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Web design & website development

Web design that wins customers.

Website design and development for small businesses: custom, mobile-first websites with booking, customer accounts and Google sign-in built in, so the people who find you can book, pay or get in touch from their phone in a few taps.

Free working preview before you pay Fixed fee, agreed in writing Your domain, your logins
Hands sketching website wireframes on paper beside a smartphone and a desktop screen
What we build

More than a good-looking site. The working parts too.

How customers find you, book, sign in, pay and reach you, designed around your business and built into the site from day one.

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Custom, mobile-first design

Designed for the phone first, because that is where most visitors meet you, then refined for every larger screen.

  • Written around your real services
  • Your logo, colors and photos
  • Tap-to-call and clear next steps
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Online booking

Real-time slots, instant confirmations, reminders and calendar invites, so the phone stops being your booking system.

  • Email confirmations
  • Reminders before each visit
  • Works with Google Calendar
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Google sign-in & customer portal

Customers sign in with Google or email and see their bookings, requests and documents in one place.

  • Secure accounts
  • Booking history and requests
  • Portals for clients or members
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Forms, quotes & payments

Quote requests, intake, reservations and careers forms shaped around how you take work, with Stripe payments when you take them.

  • Sent straight to your inbox
  • Spam-protected
  • Deposits and invoices online
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Fast & search-ready

Lean pages built to pass Google's Core Web Vitals, with clean structure and schema so search engines can read and rank them.

  • Technical SEO in place
  • One page per service
  • Accessible markup
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Easy edits & a clean handover

Update hours, prices and photos yourself, or send us a message and we will do it. When it is yours, it is fully yours.

  • Simple content editing
  • Domain and logins in your name
  • Hosted by us, or handed over
See it working

One booking, start to finish.

A visitor picks a time on their phone, confirms, and gets an email. The same booking appears on the site and in your inbox, with no phone tag.

Sample layout
Booking on any screenInstant email confirmationReminders before the visitEvery booking in one place
See it before you pay

We build your new website first.

Send us your current site, or just your business name. We'll rebuild it as a modern, working preview, with booking, customer login, SEO and visitor insights, so you can click through it before you spend anything.

Packages from $249
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We build a previewA working site based on your business, ready in days.
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You try itBook, sign in, click around. Ask for any changes.
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We launch itLive on your own domain, ready for customers.
How a build runs

From first call to launch day.

A working preview in days, the full build in weeks, with your feedback shaping each step.

  1. We listen firstA conversation about your business, your customers and what the site needs to do.
  2. We scope in writingPages, features, timeline and fee, agreed before any work begins.
  3. You try a previewBook, sign in, click around on your own phone, and ask for any changes.
  4. We launch itLive on your own domain, ready for customers.
Why SaltQuill

Careful work, scoped honestly.

You deal directly with the people designing and building your site, and everything is agreed in writing before we start.

Fixed feeAgreed before work begins, with no surprises later.
Direct contactTalk to the people building your site, not a middleman.
Modern, proven stackNext.js on Vercel, Supabase for data and sign-in, Cloudflare for DNS.
Support after launchRefinements and fixes long after launch day.
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Web design & development, explained

Website design and development, answered plainly.

What small businesses ask us most about web design, website development and what a good site needs.

  1. Web design vs web development
  2. What a small business website should include
  3. How much web design costs with us
  4. See your new website before you pay
  5. How long website development takes
  6. Built to be found on Google and in AI answers
  7. You own your website
  8. Website design by business type

Web design vs web development

Web design is how a website looks and reads: the layout, colors, type, photos and the words on each page. Web development is how it works: the code, forms, booking, payments, speed and hosting behind it.

Most small businesses need both, from one team. That is what website design and development means here: the people who design your pages also build the working parts, so nothing gets lost between a designer and a developer.

What a small business website should include

Every page written around your real services, and one clear next step on every screen: call, book or ask for a quote. A mobile-first layout, because most visitors arrive on a phone. Fast pages with clean structure, so Google can read them. Your hours, service area and contact details easy to find.

Depending on how you work, that also means online booking, quote and intake forms, a customer login or online payments. See how it fits your field on our industry editions.

How much web design costs with us

Our website design packages are fixed fees, agreed in writing before work begins. Base is $249: your custom-built site launched on your own domain, with a mobile-first design, online booking and contact forms, and analytics.

Custom is $449: everything in Base plus up to 10 pages, a Google-ready SEO setup, custom banner graphics, lead-capture forms and submission to Google and Bing. Elite is $849: up to 20 pages, customer login, a high-end interactive design, online payments or ordering and a multi-language option. We confirm the fee for your scope after a short conversation.

See your new website before you pay

Send us your current site, or just your business name, and we build a working preview of your new website first. You click through it on your own phone, ask for changes, and only pay once you are happy to go ahead. Redesigning an existing site works the same way.

How long website development takes

A working preview in days and the full build in weeks, depending on the number of pages and features. We listen first, agree pages, features, timeline and fee in writing, let you try the preview, then launch it live on your own domain.

Built to be found on Google and in AI answers

Every site we build is search-ready: lean pages built to pass Core Web Vitals, one page per service, clear headings and schema markup that tells search engines what you do. For ranking work after launch, see our SEO services; to bring in customers sooner, see digital marketing and ads. Need an app as well? See mobile app development.

You own your website

The domain, content and accounts are in your name. We can keep hosting it for you, or hand over the project and code so it can run anywhere. We build with Next.js on Vercel, Supabase for data and sign-in, Cloudflare for DNS and Stripe when you take payments.

Questions

Good to know.

Anything else, ask us directly. You'll get a straight answer.

How long does a website take?

A working preview in days and the full build in weeks, depending on the number of pages and features. Your feedback shapes each step.

How much does website design cost?

Every engagement is fixed-fee and agreed in writing before work begins. Packages start at $249, with Custom at $449 and Elite at $849; we confirm the fee for your scope after a short conversation.

Can I see it before I pay?

Yes. Send us your current site, or just your business name, and we build a working preview you can click through on your own phone before you spend anything.

Can I edit the site myself?

Yes. We set up simple editing for the things that change, like hours, prices, services and photos. If you'd rather not, send us a message and we'll make the change.

Do I own the site and the domain?

Yes. The domain, content and accounts are in your name. We can keep hosting it for you, or hand over the project and code so it can run anywhere.

What do you build with?

Next.js sites hosted on Vercel, with Supabase for data and sign-in, Cloudflare for DNS, Stripe when you take payments, and Google Analytics 4 plus Microsoft Clarity for insights.

What is the difference between web design and web development?

Web design is how the site looks and reads; web development is the code that makes it work, like forms, booking, payments and speed. We do both, so one team is responsible for the whole website.

Do you redesign existing websites?

Yes. Send us your current site and we build a working preview of the new design before you pay anything, so you can compare the two on your own phone.

Is SEO included in website design?

Every site is built search-ready, with fast pages, clean structure and schema markup. Custom and Elite also include a Google-ready SEO setup and submission to Google and Bing. Ongoing SEO work is a separate service.

Who do you build websites for?

Small and growing businesses across the United States, with editions for healthcare, transport, sports, trades, hospitality and professional services, and dedicated pages for fields like home care, moving, trucking and cleaning company web design.

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