You see it before you pay a penny
People look you up before they call. Find nothing, they call the next guy. I build the site that stops that — and I keep it running.
I build your homepage first. You decide after you've seen it.
Emergency service · Alton, IL
Welcome to our website!!! We are a family run plumbing buisness serving the local area since 1998.
Please see our services page for a full list of the work we undertake. No job too small!
For enquiries please email riverbendplumbing@hotmail.com or telephone during office hours (Mon-Fri).
Left: what a lot of businesses have. Right: what I'd build.
Built for
The bit nobody mentions
A missed call rings. A customer who found nothing and phoned someone else makes no sound at all. That's why this never feels urgent.
It's usually one job a month. Work out what one job is worth to you.
In every site
All of it, in the base price, on both options. No tier where the obvious thing costs extra.
Under a second on a phone. Most take five or six — people leave first.
One tap dials you. No copying, no pasting, no giving up.
At the top, in plain words. "Open until 8pm" beats a contact form.
Four in five customers see it on a phone. That's the version I design first.
Your hours, phone and rating show up in the Google result itself.
Straight to your email. No dashboard, no app, no login.
HTTPS from day one, registered to your business. No builder subdomain.
How many came, how many tapped to call. No cookie banner.
Proper contrast, text that scales, works with a screen reader.
The part after launch
Most small-business sites are accurate for about four months. Then prices change and nobody fixes it. On the monthly, that's mine to deal with.
Claimed, verified, hours, service area, photos. For a local business it drives more calls than the website does.
New price, new hours, photo of yesterday's job. You text me, it's live the same day. No charge, no ticket.
It stays up and stays fast. If something breaks I usually know before you do.
A link that makes leaving a review a ten-second job. I help you answer them — including the bad one.
Registered to you, plus you@yourbusiness.com if you want it. A quote from a Hotmail address costs you jobs.
Three numbers and a sentence. Not a twelve-page PDF nobody opens.
If you need it
None of it required. The prices are here so nobody puts you on the spot.
On the monthly, add-ons are one-off. Your monthly doesn't move.
Your options
All four are fine for somebody. Here's the honest version, including where I'm the wrong answer.
| Do it yourselfWix, Squarespace, GoDaddy | Someone you knowA relative, a friend's kid | A design agencyThe proper firm in the city | webpage.contact | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | $16–49/mo, plus your time | Free, or a favour owed | $3,000–10,000 up front | $650 once, or $65/mo |
| Your time in it | A weekend, then more weekends | Chasing them | Several meetings | About ten minutes |
| Live in | Whenever you finish it | Eventually | 6–12 weeks | About a week |
| Changing it later | You, in the builder | Ask again, wait again | Billed hourly | Text me, same day |
| Google listing set up | Your job | Unlikely | Usually extra | Included |
| When it breaks | Support chat | Nobody | Support contract | Me, usually first |
| You own the domain | Sometimes | Whoever signed up | Yes | Yes, always |
Where I'm the wrong answer: enjoy building it yourself? Use a builder, it's cheaper. Need a thousand-product store, or a brand designed from scratch? Pay the agency. I'm for getting a good site up fast and then not thinking about it.
Pricing
Same site either way. Own it, or never think about it. You can switch later.
$650once
You own it. Files, domain, the lot.
What most people pick
$65/month
Nothing up front. Cancel any time.
Your domain is in your business's name from day one, on both options. Walk away and you take the address with you.
How it goes
Name, trade, town, number. Two minutes, by text if that's easier.
Your actual homepage, with your services and prices. Two days, no charge.
Change anything, or walk away and keep it. You've lost nothing.
Domain, hosting, Google listing. After that, changes are a message away.
Questions
Ten minutes, once. I write the words and take the details off your Facebook page and your truck. Reacting to a finished page is quick — describing one from scratch is what takes all day.
Then you don't pay — you haven't paid anything yet. That's why the mock-up comes first.
The domain, always — in your business's name from day one, either option. Buy outright and you own the files too. On the monthly you're renting the build, and can buy it out whenever.
There isn't a clever one. I make less now and more over two years; you get a site with no upfront bill. The trade is you're renting it. If owning it matters, take the $650.
Most people don't. Photos off your phone beat stock every time, and the page works without any until you have some. Want me to come take them? $150.
He might, and if he does it well, good. Usually it sits 80% finished for a year because nobody wants to chase family. That's normally when people call me.
Send me the address. If it's fine, I'll tell you it's fine. If it's slow or unreadable on a phone, I'll show you side by side and you can judge.
No. Cancel whenever — no notice, no exit fee. The site comes down, the domain stays yours, and you can take it anywhere.
I can't promise jobs, and be careful of anyone who does. What I can tell you every month is how many people came and how many tapped to call. You judge whether it pays for itself.
No cost, no commitment
Two days, no charge, no obligation. Like it, we talk. Don't, keep it anyway.
Or just call or text: 618-882-1996