Custom website design for US small businesses

What you actually get

Everything here is inside the price. There is no tier above it that unlocks the “real” version.

• A design made for your business — your photographs, your services, your customers' questions — rather than a template with the colours changed.
• Built phone-first, because most of your visitors are on one, and judged on a phone before it is judged anywhere else.
• An admin panel of your own, so you can change pictures, prices and text without calling anybody or paying for an hour of someone's time.
• A contact form, click-to-call and messaging wired to wherever you actually read messages.
• Hosting, security, daily backups, bug fixes and support for the first year.
• Written so Google can read it: real headings, real text, a sitemap, and speed that does not depend on a visitor's patience.

What it is not

It is not a template installed on your behalf, and it is not a page builder you will be left to operate alone. It is also not open-ended: the scope is written down in plain language before anything starts, and the price is agreed at the same time. Nothing here is ever billed by the hour.

It is not locked to us either. The site, the content and all the data are yours, exportable at any time. No lock-in, and no charge to leave.

How it goes

Four steps, and you can hold us to every one.

1. Discover — freeA 20-minute call or a WhatsApp thread, whichever suits you. We ask what the site has to do and who it is for.
2. Scope — freeA written scope in plain language: what is included, what you do not need, and one fixed price. If we think something is a bad idea, we say so.
3. Build — 2 to 3 weeksCounted from the day we have your content. You see working screens along the way, and two rounds of revisions per stage are included.
4. Hand overA walkthrough of your admin panel, and the first year of hosting, security, backups and support already inside the price.

Questions people ask first

How much does a small business website cost?

$501 one time, with the whole of the first year included — hosting, security, daily backups, bug fixes, support and an admin panel of your own. That is the price for our first 25 US clients; after that the same package is $749. An online store is $801.

How long does it take?

Two to three weeks for a website, counted from the day we have your content. A store is four to six. You see working screens along the way rather than waiting in the dark.

What do you need from me?

Your photographs, your services and anything you already have written. If that does not exist yet, we will tell you exactly what to send and in what shape, and we write the structure around it.

Is the price really fixed?

Yes. One fixed price, agreed in writing before anything starts, and nothing billed by the hour. Payment is half to begin and half on completion, unless we agree something else in writing. Two rounds of revisions per stage are included.

What does it cost after the first year?

$199 a year if you want us to keep hosting, updating and supporting it — about $16.58 a month. It is optional, and the site is yours either way. Your domain name is paid separately to the registrar, usually $12 to $20 a year, registered in your name.

Where are you based?

We are an India-based studio working with US clients. Our address, phone number and email are at the foot of this page, and the prices here are introductory ones for the US market — set to earn our first American clients rather than to squeeze them.