What I Build
Web Design
Bespoke websites built around your business, not a template. Most developers build functional sites; I build beautiful ones, with a graphic designer's eye and no agency runaround.
- Custom design
- Mobile-first
- Built to convert
- SEO foundations
Web Apps
More than just websites. I build functional web applications with the features your business needs, from content management to bespoke tools that solve a real operational problem.
- Custom web apps
- CMS integration
- Interactive features
- Performance-first
Hosting & Domains
I handle the technical side so you do not have to. Domain registration, hosting setup, SSL certificates, and ongoing maintenance all taken care of.
- Domain registration
- Fast, secure hosting
- SSL certificates
- Ongoing support
Content Management
Send a change over and I will handle it, usually the same day. Everyday updates are always included, no sneaky invoices, or I can build you a CMS to do it yourself.
- Quick turnaround updates
- Optional CMS
- No lock-in
- Full control
Selected Work
Six live builds, no two alike. Restaurants, a boutique hotel, a live act and a photography portfolio, each designed around what the business actually needed.
Padharo
An award-winning vegetarian Indian restaurant. The food is careful, so the site had to be too. Reservations, menus, and room for the photography to work. Visit site
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Ryan Stanikk
My own photography portfolio. Image-first, fast and quiet about everything else, because the pictures are the pitch. Visit site
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Ennio's
A waterfront Italian institution: restaurant, bar and boutique hotel in one building, and one site holding it all together without breaking a sweat. Visit site
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Banana Wharf
Two marina restaurants under one brand. Menus, offers, Sunday roasts and bookings that hold up on a busy waterfront weekend. Visit site
Visit Site
Ark Angels
A live act with a lot to fit on one page. Gigs, residencies, videos and bookings, none of it cramped. Visit site
Visit Site
Soleto
An Italian restaurant that needed somewhere to send people before they arrived. Menu, gallery, bookings, all without ringing the kitchen mid-service. Visit site
Visit SitePricing
A single-page site that makes you look as good online as you are in person.
- Custom single-page design
- Mobile-first & responsive
- SEO foundations
- Hosting & SSL included
- Ongoing support
Multi-page site with everything you need to grow your business online.
- Up to 5 custom pages
- Contact forms
- Google Business integration
- Everything in Starter
- Priority support
Larger sites with CMS, advanced integrations, and room to grow.
- Up to 15 custom pages
- CMS integration
- Advanced integrations
- Everything in Business
- Dedicated support
Got a larger project in mind? Need e-commerce, custom features, or something more ambitious? Get in touch for a custom quote.
All plans include hosting, SSL, domain setup, and ongoing support. Monthly pricing spreads your build cost over 12 months. Pay upfront to start at the lower retainer rate immediately. Day-to-day updates like text changes, image swaps, and menu updates are always included. Larger changes may be quoted separately depending on complexity.
How I Work
Discovery
A proper conversation about your business, your brand, and your goals. Face to face if you are local, video call if not.
Design
Layouts crafted with the mind of a graphic designer and the eye of a photographer. Every element is intentional.
Build
Clean, fast, accessible code built for performance and SEO from the ground up.
Launch
Domain, hosting, SSL, testing. I handle every detail of deployment.
Support
I do not disappear after launch. Ongoing updates and maintenance included.
Common Questions
Kombu is a one-person creative studio in Southampton run by Ryan Stanikk, covering web design, graphic design, commercial photography and marketing. The name comes from kombu kelp, the quiet ingredient that makes everything around it better: one person handling the whole stack so it all pulls in the same direction.
Starter sites are £49 per month or £199 to build, Business sites £79 per month or £299, and Professional sites £149 per month or £499. Every plan includes hosting, SSL, domain setup and ongoing support, with no hidden fees. After the 12-month term, monthly plans drop to a lower retainer.
Most projects are measured in days and weeks rather than weeks and months. A single-page site is often ready in one to two weeks, while larger multi-page or custom builds take longer. You will have a realistic timeline from the very first conversation.
Yes. I am based in Southampton and work with businesses right across Hampshire, including Eastleigh, Winchester, Portsmouth, Fareham and Romsey, and remotely with clients anywhere in the UK. If you are local I will meet you in person; if you are further afield I work over video call.
The more you can provide, the more I can get your website right from the start. That said, I do my own research and dig out any details that have been missed, and as a commercial photographer I can create imagery for your site too. Between what you give me and what I find, I will have everything I need.
Yes. Domain registration, hosting, SSL and ongoing maintenance are all included in your plan. You own everything, there is no lock-in, and I handle every technical detail so you do not have to.
You talk to me, not an account manager, a junior developer or a sales team. I am a designer first, so I care about how things look and how they work. Changes happen fast because there are no layers of approval, everyday updates are included rather than itemised on an invoice, and your site stays current instead of frozen the moment the build is signed off.
Is your website holding you back?
Drop your URL below and I will personally review your site. You will get honest, no-nonsense feedback on what is working, what is not, and what could be better. No automated reports, just real insights from a designer.
Almost there. Hit send in WhatsApp and I will take a look and come back with honest feedback.
Your site, sorted.
A coffee in Southampton if you are local, a video call if you are not. Either way, a proper chat about what your website needs, not a sales pitch.