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Your new website is free.
No catch. No contract. Just a proper website for your business.
SME Shack builds websites for small UK businesses — starting at nothing. You keep ownership, you get fast hosting, and when you're ready to grow, we're right here.
A free website with annual hosting.
Pay 12 months of hosting upfront and we build your website for free. From £180/yr for a clean 4-page site, or £588/yr for the full version with blog, SEO, and Google Business Profile. Don't want annual? £99 one-off basic, or £499 full — both with monthly hosting from £15.
See all three build paths →Ready to sell online?
We build Shopify stores that are set up properly from day one — right products, right structure, right payment flow. Packages start at £499 for a straightforward store. No template-and-hope. We set it up to actually convert.
See Shopify pricing →Want AI working for your business?
AI can replace hours of admin, generate customer follow-ups, score leads, forecast stock, and run quietly in the background of your business. We help you figure out where it fits and build the tools to make it work — like the AI-powered operating system we built for Aykiz. Free audit to start.
Book a free AI audit →Built by people who've run businesses. For people running businesses.
SME Shack was started by Ali Shiwani, who spent years on the other side of the table — running Merch Street, an e-commerce business, and learning the hard way what it costs when your website is slow, your checkout is broken, or your supplier process runs on email chains and hope.
That experience runs through everything we do. We've also built the kind of in-house tools most small businesses end up needing — like the AI-powered operating system we built for Aykiz, which replaced spreadsheets and WhatsApp threads with a system the whole team could use.
When you work with us, you're not talking to an account manager reading from a brief, or a random web developer trying to sell you something you don't need. You're talking to people who've been in your shoes and know what actually moves the needle.
You talk to people who get business.
Not random web developers reading from a brief — people who've actually run businesses and understand what your website needs to do.
Pricing is on the website.
Every package has a price. No “get in touch for a quote” on things that have a fixed cost.
Ongoing, not one-off.
Most clients stay on a retainer. We look after your site month to month — updates, fixes, and improvements included.
We'll tell you if it's not worth it.
If you don't need something, we'll say so. We'd rather keep a long-term client than sell you a project you don't need.
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What clients say
Real words from real small business owners we've worked with.
“Fast, professional, and genuinely interested in what I was trying to do. They built my bilingual site, added Stripe for book sales, and had it live before my TV interview — so I could point viewers straight to it. Couldn't ask for more.”
Hanif Shiwani
Author (hanifshiwani.com)
From the blog
Practical, no-nonsense advice for small business owners.
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Let's talk about your business.
A discovery call takes 20 minutes. You tell us where you are, we tell you what we'd do — no fluff, no pressure. If it's not the right fit, we'll point you somewhere that is.
Book a free discovery callNo sales pitch. Just a conversation about your business.