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Website build timeline planner
Five days. If the content's ready.
This website build timeline planner lays out a website project around our 5-day average, from kick-off to live: what to prepare beforehand, what happens each day, when you give feedback and when you sign off. Copy it, put your dates in and book the feedback slots before you start.
The days are an average, not a promise. The build itself rarely holds a project up; missing content and slow decisions do.
At a glance
- What
- A plain-text website build timeline planner, free to copy.
- For
- Anyone planning a new website or redesign, with any agency or freelancer.
- Speed
- Built around our average of 5 days, kick-off to live.
- Price
- Our websites start from £499 + VAT, with a fixed price agreed before we start.
Ready when you are.
We'll reply within the hour (working hours).
What does a 5-day website build timeline look like?
This is how a typical build runs with us. Bigger sites, shops and integrations take longer, and we'll say so up front.
| When | What happens | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| Before kick-off | We read your brief and plan the call. | Send the brief, brand files, photos, prices and logins. Book two feedback slots. |
| Day 1 | Kick-off call. We agree the pages, the message and what success looks like. | Join the call with the person who signs off. |
| Days 1 to 2 | Positioning and copy. We write the homepage and key pages first. | Check the facts and the tone. |
| Days 2 to 3 | Design and build, on a live preview link rather than a PDF. | Feedback slot 1, on WhatsApp, Slack or email. |
| Day 4 | Remaining pages, SEO set-up, tracking, forms and testing on real phones. | Feedback slot 2 and sign-off. |
| Day 5 | Live. Redirects from the old site, Search Console and Bing set up, and a final check. | Tell your customers. |
Copy the website build timeline planner
Paste it into a doc, add your dates and names, and share it with everyone involved before kick-off.
WEBSITE BUILD TIMELINE PLANNER
Project: [name] Kick-off date: [date] Target launch: [date]
Decision-maker: [name] Feedback slots: [days and times]
BEFORE KICK-OFF Owner Done
Brief filled in [name] [ ]
Logo, colours and fonts sent [name] [ ]
Photos and video gathered [name] [ ]
Prices, services and FAQs written down [name] [ ]
Domain, hosting and current site logins found [name] [ ]
Feedback slots booked in the diary [name] [ ]
DAY 1: KICK-OFF [date]
Agree pages, message and what success looks like [ ]
DAYS 1 TO 2: POSITIONING AND COPY [date]
Homepage and key pages written first [ ]
Your feedback on copy [ ]
DAYS 2 TO 4: DESIGN AND BUILD [date]
Live preview link shared [ ]
Feedback slot 1 [ ]
DAYS 5 TO 7: REMAINING PAGES AND CHECKS [date]
Remaining pages built [ ]
SEO set-up, tracking and forms [ ]
Tested on real phones [ ]
Feedback slot 2 and sign-off [ ]
DAY 8: LIVE [date]
Redirects from the old site [ ]
Search Console and Bing set up [ ]
Final check and handover [ ]What slows a website build down?
Almost always the same few things, and all of them can be sorted before day 1.
- Content that isn't ready.Copy, photos, prices and FAQs. Decide who writes what before kick-off.
- Too many people signing off.Name one decision-maker. Everyone else feeds in through them.
- No feedback slots.Book them in the diary at the start, so feedback arrives on the day it's needed.
- Missing logins.Domain, hosting and current site access, found before kick-off.
- New ideas halfway through.Keep a list for after launch. A live site can be improved; a stalled one can't.
How does Foundry keep builds this quick?
We agree the timeline and feedback slots before we start, write the key pages first, and share a live preview link instead of a PDF. You talk to the people building the site on WhatsApp or Slack, not through a ticket system.
That's how our websites go live in 5 days on average from kick-off. Websites start from £499 + VAT, with a fixed price agreed before we start.
Our averages. Not our best days.
Our averages
5days
Website, kick-off to livethis service
20mins
Average reply time
Website build timeline planner FAQs
No. 5 days is our average from kick-off to live. Larger sites, online shops and integrations take longer, and we'll give you a realistic timeline in writing before we start.
Your brief, brand files, photos, prices, the questions customers ask, and logins for your domain and hosting. Our website brief template covers it.
We can write it with you, but it adds time. Say so at the start and we'll plan for it.
Two planned feedback slots in a typical build, with smaller comments on WhatsApp or Slack as we go.
Redirects, Search Console and Bing are set up on launch day. After that you can edit the site yourself or leave changes to us.
Our websites start from £499 + VAT. You get a fixed price in writing after a short call. We'll reply within the hour (working hours).
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Want it live in 5 days? Get moving.
Tell us what you need. We'll reply within the hour (working hours), and most websites go live about 5 days after kick-off.
We'll reply within the hour (working hours).
Or email hello@foundryagency.co.uk