Half the shops on your street are invisible after closing time.
When someone looks up a local business at 9pm, a phone number and a Facebook page usually isn't enough. I build the site that answers them, for businesses that never got around to one.
Both shops might be great. Only one of them is easy to choose at 9pm.
What working together looks like
Most people who email me have a phone number, a Facebook page and no time. You don't need to know anything technical, and you won't be asked to.
You tell me about the business
What you sell, who comes in, what you want people to do when they find you. Send photos if you have them, or take a few on your phone. I handle cropping and the rest.
I build it and send you a link
A real site with your hours, services and contact details, quick on a phone and set up so Google can read it properly. You see it working before anything is due.
You take the keys
You get a login to post updates, swap photos and change your hours yourself. The domain is registered in your name, and the code is yours if you ever want to take it elsewhere.
Optimum Aquarium
An aquatic pet store in Kennesaw, Georgia. Open since 2004, 748 Google reviews, and until this month, no website.
- Weekly shipments
- Staff post what arrived, with a photo, from their phone.
- Photo gallery
- They add and caption their own livestock pictures.
- Opening hours
- Editable, and they drive an automatic open or closed badge.
- Ownership
- Domain, hosting and database all in the store's own account.
What it costs
- +Design, build, and writing the content with you
- +Your photos edited, cropped and placed
- +An admin login so you can make changes yourself
- +Set up to load fast and be read properly by Google
- +The first year of hosting
After that first year, hosting and support are $150 a year. That covers keeping the site online, fixing anything that breaks, and making changes when you need them. Cancel whenever you like and I'll hand over the domain and the code.
Why I'm cheaper
| A design agency | Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $5,000 and up | $750, all in |
| Time | Six to twelve weeks | About a week |
| Changing your hours | Submit a ticket, wait | You log in and change them |
| Who you talk to | An account manager | Me, the person building it |
| If you leave | Often keep the domain | Domain and code are yours |
Tell me about your business
Email me what you do and where you are. I'll send back a mockup of what your site could look like, free, before you decide anything.