codesketch.co.za

Hand-built web design that gets you found first.

See your website's design before you pay a cent. Love it, or walk away owing nothing.

Right now, someone in your area is Googling a business like yours. Who do they find?

Hand-coded in East London (KuGompo City), South Africa. Serving anywhere. No templates. Fixed quote in your currency.Hand-coded in East London. No templates. Fixed quote in your currency.

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the part nobody tells you

How many customers is your website losing?

You will never get a notification about it. They just tap the name that appeared on Google, and book with whoever owns it. There are six ways to tell whether your own site is quietly doing this.

70%

of people will not buy from a business with a badly designed website

40%

of mobile visitors go straight to a competitor after one bad experience

4.42%

of conversions lost for every extra second a page takes to load

research: One Poll via Crowdspring · Sweor · Portent

Missed opportunities you did not even know about, costing you day after day. Until you decide to do something about it.

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what we build

Which of these is your business?

Same goal, either way: more customers.

New websites

No proper website yet?

People search first now, and every search you were not in went to someone else. What are you waiting for?

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Redesigns & upgrades

Spent money on a quiet website?

It cost real money and it just sits there. It should pay you back, booking by booking.

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Care plans

Keep it fast, safe and fresh

Sites age: slower, harder to update, easier to break. Kept fresh, it keeps earning.

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live on this page

A taste of what your site could do

These aren't screenshots. They run right here. Try them, and picture each one working on your own site. Or watch a website build itself in ten seconds.

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2009 2026

Demo /A

Redesigns that pay for themselves

Drag the handle to compare a dated site with its modern rebuild.

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Demo /B

Details that make people click

Micro-interactions that pull the cursor in, and pull conversions up.

Demo /C

Storytelling that sells

Elements that arrive in sequence, guiding the eye exactly where you want it.

loads in under 2s on mobile data

Demo /D

Fast sites rank and convert

95+ performance scores. Loads in under 2 seconds on mobile data.

More toys in the playground →

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Type your name. Watch your website build itself.

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Free. About 10 seconds. No signup.

recent work

Real businesses with real results

A coastal guesthouse, financial advisors, a Wix rebuild and a salon client of nearly three years. Step through them below.

Just launched · guesthousekleinmond.co.za

A Kleinmond guesthouse, open to the world

Millionaire's Mile Guesthouse, the live hand-built homepage: gather your people where the mountains meet the sea

New brand, hand-built site and online accommodation applications for a guesthouse and functions venue. See it live →

New build · myriadfs.co.za

Financial advisors, online from a blank page

Myriad Financial Services, the live hand-built homepage: Financial Consulting, with a Personal Touch

A brand-new hand-built home for licensed financial advisors, built from a blank page. See it live →

Rebuild · assistance-ally.co.za

A tired Wix page, reborn: drag to compare

Friendly Remote Assistance, the original Wix homepage

Assistance Ally, the new hand-built homepage

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Wix New

The rebuild, live on its own domain. See it live →

"My experience using Codesketch's services have been nothing short of amazing... capturing the essence of my old site whilst adding a new modern flair."

Craig Cooper · Founder, Assistance Ally · read the review on Google

Client for nearly three years · perfectnailbar.co.za

A salon site that keeps the bookings coming

Perfect Nail Bar, the live homepage: Exclusive, Exceptional, Fashionable, with online appointments

"Am a very happy client,Lance assisted me with 2business websites for my 2companies. We’re soon making 3years with him assisting in everything. Thank you so much Lance."

Lincoln Sentongo · Owner, Perfect Nail Bar · read the review on Google

Live with online booking. The site takes bookings from people who would never otherwise have called: curiosity turned into confirmed appointments, week after week. See it live →

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how it works

From sketch to live site

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Sketch

A short call or WhatsApp chat. We map what your business needs the site to do.

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Blueprint

A clear plan and a fixed quote in writing. Don't love the design? Walk away owing nothing.

step /3

Build

Hand-built pages, tested on real phones and slow connections. You review as it grows, and payments are staged across the build, never everything upfront.

step /4

Launch & grow

We go live, then keep improving, or hand over the keys. Your call. Your domain and hosting sit in accounts under your own name throughout.

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who's behind it

CodeSketch, circuit-line identity portrait

Built to get you found, booked, and ahead.

This page is hand-built too. Press the button and see the construction lines.

"I build by hand, line by line, for your business only. Slower for me, faster for your customers. That's the right way around."

South African studio, hand-coded quality, quoted in Rand or your currency, remote-ready for clients anywhere.

More about Lance → WhatsApp Lance

Lance Hancock · sketched by hand in East London

the studio, live

Watch the work get built by hand.

Open 24/7 is our short-episode series: what a website should cost, what a cheap one really costs you, and who actually owns your audience. Episodes land on YouTube first, and the newest one plays right here.

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