counterpest.ie
Local service / Web design
CounterPest Ireland
A focused local-service website built around trust, coverage and a clear quotation path.
01 Web Design Galway
Web design in Galway
Websites for businesses along the west coast, from Galway city and Salthill out to Connemara. We build fast WordPress sites that get found by locals and visitors alike, and turn a search into a booking, a call or an order.
€20k+
In monthly online sales, double the previous year
10×
More course sign-ups, year on year
1,010%
Peak return on ad spend
Customer data 2026, anonymised for privacy.
02 Serving the west
A website for a county that runs on visitors and locals.
Galway is not one market, it is several. A cafe on Shop Street lives on footfall and repeat regulars. A guesthouse in Salthill or Clifden needs to be booked by someone planning a trip from Dublin or abroad. A trade in Oranmore or Tuam wants to be the first name a local finds. Each of those needs a different website, not the same template with the town name swapped.
Brandstart works from Ballyroan in Co. Laois. We are not around the corner in Galway, and we will never pretend to be, but plenty of the county's best-known businesses are run online rather than face to face. Most of our work happens by phone, email and video call, which keeps projects moving and keeps your costs sensible, and you always deal with a real person, not a call centre.
We look after clients right across Ireland. If your trade spills over the county line, this Galway page sits alongside our work in the wider midlands and west, and our full web design service explains exactly how a build comes together.
Areas we cover in Galway
- Galway city & Salthill - retail, hospitality, food and professional services competing for a busy, mixed local and visitor market.
- Oranmore, Tuam & Athenry - commuter and commercial towns where a strong local website often wins the first call.
- Connemara & Clifden - tourism, accommodation and activity businesses that need to be found and booked well before a visitor arrives.
- Ballinasloe & east Galway - agri, trades and service businesses that live or die on being found on a phone.
03 What you get
A website that brings visitors in, not just one that looks the part.
01
Found before the visitor arrives
Half of Galway's trade is decided by someone searching from somewhere else, planning a weekend or a stay. We build every page so it can show up for the terms people actually type, then guide them from that first search to a booking, an enquiry or a table reserved.
02
Built for tourism and hospitality
If you run a guesthouse, restaurant, tour or activity, your website has one job on a phone at 9pm: make it obvious how to book or get in touch. Clear photography, simple availability and enquiry forms, and booking links that work first time, so you are not losing a guest to a slow or confusing site.
03
Sell to the whole country from the west
A maker or retailer in Galway does not have to rely on local footfall. We build proper online stores on WordPress and WooCommerce, so a shop off Shop Street or a craft business in Connemara can ship across Ireland and beyond from one fast, trusted site.
04
WordPress you own outright
We build on WordPress so you are never locked in. Update your opening hours, menu, prices and photos yourself whenever you like, or leave it to us. No monthly rent to a page builder you will never own, and no waiting a week for a small change in peak season.
05
Fast, even on a Connemara signal
Most of your visitors are on mobile, sometimes on a patchy rural or coastal signal. We build light, quick pages that load fast and read well on any screen, and that pass the speed checks Google uses to decide who ranks. Curious about budget first? See our web design cost guide.
04 How we work
We learn how your customer finds you before we design a pixel.
1
A shared plan
Talk
A straight conversation about your Galway business, who your customers are and where they come from.
2
An approved design
Design
A distinctive design mapped to the journey from first search to booking or enquiry, signed off before we build.
3
A launch-ready site
Build
Fast, robust WordPress built to the standards search engines reward, tested on real phones.
4
A busier season
Grow
Optional SEO and Google Ads that keep bookings and enquiries coming, measured against real results.
05 Recent work
Irish businesses, found and chosen.
harkysparkles.ie
Consumer brand / Web design
Harky Sparkles
A bright, playful brand site built to show off a product range and turn browsers into buyers.
higgins.ie
Events & hire / Web design
Higgins Furniture Hire
A catalogue and rental website presenting a specialist event-furniture range with real clarity.
06 Common questions
Galway web design, answered plainly.
What Galway business owners ask us most before they get started.
You are in Laois, not Galway. Does that work?
Honestly, yes, and we would rather say so up front than claim a Galway office we do not have. Web design is a job you can do brilliantly from anywhere, and most of ours happens by phone, email and video call. That keeps things fast, keeps your costs down, and means you deal directly with the person building your site rather than an account manager passing on notes.
Can you build a booking or enquiry system for a tourism business?
Yes. For guesthouses, restaurants, tours and activity providers we build clear enquiry forms, connect the booking tools you already use, and make the path to reserve or get in touch obvious on a phone. The goal is simple: a visitor planning a Galway trip should be able to book you in a few taps, not give up and try the next result.
How do I get found by people searching from outside Galway?
A lot of Galway trade is decided before the visitor arrives, so we build for exactly that. Every page is structured for search, with the right titles, headings and location signals, so you have a real chance of appearing when someone plans a trip or looks for what you do. Ranking above established names is then ongoing SEO and content work we can run for you.
Can you sell my products online, not just show them?
Yes. Alongside standard websites we build full online stores on WordPress and WooCommerce, so a Galway retailer, maker or food producer can ship across Ireland and beyond. See our eCommerce web design for what an online shop involves and where it makes sense.
What does a Galway website cost?
It depends on how many pages you need and whether you are booking or selling online, but we quote a clear fixed price up front with no surprise add-ons. A tourism site with bookings or an online store costs more than a simple brochure site, but it can pay for itself quickly in one busy season. Our web design cost guide for Ireland breaks down what drives the price.
07 Start something
Let's build a website that works for Galway.
Tell us what you are planning. We will come back within one working day with honest advice and a clear next step, no obligation.
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We read every enquiry personally and reply within one working day. Prefer to talk now? Call +353 87 144 6682.