Custom websites for Rochester businesses.
I design and build fast, custom-coded websites for small businesses in Rochester and the towns around it. Every job has a fixed price, agreed in writing before I start, and most sites are live within one to two weeks.
Services
A site that fits the business, and someone to look after it
Most people who call me are in one of three places. The work is different for each, and so is the price.
You don't have a site yet
When someone searches for your business they find a Facebook page, or nothing at all. A single, well-made page gives them your number, your services and a reason to call, and it can be live within a week.
Your site has stopped working for you
It may be slow or out of date, or it was built by someone who is no longer around and nobody has the login. I rebuild it from scratch, set it up in an account in your name, and make sure the keys are yours.
You need more than one page
Several services to explain, a gallery of real work, a contact form that reaches you. That is a site of three to five pages, and it is usually live within two weeks.
Custom code, no page builder
There is no page builder and no plugins, so there is nothing to patch and nothing that breaks when a platform changes. The site is a small set of files, and it stays quick.
It runs in your own account
The site and the domain sit in an account under your name. I run it for you, and if you ever stop the monthly plan, it keeps running.
Built for the phone first
Many of your customers will find you on a phone, often while they are standing in the place that needs the work. The number is large and one tap away, and every page is checked on a real phone before it goes live.
Automation
A lot of office time goes to work a computer could do
Like re-typing information into two programs, or sending reminders by hand.
Tell me what eats up your week. I'll show you in dollars what automating it would save and cost. That first step is a flat fee.
It runs on the software you already use, so nobody has to learn a new system. Your clients' information stays in your accounts. If it isn't worth automating, I'll say so.
Get in touchCurrent cost
$3,900 a year
Rough estimate based on your numbers.
Work
Two demo builds, and the thinking behind them
These are demo builds for fictional businesses, made the same way I would make yours. The case studies explain why each one is put together the way it is.
Kestrel Lawn & Tree Co.
Five pages for a seasonal trades business, planned around a customer who is looking at their own yard with a phone in one hand.
Ardwyn Coffee Co.
A single page for a downtown cafe, built around the two things people check first: when it's open and how to find it.
Both sites score above 90 in Google's mobile speed test
The test loads each page the way an ordinary phone on a weak signal would. Both sites are live, so you can try them on your own phone.
Process
How a project runs
A conversation about the business
What you do, who calls you, and what isn't working now. It can be a short call or an email, whichever suits you, and if a website isn't what you need I will say so.
A price in writing before anything starts
One number for a defined job, with what is included and what isn't. Half is due up front and half when the site is live.
A finished draft, then two rounds of changes
I write the copy from what you told me, so you are never handed a blank page to fill in. You see the site complete, we adjust it twice, and then it goes live.
After it's live
If something needs changing, you call or email me directly. On a monthly plan I keep the site updated, current and backed up. Without one, it keeps running in your account all the same.
Prices
What it costs
These are my standard prices, published so you can decide before spending a phone call finding out. Every job is still quoted as one number, in writing, before any work starts.
For a business whose customers mainly need to find you, call you, and see that you are real.
- Everything on one page, designed for a phone first
- A large tap-to-call number at the top
- Services, photos, hours and service area
- Copy written for you from our conversation
- Set up in your own account, with your domain connected
- Google Business Profile set up and verified with you
- Live in about a week, with two rounds of changes
For a business with more than one thing to say, or a site that needs replacing properly.
- Everything in the one-page build
- Three to five pages, with detail for each service
- A larger photo gallery
- A contact form that delivers to your inbox
- A service-area page if you cover a wide radius
- Old addresses redirected to the new ones, so existing links keep working
- Live in about two weeks, with two rounds of changes
I run the site for you and keep it updated, current and backed up.
- Runs in your own account, with updates and the domain handled
- Backups and uptime monitoring
- Google Business Profile upkeep and review replies
- 30 minutes of changes a month
For a business that changes things often.
- Everything in Essentials
- 90 minutes of changes a month
- Google Business Profile posts
- A new content page each quarter
- Listing monitoring across platforms
Smaller jobs start at $300, and I will tell you if one isn't worth doing.
Photos matter more than most people expect. Real photos of your own work are the clearest difference between a site that feels like yours and one that feels like a template, so before we start I'll give you a short list of what to take on your phone.
What I don't take on
There are a few things I don't do. I don't promise search rankings or traffic. Nobody can make those honestly. I don't manage ads or post to social media. I link your site to the online store or booking system you already use. Your customers' payments stay with Square, Shopify or whoever handles them now. I don't design logos or brands either. I can point you to someone who does.
About
About me
I'm Tim Stanislav. I grew up in Rochester and went to John Marshall, and for six years I set up and maintained the navigation on 3M's websites worldwide.
When you hire me, you work with me directly, from the first conversation to the day the site goes live. There's no account manager and nobody I hand your project to.
I love traveling to places I haven't seen yet and hiking the trails I find there. I find time in nature beautiful and fascinating.
Contact
Tell me what you're working with
Call, or email if it's easier to write it down. A first conversation takes about fifteen minutes, and if a website isn't what you need, I'll say so.
(507) 328-0037