Speed
Performance Targets
Load-time targets for the pages that matter, checked on real devices before launch.
Launching A Website Is Easy. Keeping It Working Is Not.
Verticals 8 builds marketing sites, storefronts and campaign pages for real businesses — fast, findable, easy for your own team to update, and looked after once they're live.
Our Point Of View
Sites Don't Go Stale Because Of Design. They Go Stale Because Nobody Can Change Them.
Launching a good-looking site is the easy part. Prices change, offers end, the team grows — and if every edit needs a developer, the site quietly falls behind the business. We build around the things that actually change, hand your team the keys to those, and lock down the parts that shouldn't move.
What Changes After Launch
What Makes A Website Keep Working.
The gap between a site that launches and a site that performs isn't the homepage — it's everything that happens in the months after.
Speed
Typical LaunchHeavy themes and pluginsVerticals 8 SiteLean build, tested on real phonesEditing
Typical LaunchEvery change waits for a developerVerticals 8 SiteYour team edits offers, prices and postsSearch
Typical LaunchSEO left for laterVerticals 8 SiteStructure and metadata set up from day oneEnquiries
Typical LaunchForms that silently stop sendingVerticals 8 SiteEvery enquiry path tested and monitoredOwnership
Typical LaunchAccounts held by the agencyVerticals 8 SiteDomain, hosting and code in your nameSupport
Typical LaunchInvoice paid, number goes quietVerticals 8 SiteSame team on the same number
Website Capabilities
Four Kinds Of Site, One Standard.
A focused website practice — design, build, care and campaigns — delivered as one service rather than assembled from parts.
Marketing & Brand Sites
The front door for service businesses, clinics, resorts and studios — with a clear offer and next step.
- Content structure
- Copy support
- Enquiry flows
- One-tap call
- Location pages
- Speed tuning
E-Commerce Storefronts
Collections, checkout and the details that decide whether people buy: speed, trust and delivery.
- Catalogue
- Payments
- Order notifications
- Inventory sync
- Promotions
- Reviews
Landing Pages & Campaigns
Pages built for one campaign and one action, wired to the ads and analytics that measure them.
- A/B ready
- Conversion tracking
- Fast turnaround
- Form routing
- Ad alignment
- Reporting
Care & Hosting
Updates, backups, monitoring and small changes, handled by the people who built the site.
- Monitoring
- Backups
- Security updates
- Monthly changes
- Uptime checks
- Editor support
Six Months After Launch
What A Well-Run Website Looks Like.
We judge a site by how it's doing half a year after launch — not on launch day.
A Site Verticals 8 Looks After
- Pages load fast on a mid-range phone
- The team updated prices themselves last week
- Every enquiry lands in the right inbox
- Search traffic is tracked and trending
- Backups ran last night
A Site That Drifted
- A plugin update broke the contact form
- The homepage offer ended two months ago
- Nobody has the login for the domain
- Analytics was never connected
- The agency's number goes to voicemail
Website Engineering Standards
Four Pillars Of A Website That Performs.
Search
Findability
Clean structure, metadata and content that match what your customers type.
Conversion
Enquiry Paths
Every form, call button and chat link tested — and monitored after launch.
Ownership
Editable By You
The parts that change are yours to edit; the parts that shouldn't move stay locked.
Why Verticals 8
One Team. The Site's Whole Lifecycle.
Most businesses separate design, development, hosting and marketing across different vendors — and the gaps between them are where sites break. Verticals 8 keeps responsibility with one team, from the first scope to the campaigns that follow.
Websites aren't a side project for us. They're where most of our client relationships start — and the team that builds yours is the team that looks after it.
What You Can Count On
- Live sites you can click through today
- Editing set up for your own team
- Speed and search built in from day one
- Accounts and code in your name
- Support on the same number after launch
Engagement Models
Three Ways To Bring Us In
Start with a clear read on your current site, go straight to a build, or hand us the whole lifecycle — most clients move through all three.
Site Review
A written read on your current site: speed, search, enquiry paths and a prioritised fix list that's yours to keep.
Design & Build
A new site, scoped in writing and built in the open with weekly demos on a real link.
Care & Growth
Monitoring, monthly changes and campaigns — or a clean hand-off to your team with documentation.
Inside Websites & E-Commerce
Pick The Part You Need First.
The site your customers judge you by — fast, findable, and easy for your own team to update.
- Marketing & Brand SitesMarketing and brand websites with a clear offer, fast pages and editing your own team can handle.Learn more
- E-Commerce StorefrontsE-commerce storefronts with fast product pages, a smooth checkout and stock that stays in sync.Learn more
- Landing Pages & CampaignsCampaign landing pages with one clear action, tracking built in and fast turnaround.Learn more
- Care & HostingWebsite care plans: hosting, backups, monitoring, security updates and monthly changes.Learn more
Where This Connects
A Website Rarely Travels Alone.
Apps
Web & Mobile Apps
Products and portals for customers, on the browser and on the phone, built to survive their second year.
AI
AI Solutions
The parts of the job nobody wants to do by hand — answered, extracted or automated, wired into the systems you already use.
ERP
ERP & Internal Tools
Stock, billing, staff and operations in one system that matches how your business actually runs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions Buyers Ask.
Direct answers to what comes up most when planning a new website.
01. Can my team update the site without you?
Yes. We set up editing around the things that change — offers, prices, team, posts — and train the people who'll do it, on their own content, before launch.
02. Do you rebuild or fix existing sites?
Both. A site review tells you whether a fix or a rebuild is the cheaper path, and we're happy to recommend the fix.
03. Who owns the domain, hosting and code?
You do. Accounts are set up in your name, and the code is yours.
04. Do you write the content?
We structure it and help write it. The best copy usually comes from a conversation with you rather than a blank page.
05. What happens if something breaks after launch?
You call the same team that built it. Monitoring catches most issues before you notice them.