Website design and development
Service
Website designand development.
Your website is usually the first real conversation a client has with your business, and it happens before you ever enter the room. We build websites for artists and law firms that are clear, current, fast, and easy to keep up, so that first conversation goes the way you would want it to.
What this includes
What the engagement covers.
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A site structure planned around what your visitors actually need.
The organization is settled before the design begins, because a good site is organized before it is decorated.
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Design in your brand.
The site looks like your business, made to measure.
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Writing, or editing of your writing.
In a clear and human voice that sounds like you on your clearest day.
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A build on a platform you can maintain.
With the basics of search visibility done correctly, so the work is found.
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A check that the site works well on a phone.
Because that is where most visitors will see it first.
How it works
How the engagement runs.
We plan the structure first, because a good site is organized before it is decorated.
We design and build the pages, we place real words and real images, and we test the site on real devices. We hand you a site you can update, and we are here if you would rather we kept it current for you.
Browse the catalog
From the shop.
Every product carries a written price and a written scope. Buy it here when you are ready, or start a conversation and we will scope it together.
GCM-1214
Website maintenance, small site
$500/month
Updates, backups, plugin patches, small content edits. For a small site that you want kept alive without you thinking about it.
GCM-1215
Website maintenance, store or large site
$1,500/month
Heavier maintenance for an online store or a content-rich site. Includes monthly check-in and a quarterly performance review.
GCM-1201
Landing page (one-page site)
$5,000
One well-built page that does one job. For a campaign, a coming-soon, or a single-product business.
GCM-1213
Migration: Squarespace ↔ WordPress
$7,000
A site move when you have outgrown the original platform. Content, structure, and SEO redirected.
GCM-1206
Artist portfolio site
$9,000
A working artist's home on the web. Portfolio, statement, CV, contact, optional store link. Designed so a new piece can be added in five …
GCM-1212
Migration: Shopify ↔ WooCommerce
$9,000
When your store has outgrown its platform. We move product, orders, customers, and SEO history to the platform that fits where the busine…
GCM-1202
Small business site (up to 5 pages)
$11,000
The classic small-business site. Home, About, Services, Work, Contact. Built on WordPress on a host you can keep.
GCM-1207
Restaurant or venue site
$13,000
For a restaurant or venue. Menu (or events), hours, location, reservation or ordering integration, photo gallery, and the small details (…
GCM-1208
Online store, Starter (up to 25 SKUs)
$13,000
A small online store on WooCommerce or Shopify. For a working artist, a band, or a small shop. Up to 25 SKUs entered with photography you…
See all 15 products in web design & development in the shop →
In practice
What this looks like for you.
A typical website project begins with a musician, a solo practitioner, or a small arts nonprofit whose current site is years out of date, painful on a phone, and was built by someone they can no longer reach. We rebuild the site on a platform you can maintain, in a structure that matches the actual shape of your work, and we write the copy alongside the design so the words and the layout are doing the same job. You finish with a site you understand, on a platform you can update, with the search basics done right and the credentials handed to you in writing.
If that sounds like the kind of work you need, tell us about your project.
One honest note
The right size of site is the better site. We will usually recommend fewer, stronger pages over many thin ones, because that is what serves a visitor and what search engines reward.
Next step
Make the sitetruly yours.
Start a conversation and we will plan the rebuild around what your visitors actually need.
Intended audience: both.
Start a conversation
Tell us what you need.
Pick the closest fit from the menu and tell us about the work in your own words. Your note goes straight to our inbox and we reply within one business day.
