Web design in Rotterdam.
Fast custom websites and webshops, built in Rotterdam. With SEO and GEO built in, from €950 and usually live within 3 to 7 days. You always talk to the maker.
The short answer
Forwarddd is a web design agency in Rotterdam. We build custom websites and webshops: fast, easy to update yourself and easy to find in Google and AI search engines. A business website costs from €950 one-off plus €50 a month for hosting, maintenance and support, and is usually live within 3 to 7 days once your texts and photos are in.
- From
- €950 one-off
- Per month
- €50, all included
- Live in
- 3 to 7 days
- Owner
- You, once paid
From first call to live, in one week
No projects that drag on for months, no endless rounds. This is what the week looks like when we build your website.
- Day 1Meet and planYour goals, your customers and what the site must do. Then the outline is fixed.
- Day 2DesignYour homepage in your own style, on mobile and desktop. You give feedback.
- Days 3 to 5BuildPages, forms, the admin area and links with your tools.
- Day 6Make it findableSEO and GEO, speed, analytics and Search Console set up.
- Day 7LiveDomain connected, business email set up. You're ready to go.
Usually live within 3 to 7 days, counted from the moment your texts and photos are in.
Why a web designer from Rotterdam?
You can work online from anywhere. Still, it helps when the person building your site knows your market.
Rotterdam has 673,804 residents and 110,815 business locations1CBS via Ondernemersplein, 2026Factsheet RotterdamOpen the source. That’s a lot of customers, and a lot of competitors fighting over the same searches. People looking for something in Rotterdam often add the city or the neighborhood: Kralingen, Delfshaven, Hillegersberg, Noord, Zuid. A site that’s set up for that wins.
We’re based in Rotterdam ourselves and build for businesses across the region, from Schiedam and Vlaardingen to Capelle, Barendrecht and Ridderkerk. And well beyond it: we work for clients all over the Netherlands and on Aruba.
65%
of web traffic in the Netherlands comes from mobile phones. So your site has to work well on a phone first2Statcounter Global Stats, 2026Desktop vs Mobile vs Tablet Market Share NetherlandsOpen the source.
What you get
Not a template with your logo on it, but a site built around your business.
- A modern custom website, up to 8 pages in 2 languages. Your own design, not a theme that thousands of others use too.
- An admin area where you update your own texts, prices, packages and photos.
- Very fast and made for mobile. Built with React and TypeScript, hosted on Cloudflare’s global network.
- Forms with automatic follow-up: every request, booking or sign-up gets an answer right away.
- Business email set up, like you@yourcompany.com.
- Easy to find in Google and ChatGPT, with analytics and Search Console set up.
Want more pages, an admin area that links to your tools, or a webshop? Then you choose Pro, with a small webshop if you need one. Does the site need to do real work for your business, like bookings or a customer portal? Then read about web apps and customer portals.
Fast and easy to find, from day one
A beautiful site nobody visits brings in nothing.
Speed is revenue. In a study for Google, a mobile site that loaded 0.1 seconds faster brought 8.4% more conversions in retail3web.dev, 2020Milliseconds make millionsOpen the source. Yet only 48% of websites meet Google’s speed standards on mobile4HTTP Archive, 2026Performance | 2025 | The Web Almanac by HTTP Archive (Chapter 7)Open the source. Our sites are built to stay well within them.
We also build in SEO and GEO from the start: the text is right there in the HTML, every page has structured data and the key questions are answered at the top. That way Google and AI systems can read and cite your site. You can read why that matters in how to get found in ChatGPT.
What web design in Rotterdam costs
Fixed prices, known up front. All amounts excl. VAT.
| Package | One-off | Per month | Who it’s for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations | €950 | €50 | A fast business website of up to 8 pages |
| Pro | €1,495 | €95 | More pages and an admin area built around your business |
| Pro with webshop | €1,950 | €149 | Up to 100 products and 500 orders a month |
| Commerce | from €4,950 | from €249 | A complete webshop with up to 500 products |
| Web app or customer portal | from €1,450 | from €95 | A portal or tool with logins |
| Custom | usually from €9,500 | €495 | Large webshops with more than 500 products |
How does that compare with other options? In what does a website cost we work out every route, including the costs after launch. All packages are on the pricing page.
Websites we built
From a florist on Aruba to a staffing agency in the Netherlands.
- [Jardin Caribe](https://www.jardincaribe.com): webshop for a local florist on Aruba, in business since 1959. Ordered today, delivered today.
- [Trusted Future](https://trustedfuture.nl): website for a staffing agency, with jobs in logistics, traffic control, cleaning, landscaping and transport.
- [One Happy Stay](https://onehappystay.com): website for a villa with a private pool, where guests book directly for a lower price.
- [SIGNTRE.](https://signtre.nl): website for a premium studio for car wrapping, PPF and window tinting.
On our homepage you can click through each site, right there on the page.
Further reading
Frequently asked questions
At Forwarddd, a business website of up to 8 pages costs €950 one-off plus €50 a month for hosting, maintenance and support. With a small webshop, it’s €1,950 one-off plus €149 a month. All prices are excl. VAT.
Usually within 3 to 7 days, counted from when your texts and photos are in. Larger sites and webshops take longer; we agree on that up front.
Yes. You get an admin area where you update texts, prices, packages and photos yourself. For bigger changes, you can come to us.
No. We’re based in Rotterdam and do a lot of work for businesses in the region, but also for clients in the rest of the Netherlands and on Aruba. Everything can be done online, and you always talk directly to the maker.
The basics come as standard: fast technology, structured data, analytics and Search Console. If you want to actively rank higher, in AI search engines too, you can with one of our marketing packages.
Sources
- 1CBS via Ondernemersplein, 2026Factsheet Rotterdam
- 2Statcounter Global Stats, 2026Desktop vs Mobile vs Tablet Market Share Netherlands
- 3web.dev, 2020Milliseconds make millions
- 4HTTP Archive, 2026Performance | 2025 | The Web Almanac by HTTP Archive (Chapter 7)