Web design & development studio

Good design sticks.

Gumstick is a one-person studio building websites that look sharp, load fast, and actually get results - for small businesses and solo brands who want to stand out without the agency overhead.

Est. 2026 Turn the knob for a gumball

What I do

Services

01

Web Design

Custom layouts built around your brand and your users - not a template with your logo dropped in.

02

Development

Clean, fast, responsive code. Every site is built to load quickly and hold up on any screen.

03

Brand & Identity

Logo, colour, type - a visual system that makes your business instantly recognisable.

04

Care & Growth

Ongoing updates, tweaks, and improvements after launch, so your site keeps working as hard as you do.

Selected work

Two recent sites, live right now.

Not mockups - real sites for real clients, built solo from first sketch to launch.

tom-edwards-design.jamesgumb86.workers.dev
Scrolling preview of the Tom Edwards Design website
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Illustrator & concept artist Tom Edwards Design A portfolio site built to let the artwork do the talking. Read the case study →
mfp-green.pages.dev
Scrolling preview of the My Forever Pet website
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Laser-cut steel pet memorials My Forever Pet A simple, focused site built to showcase and sell a made-in-the-UK product. Read the case study →

How it works

Four steps, start to finish.

01

Chew it over

Discovery

A conversation about your goals, your audience, and what your current site is getting wrong.

02

Taste the flavour

Design

Working out what looks best for your business and your customers, refined until it feels right.

03

Blow the bubble

Build

The design becomes a real, working site - built, bursting with content, and made to impress.

04

Pop!

Launch

Your website launches. I hand off everything you need to keep it running.

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I build the kind of site I'd want to hire - no bloated retainer, no cookie-cutter template. Just a site that fits the business it's for.

About

Hi, I'm James.

I started Gumstick because small businesses shouldn't have to choose between a template that looks like everyone else's and an agency retainer built for a business ten times their size.

I build every site myself, start to finish, so you're talking directly to the person doing the work - no account managers, no scope creep, no handing your project off to whoever's free. Just direct access and a site built with real care.

Get in touch

Let's build something that sticks.

Tell me about your project - what you're building, who it's for, and what's not working with what you have now. I read every message myself.

Take a break

Gum pop

Aim, tap to fire, and match three or more of a colour to pop them. Every gumball the machine dispenses drops in from the top to refill the board. Clear it completely for a surprise.