Reason 01
Traffic dropped the month the new site went live.
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website redesign sabah
A website redesign in Sabah has to keep the pages that already bring work. Seed Light finds those first, carries every old address over, and rebuilds so the site opens quickly on any connection.
The stack
Where we work
Pick an area to see who trades there and what the work looks like for them.
Tourism and local trade in the same city, which means two very different customers. Visitors book weeks ahead from overseas, residents search and call the same day.
Who we typically work with here
Residential demand just outside the capital, served by businesses that mostly rely on word of mouth. A basic profile and a few reviews often puts you ahead of everyone nearby.
Who we typically work with here
Trading and shipping businesses whose buyers are elsewhere in Malaysia or overseas. The site is often the only thing a buyer sees before making contact, so it carries the whole first impression.
Who we typically work with here
Farming, processing and trade that crosses the border. Buyers want volumes, grades and shipping terms, which almost no competitor here bothers to publish.
Who we typically work with here
Plantation and industrial supply chains where relationships still do most of the work. A credible site mainly exists to confirm you are real and reachable before the first call.
Who we typically work with here
Almost every customer is booking from another country, months ahead, on a phone. Photos, permit information and a booking flow that takes a deposit are the entire business online.
Who we typically work with here
We also work with businesses in Papar, Kudat, Keningau, Beaufort, Ranau and Kunak.
Sound familiar?
Sabah is served by very few agencies, and the search results show it.Tourism here takes bookings from abroad months ahead, so the website is the whole shopfront.
Traffic dropped the month the new site went live.
Half your old links now land on a page that does not exist.
The rebuilt site crawls on a phone once you leave the city.
Editing a page needs a builder licence you keep paying for.
The town pages you had before the rebuild are gone.
The good news
Every one of these is the first thing we fix.
What we rebuild
A rebuild is never one job. Here is the shape that matches your site.
Same pages, a design that reads as current.
Pages regrouped around what people ask first.
Pages rewritten so visitors take the next step.
Product pages and payment redone, past orders intact.
Off a rented builder, with every address redirected.
Kept light so it opens quickly outside the city.
What matters
The risk
Two things cause it: old addresses left pointing nowhere, and pages that ranked being rewritten into something new. Both are decided in the first week, well before design.
Every address redirected
Old links reach the page that replaced them.
Pages that already rank stay
The words that earned the position stay.
Checked on a staging site
Every redirect walked through before launch.
Checked every week after launch
Weekly checks, and a fix the same week.
What to keep
Before anything is drawn, every page is measured on what it brings in. The list of keepers decides the structure, and it rarely matches what the owner expected.
Measured, then decided
Numbers pick the keepers, before opinion does.
Half pages joined up
Several half pages become one useful page.
Nothing simply vanishes
Every retired page is sent somewhere.
You approve every drop
The list is yours to change.
Speed
Signal in Sandakan and Tawau is weaker than in Kota Kinabalu, so the rebuild is kept light and timed on mobile data before it goes anywhere near launch.
A speed budget from day one
Agreed before the first screen is drawn.
Only the plugins you use
Anything the site does not use goes.
Images compressed on upload
Sized once, correctly, during the build.
Checked on a real phone
On mobile data, away from the office.
After launch
A rented builder leaves you paying to change a sentence. Content sits in WordPress, licence terms are explained before we start, and your team keeps every key.
Edit any page yourself
Dates, text and pictures, in a minute.
A standard editor
The one every WordPress user already knows.
Training you can replay
Recorded, so a new starter can watch it.
Logins in your name
Domain, hosting and files, held by you.
How it works
Which pages bring traffic across Sabah, and which bring none.
Keep, merge or retire, agreed with you page by page.
Phone width first, built in sections you sign off.
Redirects written and tested on staging before launch.
Search checked weekly for a month after go live.
How we compare
| What you get | Cheap template shop | Seed Light | Big agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redesign audit first | No | Yes | Yes |
| Every URL mapped | No | Yes | Sometimes |
| Ranking pages migrated | No | Yes | Add-on |
| Speed work included | No | Yes | Add-on |
| Rankings watched after launch | No | Yes | No |
| You own the code and files | Locked in | Yes | Sometimes |
Packages
Quoted after a call, on how many pages move across.
A site with sound pages and a tired design.
What's included
A site people cannot find their way around.
What's included
A site leaving its platform, or a shop with orders to carry.
What's included
Support for thirty days after launch, then a care plan if you want one. Every account stays yours.
Straight answers
The questions we get asked first. Answered simply, with no sales talk.
Where to go next
WebsitesA site built to turn visitors into customers.
SearchGet found by people already searching.
UpkeepUpdates, backups and security handled monthly.
WebsitesOne page, one offer, one action.
MarketingEvery channel under one plan and one report.
The full map of what we do and where.
100+
Brands served
28,441+
Leads generated
$4.1M+
Sales made for clients
Up to13x
Return on ad spend
As of July 2026, tallied from client ad accounts and store reports. See the numbers on our results page.
Who this is for
Anywhere a customer researches before they buy.
Renovators, cleaners, repair pros and movers who need calls and quote requests from their area.
Dental, physio, aesthetics and wellness practices that live on bookings and trust.
Agents and agencies that need listings presented well and every lead captured fast.
Personal brands that need authority, proof and a calendar that fills itself.
Product brands whose catalogue has to do the selling.
Lawyers, accountants and agencies whose clients research hard before calling anyone.
Let’s talk
Tell us what is holding your business back. We will reply in one working day with honest advice, even if we never work together.
Prefer email or a call? hello@seed-light.com · +60 16-411 9138
Results so far
Real client numbers100+
Brands served
28,441+
Leads generated
$4.1M+
Sales made for clients
Up to 13x
Return on ad spend
Leads per month, trending up
