Web design in St Ives, built for a town that sells out every summer.
St Ives runs on tourism, art and holiday lets. We build fast, beautiful sites and direct-booking engines for the businesses behind it, including the kind of welcome-guide and booking software we run ourselves.
- 99-100
- Google PageSpeed
- Free draft
- Before you pay
- Hand-coded
- Never a template
Whealbit designs websites for St Ives businesses, galleries, restaurants, holiday lets and tourism operators in one of Cornwall's most visited towns. We hand-code fast, mobile-first sites and direct-booking engines that cut the 15 to 20% commission Airbnb and Booking.com charge, so more of every St Ives booking stays with you. You see your homepage live before paying anything.
Built for how St Ives actually works.
St Ives is defined by tourism and the arts: Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth museum, the galleries around the harbour, Porthmeor and Porthminster beaches, and a dense supply of holiday lets, restaurants and independent shops. It is intensely seasonal, packed from Easter to October, quiet in winter, and notoriously hard to drive and park in, which means a huge share of decisions, bookings and recommendations happen on a phone before the visitor ever arrives.
Why a St Ives business should not settle for a template.
In a town where most visitors plan and book on their phone, a slow or clumsy site costs you the booking to the next listing. We build St Ives businesses sites that load instantly on mobile, look the part next to the galleries, and, for accommodation owners, take bookings directly so you keep the commission. We also run StayBinder, a digital welcome-book platform built for exactly this kind of holiday let.
How we build websitesCornish businesses we have built for.
All workCommon questions about web design in St Ives.
Can you build a direct-booking site for my St Ives holiday let?
Yes. We build direct-booking engines with Stripe and multi-property support so guests book straight with you, cutting the 15 to 20% commission the big platforms take. We have done exactly this for Cornish holiday-let owners.
My business is only busy in summer. Is a custom site worth it?
That is the strongest case for one. A fast, well-ranked site works hardest in the booking window before the season, capturing visitors planning their trip months ahead. It earns its keep across every season that follows.
Do you understand the St Ives art and gallery scene?
We do. We build image-led sites that do justice to the work, load fast even with a gallery's worth of photography, and make it easy to sell or enquire, without the bloat a template gallery plugin adds.
Need a website in St Ives?
Start with a free homepage draft and see the work before you commit, or just ask us a question. We reply within one working day.