Directory-build studio — niche UK directories from £750

I build niche UK directories that pay for themselves.

From data sources you already trust, in three weeks, on your domain. From £750. Same engine that built Commercial EV Installers UK — 1,132 OZEV-authorised firms, 132 town pages, live since May 2026.

1,132records indexed

132town pages

Built-inSchema.org + sitemap

May 2026live since

What you get

A static, fast, indexable directory site — not a CMS, not a SaaS subscription.

✓Scoped data extraction from your nominated public source

✓1,000+ pages generated from one dataset (location × category × FAQ combinations)

✓Schema.org markup, sitemap.xml, Open Graph cards — out of the box

✓Hosted on your domain via Cloudflare Pages or GitHub Pages (free tier)

✓You keep the source code, the data, and the .com — no platform lock-in

Pricing

Fixed price. No discovery phase, no T&M creep.

Starter — £750

Single data source. ≤500 records, ≤500 generated pages. Schema markup, sitemap, your domain. 3 weeks delivery.

Standard — £1,500

Multi-source merge. ≤2,000 records, ≤2,000 pages. Custom programmatic SEO, light editorial templates, your hosting. 4 weeks.

Custom — by quote

Larger datasets, multi-language, ingestion pipelines, light backend. Email for a quote →

Fixed-price, 50% upfront, balance on go-live. No retainer, no upsells.

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from hiring a developer?: A developer builds you a CMS and bills 80 hours. I bring a pipeline that already exists and adapt it to your data. The reason it's £750–£1,500 instead of £8,000 is that 80% of the code is reused.
What data sources can you use?: Any public dataset (gov.uk OGL, ONS, Companies House, sector registers), any CSV/Excel you already own, or a polite scrape of a public source within ToS. I do not buy data and I do not scrape behind logins.
Who owns the output?: You do. Source code, data, and domain. Delivered as a GitHub repo you control. I keep no admin access after handover.
What's not included?: Ongoing content writing, ongoing SEO outreach, paid ads, a logo, and a database backend. The build is a static site by design — faster, cheaper, harder to break.
Why so cheap?: Honest answer: I'm pricing for proof. I want 5 case studies by the end of 2026 more than I want margin. After that the rate goes up. Lock the current rate while it's here.
Refunds?: If at any point before go-live you decide to cancel, I refund the deposit minus any third-party costs incurred (typically £0–£20). After go-live, no refunds — the deliverable is yours.