Website Design in France
Modern, fast websites for French businesses still losing customers to platforms and outdated pages
Your French customers check your site on a phone before they call, book, or visit. If it is slow, dated, or missing basic information — hours, prices, a way to book — they go to the platform that has all of it, and you pay commission on a customer who was looking for you specifically.
Excellent Businesses, Absent Online
France has an unusual digital gap. Consumers are sophisticated and connected, infrastructure is excellent, and yet a large share of independent French businesses have no functioning website — or one that has not been touched since 2016. Into that gap moved the platforms. TheFork for restaurants, Doctolib for practitioners, Booking.com for hotels, national marketplaces for trades and services. Each one solved a real problem for consumers, and each one now sits between a French business and its own customers, charging for the privilege. The way out is not to abandon the platforms — they drive real volume — but to stop being wholly dependent on them. A proper website with online booking, clear information, and genuine local search visibility captures the customers who are looking for you by name, and those are the ones you should never be paying commission on.
What We Build Across France
Restaurants & Hospitality
Menu presentation, direct reservations, and Google Maps performance for establishments currently handing a cut of every cover to a booking platform.
Health & Wellness Practices
Practitioner sites with online appointment booking, credentials, and clear service information for cabinets, therapists, and wellness professionals.
Hotels & Chambres d'Hôtes
Direct booking builds that recover the commission currently paid on rooms booked by guests who already knew the property.
Artisans & Trades
Portfolio, service area, and quote capture for the craftsmen and trades whose work sells itself once someone can actually see it.
Professional Services
Credibility-led sites for legal, accounting, consulting, and agency practices where clients evaluate before making contact.
Retail & Local Commerce
Product presentation, click-and-collect, and local visibility for independent retailers competing with national chains.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a website cost in France?
A focused site starts around €3,000. Restaurants, practices, and hotels with online booking typically run €6,000 to €15,000. In most French markets, recovering platform commission on a modest share of bookings covers the build within a year.
Should we leave the platforms entirely?
No. TheFork, Doctolib, and Booking.com drive real volume and leaving them abruptly costs revenue. The goal is reducing dependence — capturing directly the customers who already know your name, which is where commission is hardest to justify.
Do you build in French and English?
Yes. French is the primary language for every site we build here, with English added where a business serves international visitors — which matters considerably in Paris, Bordeaux, Nice, and the tourist markets.
Do you work outside Paris?
Most of our French work is outside Paris. Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse, Montpellier, Lille, and the Loire cities have substantial economies and far less competitive local search than the capital.
The Problem
Your business is excellent and effectively invisible online. Customers looking specifically for you find a platform instead, book through it, and you pay fifteen to thirty percent for a customer you had already earned.
Our Solution
We build fast, mobile-first websites for French businesses — direct booking and reservations, clear information, and local search visibility that reduces platform dependence.
platform commission recovered on direct bookings
French markets we build for
the load time beyond which mobile visitors leave
What You Get
- →Custom Next.js website in French
- →Direct booking or reservation integration
- →Mobile-first responsive design
- →Google Business Profile and local search integration
- →English version where relevant for international visitors
- →Review and trust signal presentation
- →SEO foundations for French local search
- →Schema markup appropriate to your sector
We build for businesses across all seventeen of our French markets, from Paris and Lyon to the Loire and Atlantic cities.
Starting at €3,000. Booking integration from €1,500. Monthly optimization from €500/month.
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