Web design
agency
Cape Town
35 Projects shipped
8 Years building
4 Services in-house
Fast websites, custom builds and apps that pull their weight
Galactic Digital is a web design agency Cape Town companies call when the website has to bring in work, not just look the part. We design and code websites, web apps and mobile apps in-house, and you deal directly with the developers building yours.
Who we are
We plan, design and code every site ourselves, pick the stack that suits it, and stay on after launch for the fixes and the next phase. One team, no hand-offs.
The proof
Our projects 35
Websites, online stores and apps built by our web design agency in Cape Town for South African businesses.
Stellenzicht Wines
- Shopify
- Web design
- Store locator
Funduro
- Mobile app
- Flutter
- Firebase
Alto Wines
- Shopify
- Migration
- Ecommerce
FlexAI
- Mobile app
- OpenAI
- Firestore
IMMEDIA
- WordPress
- Web design
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A web design agency Cape Town businesses don't outgrow
Web design
Latest case
Stellenzicht Wines
Web development
Latest case
Changing Directions BMS
Mobile apps
Latest case
FlexAI
Project management
What you get
One technical owner
Galactic Digital
Development-first since 2018. Most agencies pass the build to a freelancer once the design is signed off. We don’t, which is why our sites load fast, rank, and still work two years after launch.
- 35 projects
- Founded 2018
Who we've built for
From Stellenbosch wine farms
to Cape Town app founders:
work we're happy
to put our name to
Direct lines. Senior developers. No middlemen.
Projects shipped
Services in-house
Account managers
Hire a web design agency Cape Town founders can phone directly and things move faster. You talk to the people writing the code, from the first scoping call through launch day, hosting questions and the next round of features.
From brief to launch, without hand-offs.
A website isn’t finished when the design gets signed off. This is what working with a web design agency in Cape Town should look like between the first call and go-live, and who does each part: us.
Goals & scope
Discovery
We pin down goals, audience, integrations and budget before anyone opens a design file.
If the brief doesn’t hold up, you hear it now, not in week six. You leave with written requirements and a delivery roadmap.
Structure & interface
Design
Layouts are designed with the build in mind, so what you approve is what gets coded.
Page structure and search intent are planned at the same time. That’s where most of a site’s SEO is won or lost.
Front-end & back-end
Development
Built in-house on WordPress, Shopify, Next.js, Laravel or Flutter, chosen by who will run the site after launch.
You watch progress on a staging site as it happens instead of waiting for a big reveal at the end.
Before & after launch
Testing & launch
Devices, browsers, page speed, accessibility and forms are checked before go-live.
Old URLs are redirected so you keep your Google rankings, and we stay on for fixes and the next phase.
What we're good at
Services
New website, a redesign or an app? Tell us what you're building, and a developer will reply. Not a sales team.
FAQ
Questions we get often.
Not covered here? Send us a message and one of the developers will answer it.
How much does a web design agency in Cape Town charge?
It depends on what the site has to do. A marketing website for a service business usually costs R15,000 to R50,000. E-commerce, membership areas and custom WordPress builds with integrations land between R50,000 and R150,000. Web apps and mobile apps start at R150,000 and can pass R500,000. We quote from a written scope, not a package list, so you know what’s in and what isn’t before you sign. The web design page breaks each tier down.
How long does a web design project take?
Six to eight weeks for most marketing websites. Content that arrives late is the most common reason projects run over, so we agree a content deadline in the first week. Custom builds and apps are planned in phases with their own dates.
Do you build custom websites or use templates?
Custom. We sometimes start from a framework or base theme where it saves you money without limiting the site, which is what we did for Stellenzicht Wines on Shopify. You’ll never get an off-the-shelf theme with your logo swapped in.
Is SEO included in your web design?
Technical SEO is part of every build: clean markup, page speed, mobile layout, metadata, schema and redirects from your old URLs. Ongoing content and link building is a separate piece of work, and we’ll tell you honestly whether you need it.
Can you redesign my existing website?
Yes, and it’s a large share of what we do. We audit what’s ranking and converting first, so the redesign keeps your traffic instead of resetting it.
Do you work with clients outside Cape Town?
Yes. We’re a web design agency Cape Town clients can visit at Eden on the Bay, and we also work with clients in Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, the UK and the US. Meetings run on video calls and every project has clear milestones, so distance doesn’t slow anything down.
What technology do you use?
WordPress and Shopify for most websites, Next.js and Laravel for web apps, Flutter and React Native for mobile, Firebase for real-time data. We pick based on who will maintain it after launch, not on what’s fashionable.
Will my website work properly on phones?
Yes. Most of your visitors are on a phone, so we design mobile layouts first and test on real iOS and Android devices, not just a resized browser window.
We’re online
Say hi.
Book a discovery call with the developers who would build your site, and get a straight answer on scope, timeline and budget.