“They handled everything from start to finish.”
They did the design, the copy, and the whole site in under a month. Questions got answered the same day. And with the care plan, updates are something we just don't worry about.
Small-business web design studio
Websites that turn visitors into customers
Rated 4.8 from 195+ reviews
- Live in 2–4 weeks
- One fixed price
- Hosting & care included
What we do. The whole website, built and looked after by one small team.
Made for your business
No templates. We start from what your customers need to see and draw every page around that, so the site actually feels like yours.
Learn more about Made for your businessRight on every screen
Most of your visitors are on a phone, so that's where we design first. Then we check every page on real devices.
Learn more about Right on every screenBuilt to get you calls
Every page has one job: get the visitor to call, book, or buy. The design quietly points them there.
Learn more about Built to get you callsSee it before we build
You see the full design up front, and we adjust until it feels right. Then we build exactly what you approved.
Learn more about See it before we build
We do the writing
You talk, we write. Tell us how you'd explain your business to a customer, and we turn it into clear pages.
Learn more about We do the writingPlain English, no fluff
Short sentences that say what you do and why people pick you. Nothing that reads like a brochure.
Learn more about Plain English, no fluffWritten to be found
Every page is titled and structured so Google understands it. Quiet work, but it's what gets you into local searches.
Learn more about Written to be foundYou have the final say
Nothing goes live until you've read it and it sounds like you. We rewrite until it does.
Learn more about You have the final say
Fast, hand-built pages
No page builders, no bloat. The site loads in a blink, even on a weak phone signal.
Learn more about Fast, hand-built pagesTested on real devices
Before launch we click through every page on real iPhones and Androids. A resized browser window doesn't count.
Learn more about Tested on real devicesForms, bookings & more
Contact forms, booking flows, menus, price lists: whatever your customers need to do, it just works.
Learn more about Forms, bookings & moreNo plugins to break
There's no plugin stack to snap with every update. Fewer moving parts, so your site keeps working.
Learn more about No plugins to break
Hosting included
Your site lives on fast, secure hosting we manage, and backups run on their own. You never think about it.
Learn more about Hosting includedEdits when you need them
New photos, a price change, a holiday notice: send us an email and it's done, usually the same day.
Learn more about Edits when you need themWe keep watch
Uptime, security updates, the small fixes. All handled quietly in the background, month after month.
Learn more about We keep watchA real person answers
Email or call and you reach the people who actually built your site. No ticket queue.
Learn more about A real person answers
Got a project in mind? Tell us about it and we'll map out the site and the price.
Our clients keep coming back. Fast delivery. Clear pricing. Websites that earn their keep.
Rated 5 out of 5 on Google 
“Fast, careful, easy to work with.”
They redesigned our campaign landing pages on a tight deadline. Thorough work, clear communication. And the pages load noticeably faster than before.
Rated 5 out of 5 on Google
“The site brings in exactly the jobs we want.”
We used to get the small repair jobs. Since the rebuild it's the bigger renovation projects we actually want, and customers tell us the site is what convinced them.
Rated 5 out of 5 on Google
“Delivered on time and on budget.”
Everything happened exactly as promised, from the first call to launch. Small change requests usually got sorted within a day. Often within the hour.
Rated 4 out of 5 on Google
“A safe pair of hands for our whole online presence.”
They rebuilt the site, rewrote the copy, and now they host and maintain the whole thing too. One supplier, one invoice. It simply works.
Rated 5 out of 5 on Google
“The new site feels like our cafés do.”
They understood the atmosphere we wanted and got it onto the screen. New guests keep telling us they found us through the website.
Rated 5 out of 5 on Facebook 
“Clear answers, fair price, no surprises.”
We were quoted a fixed price, and that's exactly what we paid. The site went live on the agreed date. Not a single problem since.
Rated 4 out of 5 on Google
“We haven't thought about our website in a year.”
The care plan covers updates, backups, small changes, and it all gets handled before we even notice. That's exactly how we want it.
Rated 5 out of 5 on Google
The agency experience, without the agency headaches.
Most agencies
Typical time and cost of a small-business site
2–6 months
hourly billing
With us
One quote up front, and your site live in
2–4 weeks
one fixed price
One quote, one deadline.
Live in two to four weeks.
You approve one price before we start, and you'll know your launch date from day one. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices, no redesign that quietly eats half a year.
Alex
15+ years
of experience
Founder &
web developer
Priya
10+ years
of experience
Design lead &
product designer
You talk to the people
who do the actual work.
No handoffs, no middlemen.
Your project stays with our team from kickoff to launch. The people on that first call design and build your site, and they'll answer your emails after it ships. Nothing gets passed to someone you never meet.
Typical small-business site on Google PageSpeed
(heavy themes, page builders, third-party scripts)
The sites we ship
(static pages, no bloat, tested on real phones)
Slow sites lose visitors.
Ours load in a blink.
Every page ships as plain static files, so it opens fast even on a weak phone signal. Visitors stick around longer. Google notices too.
Trades & constructionClinics & dentistsCafés & restaurantsAccountantsSalons & spasReal estate
Law firmsFitness studiosOnline shopsPhotographersAuto repairNonprofits
ConsultantsLandscapingTherapistsEvent venuesSchools & coursesStartups
Whatever your business does,
we’ve likely built for it before.
Trades, clinics, shops, restaurants. After enough small-business sites the patterns repeat, so you get what already works instead of paying us to learn it.
How we work. Three steps, and you always know what comes next.
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Tell us what you need
A short call or a message gets us going. You say what your business does, who you want to reach, and what the site has to pull off. No homework, no jargon.
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See the design first
Before a line of code gets written, we show you a design of your key pages. You'll know exactly what you're paying for, and anything that feels off gets fixed while it's still easy to change.
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We build it, then stay on it
Design, copy, code: the whole build happens in-house, and most sites are live in two to four weeks at the price we quoted. Then we stick around to host it, back it up and keep it current, so you're not the one babysitting a website.
From restaurants & clinics to shops, trades & more
More buyers
TradeHub connects thousands of US retailers with suppliers they can trust
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Harmon’s Coffee Co. takes order-ahead coffee from its own site, not an app
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CareDesk lets patients find the right doctor and book in seconds
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x2 Table bookings
Maple & Main’s new site fills the dining room. Booking a table takes two taps.
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Curbside drops new streetwear daily, so we built the shop that keeps up
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We built Marlow Atelier’s online boutique to feel as calm as the clothes
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Form Studio’s classes, schedule and memberships finally live in one place
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x3 More inquiries
Summit Plumbing & Heating gets its jobs from the website now, not the phone book
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Northline Markets wanted a trading dashboard that feels calm, so that's what we made
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Fondo shows long-term investors exactly what they own, at a glance
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Sullivan Family Dental books cleanings around the clock, even when the front desk can't
Case study soon
With a site built right, your business can win more customers, more calls & more bookings.
Currently taking new bookings
Or write to us at hello@example.com
Our pricing. Everything handled for one monthly price, or pay once and own it.
Full service
$175 /month
Start your website We design, build, host, and look after your website for one flat monthly price. No big invoice up front, no juggling separate hosting and maintenance bills. One amount covers the lot.
- Complete design and build of your site, live in two to four weeks.
- Fast, secure hosting with SSL, backups, and monitoring included.
- Content updates and small changes are included. Just send us an email.
- We keep the site quick and easy to find on Google as it grows.
- Support from the people who built your site, within one business day.
- No setup fee, no long-term contract: cancel anytime, and your domain and content stay yours.
One-time build
from $4,900
Request a quote Prefer to pay once and own it outright? We design and build the same site for a single fixed price. You approve the quote after a short call, before any work starts. Hosting and a care plan are available as a small monthly add-on.
- Everything in Full service, delivered as a one-time project.
- No hourly billing: the quote you approve is the price you pay.
- You own the site, design, and code outright from day one.
- Optional hosting and care plan from $49/month.
- Paid in two installments, half up front and half at launch.
We’re eight people. Designers, developers & the one who answers the phone.
Alex Beckett founded the studio in 2014, after six years of agency rebuilds, & he still writes most of the HTML.
Most of what lands on his desk is still rebuilds. A site that got slow, or a CMS nobody in the office can touch. He scopes the work, gives you one price in writing before anything starts, and if a plain static site will do the job, that’s what he’ll tell you to buy.
Priya Raman is our design lead, a product designer with 10+ years of experience & four of them in-house at a retail chain.
The retail years are where the carousel hatred started. She designs everything we ship, keeps pages plain enough to load fast, and cuts whatever doesn’t help a visitor call or book. Ask why your homepage has no slider and you’ll get a straight answer.
Marcus, Mei, Jake, Claire, Joel & Denise handle performance, scheduling, forms, words, care plans & CSS. All eight of us are on the about page.
Our clients. Restaurants & trades, clinics & shops across the country since 2014
New site with quote requests and service pages. It paid for itself within the first month.
Restaurant site with two-tap table booking. Reservations doubled in the first quarter.
Marketing site for a payroll platform. Delivered on time, on budget, and on brand.
A warm site with direct room booking. Four direct bookings in the first week live.
Design, copy, and build in under a month, with online appointment requests built in.
Site and booking flow for a platform that gets patients to the right doctor in seconds.
A site that feels like the cafés do. New guests keep finding them through it.
An online boutique built to feel as calm as the clothes it sells.
Service pages and a quote form. Jobs come from the website now, not the phone book.
Cabin pages with real photos and direct booking. Direct bookings up forty percent.
Corporate site shipped at a fixed price on a fixed date, exactly as quoted.
Classes, schedule, and memberships finally in one place, with booking built in.
A shop site that finally looks like the shop. Repairs booked from a phone in two taps.
Campaign landing pages redesigned on a tight deadline, loading noticeably faster.
Full rebuild plus hosting and care under one roof. One supplier, one invoice.
An online streetwear shop fast enough to keep up with daily drops.
Rebuild focused on renovation work. The site now brings the bigger projects they want.
Site, updates, backups, and small changes, all handled under one care plan.
A clear site with insurance answers and online scheduling for three locations.
Menu, custom order form, and a wholesale page for a neighborhood bakery.
Seasonal service pages and an emergency call button that actually gets used.
A plain-language site for a two-partner firm. Consultations get booked online.
A one-page site with walk-in hours and live chair availability up top.
A simple site that explains pricing up front, so leads arrive pre-qualified.
What services do you offer?
We handle the full project from first sketch to launch: design, copy, build, and hosting. Tell us what you need and we will put together a plan that fits.
How much does a website cost?
Most clients choose the full-service plan: $175 per month covers design, build, hosting, updates, and support, with no big invoice up front. If you'd rather pay once and own the site outright, we also build for a one-time fixed price from $4,900, quoted after a short call. Either way you know the exact price before we start.
Are there any ongoing costs?
On the full-service plan the flat monthly fee is all you ever pay, and you can cancel at any time. With a one-time build, hosting and the optional care plan run as a small monthly amount.
How long does a project take?
A typical site is live within two to four weeks from kickoff, depending on how quickly we receive your content and feedback.
What do you need from us?
Less than you might think. A logo if you have one, a few photos, and a rough idea of what the site should do. We write the copy together with you and fill any gaps.
What if we don’t like the first design?
Then we keep working. You see the design early and we revise it until it feels right. Nothing gets built before you have approved the direction.
Do you also handle hosting and maintenance?
Yes. Every site we build comes with fast, secure hosting, and we offer a care plan that covers updates, backups, and small changes.
Will our website show up on Google?
Every site ships with fast, search-friendly markup and is submitted to Google at launch. Ranking for competitive searches takes time and steady content, and we are upfront about what is realistic.
Can you update my existing website instead?
Often, yes. If the foundation is solid we can redesign or extend what you have; if not, rebuilding is usually faster and cheaper in the long run.
Who owns the website?
You do. The domain, the design, and all content belong to you, and there is no lock-in. If you ever decide to move the site elsewhere, we help you do it.
How do we get started?
Send us a message through the contact form or write to us by email. We will get back to you within one business day to schedule a short intro call.