before launch.

Conversion tracking

GA4 and Google Tag Manager installed and configured for form submissions, phone clicks, WhatsApp clicks and purchases, so marketing can be measured from day one.

Handover & training

You get the logins, a short walkthrough of how to edit content, and documentation. The site is yours, on your hosting, with no lock-in.

How a build runs

STEP 01

Discovery

We agree the goal of the site, the pages needed, who it is speaking to and what a successful visit looks like, before any design work starts.

STEP 02

Design

Key page layouts are designed and approved first so the build is not redesigned halfway through. Revisions happen at this stage, where they are cheap.

STEP 03

Build

Development on WordPress, Shopify or WooCommerce, with speed, SEO structure and tracking built in rather than added later.

STEP 04

Launch & check

Pre-launch checks on speed, mobile rendering, forms, tracking and indexing, then launch, sitemap submission and a post-launch review.

What we check before launch

  • Mobile load speed on a throttled connection
  • Core Web Vitals — LCP, CLS and interaction delay
  • Every form, phone link and WhatsApp button tested and tracked
  • Title tags, meta descriptions and heading structure on every page
  • Schema markup and XML sitemap submitted to Search Console
  • Rendering on real phone screen sizes, not just a desktop preview

Who this is for

We build for service businesses that need enquiries, retailers moving online, schools and education providers, construction and interior firms, engineering and industrial suppliers, and tourism operators. If you are running paid campaigns, the landing experience is usually the cheapest thing to fix and the one with the largest effect on cost per lead — often a bigger lever than the ad account itself.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a website cost in Sri Lanka?

Our business websites start at LKR 150,000 and e-commerce builds start at LKR 500,000, both as one-time project fees. The final figure depends on page count, whether content and photography exist, and how much custom functionality is involved. We quote a fixed scope rather than an hourly rate.

WordPress or Shopify?

For a service business or a content-led site, WordPress gives more control over SEO and page structure. For a store with real transaction volume, Shopify is usually less maintenance and more reliable at checkout. WooCommerce sits between them and suits stores already invested in WordPress.

How long does a build take?

A standard business website is typically four to six weeks from approved design, and an e-commerce build six to ten weeks. The single biggest cause of delay is waiting on content — text, product data and photography — so we agree those deadlines at the start.

Do you provide hosting?

We set the site up on hosting in your name so you own it outright. We can recommend and configure hosting suited to the build, but we do not lock clients into reselling arrangements.

Can you improve our existing site instead of rebuilding it?

Often, yes. If the platform is sound we would rather fix speed, structure, tracking and content than start again — it is faster and it keeps the SEO history the domain has already earned. We tell you honestly when a rebuild is genuinely the cheaper route.

Let’s talk about your numbers

Tell us what you sell, what a customer is worth and what you are spending now. We will tell you honestly whether this is the right channel for you — and what it would take to make it work.