Trade and Lateral Development provide first class service delivery and design. The attention to detail is unmistakable and it is clear that client satisfaction is always a top priority. The quality and calibre of work have constantly exceeded my expectations.
We are a website design company that specialises in WordPress websites.
We build WordPress websites that are professional, targeted, fast, secure, and properly maintained.
Our business was establised in May 2000. We design, build, and maintain WordPress websites for customers around the world. We can build any type of WordPress website, including eCommerce online shops, information sites, membership sites, and more. We also offer SEO (Search Engine Optimization), weekly offsite backups, WordPress software maintenance, 24/7 WordPress security and monitoring, website hosting, domain registration, and email accounts.
All our website packages include:
- Professional, Premium Theme
- Content Management System (WordPress)
- Mobile Responsive
- Google Analytics
- SEO Friendly
- Domain Registration (.co.za)
- Monthly Website Hosting and Email Addresses
- Free SSL Certificate and Installation
- Annual Licenses for our Recommended Plugins (additional plugins you require are charged separately)
- Our Backup, Security, and Maintenance service:
- Weekly backups to an external Dropbox account (8 backups are stored – i.e. 2 months of backups).
- Website software updates (including WordPress core, themes, and plugins; excluding site content).
- Fixing of incompatibilities or errors if any software updates break your site.
- Comprehensive, layered WordPress security.
- 24/7 Intensive security monitoring (alerts sent to our dedicated, monitored email address).
- Tracking whether your site is under attack or has been hacked.
- Fixing a hack should one occur.
Please contact us for a custom quote.
Customer Reviews
Yosheni Naidoo
Marketer
Trade and Lateral is my go-to for all my email building and sending needs! It’s very rare that you find someone who doesn’t complain or push back when you change your mind on artwork or copy for the 15th time since initial brief. Michelle is such a treat to work with and she consistently delivers great quality on-time every time!
Ashleigh Rich
Brand Builder
Trade and Lateral Development designed and built my website and I’m really thrilled with the result. My website is SUPER fast and my customers love it. Michelle is great to work with, friendly and always willing to help and advise. She keeps me up to date with all the new and forever changing aspects that go with a website. I strongly recommend her to anyone who wants a website designed.
Kate Turton
Owner
Trade and Lateral Development designed and built our website and continue to maintain it. We are really pleased with the result and their service is excellent. They are efficient and meticulous, and Michelle is a pleasure to work with. I recommend anyone looking for website designer calls Trade and Lateral Development.
Gordon White
Owner
Michelle at Trade and Lateral Development has been amazing! Michelle took my website from an outdated mess to attractive functional website overnight. Thank you so much, many clients have already commented!
Lindy Oosthuizen
Owner
Michelle is always eager to assist and makes a marked effort to understand our needs and meet them. I continue to be impressed by the high quality of creative solutions and customer support demonstrated by Michelle and would recommend her to any company. Her solutions are creative and she executes them efficiently with good attention to detail.
Melany Bydawell
Director
Blog: Website Design & Email Marketing
As a website design company, we are obsessed with all types of amazing ideas for working online! We are particularly excited about website design and strategy, website backups, and website maintenance and security. We also love email marketing strategy, HTML email design, and PDF to HTML email conversion. If you have a business idea or a website design idea that you want some advice on, or a website strategy that you know will work, we are here to deliver. Please contact us if you would like to know more or if you’d like a custom quote. There’s no limit to what we can build for you!
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