Website redesign checklist: what a redesign must not lose
A website redesign checklist organised by phase, from the baseline before design to the weeks after launch, with the redirect, speed and accessibility rules quoted at source.
Custom web development for sites and web applications that have to integrate
We build business websites, customer portals and web applications for mid-size and large companies: fast, accessible, connected to your CRM, ERP and analytics, and on a content system your team can run without calling a developer.
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- NDA before your first call
Reviewed by Mayursinh Jadeja, Founder · Last updated 5 October 2026
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Most business websites are rebuilt every three years for the same reasons
The platform was chosen for the launch, not for the integrations that came after it. Every content change needs a developer. Pages slow down as features are bolted on. The tracking broke during the last redesign and nobody noticed for a quarter.
None of that is about how the site looks, and a new design on the same foundations repeats the cycle.
So we settle three things before design starts, because they decide whether the site lasts.
The integrations
CRM, ERP, payments and analytics: what passes where, and who owns each connection.The content model
What your team edits, and how, without breaking the layout or calling us.The performance budget
Load time and Core Web Vitals targets, set before the first page is designed.
Custom web development services
Six kinds of web build. Most companies need two of them at once: a site, and the application or portal behind it.
Custom website development
Business websites built for speed, search and accessibility, on a content system your marketing team can run.Custom web application development
Browser-based applications for customers or staff, from the data model to the screens.Customer and partner portals
Accounts, orders, documents and self-service, connected to the systems that hold the data.Headless CMS and content platforms
A content model your team edits once and publishes everywhere, without developer tickets.Custom ecommerce development
Catalogues, pricing rules and checkouts for the cases a standard storefront does not fit, such as B2B ordering.Integrations and APIs
The connections to your CRM, ERP, payment provider and analytics, monitored rather than assumed.
Recent design work from our team
Website builder, CMS with a theme, or a custom build
Custom is not automatically the right answer for a website. Here is when each one wins.
| Website builder | CMS with a theme | Custom build | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fits when | A marketing site with no integrations | Content-led sites with standard features | Integrations, portals, or performance the others cannot reach |
| Your team edits | Everything, inside the builder’s limits | Content, inside the theme’s limits | Content in a model designed for your pages |
| Cost shape | Low build, a subscription for ever | Moderate build, plugin and upkeep costs | Higher build, no platform rent, lower upkeep |
| The real risk | Outgrowing it in a year | Plugins that break on update | Over-building a site that needed a theme |
If your site is a brochure with a contact form, a builder or a theme is the honest recommendation. Build custom when the site has to do work.
What to agree before a web build starts
Seven things to settle in writing with any web developer, us included. Each one is cheap before the build and expensive after it.
- Performance targets: load time and Core Web Vitals for the pages that matter
- The accessibility standard the site will meet, and how it will be tested
- The content model: what your team edits and what needs a developer
- Every integration, its owner, and what happens when it fails
- The tracking plan: which actions are measured and where the data goes
- Who owns the code, the hosting account and the domain
- What handover includes: documentation, access, and a trained editor on your side
We design, build and grow software for mid-size and large companies, and the people who build it are the people you talk to.
- 12+Years building software, since 2014
- 6Service lines under one team
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What clients say about working with us
Saurabh GoswamiManaging Director, Ultra Rich Weddings 5/5★★★★★“Redlio Labs successfully delivered the project within schedule; they met all of our requirements. Their quality designs and in-depth knowledge of technology were key elements of their work.”
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When you should not pay for custom web development
Three cases where we will point you to something cheaper:
A brochure site with no integrations
A good builder or theme does that well. Spend the difference on content and search.Nobody will own the content
A custom site without an editor on your side ages as fast as any other. Settle who owns it first.The design is not settled
Building before the design and content are agreed means building twice. Design first.
Custom web development earns its cost when the site has to integrate, perform, or serve customers in ways a template cannot.
From the content model to launch
Step 1 of 5
Discovery
We map your workflows, systems, and constraints with the people who use them every day, before anything is scoped. For the web: the integrations, the content model, the tracking plan and the performance targets.
Discovery
- Workflow map
- Systems inventory
- Constraints and risks
Step 2 of 5
Scope and plan
You get a scope, a timeline, and a price that hold. Architecture decisions are made and documented before code starts. Pages, templates and integrations are listed and priced before design starts.
Scope and plan
- Written scope
- Timeline and milestones
- A price that holds
- Architecture decisions
Step 3 of 5
Build in stages
Senior engineers deliver in planned stages, with working software demonstrated at every step, not a reveal at the end. Templates ship to a staging site your team can click through from the first stage.
Build in stages
- Planned stages
- Working software every step
- Senior engineers on the code
Step 4 of 5
Launch
Data migration, training, and a production cutover planned around your operations and your calendar, not ours. Redirects mapped, tracking verified and search data watched through the switch.
Launch
- Data migration
- Team training
- Production cutover
Step 5 of 5
Run and improve
The team that built your system stays on it: monitoring, support, and the next improvements on one roadmap. Speed, uptime and errors monitored, with improvements on one roadmap.
Run and improve
- Monitoring
- Support
- Improvement roadmap
What you are actually buying
A site that lasts past year three
Integrations, content and performance settled before the design, so growth does not mean a rebuild.Your team runs it
A content model your editors use without tickets, and training at handover.Designed and built by one team
Designers and engineers work on the same pages, so nothing is lost in the handoff.You own it
The code, the hosting account and the domain stay in your name.
Three ways to work with us
Pick the model that fits where your project is today. Start with one and move to another as the work grows.
Fixed-scope project
A defined system, website or app delivered against a scope, a timeline and a price agreed before work starts. Fixed-scope software development for when you know what you need built.
Scope a projectDedicated team or staff augmentation
Engineers and designers embedded in your team, on your tools and your roadmap. A dedicated development team or IT staff augmentation for when you have direction to give.
Add to my teamMonthly growth plan
SEO, AI search and paid ads run month to month against qualified leads, reported in plain numbers you can check.
Plan my growth
Sectors we build for the web
Each sector brings its own integrations, compliance pages and buyers to design around.
Fintech
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Logistics
SaaS
Ecommerce & D2C
Real Estate
Education
Before you commit to a build
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Build vs buy software: the expensive decision is where the two meet
Most organisations already run both custom and off the shelf software. The decision that costs money is the boundary between them: who owns the data model, what a vendor release breaks, and what it costs to change your mind.
Questions buyers ask about web development
If something here does not answer it, ask the founder directly.
Book an intro call
Talk through your goals, your timeline, and how Redlio Labs can support your team.
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What is custom web development?
Custom web development is building a website or web application around your content, integrations and users, instead of fitting them into a builder or a theme. It covers the front end people see, the back end that holds the data, and the connections to the systems the business already runs.
What is the difference between web design and web development?
Design decides what the site says, how it looks and how a visitor moves through it. Development builds it: the code, the content system, the integrations and the performance. We do both, and the best results come when the same team does both. See web design.
What is custom web application development?
A web application is software that runs in the browser and does work for its users: a customer portal, an ordering system, a booking tool, an internal dashboard. Custom web application development builds one around your data and process rather than adapting a product someone else designed.
How much does custom web development cost?
It depends on the integrations, the number of templates and the content model far more than on the number of pages. We list those first and price against them, so the number holds.
Which technologies do you use?
Most of our web builds use Next.js and React, with Node, PostgreSQL or MongoDB where there is an application behind the site, and a headless CMS your team edits. We will build on the stack your team already runs if you have one.
Who owns the website and the hosting?
You do. The code, the hosting account and the domain are in your name, and handover includes documentation and access.
Can you build from our designer’s files?
Yes. We build from Figma files and design systems, and we flag anything that will not perform or work on a phone before it is built rather than after.
Start with the integrations, then the pages
Tell us what the site or application has to connect to and who edits it. You will talk to the people who would build it.
- We reply within 12 hours
- You talk to the people doing the work, never an account manager
- Peer-reviewed releases
- NDA before your first call
Mayursinh Jadeja
Founder, Redlio Labs
