Website launch
Private practice website launch checklist—the technical go-live we run on your domain
Launch day is when DNS points at approved pages—not when rankings appear. Therapist Website Studio checks the domain stays in your name, the sitemap lists public URLs, Search Console is connected when included, redirects cover changed paths, the enquiry works from a keyboard, and email on that domain still delivers after cutover.
Example bespoke sites
Morrow Lane is a designed example of a Manchester practice layout at launch shape. It is not a go-live report or a rank screenshot.

Manchester · Online across the UK
Space to work through what matters
Individual counselling in Manchester, and online across the UK. Anxiety, grief, and what is hard to put into words.

Anxiety
£70
50 minutes
For worry that is taking up the week. We stay with it, rather than rushing you towards a fix.

Grief
£70
50 minutes
For a death, or another loss. There is no date by which you should feel better.

Online sessions
£70
50 minutes
The same counsellor, from your own home, anywhere in the UK.
The first session
A chance to see if this is the right counselling.
We talk about what you want from the work and how often we would meet. You do not need to send a history beforehand. Please give 48 hours if you need to cancel. What you say in the session stays there, except where the law requires otherwise.
One fee, in the room or online
£70
50 minutes · Manchester, or online across the UK
A short note is enough
Your name, your email, and the Manchester room or online. Please do not include a clinical history.
Morrow Lane Counselling
Manchester · Individual counselling, anxiety and grief
Designed example
SEO, AI AEO and language models
Launch mechanics machines can fetch.
Rank trackers are not crawlable. We ship sitemap, redirects and structured launch facts so Google, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity read the same hostname a person types.
Google
Search · AI Overviews · Gemini
Googlebot can fetch sitemap URLs on the live domain.
- Googlebot
- Google-Extended
OpenAI
ChatGPT
ChatGPT search may cite approved fee text from HTML at cutover.
- OAI-SearchBot
- GPTBot
- ChatGPT-User
Anthropic
Claude
Claude reads short enquiry forms without clinical fields.
- Claude-SearchBot
- ClaudeBot
- Claude-User
Perplexity
Perplexity
Perplexity can follow site-move sources when paths change.
- PerplexityBot
- Perplexity-User
Under the surface
Website go-live in data.
This block is on the page because launch is where redirects and sitemaps are either present or missing. The sample Service names the domain, pages and sitemap layer.
{
"@type": "Service",
"name": "Private practice website launch",
"serviceType": "Website go-live checklist",
"description": "Domain, approved pages, sitemap and redirects"
}The website we deliver
Before the domain moves
The pages you sign off are the pages that go public. Fee, status and service wording are text in HTML—not images or a staging link we treat as the real site.
Which facts belong on those pages—name, register line, fee, reach—is the therapy practice launch checklist. This guide is cutover mechanics only.
| On launch day we verify | Not part of this checklist |
|---|---|
| Domain registered in your name | A subdomain only we can renew |
| Approved HTML pages on that hostname | A PDF checklist as the public site |
| Sitemap listing indexable URLs | A screenshot of a rank tracker |
| 301 redirects when paths change | Old URLs switched off with no map |
| Keyboard-accessible enquiry | Clinical intake on the marketing form |
The day DNS points at the new site
We connect hosting to the domain you control. Email MX records are checked so the move does not strand post you still need for enquiries.
If an old site had inbound links, changed paths get permanent redirects per Google’s site-move guidance. Rankings may move; we do not promise a position on launch afternoon.
Sitemap, Search Console and structured data
A sitemap lists the URLs we want fetched. Search Console is how indexation is checked afterwards when the build includes it—submission is not the same as ranking.
Service and fee facts sit in structured data beside the visible sentences so Google, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity quote the same launch facts a crawler can read without a script.
Enquiry and accessibility at go-live
The public form is short and operable from a keyboard, aligned with WCAG 2.2 expectations for focus order and labels. ICO special category guidance is why we do not ask for clinical history on the marketing page.
Launch at published prices
Standard Managed is £149 setup and £49 a month for 12 months, then Website Care at £39. Growth Managed is £249 and £69 a month, then £49, when each real service needs its own page. Prices include VAT. Outright is £650 or £995. Website Care—or Managed after the term—covers later fee edits in HTML and JSON-LD; launch does not include a month of traffic dashboards.
Domain choice and registrar ownership are in how to choose a therapy practice domain name. Delivery steps sit on therapist website project process.
A free website review, or a free consultation
A free website review if you already have a public site, or a free 20-minute consultation if you do not.
Technical launch at list price.
Website launch is included in Standard/Growth Managed and outright builds—no separate go-live fee. Prices include VAT. No index-by-date promise.
Managed · recommended
£149
setup
+ £49/month
Then Website Care at £39/month after 12 months.
Start your managed websiteGrowth Managed
£249
setup
+ £69/month
Then Growth Website Care at £49/month after 12 months.
Choose GrowthOr buy outright
£650
or £995
Pay in full, or across 3 payments. Those payments are not the managed plan.
See outright pricesPrices include VAT. Your domain stays in your name. The monthly fee is management, and the site is not paid off when the fee drops.
See what is includedQuestions
- What do you need from me on launch day?
- Signed-off copy, the fee you want public, and access to the domain and DNS. Not client records.
- Can the old site stay live until the new one is ready?
- Yes. We cut over when you approve, then redirect URLs that should survive.
- Will you promise the site is indexed by Friday?
- No. We ship crawlable HTML and sitemap; Google decides timing.
Ready for a clear next step?
Request a free website design review if you already have a site, or book a free 20-minute consultation if you are starting from scratch.
Or email hello@therapistwebsitestudio.co.uk.
Sources
Checked 4 October 2026. These pages explain the public rules. They are not a ranking promise.
