Winch Websites is owned and run by Tony Phelps, a Winchelsea resident. Tony has over 20 years experience in the IT industry, starting with huge mainframe computers run by local government Hampshire County Council (UK) and following the technology into personal-computer networks and then into the burgeoning worldwide internet phenomenon. This has taken Tony around the world to Vanuatu, Melbourne and now Winchelsea (plus expeditions to New York, Hong Kong and London).

Tony has a strong belief in the availability, convenience, and ease of the internet. Particularly for regions affected by geographical separation, the internet has the power to wipe out distance. The internet also has the power to equalise businesses - with the right presentation, a website can declare professionalism, quality, and value for money for a small rural business just as much as for a large multinational. In the early days of the internet, an effective website cost a lot of money, now even the smallest of budgets can accommodate a great-looking website which can pay its own way by generating new business.

With ten years experience of the internet itself, Tony has gravitated towards the small business, low-cost arena, attracted by the amazing internet packages that are available free of charge. Under the umbrella of "open source", there are packages for almost every business activity or requirement, which can be downloaded at no charge, and freely copied as many times as wanted. The catch is that a fair degree of "nerdiness" is necessary to install, configure, and customise these packages.

This is the essence of Winch Websites - Winch Websites does not charge licencing fees, software purchase costs or similar. You pay for time & expertise to quickly install a chosen package, and to customise it to your particular circumstances.

Winch Websites also has a dedicated webserver for itself and its clients - an important point for anyone considering e-commerce (online store) for their website. A dedicated webserver provides better performance ie. faster responses and greatly improves security as we know everyone on the server and have complete control over all settings. With experience on all technical aspects of hosting and creating websites, Tony has also enlisted the assistance of experts in other areas that require their own specialists - namely, copywriting and editing (getting your message across effectively) and search engine marketing (putting your website in front of people who want to find it). This all makes for a complete package ; build a great-looking website at low cost, which says what you mean to say, and which is easy to find by people you want to find it.

If you think we might be able to help, just contact us for a free consultation.