Everything you need to capture direct, commission-free bookings for your South African guesthouse, B&B or self-catering accommodation — from the website itself to hosting, SEO and booking systems.
The core Klipwerks offering. A professional, mobile-first website built specifically for your guesthouse — designed to capture direct, commission-free bookings from repeat guests, referrals and search traffic.
Keep your Booking.com listing for discovery — new guests find you there. But every repeat guest, word-of-mouth referral and direct search now lands on your own site and books commission-free.
South African guests prefer WhatsApp. Your booking form sends enquiries straight to your phone — no complex systems to learn, no dashboard to check, no missed emails.
From first chat to live site in about a week. You don't wait months for an agency to get around to you. We focus on guesthouses, so we know exactly what you need.
SSL certificates, daily backups, security monitoring and uptime you can count on. Your guesthouse website stays online and safe — no technical knowledge required from you.
Software updates, plugin patches and content changes handled for you. Need to add a new room, change a rate, or post a seasonal special? Just send a WhatsApp.
Your website needs to stay online, stay fast and stay secure. Klipwerks handles all the technical work — hosting, updates, backups and content changes — for a simple monthly fee.
When someone Googles your guesthouse name, they should find your website — not just Booking.com. Klipwerks builds SEO into every site and offers standalone optimisation for existing guesthouse websites.
Guesthouse guests search by location — "Clarens guesthouse", "Golden Gate accommodation", "Free State B&B". Klipwerks optimises your site to rank for the searches that actually bring bookings.
Your Google Business Profile is often the first thing a potential guest sees. We set it up properly, add your photos, link your new site and optimise for local pack visibility.
Schema markup tells Google exactly what your site is — a guesthouse with rooms, rates and reviews. It's how you get rich snippets in search results instead of just a plain blue link.
Show guests which rooms are available in real time. Simple calendar that you update from your phone. No expensive channel manager required — just clear, honest availability.
Send a PayFast or Stripe link with a booking confirmation. Take deposits and secure bookings without a full e-commerce system. Guests pay before arrival — you confirm by WhatsApp.
Not every guesthouse needs a full reservation engine. Klipwerks sets up the right booking flow for your property — from simple WhatsApp enquiry forms to availability calendars and payment links.
Already have a website that looks dated, loads slowly, or doesn't work on mobile? Or a site your nephew built in 2018 and nobody can update? Klipwerks redesigns dead or underperforming guesthouse websites and brings them back to life.
It doesn't load properly on a phone. The photos are tiny or broken. There's no booking form. The last update was two years ago. Google sends all your traffic to Booking.com instead. Guests say they couldn't find your website.
If your existing site has good content, decent photos or search rankings, we don't throw it all away. We migrate the good stuff, fix the broken stuff, and build a modern site on top of it.
Most old guesthouse sites were built for desktop and never adapted. Your redesign will look sharp and load fast on every phone, tablet and laptop — because that's where your guests are looking.
A clear, straightforward process. No jargon, no long timelines, no surprises.
A 10-minute call or WhatsApp. We learn about your guesthouse, your rooms, your rates, your current Booking.com setup and what you're losing per month. You tell us what you want — we tell you what's possible.
We design your site using the earthy, professional Klipwerks design system. You see the layout, approve the look and feel, and we agree on the page structure before a single line of code is written.
Rooms, rates, gallery, booking form, maps, testimonials, SEO and schema markup. Everything built, tested on mobile and desktop, and connected to WhatsApp. Usually done in one weekend.
Your site goes live on your domain. We set up hosting, SSL, Google Analytics and Search Console. You get a walkthrough of how to manage bookings. Then you start capturing commission-free reservations.
10-minute chat. No obligation. We'll look at what you're paying in commission and whether a direct site makes sense for your guesthouse.
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