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I'm Alastair Banwell. I build websites for people who run their own business.

One person, not an agency. The person you speak to is the person who does the work, from the first call to launch day and beyond.

Alastair Banwell playing football in Sweden
Playing in Sweden. This is where I learned to take the details seriously.
My story

Football first, then a real business.

By eighteen, football was looking like a real career: the ABC Motsepe League, a trial at Stellenbosch FC, and a season playing in Sweden. Getting that close takes an obsession with preparation and with doing the details right under pressure.

Around the same time, my mom had two serious accidents and I stepped in to run her business for two years. Cash flow, keeping customers' trust, staying open: those became weekly realities with immediate consequences.

Alongside all of it I was always the one building things, websites, content and projects for family and for myself. This is not a career I fell into. It is the thing I was already doing for the love of it, sharpened by running a real business under real pressure.

How I work

The rules I will not break.

What you can rely on

  • You own your site, your code and your domain from day one
  • No invented numbers, testimonials or results on anything I build
  • Real photos only, nothing generated by AI
  • Prices stated up front, and no lock in on anything monthly

What I will tell you straight

  • Whether you actually need what you are asking for
  • That SEO takes months and nobody can promise a ranking
  • That I am still early and building my portfolio, so I only show work I can stand behind

Read why I will not put fake numbers on your website, and what a small business site should actually cost.

The timeline

How I got here.

  1. Football

    The ABC Motsepe League, Stellenbosch FC and Sweden

    A semi-professional career that taught me preparation and doing the details right under pressure.

  2. Two years

    Running my mom's business

    After her two serious accidents I stepped in. Cash flow, customers' trust and staying open became weekly realities.

  3. Always

    Building things on the side

    Websites, content and projects for family and for myself, long before it was a business.

  4. Now

    Alastair Banwell Digital

    One person building and running websites and marketing for owner-run businesses. Banwell Homes, my dad's company, is the first live example.

Where and who

Based in Betty's Bay, working worldwide.

I live in Betty's Bay, in the Western Cape, South Africa, and work remotely with clients in the United Kingdom, the United States and South Africa. I work mostly with independent sports coaches and small clubs, tradespeople and local services, because I understand how those businesses are found and chosen.

Contact: hello@alastairbanwell.com, +27 66 215 1765. See what I do, how a project works and what it costs.

Questions

Straight answers.

Not seeing yours? Ask me directly, I reply myself.

hello@alastairbanwell.com
Are you an agency?

No. I am one person. The person you speak to on the first call is the person who builds and runs your site.

Where are you based?

Betty's Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. I work remotely with clients in the United Kingdom, the United States and South Africa.

Who owns the site?

You do. The code, the content and the domain are yours from the day it launches, in accounts that belong to you.

Why do you show so little work?

Because I only show work I can stand behind. I am still early, so I would rather show one real project than fill a page with things that are not.

"I build the foundation. I run the engine. You own the returns."

Let's talk about what your business actually needs.

No pressure, no corporate pitch. Book a short call, or email me directly if that's easier.

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