# Websites for videographers

> Websites for videographers and small production companies that load films fast, split wedding and business work cleanly, and say what a project roughly costs.

- Source: https://nerdsharks.com/industries/videographers
- Publisher: Nerdsharks (Exeter, Devon, UK)
- Updated: 2026-09-27

There are 7,415 video production businesses across 339 UK local authorities (ONS UK Business Counts, SIC 59112, 2025, OGL v3.0).

## How customers choose

Videographers usually serve two markets that search and decide in different ways. Wedding couples, often already booked with a photographer, look for a film style they love, watch a trailer or two, and want to know the price and whether you are free on their date. Business clients - a marketing manager, a charity, a local firm launching something - search for "video production" plus a city, look at work for similar organisations, and want to understand the process: scripting, filming days, edits, licensing, and turnaround. Both groups judge you almost entirely on the films themselves, watched on a phone, and both drop off quickly if a video does not start. Many business clients also want to know whether you can fly a drone, write a script, or produce short social cuts from the same shoot.

## What most websites in this trade get wrong

Video sites are the easiest to make slow: a full-screen autoplaying showreel on the homepage can take several seconds to appear on a phone signal and delays everything else. Hosting films on a proper video platform, loading them only when played, and using a still frame as the poster keeps the site quick without hiding the work. The second failure is mixing wedding films and corporate work on one reel, which confuses both audiences. The third is saying nothing about price or process, so business clients cannot budget and couples cannot compare. And many videographers forget that the words matter too: a film cannot be found by search, but a project write-up with the client, brief and outcome can.

## What the website has to do

- **Project enquiry with a clear brief** - Budget, deadline and purpose up front make quoting fast.
- **Wedding date check** - Couples book early; availability is the first question.
- **Showreel and case-study views** - The films are the entire sales argument.

## Pages

- **Home** - Short poster-framed reel and a split between weddings and business.
- **Wedding films** - Trailers, packages and date check.
- **Business and brand video** - Case studies by client type, process and deliverables.
- **Process** - Pre-production, filming, edits and delivery timeline.
- **Pricing** - Packages or typical project ranges.
- **Contact** - Structured brief form.

## Features that matter

- **Films embedded from a video platform with poster frames and click-to-play** - Keeps the page fast without hiding the work.
- **Separate routes for weddings and commercial clients** - Two audiences with different questions and budgets.
- **Written case studies alongside each film** - Video cannot be read by search engines; the write-up can.
- **A brief form covering purpose, deadline, budget and usage** - Qualifies the enquiry and shapes the quote.
- **Transcripts or captions on key films** - Helps accessibility, and many people watch with the sound off.

Trust signals: Films for named clients or at named venues; Public liability and equipment insurance; CAA Operator ID and Flyer ID for drone work, where offered; A clear process and delivery timeline.

Seasonality: Wedding enquiries follow the same winter peak as photographers. Corporate work tends to cluster before financial year-ends and ahead of events and product launches.

## Local authorities with the most

| Local authority | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Hackney | 290 |
| Westminster | 215 |
| Camden | 195 |
| Islington | 160 |
| Lambeth | 140 |
| Tower Hamlets | 140 |
| Brighton and Hove | 140 |
| Southwark | 135 |
| Worthing | 125 |
| Lewisham | 120 |

## The offer

- **Monthly**: £299 upfront, £99/month (the upfront is a setup fee), 12-month minimum term. We build it, host it and look after it - and after 24 monthly payments, it is yours.
- **Own It**: £1,795 upfront, £49/month, no minimum term. Buy the website outright. It is yours to keep, move or cancel.
- **Pro**: £6,950 upfront, £299/month, 12-month minimum term. No limits. For large, multi-site and fast-growing businesses.
- Payment: The setup fee is paid when you book, and it starts the design. Monthly fees are collected by Direct Debit, covered by the Direct Debit Guarantee, from the day your site goes live.
- Guarantee: You see your finished design on your phone and approve it before anything goes live, with two full rounds of changes included. Nothing launches until you are happy with it. The Monthly plan runs for 12 months from launch.
- Bolt-ons: Google Business Profile management £29/month; Local SEO pack £49/month; Business email £5/month. Coming soon, not yet on sale: Missed-call text back, Review booster.
- VAT: We are not VAT registered, so there is no VAT to add to these prices.

## Questions

### Will a showreel on my homepage slow my site down?

A showreel only slows your site down if it autoplays at full quality on page load. Host films on a proper video platform, show a still poster frame, and load the video when someone presses play. Visitors still see the work immediately, and the page stays fast on a phone.

### Should wedding and corporate video be on the same website?

They can share a website, but they should have separate sections from the homepage onwards. Couples and marketing managers want different films, prices and processes, and a mixed reel serves neither. A clear split lets each visitor go straight to the work that matters to them.

### How do I show high-quality images without the site being slow?

Serve modern image formats at the right size for the device, load images only as they come into view, and never put a full-resolution file on a web page. Done properly, a portfolio can carry hundreds of images and still load in under a second - which matters, because a slow photography site fails at the only thing it exists to do.

### Should I put my prices on my website?

Almost always yes. Hiding prices loses more enquiries than it protects, because people assume the worst and go to a competitor who publishes theirs. If your pricing genuinely varies, publish a range and explain in one sentence what moves it - that converts far better than "contact us for a quote".