Work directly with Ben, the person who designs, writes and builds your site, not an account manager passing notes to a team you never meet. Topline Studio is a one-person studio based in Liverpool, making fast, hand-coded websites for the city’s small businesses at fixed prices.
One person, fixed prices, no surprises.
Liverpool has plenty of agencies, and some of them are very good. The real difference with a freelancer is who picks up the phone. In practice it looks like this.
No hand-offs. When you explain how your customers find you, the same person turns that into page structure, copy and code, so nothing gets lost between a salesperson and a developer.
You get my mobile number and a straight answer about what a change will cost and how long it will take. No ticket queue, no “I’ll check with the team”.
There is no office floor or sales team to pay for, which is why a Starter site is a fixed £1,250 rather than a day rate that keeps running.
One person can only take on so much at once. If your project really needs a team of five, I’ll tell you on the first call and suggest what to look for in an agency instead.
Different parts of the city search in different ways. A few of the patterns each site is designed around:
From the waterfront and the Baltic Triangle to the restaurants around Bold Street, people decide where to eat on their phones, often minutes before they arrive. Menus as real web pages rather than PDFs, accurate opening hours and one-tap directions matter more than a clever homepage.
Lark Lane, Allerton Road and the city-centre streets are full of independents up against chains that spend heavily online. A small, quick site that shows what you sell, where you are and when you’re open closes much of that gap.
Plumbers, electricians and builders working West Derby, Woolton or Garston win jobs from people with a problem right now. Click-to-call at the top of every page and a short quote form beat a gallery of stock photos.
Clients check prices, qualifications and how to book before they ring. Clear treatment pages and online booking, which comes with the Growth package, answer those questions up front.
Topline Studio started in 2026 and it is just me. I won’t show you invented results or a wall of borrowed logos. What I can show you is the live site I built for MSM Driving Academy over in Warrington, concept builds that show the standard of work, and a free audit of your own site, so you can judge for yourself before spending anything.
From the city centre to the southern suburbs, and the rest of Merseyside too. Package details and prices are on the home page.
Three fields and Ben gets back to you personally. Rather talk? Call or text 07726 480789.
You deal with one person from the first call to launch day, prices are fixed rather than billed by the hour, and decisions happen in a phone call rather than a meeting. An agency makes more sense if you need a large team, round-the-clock support or several specialists working at once, and I’ll say so if that’s you.
Me, Ben Edwards. I scope the work, write the copy with you, design and build the site and put it live. There is no account manager in between.
Yes. I’m based in Liverpool and happy to meet when it helps, though most projects run smoothly over the phone, email and WhatsApp.
Not one I can show you yet. Topline is a new studio, and client sites only appear here with the client’s OK. The first live one is MSM Driving Academy in Warrington, and the concept builds on this site show the standard of work. The free audit is the quickest way to see how I’d approach your own site.
My prices are the same wherever you are: Starter £1,250, Growth £2,500, Pro £4,000, fixed, half on signing and half on launch. The SEO start-up package is £250 one-off (included in Pro), and the optional Care plan is £99 a month from launch.
Ring or WhatsApp me on 07726 480789, or send the quick form. If I’m not the right fit, I’ll say so and point you at someone who is.