Digiocular
Website design & development

A better website.
Built to win business.

Digiocular builds custom, mobile-first websites on Next.js from Manila, for businesses in India, the Philippines and worldwide. A landing page is $349 (3–4 days); hotel and portfolio sites start at $499 and business sites at $599 (5–7 days); online stores start at $999 (2–3 weeks), all in US dollars. Scope and price are agreed in writing before work begins.

Business sites from
$599 USD
Typical delivery
3 days to 3 weeks
Scope + price
Agreed before we start
Ownership
Your repo, your domain
Phase 1 · Discovery

Make it easier for customers to choose you.

A website has three jobs: explain your offer, make the business look credible, and give an interested person a clear next step. We design those decisions into the page rather than leaving them to chance.

Before we design anything we go through what you already have on a real phone, the way your customers arrive. These are the four things that most often get in their way, and what we do about each one.

What we look for

4 checks

A visitor cannot tell what you offer

unclear

We lead with what you do, who it is for, and the one next step.

Awkward to use on a phone

pinch to read

Every layout is designed at phone width first, then widened.

Looks dated next to competitors

off-the-shelf

A design built around your brand, not a theme 11,000 sites share.

Enquiring or booking takes too much effort

too many steps

One obvious action per page — call, WhatsApp, enquire or book.

After the rebuild

clear · fast · easy to contact

Checked before every launch: speed on a mid-range phone, Schema.org markup, a 390px overflow sweep and security headers.

The checks we run on every site we review. Yours will differ — that’s why we look first.

Phase 2 · Design

How does a website take shape?

Specimen build · fictional client

aranyahouse.compass 04
ARANYAReserve
A quiet house
above the river.
Seven rooms, a courtyard pool, and the slowest breakfast in the valley.
Reserve a room
Courtyard pool of the Aranya House specimen, lit at dusk
  1. 01

    Structure

    Put the information customers need in the right order. We start from the one action the page has to make easy — here, reserving a room — and cut whatever competes with it.

  2. 02

    Typography

    Make the offer easy to scan and read. A display voice for the brand, a working voice for the details, on a strict scale so the hierarchy lands before anyone reads a word.

  3. 03

    Color & imagery

    Make the website feel like your business. The palette comes from your world, not a template, with one accent doing one job: pointing at the action.

  4. 04

    Motion

    Guide attention without getting in the way. The image breathes, the button invites — enough life to feel considered, never enough to distract from booking.

Our websites

Built around each business.

Different businesses need different websites. Explore the design and the features behind five real builds — every screenshot is the live site, and every one of them is a link you can open.

Shree Ganesha Palace website, designed and built by Digiocular
01

Shree Ganesha Palace

4-star heritage hotel · Varanasi

gilded · unhurried · palatial

A heritage palace near the ghats, rebuilt so guests book direct instead of through OTAs. Ivory plaster, brass, cinematic serif type.

Omvity website, designed and built by Digiocular
02

Omvity

Spiritual travel · Varanasi

devotional · guided · amber

Ganga aarti, ghat walks, temple mornings. Saffron warmth over river-stone neutrals.

Hotel Vagmi website, designed and built by Digiocular
03

Hotel Vagmi

Boutique hotel · Varanasi

night-lit · brass · urban

A hotel that glows after dark, so the site does too. Live room rates from its own booking engine, one-tap WhatsApp on every room, and a full Hindi edition.

Highlights Taal website, designed and built by Digiocular
04

Highlights Taal

Lakefront resort · Batangas, Philippines

sunset · breathless · wide-open

An infinity pool that looks straight at Taal volcano. Photography-first design, WhatsApp booking.

Pingo website, designed and built by Digiocular
05

Pingo

FMCG snack brand · India

loud · crunchy · street

A five-rupee chatpata snack with cartoon energy. Primary colors at full volume, zero corporate polish.

Phase 3 · Build

Designed carefully. Built to work reliably.

What that means for you: it works properly on a phone, people using a keyboard or screen reader can still get through it, search engines and AI answers can read what you offer, and the booking, contact or payment tools you already use are wired in.

Under that, your site ships on Next.js and React and deploys to Vercel — no page builders, no plugin roulette, no monthly ransom to keep a theme alive. The checklist on the right is the one we work through before handover. The repo lands in your GitHub account, not ours: fire us any time and the site stays yours.

our pre-launch checklist · illustration

The stack we build on

Vercel · Edge-deployedNext.js · React 19Speed tested before launchBuilt to WCAG 2.2 AA guidelinesSchema.org · JSON-LDResend · transactional email

How the options actually compare.

WordPress and Wix are genuinely good choices for some projects — a simple blog, a hobby page, a site someone wants to edit alone with no developer. Here is where each path fits, and where a custom build earns its cost.

  • Speed on a phone

    Digiocular

    Tuned per build

    WordPress
    Depends on theme
    Wix
    Platform-limited
    Cheap freelancer
    Varies
  • Custom design

    Digiocular

    Every time

    WordPress
    Theme-based
    Wix
    Drag-drop blocks
    Cheap freelancer
    Sometimes
  • SEO + AI-answer readiness

    Digiocular

    Baked in

    WordPress
    Plugin needed
    Wix
    Basic only
    Cheap freelancer
    Usually no
  • Code ownership

    Digiocular

    Your GitHub repo

    WordPress
    Yes, but messy
    Wix
    Locked to Wix
    Cheap freelancer
    Mostly yes
  • Time to launch

    Digiocular

    3 days–3 weeks

    WordPress
    2–4 weeks
    Wix
    2–6 weeks
    Cheap freelancer
    4–12 weeks
  • Ongoing cost

    Digiocular

    $49/mo optional

    WordPress
    $15–80/mo + plugins
    Wix
    $23–59/mo locked
    Cheap freelancer
    Variable
  • Security updates

    Digiocular

    Automatic

    WordPress
    You patch plugins
    Wix
    Wix handles
    Cheap freelancer
    Often forgotten
Phase 4 · Launch

See what went live.

Every site below is live and clickable, and every figure comes from that client’s own case record — not from this page.

Sri Shyam Villas website by Digiocular

Hospitality · Website Development

98/100 PageSpeed, +80% inquiries

Luxury boutique website in 3 weeks

PageSpeed
98/100
Mobile
100%
Inquiries
80%
Hotel Vagmi website by Digiocular

Hospitality

Hotel Vagmi

Live room rates, a branded booking engine, English + Hindi

Case study
ReviewWala website by Digiocular

Our SaaS

ReviewWala

+0.8★ avg rating lift across 260+ businesses

Case study

The rest of the shelf

All 28+ projects,
live and clickable.

Handover

What comes with every build?

14 line items, written down before you pay anything. The list is the same on the cheapest project and the most expensive one — the price changes the scope, never these standards.

At handover you get the repository, the analytics accounts, the domain and a walkthrough of all of it, in your name. Your quote states the pages, the review rounds, the testing and what happens after launch, so none of it is a surprise.

  1. 01Custom design — no templates, no Wix exports
  2. 02Mobile-first responsive layout
  3. 03Modern tech stack (Next.js + TypeScript + Tailwind)
  4. 04Speed tested before launch (we target 95+ PageSpeed)
  5. 05SEO baked in — Schema.org, semantic HTML, sitemap
  6. 06Pixel-perfect approval before launch
  7. 07Real-time staging URL during build
  8. 08Deployed on Vercel's global edge network
  9. 09SSL + HTTPS by default
  10. 10Automatic backups
  11. 11One round of revisions before launch (no upcharge)
  12. 122 weeks of free post-launch support
  13. 13Full code repository in your name
  14. 14Zero vendor lock-in — take the code anywhere, anytime

How much does a website cost?

All twelve website types

Your final quote depends on the pages, the content and the features. We agree the scope before the build starts. Hotel, restaurant, booking, real-estate, education and corporate sites each have their own price — see the full list.

Landing Page

Single page, conversion-focused, A/B test ready, lead-capture forms. 3–4 days.

Setup$349
Most popular

Business Website

Company profile, service pages, contact forms, multiple sections. 5–7 days.

Setup$599

E-commerce Store

Product catalog, secure payments, inventory management, abandoned-cart. 2–3 weeks.

Setup$999

All prices in USD. Your domain, hosting, any paid third-party services (booking engines, payment gateways, premium fonts or stock) and applicable taxes are separate and listed in your quote. Ongoing care is optional: a $49/month maintenance plan covers monitoring and small updates, and is not the same thing as the $99/month Basic marketing retainer.

FAQ

Questions, answered straight.

I already have a website. Can you redesign it instead of starting over?

Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. We go through your current site on a real phone first, agree what is working and what is not, then rebuild it around the same goal. Your content, your pages and your search rankings come with you: we map every old URL to its new one so existing traffic keeps landing. A redesign is quoted the same way as a new build, by the pages and features it needs.

How much does a website cost?

A landing page starts at $349, a business website at $599, a hotel website at $499 and an e-commerce store at $999. Corporate sites with eight or more pages start at $1,299. All prices are in USD and cover design, build, mobile testing, on-page SEO and launch. Your domain, hosting, any paid third-party services and applicable taxes are separate and itemised in your quote, which we agree before any work starts.

What exactly do I get for the starting price?

A custom design made for your business rather than a theme, a mobile-first build, the pages agreed in your scope, on-page SEO and Schema.org markup, analytics, security headers, a contact or enquiry path wired to wherever you actually read messages, and launch on your own domain. Review rounds are part of the process, not an extra. If something falls outside the agreed scope we price it before we build it, never after.

I do not have photos or written content ready. Can we still start?

Yes. Most clients start exactly there. We write the page structure and the copy from a conversation about your business, and we will tell you precisely which photos matter and which ones you can skip. If you have nothing usable we work with licensed stock for launch and swap in your own pictures later. Content gaps slow a project down more than anything else, so we plan around them at the start instead of waiting.

How long does it take?

A landing page is typically 3 to 4 days. A business, hotel, portfolio or restaurant site is typically 5 to 7 days. Booking systems and SaaS marketing sites are 7 to 10 days. E-commerce and corporate sites of eight or more pages are 2 to 3 weeks. We agree a target date with you when the scope is set, and the single biggest factor in hitting it is how quickly content and feedback come back.

Do we own the website?

Yes, fully. The repository lives in your GitHub account, the domain is registered in your name, and the hosting and analytics accounts are yours. You can self-host it, hand it to another agency or extend it with another team at any point. There is no vendor lock-in and nothing of yours is held on our side.

What happens after launch?

Minor tweaks in the first two weeks after launch are on us. After that, a $49/month maintenance plan is optional and covers security monitoring, uptime alerts, performance checks and content updates of up to two pages a month. New pages or features are $25/hour pay-as-you-go, or a $199 quarterly refresh. The $49 maintenance plan is not the same thing as our $99/month Basic marketing retainer, which is ongoing SEO and content work.

Can the site connect to the tools we already use?

Usually, yes. Booking engines, payment gateways, WhatsApp, Google Business Profile, Calendly, a CRM, email marketing and Google Analytics or Search Console are all normal parts of a build. Tell us what you already run during the scoping call and we will confirm what connects directly, what needs a paid plan on their side, and what would need custom work before we quote it.

Can we add features later?

Yes, and the stack is chosen partly for that. A booking system is a $249 add-on, a payment integration $249, an AI chatbot trained on your FAQ $599, a custom dashboard $499. Every add-on price is published upfront on our pricing page. Because you own the code, you are not restricted to us for any of it.

What if we want to move off WordPress, Wix or Squarespace?

A migration is a $299 flat fee on top of the build. We move your content, redirect the old URLs to the new ones so you do not lose search rankings, and check that Google Search Console and Analytics keep reporting without a gap. Most migrations finish in 5 to 7 days.

Why not just use WordPress or Wix?

For a simple blog, a hobby page or a site you want to edit alone with no developer, they are reasonable choices and we will say so. A custom build earns its cost when the design has to be yours rather than a theme thousands of sites share, when speed on a phone directly affects enquiries, and when you want no plugins to patch and no platform to be locked into. We are happy to tell you when your project does not need us.

What do you build on, and where is it hosted?

Next.js, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS, with Framer Motion for animation and Schema.org markup for search and AI answers. No page builders and no plugin maintenance. Sites deploy to Vercel under your own account. Vercel's free Hobby plan is for personal, non-commercial use, so a business site runs on its Pro plan: $20 a month, which includes $20 of usage credit (vercel.com/pricing, checked September 2026). If you would rather host on AWS, DigitalOcean or a traditional cPanel server, we will set it up there instead. The domain is always purchased and owned by you.

Will the site be secure?

HTTPS and SSL are on by default, and every build ships with security headers including a content security policy, HSTS and frame-deny. Marketing sites are built static-first, so there is no database or plugin surface to exploit. E-commerce and application builds get rate limiting and a security review as part of the package.

Do you work with businesses in India and the Philippines?

Yes. Digiocular is headquartered in Manila, Philippines and works remote-first with clients worldwide, including the Philippines, India, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe. Delivered client work so far is mostly in India (hotels in Varanasi, a travel agency, a D2C footwear store and an FMCG snack brand) and the Philippines (a lakeside resort and its restaurant in Batangas, a spa in Quezon City and a food business in Manila). Working hours on WhatsApp are 9am–9pm IST (11:30am–11:30pm PHT). All prices are published in US dollars; local currency is available on request for India.

Ready when you are

Let us build the website your business needs.

Tell us what you do, whether this is a new website or a redesign, and what customers should be able to do on it. We’ll review the requirements and quote the work with you.

Already have a website and just want to know what is wrong with it? instead. You don’t need one to ask for a build.

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