Optimized photography
Case and product photos compressed and sized correctly without visible quality loss.
Bakery website development that stays fast after launch, not just on day one
Bakery website development done well stays fast months after launch, which takes ongoing management rather than a one-time build handed off and forgotten.
What it costs
- Plans$117 a month
- Build fee$647, after launch
- Live in7 to 15 days
- Revisions5 a month
- PageSpeed90+, guaranteed
- Domain and hostingIncluded
Built to change often, without breaking
A bakery site changes constantly: seasonal items, holiday hours, a new custom-cake gallery photo. Development here anticipates that: pages are structured so a content change is a quick revision rather than a rebuild, and nothing depends on a fragile page-builder plugin chain.
Photography that loads fast without looking compressed
Bakery photography is often the best marketing a shop has, and it is also the easiest thing to accidentally slow a site down with. Every image is sized and compressed correctly on the way in, so the case photos look sharp without dragging the page speed down.
Weekly management catches problems before customers do
A broken link, an out-of-date holiday hours banner left up past the holiday, or a wholesale inquiry form quietly failing: these are the kinds of small breaks that a weekly check catches before a customer notices, which is the difference between a "built" site and a managed one.
Signs your shop needs this
Your cake gallery takes several seconds to show anything on a phone.
Seasonal updates wait until someone has time to open the page builder.
Nobody is sure who pays for or renews the hosting.
The site has broken after an update and stayed broken for days.
Who it is for: This is for a bakery with a lot of photos and a lot of change: galleries of custom cakes, a seasonal menu that turns over, and a case that is different every morning. It suits an owner whose current site slows to a crawl under its own images or who waits weeks for anyone to update it.
Methods and tools we use
- Images resized and compressed for phones without visible quality loss
- Custom-coded pages, no page builder
- Managed Cloudflare hosting with SSL included
- Weekly checks for broken links and stale pages
What is included
Custom-coded pages
No plugin stack, built directly for speed and long-term stability.
Weekly management
Checked and maintained every week, not only when something visibly breaks.
Fast revisions
Standard changes turned around within the plan's working-day window.
Managed hosting
SSL, CDN and DDoS protection included, no separate hosting bill.
Every plan also includes weekly management, hosting, one domain in your name, 5 revisions a month and researched articles. Full Shift and Open to Close add the AI receptionist, site chat and text replies. See everything in each plan.
The plan fee covers the build, hosting and photo processing: Morning Shift at $117 a month, Full Shift at $247 a month plus AI usage, or Open to Close at $597 a month, plus the $647 one-time build fee, invoiced only after the site is live and approved. The size of your gallery does not change the price. Adding photos is a revision, and one revision can carry a whole batch.
- Morning Shift$117/ month
- Full Shift$247/ month + usage
- Open to Close$597/ month
What is not included
Stated plainly, so nothing surprises you later.
Photographing your bakes. Send the photos you have and we process them.
An ordering or deposit system of our own.
Writing ingredient or allergen information.
Unlimited revisions: 5 a month are included, then each is $20.
Live in 7 days on Morning Shift, 10 on Full Shift and 15 on Open to Close. A new batch of gallery photos after launch is one revision, completed within 2 to 5 working days.
How the work is done, step by step
- Step 1
Gather the photos
You send what you have: case shots, cakes, the shopfront. We keep the best and note what to shoot next.
- Step 2
Process every image
Photos are resized and compressed on the way in so a full gallery stays fast.
- Step 3
Build the pages
Case, custom orders, seasonal and wholesale pages are custom coded and hosted on Cloudflare.
- Step 4
Launch and maintain
Weekly management and revisions keep the seasonal pages current.
Before and after, in practice
Before and after, in general terms. Every menu item and hour shown on this site is example data.
- Cake gallery on a phoneBefore:Full-size camera photos loading one by one.After:Sized, compressed images that appear as the visitor scrolls.
- Spring menuBefore:Still showing the winter menu in April.After:Updated within the revision window after you send it.
What we guarantee on this work
No build fee until you approve
The $647 build fee is invoiced only after the site is live and you are satisfied with it.
90+ PageSpeed, or we fix it
If a page we built falls below 90+ on mobile because of our work, we fix it at no charge.
Your domain and content stay yours
The domain is in your name, and your content and articles are exported to you within 14 days if you ever cancel.
Conditions are in the terms: guarantees do not cover changes made by you or third parties, and the remedy is corrective work rather than a refund.
What owners say about bakery website development
Honestly, the redesign was nice, but the inquiry form is what changed our day-to-day. It collects collection day, order quantity and item selection up front, so the back-and-forth we used to do by reply has largely gone. It has quietly removed the slowest step in our intake.
We used to get regular calls asking whether a bakery preorders message had arrived. The acknowledgment explains the next step clearly and tells people how to reach us if something is wrong. A modest change with an outsized effect on our mornings.
Want to see bakery website development on your own shop? In a 30-minute demo we show what the site would look like with your menu and hours.
Questions about bakery website development
Who updates the site when our seasonal menu changes?
We do, as a revision. Send the new items and we update the seasonal menu page within the standard turnaround, so nothing depends on you learning a content editor.
Will my custom cake photo gallery slow the site down?
No, every photo is compressed and sized correctly on the way in, which keeps a full gallery fast without visibly reducing quality.
How many photos can a bakery site hold?
As many as you have good reasons to show. Every image is resized and compressed, so a larger gallery does not have to mean a slower page.
Can you fix photos that are too dark or badly framed?
We crop, size and compress them. We do not retouch food photography, and we will tell you honestly which shots to retake.
Who renews the hosting and the domain?
We do, inside the plan. Hosting is included and one domain is registered in your name and renewed while the plan is active.
Can we add a new product line later?
Yes. A new page for a product line, such as gluten-free bakes or a new bread range, is a revision.
Will the site keep working if we stop posting on social media?
Yes. The site does not depend on your social feeds, so it stays current through weekly management even when you are too busy to post.
Can you connect the custom order form to the tool we use for orders?
If that tool accepts form data by API, Zapier or Make, yes. Otherwise the form goes to the email address you choose.
Is bakery website development different from design?
Design is how the site looks and is organized. Development is how it is built, hosted and kept fast. On this plan you get both, handled by the same team.
See it built for your business
A live walk-through of the site you would get, in about 30 minutes. Plans from $117 a month, the $647 build fee invoiced only after launch, domain and hosting included.
Book a demoOr email and a person replies within one working day.