Insly Host designs websites for Oudtshoorn, De Rust, Calitzdorp and Dysselsdorp businesses, including ostrich show farms and leather goods makers, guest houses that fill up at festival time, Cango Caves and Swartberg tour operators, and port-style wine cellars. Projects run from our Pretoria office, through WhatsApp, phone calls and email. Packages start at R2,999 for a Starter Website of up to 5 pages.
At a glance
- Area
- Oudtshoorn Local Municipality, Western Cape
- Packages from
- R2,999 (Starter Website, up to 5 pages)
- Payment
- 50% or 60% deposit online, balance before launch
- How projects run
- Phone, WhatsApp and email
- Office
- 255 Pretorius St, Pretoria Central, Pretoria, 0001
- Phone
- +27 71 545 5541
Feathers, Festivals and the Swartberg
Oudtshoorn grew rich on ostrich plumes during the feather boom, and the grand sandstone mansions built by farmers of that era still line its streets. Ostriches are still farmed for meat and leather, show farms let visitors meet the birds, and the Cango Caves draw coach tours and families. The gravel Swartberg Pass and the Meiringspoort gorge near De Rust are two of the Klein Karoo's well-known drives. Every year the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees, the KKNK, fills the town with Afrikaans theatre, music and visitors, and Calitzdorp, to the west, is known for port-style wines.
Festival week changes everything for local accommodation. Guest houses and B&Bs need booking pages that can switch to festival rates and minimum stays, while restaurants and venues post their programmes. For the rest of the year, sites need to help travellers build a Klein Karoo itinerary with Oudtshoorn as the base. Much of the audience reads Afrikaans first, so we can set up matching Afrikaans and English pages when you provide both texts. Ostrich leather makers and Calitzdorp cellars get online shops with checkout and courier options.
Also covering areas around Oudtshoorn
- Calitzdorp
- De Rust
- Dysselsdorp
What Oudtshoorn businesses need from a website
Ostrich Products
Leather goods makers and meat producers need product pages, an online shop with checkout and a trade enquiry form for retailers and exporters.
Festival and Touring Accommodation
Guest houses need room pages, festival and normal rates they switch themselves, and an itinerary page linking the caves, the passes and the show farms.
Port and Wine Cellars
Calitzdorp and De Rust cellars need tasting times, notes on their port-style wines and a way to reorder online once visitors are back home.
Web design packages for Oudtshoorn
Fixed prices, the same across South Africa. Pay a 50% or 60% deposit online to start and the balance before launch.
Starter Website
R2,999
Up to 5 pages · 7–10 days
- Custom Design Concept
- Up to 5 Pages
- Mobile Responsive
- Basic SEO Setup
- Contact Form
Business Website
R5,999
Up to 10 pages · 10–14 days
- Premium Custom Design
- Up to 10 Pages
- Mobile & Tablet Optimized
- Advanced SEO
- Contact & Quote Forms
Hosting, domains and business email are billed separately. Web hosting starts from R39/month. See hosting plans
How a project works
- 1
Tell us what you need
Call, WhatsApp or email us, or fill in the quote form. We ask about your business, your customers and the pages you need.
- 2
Book with a deposit
Choose a package and pay a 50% or 60% deposit online to book your project. Custom scopes are quoted first.
- 3
Design, review, build
We design the pages, you review them, and we build the site on WordPress or the Insly website builder.
- 4
Launch and hand over
You pay the balance, the site goes live on your domain, and we show you how to update it yourself.
Web design in Oudtshoorn: questions and answers
Can our guest house switch to festival rates during the KKNK?
Yes. We build the rates table so you can add a festival period with its own prices and minimum stay, and switch it on or off yourself in the CMS. A short notice at the top of the home page tells visitors you are taking festival bookings, and the enquiry form asks for their festival dates.
Most of our customers speak Afrikaans. Should the website be in Afrikaans?
If that is how your customers search and talk, yes. The site can be in Afrikaans only, or in Afrikaans and English with a language link in the menu, as long as you supply the text for each version. Each language gets its own page titles and descriptions, so both versions can appear in search results.
How much does a website cost in Oudtshoorn?
Insly Host uses the same fixed package prices everywhere in South Africa: Starter Website R2,999 (up to 5 pages), Business Website R5,999 (up to 10 pages), E-commerce Website R12,999 (up to 50 products) and Enterprise Website R24,999 (unlimited pages). You pay a 50% or 60% deposit online to start and the balance before the site goes live. Larger custom projects are quoted on request.
How long does it take to build a website for a Oudtshoorn business?
It depends on the package: Starter Website 7–10 days, Business Website 10–14 days, E-commerce Website 14–21 days and Enterprise Website 21–30 days. Larger builds, or sites waiting on content, take longer. We confirm the timeline with you before work starts.
Do I also need hosting, a domain and email?
Yes, every website needs hosting and a domain, and most businesses want email on that domain too. Insly Host sells web hosting from R39/month, .co.za and other domains, and business email, billed separately from the design package so you only pay for what you use. If you already have hosting elsewhere, we can build the site for that instead.