S5 № 01 / vol. 01 / 2026 · sheffield · est. 2026

Hand-built websites for Sheffield barbershops.

Plays nicely with Fresha or Booksy. Walk-ins still welcome. A site that looks like the chair you sit in, not a Wix template. Fixed price, from £500.

  • Solo, not agency
  • Hand-built, no WordPress
  • You own every file
  • Same-day reply
  • Walk into your shop
  • S5 / S9 / S4
  • From £500, fixed

Quoted £2,000 by an agency that’s never set foot in a barbershop. Or paying £20 a month for a Wix template that looks like every other shop on Chesterfield Road. The middle has been missing.

A concept build. Made for a Sheffield barbershop.

Forge Barbershop site preview
case · 01 · concept

Forge Barbershop

A vintage editorial site for a Shiregreen barbershop. Photo-print hero, working 3-step booking modal, dark warm palette, Fraunces serif throughout. Built as a spec piece to show what a Sheffield barber site can look like when it isn’t a Wix template.

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Visit the site

Three simple options. Fixed prices. No surprises.

Starter
£500

A proper one-page site. Fits most small shops, salons, and tradespeople comfortably.

  • Single-page. Hand-built, no WordPress.
  • You own every file. Host where you want.
  • Mobile-tested on a real phone, not a simulator
  • Up to 2 rounds of revisions
  • Live in 1–2 weeks

Add-on · SEO foundation +£200 · see SEO method

Standard
£900

Multi-page, or with one custom feature like online booking, a gallery, or simple ordering.

  • Up to 5 pages. Hand-built, no WordPress.
  • One custom feature (booking, gallery, ordering)
  • You own every file. Host where you want.
  • SEO foundation included: GBP, schema, FAQ block, citations, review flow
  • Live in 2–3 weeks
Care plan
£35/mo

Optional. Hosting, updates, backups, and small changes whenever you need them.

  • Hosting and SSL on fast UK servers
  • Monthly content updates
  • Ongoing GBP posts and review monitoring
  • Security patches and daily backups
  • Same-day reply, fix that night if I can
  • Cancel any time, walk away with your files
First three clients

Be one of the first three.

I’m taking on the first three clients at the £500 starter price plus two hours of in-person training on how to update your site after launch. After three, prices go up. I’d rather have three real shops to point to than ten polite testimonials.

2 of 3 spots remaining · Booking starts for May–June 2026

Get in touch

Four steps. Plain English. No agency-speak.

/ 01

We meet

In your shop, on the phone, or over WhatsApp. You tell me what your business does and what you want. 15 minutes, free, no obligation.

/ 02

I quote

A fixed-price quote in plain English, usually within 24 hours. Pay 50% to start, 50% on launch. Nothing hidden in between.

/ 03

I build

Most sites take 1–2 weeks. You see progress as I go and you have rounds to ask for changes. No mystery, no waiting.

/ 04

You launch

Site goes live. I show you what you can update yourself. The optional care plan kicks in if you want it. You own everything.

Things people ask before they sign.

I already use Fresha (or Booksy). Will the site replace that?

No, and you don’t want it to. Fresha and Booksy do calendars, no-show fees and SMS reminders properly. The site sits in front of them: it’s the shop window people find on Google, and the “Book online” button drops them straight into your existing Fresha or Booksy page. You keep your booking system. The site is what makes new customers click it.

Most of my customers are walk-ins. Do I really need a site?

Walk-ins still Google you first to check opening hours, prices, and whether you do beard trims. If they land on a half-finished Facebook page or a Wix site that loads slowly on a phone, some of them turn around. A proper one-pager that loads in under a second answers their question and earns the walk-in. Walk-ins still welcome; the site just stops you losing the ones who would’ve come.

I haven’t got time to send you photos. How does that work?

Two options. I can come into the shop for an hour with a phone and shoot the chair, the tools, a couple of fades, the front; that’s usually enough. Or you send me whatever you’ve already got over WhatsApp, even if it’s just camera-roll snaps, and I’ll work with those. I’ll tell you straight if a photo isn’t doing the site any favours.

My prices change. Can I update the site myself?

For prices, opening hours, and bank-holiday closures, send me a WhatsApp; I do the change and push it live, usually same day. On the £35 care plan that’s included; off it, small edits are normally free or a few quid. If you want a CMS where you tap your own prices in, I can build that, but most barber shops don’t need it and it adds cost. Up to you.

Can the site handle services beyond barbering? Hairdressing, kids’ cuts, beard work?

Yes. The price list, services menu and online booking can all split into as many categories as you want — gents’ cuts, kids under 12, full beard, hot-towel shave, hairdressing if you do it. The Forge concept build above shows the pattern. If your shop does something specific (line-ups, restyles, retail products) we lay it out so it actually gets booked, not buried.

Can I see what one looks like before committing?

Yes, scroll up. The Forge Barbershop site is a concept build for a fictional Sheffield barber, made specifically to show what your site could look like. Click through; the booking flow works, the gallery works, it’s a real working build, not a screenshot. Yours wouldn’t be a copy — different shop, different photos, different palette — but the level of finish is what you’d be getting.

About S5 Web Co.

I'm Raj, based in Sheffield S5. I started S5 Web Co. because too many small businesses round here are paying the wrong price for the wrong site — five-figure builds for a one-page menu, or £20-a-month templates that look like everyone else's. The middle ground — a properly designed site, hand-built, fixed price, that you actually own — wasn't really being offered. So now it is.

— Raj · S5 Web Co. · Sheffield S5

Quickest way to start: send a message.

I work mainly across S5, S9, S4 and the rest of north and east Sheffield — but if you're nearby and small, I'd like to hear from you. No website yet? Even better, that's exactly the brief.