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Your website should be bringing you customers.
We build, maintain and rank websites for Santa Barbara businesses. Fast on a phone, found on Google, and readable by the AI tools people now ask for recommendations. Run the check, get the full report free.
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- 1 We run all twelve by hand on your site, today.
- 2 You get a plain-English list of what is broken and what each one costs you.
- 3 If you want it fixed, we quote it. If not, keep the list.
The panel above shows the checklist, not a live scan of your site. The real audit is done by hand. It is free and there is nothing to cancel.
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where yours stands
Measured September 2026. We ran a twelve point check on every independent business in Santa Barbara we could find a listing for, chains excluded, each one loaded in a real browser at phone width. Roughly one in three sites had a fixable problem the owner did not know about.
Capability
Everything your site needs, under one roof.
Build websites
Designed and coded from scratch, never dropped into a template. Fast, correct on a phone, and structured so search engines can actually read it.
Maintain websites
Updates, backups, security patches, expiring certificates. The unglamorous work that stops a site going dark.
Improve SEO
Technical fixes, page structure and content that answers what people actually type. Judged on calls, not vanity scores.
Increase Google ranking
Local search is winnable. Business Profile, reviews, location pages and the on-site work that puts you in the top results for your town.
Increase AI ranking
People ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers for recommendations now. We structure your site so those systems can read it, trust it, and name you by name.
Build apps
Booking, ordering, memberships, internal tools. When a website is not enough, we build the thing that does the job.
Sectors
Websites for every kind of business.
Tasting rooms, taquerias, dentists, roofers, surf shops. Different trades, one standard of work. Hover anything below.
Harbor & marine
Boat yards, charters, rentals
Wineries
Tasting rooms & wine bars
Cafés
Coffee, bakeries, brunch
Downtown retail
Boutiques, galleries, gift shops on State
Surf & outdoors
Shops, schools, guides
Hospitality
Hotels, tours, rentals
Everyone else
Trades, medical, legal, fitness, auto
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Harbor © Wgreaves (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Wine © Fabio Ingrosso (CC BY 2.0) · Espresso © Kritzolina (CC BY-SA 4.0) · State St © Thomas Camargo (CC BY 3.0) · Surfboard © Peachyeung316 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Mission © Ligocsicnarf89 (CC BY 4.0) · Coast © Dori (CC BY-SA 3.0 US)
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What we build
Things we build that most shops don't.
Every demo below is live on this page. Drag it, click it, use it. That is the point: we would rather show you a working thing than a screenshot of one.
The rebuild, side by side
Drag the handle. The left is the kind of site we find every week: it loads fine on a laptop, and on a phone the headline runs straight off the edge. The right is the same business, rebuilt. Two examples, switch between them.
- What changed
- Menu is on the page, readable, indexed
- Says whether the kitchen is open right now
- Book or order in one tap
- What changed
- Names the service and the city
- One thumb, one tap to call
- Open hours visible without digging
- What changed
- Says what it is and where it is
- Today’s produce, farms named
- Member price where people look
- What changed
- Real text, so it can be found at all
- Tap to call, tap to send a file
- Says what it prints and which street
Instant quote, no phone tag
Customers hate asking what it costs. Let the site answer.
Illustrative. Your real quote is fixed in writing before any work starts.
Live availability
Booking that shows real open slots instead of a contact form nobody answers.
Flip an item off from your phone and the menu updates instantly. No developer, no waiting.
See exactly how many calls the website generated this month, not a guess.
Your real Google reviews pulled in automatically and kept current.
Structured so ChatGPT and Perplexity can read you and name you by name.
One tap opens a pre-written text to you. Works better than a form for trades.
The scanner at the top of this page is one we built. It can live on yours too.
Gallery
Sample designs, built to show the range.
Concept designs for made-up Santa Barbara businesses, so you can see the standard before you spend anything. Click any one to open it. Yours would be designed from scratch for your business, not picked off this page.
mesquite,
sunset.
We're 20 min out.
GUJI
without the
dread.
has a lawyer,
you should too.
Every design above is a concept for a business that does not exist, made to demonstrate range. We do not publish client work without permission.
Process
Four steps. No mystery, no retainer trap.
Free audit
We run the twelve checks on your current site by hand and send you the findings in plain English. Costs nothing, no call required.
Fixed quote
If you want it fixed, you get one number and a date. Not an hourly rate that drifts, and not a number that changes later.
Design first
You see the homepage design before you pay anything. Not right? You walk away owing nothing.
Build, launch, watch
We build it, put it live, and track what it does. On a care plan you get a ranking report every month.
What it costs
Straight pricing from $500. No discovery call required to hear a number.
The Site
A real website, done properly
- Designed and coded from scratch
- Fast, and correct on a phone
- Five rounds of revisions
- Minor tweaks free, forever
- Maintenance billed hourly if you want it
Site + Year
Built, then looked after
- Everything in The Site
- A full year of maintenance included
- Hosting, backups, security patches
- Content and photo updates
- We fix things before you notice
Built to Rank
Found, not just online
- Everything in Site + Year
- Local SEO and schema markup
- Structured for AI search tools
- Google Business Profile built out
- Monthly ranking report
guarantee Not happy before launch? Full refund, no argument.
fair prices A real custom site from $500. No templates, no padding.
the USA Designed and built in Santa Barbara. Never offshored.
The audit is free, the first design is on us, and your money is guaranteed. You see the homepage design before you pay anything, and if it is not right before launch you get every dollar back. We would rather lose an hour than take money from a neighbor for work they do not love.
Who builds it
Marc knows how people find things online.
Marc studied marketing at the University of Oregon business school, and he has been living on social platforms since he was twelve, back when it was still blogs and comment sections. That is over a decade of watching how attention actually moves online, long before it was a job title.
That is the difference between a site that looks nice and a site that gets found. We know what it takes to rank at the top for your service in your city, and we do the work that gets you there: the technical fixes, the content, the local signals, and the structure AI tools read.
Start with the free audit. We will show you exactly what is wrong with your current site and what it would take to fix, whether or not you hire us.
Questions
The things people actually ask.
How much does a website cost?
A custom website is $500, with five rounds of revisions and free minor tweaks for as long as you have it. $1,000 gets you the site plus a full year of maintenance and hosting. $2,500 adds local SEO, schema markup, AI search optimisation and a monthly ranking report. Those are the prices, not starting points, and they do not change after you say yes.
How many changes do I get?
Five full rounds of revisions on the design, so you are not stuck with a first draft you do not love. After launch, minor tweaks are free for as long as you have the site: swap a photo, change your hours, fix a typo, add a menu item. You will never get an invoice for a five minute job.
How long does it take?
A rescue job is usually done inside a week. A full rebuild takes three to five weeks, depending on how many pages you need and how fast you can get us photos and copy. That second part is usually the bottleneck, and we will help.
Do I own the website?
Yes. You own the domain, the hosting account and the code. No lock-in, nothing to buy back, and if you ever want to move to another developer we will hand everything over without a fight.
Can you guarantee me number one on Google?
No, and be careful with anyone who does. Nobody controls Google's results. What we can do is fix the technical problems holding you back, build your local signals properly, and show you the movement every month so you can judge it yourself.
What is AI search optimisation, really?
People increasingly ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers for a recommendation instead of scrolling a results page. Those systems can only name businesses whose sites they can actually read and verify. Most small business sites fail that test silently. We fix the structure and markup so you are eligible to be named.
I already have a website. Can you just improve it?
Often, yes, and it is usually cheaper. The free audit tells us whether your current site is worth repairing or whether you are throwing money at a foundation that will not hold. We will tell you honestly which one it is, even when the honest answer is the cheaper one for you.
Do you work outside Santa Barbara?
Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito and Carpinteria are home turf and we can meet in person over coffee. We take work from further out too, it just runs over calls and email instead.
What do you need from me to start?
Your website address is enough for the audit. For a build we need your logo if you have one, photos, and a rough idea of what you want people to do when they land. If you do not have good photos, say so early, that is a solvable problem.
Let's get you found.
Send this and you get a free audit of your current site back, usually the same day: what is broken, what it is costing you, and what we would do about it.