Your website is costing you customers: Here's how to fix it for £9 a month

Written by Phil Webb from Vu Agency

Most people decide whether to trust a business within seconds of landing on its website. 

That first impression shapes everything, whether they stay to explore, pick up the phone, or click away to a competitor. Yet countless companies leave their websites gathering dust, knowing they need an update but dreading the process of actually making it happen.

The reasons are understandable. Traditional website redesigns are slow, expensive, and unnecessarily complicated.

They often involve lengthy discovery phases, multiple rounds of revisions, and final invoices that bear little resemblance to the original quote. For small and medium-sized businesses, in particular, the prospect of spending thousands of pounds and weeks of time on a redesign simply isn't realistic, even when the current site is clearly holding them back.

That's the problem we built Raq.com to solve.

See your redesign before you spend a penny

Raq.com is an AI-powered website tool that shows you exactly what your site could look like, without requiring any upfront payment.

The process is remarkably simple: paste in your current website URL, and within an hour, you'll have multiple modern homepage concepts ready to explore and compare.

You can browse different layouts, review the structure and visual style, and get a clear sense of what a refreshed version of your site might look like. No commitment is required at this stage. You're simply seeing what's possible, with no obligation to take things further.

This alone sets Raq.com apart from traditional agencies and freelancers, where you typically need to invest significant time and money before seeing any tangible output. With Raq.com, the output comes first.

Not just redesigns, start from scratch too

While Raq.com is perfect for businesses looking to refresh an outdated website, it's equally powerful for those starting from scratch.

If you're launching a new venture and don't yet have a website, Raq.com can build one from the ground up.

Simply provide some basic information about your business, what you do, who you serve, and what you want to achieve, and the platform generates a fully designed site ready for you to review and refine.

This makes Raq.com ideal for startups and new businesses operating with limited time and tight budgets. Instead of waiting months and spending thousands on a traditional web development project, founders can have a professional online presence up and running in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost.

When you're in the early stages of building something new, every pound and every hour counts. Raq.com lets you invest where they matter most, growing your business, rather than getting stuck in a drawn-out website build.

The risk simply isn't there

Here's what makes Raq.com fundamentally different: you only pay when you choose to publish. The platform is free to use for as long as you need, and when you're ready to go live with your new design, the cost is a straightforward £9 per month.

That monthly fee covers everything you need to run a professional website, hosting, SSL security certificates, and performance optimisation. There are no hidden costs, no setup fees, and no lengthy contracts tying you in.

If it's not working for you, you can walk away without penalty.

For businesses that have been burned by unexpected costs or scope creep, this model offers something genuinely refreshing: complete transparency and zero financial risk until you've seen exactly what you're getting.

Updates without the headache

One of the most frustrating aspects of owning a website is keeping it up to date.

Traditional content management systems can be clunky and unintuitive, and even simple changes often require chasing developers or waiting days for responses.

Raq.com takes a different approach. Once your site is live, making updates is as simple as sending an email.

An AI agent processes your request, applies the changes, and shows you a preview before anything goes public. You stay in control without needing to learn new software or manage technical complexity.

This means your website can evolve alongside your business, rather than becoming another static asset that slowly falls out of date.

Built for businesses ready to move

Whether you're refreshing an existing site or building your first one from scratch, Raq.com removes the barriers that typically stand in the way: time, cost, and complexity.

It lets you quickly and affordably create a modern, professional online presence, without technical knowledge or a substantial budget.

This isn't about replacing professional designers or strategic thinking.

There will always be situations where a fully bespoke approach makes sense.

But for businesses that simply need a cleaner, faster, more effective website without the usual obstacles, Raq.com offers an easier first step.

If your website has been sitting on the "we really should update this" list for months, or if you've been putting off building one altogether because the process seemed too daunting—now might be the time to see what's possible.

It costs nothing to find out, and you only pay when you're genuinely ready to go live.