3 Wee Pages vs a freelance web designer
A good freelancer can build you something fully bespoke. The question is whether you need bespoke — and whether you want to spend £500–£2,000 and several weeks to get it.
A freelance web designer is the right answer for a lot of businesses. If you need custom design, more than a few pages, a booking system, an online shop or anything unusual, a skilled freelancer will build exactly what you describe. We'd point you to one ourselves for that kind of job.
For a simple three-page site, though, a freelancer often means a bigger budget — commonly £500 to £2,000+ — a few weeks of back-and-forth, and the usual risk of availability, briefs and revisions. That's a lot of process for 'name, services, contact, looks tidy'.
3 Wee Pages is built for exactly that simple case: a fixed £149, a real person, a first draft within 24 hours, and your own .co.uk at the end. Narrow on purpose, so it's quick and cheap.
Side by side
| 3 Wee Pages | a freelance web designer | |
|---|---|---|
| Typical price | £149 once, then £49/year | Commonly £500–£2,000+ for a small site |
| Time to first draft | Within 24 hours | Usually a few weeks |
| Scope | Three tidy pages, done well | Whatever you brief — fully custom |
| Flexibility | Fixed format, clean template | Bespoke design and features |
| Your domain | Your own .co.uk, included | Usually arranged, costs vary |
| Process | Answer a few questions, we build | Brief, drafts, revisions, sign-off |
| Best for | A simple site, fast and cheap | Custom, complex or growing sites |
3 Wee Pages is the better fit when…
You need a straightforward, professional three-page site quickly and at a fixed price, and you don't need custom design, e-commerce, or a pile of pages.
A freelancer is the better choice when…
you need something bespoke — a distinctive design, many pages, online booking or payments, a shop, or anything beyond a simple brochure site. For those jobs a good freelancer is worth every penny, and we'd genuinely recommend going that route rather than forcing it into three pages.
If your job is simple, £149 and 24 hours is hard to beat. If it's not, hire a freelancer — and don't let anyone sell you a template at bespoke prices.
Common questions
What if I need more than three pages?
Then a freelancer is probably the better fit — that's an honest answer. 3 Wee Pages is deliberately three pages so it can be fast and cheap. For anything bigger, custom is the way.
Is a £149 site as good as a £1,000 one?
For a simple three-page brochure site, the gap is smaller than the price suggests — clean, professional, mobile-friendly, your own domain. For complex or highly designed sites, paying more genuinely buys more.
Ready when you are.
Three tidy pages and your own .co.uk, £149 to launch, drafted within 24 hours by a real person.