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We help restaurants, salons, retail stores and service businesses build a strong online presence with modern websites designed to attract customers and grow businesses.

  • One-to-one, personal service
  • Websites you can update yourself
  • No large agency pricing
  • Mobile-first & fast-loading

London · Surrey · the South Coast · working UK-wide

Thai Courtyard East Molesey restaurant website homepage, built by Launchpad Studio

Real client work — Thai Courtyard, East Molesey. See the case study.

Websites for businesses like yours

RestaurantsCafés & TakeawaysThai MassageBeauty SalonsTradespeopleRetail StoresOnline BoutiquesLocal Services

Our Work

Three real businesses. Three websites built to earn their keep.

A restaurant, a massage studio and a floor-sanding specialist — each with a different job to do. Here's the brief, what we built, and what it does for the business.

3 featured case studies

Restaurant · Wellness · Flooring

We build it. You run it.

Everything is yours to change — menus, prices, offers, photos and opening hours. No developer, no waiting, and no invoice just to change a price.

Prefer us to handle it? We're only a message away.

See the admin system
Thai Courtyard East Molesey restaurant website homepage, built by Launchpad Studio
Thai Courtyard restaurant website on a mobile phone
Inside the site
Thai Courtyard online menu page showing dishes and prices
The menu page. Dishes, prices and featured items are edited by the owner from the admin dashboard.
01

Thai Courtyard

Restaurant website with online ordering & a full back office

A menu, a collection order and a table request — all handled before anyone picks up the phone.

Menu
Owner-managed
Orders
Collection flow
Bookings
Table requests

The brief

Thai Courtyard had the food and the local reputation. What it needed was a website that worked as hard as the kitchen: menus customers could trust, opening hours that were always right, and a way to order or request a table without phoning mid-service.

What we built

  • A mobile-first menu the owner updates herself — dishes, prices and featured specials
  • Online collection ordering with a clear confirmation flow built for a busy service
  • Table booking requests, plus a direct link through to Deliveroo
  • Opening hours, holiday closures and location details managed from the dashboard
  • A custom admin area covering menus, orders, hours, bookings and offers — everything is yours to change, with no developer needed
  • More than an ordering screen: customers, messages, sales, food performance, analytics, marketing, reports and SEO in the same admin
Restaurant websiteOnline orderingTable bookingsCustom admin dashboardSEOHosting & support

The result

The site now does the everyday jobs that used to eat into service. The menu, orders and booking requests are handled online, sales and performance are reported in the same system, and the owner changes prices or closes for a holiday herself — without waiting on anyone.

Yours to run — no developer needed

I want something like this

What you control

Four views from the Thai Courtyard admin

The restaurant's day-to-day controls — menus, orders, table bookings and the website.

Sample dataadmin.thaicourtyardmolesey.co.uk

Menu & prices

Live on site
StartersMainsDrinks

Chicken Satay

6 sold today

£7.50

Veg Spring Rolls

Sold out today

£6.50

Pad Thai Goong

Featured on the homepage

£12.90
Add dish

Online orders

3 active

#TC-211 · Priya

19:15 · 4 items · £46.50

NewAccept

#TC-210 · James

19:00 · 3 items · £42.00

Preparing

#TC-209 · Sarah

18:45 · 4 items · £38.50

Ready
Order alerts on

Table bookings

4 today

19:00 · Hannah

4 guests · window table

Confirmed

19:30 · Oliver

2 guests · anniversary

PendingConfirm

20:00 · Rachel

5 guests · nut allergy

PendingConfirm
Manage all bookings →

Website content

Draft saved

Homepage headline

Authentic Thai food in East Molesey

Announcement bar

20% off collection over £30

Pad Thai Green Curry Add
Publish changes

Four views from the working system, shown with sample data. No customer information is displayed.

More than online ordering

A full back office — not just an order form

Ordering is one screen. The same login runs the restaurant's sales, customers, bookings, marketing and accounting-style reports — the full business picture, not just a list of orders.

  • Accounting-style reports

    Daily takings, sales summaries and food performance in one place.

  • Customers & messages

    Order history, enquiries and replies without leaving the dashboard.

  • Analytics & marketing

    Booking, customer and SEO performance you can actually act on.

One login · staff permissions

Operations

  • Dashboard
  • Orders
  • Customers
  • Menu & prices
  • Bookings
  • Messages1
  • Settings

Business

  • Sales
  • Food performance
  • Booking analytics
  • Customer analytics
  • Marketing
  • Reports
  • Restaurant
  • SEO

The admin menu inside Thai Courtyard

Chantara Thai Massage Fulham website homepage, built by Launchpad Studio
Chantara Thai Massage booking website on a mobile phone
Inside the booking flow
The Chantara online booking page — choose a treatment, therapist, date and time
Booking in four steps: treatment, therapist, date & time, then a £10 deposit — or no deposit if you're booking with a gift voucher. Couples massages book two therapists in one slot.
02

Chantara Thai Massage

Massage studio website with couples booking & a full studio back office

A calm first impression — and a booking flow that can put two therapists in the same slot, without a phone call.

Booking
4-step flow
Couples
2 therapists
Deposit
£10 online

The brief

Chantara is a traditional Thai massage studio a few minutes from Fulham Broadway. New customers needed to feel the calm before they walked in. The harder problem was the couples massage: Picktime and the other tools we looked at typically book one therapist per appointment, but a couples massage needs two free at exactly the same time. The studio was taking these by phone. The brief was to make them bookable online, at any hour, without losing the personal feel.

What we built

  • A treatment menu that lays out every therapy, duration and price at a glance
  • A four-step booking flow: treatment → therapist → date & time → details, with booking terms, cancellation policy and medical notes kept clear
  • A couples booking flow that only offers a time when two therapists are free, then reserves both calendars in one booking — no double-booking, no phone call
  • Online £10 deposit payment, with the balance paid in the studio
  • If you've been given a gift voucher, book the same way — no deposit to pay
  • Every treatment, price, photo and offer — including promotional codes — editable by you, with no developer needed
  • The whole studio in one admin: customers, therapists, services, offers, gift vouchers, payments, reports, website photos and users — all updatable by you
  • Local SEO for Fulham, Parsons Green, Chelsea and Hammersmith
Business websiteOnline booking systemCouples booking flowDeposit paymentsTreatment & pricing pagesClient admin (CMS)Mobile-first buildSEO

The result

Appointments are booked online, at any hour, with the deposit taken up front — or waived entirely when a gift voucher is used. Couples massages are booked online too: two therapists, one slot, both calendars reserved, so no one has to coordinate it by phone. The studio spends less time on back-and-forth messages and more time on treatments, with payments, reports and website photos managed from the same login. The website now feels like the room itself: calm, professional and reassuring.

Yours to run — no developer needed

I want something like this

The hard part

One couples massage. Two therapists. One booking.

A couples massage needs two therapists free at exactly the same time. Chantara was taking these bookings by phone, because the usual booking tools assume one therapist per appointment.

We built a flow that only offers a time when both therapists are free, then reserves both calendars in a single booking — so neither therapist can be double-booked.

  • Only real availability: no slots with one therapist already booked
  • Two calendars, one booking: both therapists reserved together
  • One confirmation: both guests, same room, same time

Couples massage · 60 min

Thu 5 Nov · 18:00

2 therapists
Nuna
18:00–19:00 Booked
Nina
18:00–19:00 Booked
One booking reserves both calendars.
Same roomOne confirmationNo double-booking

Times offered

16:0017:0018:0019:00

Only 18:00 had two therapists free.

What you control

Four views from the Chantara admin

The studio's booking desk — treatments, the diary, vouchers and the therapist rota.

Sample dataadmin.chantarathaimassage.com

Treatments & prices

12 live

Traditional Thai

60 / 90 / 120 min

£60

Deep Tissue

60 / 90 / 120 min

£60

Hot Stone

60 / 90 / 120 min

£65
Add treatment

Booking diary

Today
Thu 5 NovOpen today
10:00NunaBooked
11:30Any therapistOpen
13:00KwangBooked
18:00Nuna + NinaCouples
Open booking diary →

Vouchers & offers

No deposit

£50 gift voucher

3 sold this week

£100 gift voucher

1 sold this week

Promo code · CHAN10

10% off 60 min

Voucher bookings skip the deposit

Therapist rota

5 therapists
NunaMon–Sat · 10:00–20:00
NinaTue–Sun · 10:00–20:00
KwangWed–Sun · 10:00–20:00
FonMon–Fri · 10:00–18:00
Add therapist

Four views from the working system, shown with sample data. No customer information is displayed.

More than a booking diary

A full studio back office — all yours to update

Bookings are only the start. Therapists, treatments, offers, gift vouchers, payments, reports and website photos all live behind the same login — and every one of them is updatable by you.

  • Couples & single bookings

    Two-therapist couples slots alongside the normal diary, with alerts in one place.

  • Gift vouchers & offers

    Create vouchers and promotions without asking a developer.

  • Payments & reports

    Track payments and pull the reports you need, without a spreadsheet.

All updatable by you, the customer

Chantara

Business management

Dark appearance
  • Dashboard
  • Alerts1
  • Bookings
  • Customers
  • Therapists
  • Services
  • Offers
  • Gift Vouchers
  • Payments
  • Reports
  • Website Photos
  • Users
  • Settings

The admin menu inside Chantara

Before & after · Putney
After: the same Putney Victorian pine living room floor, restored to warm honey-toned pine
Before: a dark, varnished Victorian pine living room floor in Putney

The old site is still live for now; the new build is ready to move onto sandmyfloors.co.uk.

Flooring Carshalton · London & the South CoastNew build preview
03

Sand My Floors

Floor sanding website rebuild with project galleries & a 16-area admin

Twenty-seven years of floor sanding, photographed properly and put where customers can actually see it.

Serving since
1999
Floors
1,000+ jobs
Dust
98–99% free

The brief

Sand My Floors has been sanding and restoring wooden floors since 1999 — more than a thousand jobs across London and the South Coast. Their old site hid that work behind a dated template and a grid of thumbnails. The rebuild puts the transformations first.

What we built

  • A photo-led homepage built around before-and-after project comparisons
  • Project pages by location, wood type and service — Putney, Epsom, Wimbledon, London Bridge and more
  • A quote request flow that lets customers send photos of their floor in a few taps
  • Clear service and pricing guides for sanding, gap filling, staining, oiling and lacquering
  • Mobile-first throughout, with click-to-call and WhatsApp in easy reach
  • A machinery log for sanders, extractors and servicing dates, so maintenance never gets forgotten
  • A 16-area admin: before/after comparisons, gallery photos and categories, projects, page images, services, wood types, machinery, finish guide, advice articles, service areas, reviews, offers and website settings — all editable by you
Website redesignPhoto & project galleriesBefore & after pagesQuote request flowService pagesClient admin (CMS)Mobile-first build

The result

A trades business with decades of work finally has a website that shows the craft up close. Customers can see a floor transformed before they call, and the quote form works on a phone — which is where most of them start. Behind it, the 16-area admin lets the owner reorder comparisons, add a service page or publish a guide without touching a developer.

Yours to run — no developer needed

I want something like this

What you control

Four views from the Sand My Floors admin

The flooring firm's workflow — machinery, project galleries, service pages and quotes.

Sample dataadmin.sandmyfloors.co.uk

Machinery & servicing

4 machines

Lägler Hummel

Service due 12 Nov

In service

Bona extractor

Serviced 3 Oct

In service

Lagler edge sander

Engineer visit 4 Nov

Off

Clarke buffer

Service booked 3 Nov

In service
Add equipmentMaintenance log

Project gallery

18 live
Putney · pine
Epsom · herringbone
Raynes Park · oak
London Bridge · oak
Add project18 published

Services & pages

6 pages

Floor sanding

412 views

Live

Gap filling & repairs

187 views

Live

Staining & oiling

154 views

Live

Supply & fit

Not published

Draft
Add service

Quote requests

3 open

Sarah P. · Putney

Pine · 3 photos

NewReview

James H. · Epsom

Herringbone · 2 photos

Quoted

Priya K. · Wimbledon

Oak floor · 1 photo

Booked
Open quote form →

Four views from the working system, shown with sample data. No customer information is displayed.

The biggest admin of the three

Every part of the website, editable by you

Before-and-after pairs, project galleries, services, wood types, machinery, finish guides, advice articles, service areas, reviews, offers and page images — more editable areas than any other service business we've built for, all behind one login.

  • Reorder & feature

    Drag comparisons and services into order, then star the best.

  • Add pages & guides

    New service pages and advice articles, with their own images and copy.

  • Every image

    Gallery photos, categories and the images used across the site.

All editable by the customer

16

Admin areas

1

Login

All

Editable by you

Before & After

Before/after pairs shown as interactive sliders (or side by side) on the homepage, gallery, projects and wood type pages.

Add Comparison
Search...

Victorian pine living room

Putney · Slider

Pine bedroom with stained border

Putney · Slider

1930s herringbone parquet

Epsom · Slider

Paint-splashed boards to light oak

Raynes Park · Slider

Building site to dark oak

London Bridge · Side by side

Orange varnish to natural pine

Surbiton · Side by side

8 comparisons · drag to reorder · star to feature

Also managing 8 service pages and 8 advice articles.

Next project

Your business could be the fourth.

Every one of these started with a short conversation about how the business actually works. Tell us what yours needs to do, and we'll tell you honestly what it will take.

Built to be yours

One system, shaped around each business

No two businesses run the same way, so their controls shouldn't either. The restaurant gets menus, orders, bookings, sales and reports. The studio gets treatments, a couples booking flow, a booking diary, a therapist rota, payments and reports. The flooring firm gets machinery, galleries, services, guides and quotes — 16 admin areas, the biggest admin of the three.

Different tools, same principle: you make the change, and it's live. No developer needed.

Ask about your admin area

Services

Everything your business needs to get online — done properly

No jargon, no packages you don't need. Tell us about your business and we'll recommend only what will actually help.

Most popular

Business Websites

A clear, professional website that explains what you do, builds trust, and makes it easy for customers to contact you.

  • Mobile-friendly design
  • Contact & enquiry forms
  • Google Maps & opening hours

Ideal for: Trades, services & local firms

Specialist

Restaurant Websites

Menus, opening hours, location and booking enquiries — presented beautifully and easy to update when prices or dishes change.

  • Easy-to-update menus
  • Opening hours & location
  • Table enquiry / contact

Ideal for: Restaurants, cafés & takeaways

E-commerce Websites

Sell products online with a simple shop your customers can trust — and you can manage without technical headaches.

  • Product & category pages
  • Secure checkout setup
  • Order email notifications

Ideal for: Boutiques & retail stores

Website Maintenance

We keep your site updated, backed up and secure, and make small content changes for you if you'd rather not do them yourself.

  • Updates & backups
  • Security checks
  • Small content changes

Ideal for: Busy business owners

Hosting & Domains

Fast, reliable UK-friendly hosting and domain setup handled for you — no confusing control panels or renewal surprises.

  • Domain registration & renewal
  • Fast, secure hosting
  • Business email guidance

Ideal for: New & existing websites

Search Engine Optimisation

Practical SEO so customers can find you on Google — whether you serve a street, a city or the whole country. The right pages, words and listings, done properly from day one.

  • SEO for your market, wherever it is
  • Google Business Profile help
  • Page titles & structure

Ideal for: Businesses wanting enquiries

Website Refreshes

Already have a website that looks dated or is hard to use on phones? We'll modernise it while keeping what already works.

  • Modern, mobile-first redesign
  • Faster loading pages
  • Improved enquiries & calls

Ideal for: Outdated or slow websites

Not sure what you need?

That's completely normal. Tell us about your business and we'll give you honest advice — even if that advice is "you don't need that yet."

Ask for free advice

Included with every website

The essentials done as standard — not sold back to you as expensive extras.

  • Mobile-friendly, responsive design
  • Fast-loading pages
  • SEO titles & descriptions
  • Contact form & click-to-call
  • Google Maps & opening hours
  • Secure HTTPS setup
  • Help setting up Google Business Profile
  • Training to update your site
  • 30 days of launch support

How It Works

From first chat to launch — simple and clear

You'll always know what happens next, what it costs, and when. No surprises, no technical jargon.

  1. 01

    Tell us about your business

    A short, friendly chat (phone, video or in person nearby) about what you do, who your customers are, and what your website needs to do.

  2. 02

    Clear plan & fixed quote

    You get a written plan and a fixed price before anything starts. If something isn't right for you, we'll say so — honestly.

  3. 03

    Design & build

    We design and build your site, share progress for your feedback, and refine it with you. You'll see it on phone and desktop as it comes together.

  4. 04

    Launch & ongoing support

    We launch, check everything, show you how to update your site, and stay available for maintenance, hosting and future improvements.

Typical timescale: 2–4 weeks

From agreed content to launch day for most small business websites.

Start with a free chat

Honest Pricing Guide

Clear packages. Honest prices. No surprises.

Start with the package that sounds most like you, add anything you need, and you'll see a sensible ballpark straight away. Your real price is fixed in writing before any work begins.

1

Choose your starting point

2

Optional extras for Business Website

Client Admin Dashboard is included by default in Business Website — only optional add-ons are shown below.

SEO essentials are in every package Your site and domain stay yours

Your guide estimate

Business Website

For established businesses that need to win enquiries

Package build£795 – £1,295
Included by defaultClient Admin Dashboard

No optional extras selected — toggle any add-on to update your estimate.

Likely investment

£795 – £1,295

One-off build. A guide, not a quote — your exact fixed price is confirmed in writing first.

Turn this into my quote

Free, no obligation — we'll confirm the details with you.

Fixed quote first. Agreed in writing before work starts.

No agency markup. You deal directly with the builder.

Built by Launchpad Studio

Thai Courtyard website on mobileChantara Thai Massage website on desktop
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Launchpad Studio

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UK based

New Malden, UK

One-to-one

You deal with me directly

Self-taught

Built on real projects

No agency markup

Sensible, honest pricing

About Launchpad Studio

A real person, helping real businesses get online

I'm a self-taught web developer based in New Malden. I didn't learn this from a classroom exercise. I learned it by building real websites for real businesses — Thai Courtyard in Molesey, Chantara Thai Massage in Fulham, and Sand My Floors, whose work now runs across London and the South Coast — and seeing first-hand what actually matters to owners: the phone ringing, bookings coming in, and a website they can update without dreading it.

Launchpad Studio exists for a simple reason: too many good businesses are invisible online, or stuck with a slow, outdated website they're almost embarrassed to share. You shouldn't need a large agency budget — or a computer science degree — to fix that.

When you work with Launchpad Studio, you work with me directly. One-to-one, in plain English. I'll tell you honestly what you need, what you don't, and what things cost before we start. The focus is always practical: a fast, professional website that helps customers find you, trust you, and get in touch.

Personal, one-to-one service

No account managers or hand-offs. The person you speak to is the person who builds your site.

Practical focus on results

Clear calls, enquiries and bookings — not design awards or features nobody uses.

No large agency pricing

Professional quality without paying for a big office and layers of staff you'll never meet.

Built for real businesses

Menus you can change, hours you control, pages Google can find. Technology that serves the business.

"If your website isn't helping customers find you and get in touch, it's just an expense. My job is to make it one of the most useful tools in your business."

— Launchpad Studio

Common Questions

Honest answers, before you commit to anything

Can't find your question? Ask it in the quote form below — you'll get a straight answer, not a sales pitch.

How much does a website cost?

It depends on what you need — a simple brochure site costs less than an online shop or a restaurant site with menu management. After a short chat, you'll get a clear, fixed quote in writing before any work starts. No obligation, and no pressure to go ahead.

How long does a website take to build?

Most small business websites take 2–4 weeks once we have your content (text, photos, logo if you have one). If you need something sooner, tell us — we'll be honest about what's possible rather than promising and missing a date.

Can I update the website myself?

Yes — that's the point. Where it makes sense, your site includes a simple admin area (like Thai Courtyard's menu and opening-hours manager) so you can change menus, prices, offers, photos and opening hours yourself — no developer needed. We'll show you how, in plain English.

I already have a website. Can you improve it?

Absolutely. A website refresh keeps your existing content and domain, but gives you a modern, mobile-friendly design, faster pages and clearer calls to action. We'll review your current site free of charge and tell you honestly what needs changing — and what doesn't.

Do you help with hosting, domains and email?

Yes. We can register or transfer your domain, set up fast secure hosting, and help you get a professional email address (like hello@yourbusiness.co.uk). Everything is set up in your name so you always own it.

Will my website show up on Google?

Every site we build includes the SEO fundamentals: correct page titles and descriptions, the right keywords for what you sell and where you sell it, fast loading, mobile-friendliness and help with your Google Business Profile. That's what customers actually search for.

What do you need from me to get started?

Just a conversation to start. It helps if you have a logo, photos and an idea of your services, but if you don't, we can guide you. Many clients start with very little — we'll help you shape the content as we go.

Which areas do you cover?

We're based in New Malden, but we're not limited to it. Most work is done remotely, so we can help wherever you are in the United Kingdom — London, the South Coast, or further afield. If you'd like to meet in person, we can arrange that nearby.

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Tell us a little about your business and what you need. You'll get a personal reply with honest advice and a clear, fixed quote — free, and with no obligation.

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