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We build modern WordPress websites, useful plugins and reliable digital experiences for businesses that want to grow online.
Based in Bengaluru, India · working remotely with clients in any country
What is BuildWithGuru?
BuildWithGuru is a founder-led web design and WordPress development studio based in Bengaluru, India, working remotely with small businesses and growing brands worldwide. It designs and builds mobile-friendly WordPress, Elementor and WooCommerce websites, sets them up for search engines, and looks after them after launch.
- Builds
- Business websites, redesigns, online stores, landing pages
- Platforms
- WordPress, Elementor, WooCommerce
- Works with
- Small businesses and growing brands, in any country
- Pricing
- Quoted after a short conversation, in writing
- 2 WordPress plugins published on WordPress.org
- 11 sample website designs you can open and try live
- 10 services, from a first website to ongoing care
- 8 types of business we design for
- 32 automated checks in our free site-audit plugin
- 13 one-click fixes in that plugin, each with Undo
Why a website
Your Customers Are Looking for Businesses Like Yours Online
A professional website gives customers a dedicated place to discover your services, explore your work, understand your offering, and contact your business. Whether you are opening a new business or improving an existing one, your website should make the next step simple.
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Customers cannot easily find complete information about your services
When prices, services and opening details are spread across Google Maps, Instagram and word of mouth, people give up or ask the same questions repeatedly.
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Your business lacks a dedicated website to share
A link you control, with your own name on it, is something you can put on a card, a shop board, a WhatsApp status or a quotation.
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Enquiries depend on scattered information and manual communication
A good website answers the common questions up front and gives people a clear way to contact you, so the conversations you do have are better ones.
Services
Everything You Need to Build Your Online Presence
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Core service Business Website Design
Custom-designed business websites for Bengaluru companies, built around what your customers actually ask.
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Small Business Website Development
A clear, affordable first website for owners who need to be found, understood and contacted.
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Elementor Website Development
Fast, editable Elementor sites that stay tidy after you start changing things yourself.
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Website Redesign
Replace an outdated or broken-on-mobile site without losing the search visibility it already has.
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WooCommerce Development
Online stores with clean catalogues, reliable checkout and payment setup you can maintain.
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Website Maintenance
Updates, backups, security checks and small changes handled on a predictable monthly basis.
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Technical SEO
Crawlability, indexing, structured data and site structure fixed properly, not patched with plugins.
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Landing Page Design
Focused single-purpose pages for campaigns, launches and enquiry generation.
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Website Performance Optimization
Diagnose and fix slow WordPress sites by measuring first and changing only what the data points to.
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Industries
Websites Built Around Your Type of Business
A café needs a menu and directions. A tuition centre needs courses and an admission form. We shape the website around the questions your own customers ask.
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Restaurants & Cafés
Digital menu, location, opening hours and table or order enquiries that work on a phone held in one hand.
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Salons & Beauty
A service catalogue, gallery and appointment enquiries that save you answering the same questions daily.
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Tuition Centres & Tutors
Courses, batches, faculty and an admission enquiry form that gives parents what they need to decide.
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Repair & Service Shops
List the repairs you handle, the devices you support and make it easy to ask for a quote.
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Retail businesses
Show what you stock, where to find you and how to enquire — with or without online ordering.
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Home service providers
Explain your services and service areas, and make booking a visit a single tap away.
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Consultants & professionals
Establish credibility with clear expertise, process and a simple way to book a conversation.
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Startups
A launch-ready site that explains the product clearly and grows with you.
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Copper Kettle Café
An original demo of a café website with a real text menu, gallery, opening hours, directions and WhatsApp table enquiries.
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Lotus & Loom Beauty Studio
An original demo of a salon website with a service catalogue and price guide, gallery, team profiles and a WhatsApp appointment enquiry.
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BrightPath Learning Centre
An original demo of a tuition centre website with courses and batch timings, faculty profiles, an admission enquiry flow and parent FAQs.
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FixFlow Mobile Care
An original demo of a mobile and electronics repair shop website with a repair list, supported devices, a quote flow and directions.
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Meridian Advisory
An original demo of a professional services website with expertise areas, a clear method, team profiles, insights and a way to book a conversation.
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Thread & Clay
An original WooCommerce-style shop demo for handmade home goods, with collections, filters, a working cart and a product page.
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Leaf & Co
An original online plant-shop demo with collections, filters, a working cart and a care-guide product page.
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Pulse Studio
An original single-goal landing page demo for a fitness studio's free trial class, with a short form, timetable and FAQ.
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Tidyly
An original launch landing page demo for a fictional app, with a waitlist form, feature highlights and an FAQ.
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Northline Interiors
An original business website demo for an interior design studio, with services, a project gallery, a clear process and an enquiry button.
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Frame & Light
An original business website demo for a photography studio, with session types, a portfolio grid and a simple booking process.
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Guru Site Health
A free, open-source WordPress audit plugin that scores a site out of 100, explains each problem in plain English and fixes thirteen of them with one click and an Undo.
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Sticky Header & Footer Builder for Elementor
A free WordPress plugin for designing custom headers and footers in Elementor, with optional sticky behaviour on the whole site or only selected pages.
Website preview
See What Your Business Website Could Look Like
Have an idea for your business website? Tell us about your business and we can discuss a tailored homepage concept that reflects your services, audience, and brand.
Previews are a conversation starter, not a free website. We review each request individually, so we cannot promise one to every enquiry or give a delivery date before we have agreed the scope with you. No payment is requested at this stage.
We review your request
We look at your business and any public information you share.
We create an original concept
Built from scratch, never copied from another business, and clearly labelled as a concept.
We talk it through
If you like the direction, we prepare a written proposal.
Process
A Simple, Transparent Process
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Tell us about your business and requirements
A short conversation or form: what you do, who your customers are and what you want the website to achieve.
From youa few minutes, and any websites you like.
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Review the recommended scope and proposal
We send a written proposal listing pages, features, exclusions, timeline and payment milestones, so you know exactly what you are agreeing to.
From youyour questions and approval of the scope.
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Approve the design direction
You see the design direction for your homepage before we build anything, and we adjust it within the agreed revision rounds.
From youyour logo, brand colours if any, and honest feedback.
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Development, testing and feedback
We build the site, test it on phones and desktops, and share it for your review. Your feedback is collected in one round at a time to keep things moving.
From youtext, photos and details of your services, within the agreed timeline.
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Launch, handover and support
We launch, set up the basics for search visibility, and show you how to update the site. Optional maintenance is available if you want us to keep looking after it.
From youaccess to your domain and hosting accounts.
Packages
Website Packages That Fit Your Business
Three clear starting points, each with a defined scope. Domain, hosting, premium licences, copywriting and third-party services are separate costs, and the pricing page lists them. A website can strengthen your online presence but does not guarantee sales or Google rankings.
Starter Website
Up to 5 pages · 7–11 days Price quoted after a short conversation
New businesses, tutors and local shops that need a clear, professional first website.
Pages: Up to 5 pages — for example Home, About, Services, Gallery or Menu, and Contact.
- Mobile-friendly responsive layout
- WhatsApp enquiry button with a prefilled message
- Contact form with email notification
- Google Maps location embed
Business Website
Up to 10 pages · 10–18 days Price quoted after a short conversation
Established local businesses and service providers that want a custom-designed site that explains what they do.
Pages: Up to 10 pages, including individual service pages and an optional small blog.
- Everything in Starter
- Custom homepage design
- A dedicated page for each main service
- Enquiry forms tailored to your business, such as appointment, admission or quote requests
Advanced Website
Up to 15 pages or a store · 18–28 days Price quoted after a short conversation
Growing businesses that need more pages, custom functionality, or a small online store.
Pages: Up to 15 pages, or a WooCommerce store with up to 20 products plus the supporting pages.
- Everything in Business
- Custom functionality scoped and agreed in writing, such as a booking-style enquiry flow or product filters
- WooCommerce store set-up with one payment gateway of your choice, where the gateway supports India
- Redirects and migration planning if you are replacing an existing site
Why BuildWithGuru
A Practical Partner for Your Website
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Direct communication
You talk to the person who is building your site. There is no account manager passing messages along, which means fewer misunderstandings and faster answers.
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Clear scope and deliverables
Pages, features, revision rounds and exclusions are written down before any payment, so there are no surprise extras.
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Mobile-first development
We design the phone layout first because that is how most local customers will find you, then adapt it for larger screens.
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SEO-conscious implementation
Page titles, headings, descriptions, image text, sitemap and fast loading are handled as part of the build, not left as an afterthought.
Meet the founder
Hi, I'm Guru Prasad Y.
I'm the founder of BuildWithGuru, based in Bengaluru, India. I design and build every website myself, so you deal with one person from your first message to launch.
- Role
- Founder, designer and developer
- Based in
- Bengaluru, India
- Works with
- Clients in any country, remotely
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers about cost, timing, working remotely and what is included.
Ask your own questionHow much does a business website cost?
The cost depends mainly on the number of pages and on any special features such as an online shop or booking. We scope your project in a short conversation and give you a written quote that lists what is included and what is not.
Domain, hosting, premium licences, copywriting and third-party services are separate costs paid to those providers. The pricing page explains the packages and these extra costs.
Do you work with clients outside India?
Yes. The studio is based in Bengaluru, India, and the whole process runs remotely: a conversation on WhatsApp, email or a video call, a written proposal, shared previews and a launch you can check yourself. We confirm time-zone overlap, currency and payment method in the written proposal before any work starts, so nothing is left to assume.
What is BuildWithGuru?
BuildWithGuru is a founder-led web design and WordPress development studio. It designs and builds mobile-friendly WordPress, Elementor and WooCommerce websites for small businesses and growing brands, sets them up for search engines, and can look after them after launch. You deal with the same person from the first conversation to launch.
How long does development take?
Most small business websites take one to three weeks from the day we have your content (7 to 28 days, depending on the package). The biggest variable is how quickly the text, images and feedback arrive, so we confirm a timeline in writing once the scope is agreed instead of promising one up front.
Can you build a website for a business with no existing website?
Yes, and this is where many of our projects start. If you currently rely on Google Maps, Instagram or WhatsApp, a website gives customers one dedicated place to see your services, work and contact options. You do not need to have content ready. We will tell you what to prepare.
Can you redesign my WordPress website?
Yes. We start by reviewing what you have: how it looks on a phone, how fast it loads and which pages already bring visitors from Google. Then we recommend either improving the existing site or rebuilding it, and we plan redirects so you do not lose the search visibility you already have.
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Will the website work on mobile phones?
Yes. Most local customers will see your site on a phone first, so we design the phone layout first and then adapt it for larger screens. We test on real screen sizes before launch.
Do you provide SEO?
We build SEO-ready foundations into every website: clear page titles and descriptions, a sensible structure, fast loading, a sitemap and proper image text. That helps search engines understand your site. Ongoing SEO, such as regular content and link building, is a separate service. No one can honestly guarantee rankings.
Can customers contact me through WhatsApp?
Yes. We add a WhatsApp button that opens a chat with your number and a ready-written message, so customers can reach you in one tap. The chat happens in WhatsApp between you and the customer. The website does not read their messages.
Do you provide hosting and domains?
We help you choose and set up a domain and hosting plan that suit your site, registered in your own name so you always own them. The cost is paid to the provider and is separate from our website fee.
Can I update the website myself?
Yes. Sites we build on WordPress are designed so you can change text, images and prices without a developer. We show you how during handover. If you would rather not, we can do the updates for you.
Do you offer website maintenance?
Yes, as an optional monthly service: software updates, backups, security checks and small content changes. It is quoted separately, because the right amount depends on your site.
Can you help with Google Business Profile setup?
We can guide you through it and make sure the details on your website match your profile. The profile itself has to be created and verified by you, through your own Google account. Google requires that, and we will not pretend otherwise.
Will my website rank on Google immediately?
No, and be wary of anyone who says it will. A new site usually takes weeks or months to build visibility, and results depend on competition, content and the quality of your Google Business Profile. A well-built site gives you a strong foundation, but it does not guarantee rankings or sales.
What do you need before starting?
Your logo (if you have one), a list of your services or products with short descriptions, photos of your work or premises, your contact details and examples of websites you like. If you are missing any of these, tell us. We can suggest how to get them.
Ready to Give Your Business a Professional Online Presence?
Tell us about your business, your goals, and the type of website you need. We will help you identify a practical starting point.