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๐Ÿงฐ Web Design

Web design built to perform.

Strategy, design, development, and launch in one engagement. We build on the platform that fits your business, with analytics, accessibility, and SEO built in.

Standard on every site we ship.

Built for leads

Performance, SEO, AI visibility, and analytics tied to real conversion goals. You get a site that actually brings in leads, and a dashboard that tells you what's working without making you learn what Core Web Vitals are.

Content and imagery, done for you

We write the copy and source or shape the imagery from what you give us. Notes, calls, existing materials, photos - we turn it into the words and visuals your site needs. No lorem ipsum, no project stalling because you haven't had time to draft a page.

Compliance, handled

Cookie consent, privacy policy, and terms generated correctly and updated automatically when laws change. You don't get pulled away from your business to rewrite legal pages.

Hands-on after launch

We don't ship it and disappear. Direct support when something needs attention, plus a clear pathway to ongoing maintenance, content updates, and marketing packages when you're ready to grow.

Simple process. No surprises.

Two-week brochure default. Larger custom builds extend it - see pricing for ranges.

  1. 00
    You are here

    Do your research

    Take your time. Read the page, scroll the work, see if it lands. The strategy call is whenever you're ready.

    Right now
  2. 01

    Strategy call

    Free, short call. No pressure, no commitment - more vibe check than sales pitch. You leave with a clear scope and platform recommendation either way.

    Book a strategy call
    As soon as tomorrow
  3. 02

    Our recommendation

    Written scope, timeline, and price - based on the call. You review, mark up, sign.

    2-3 days later
  4. 03

    Kickoff call

    Recorded, AI-assisted call. We capture your content, assets, brand voice, and goals - the input that powers the live one-pager. Project clock starts here.

    Week 1
  5. 04

    Live one-pager Optional ? Optional soft launch. Push it live as a holding page in week 1, or keep it on staging as a private design reference. Best for new businesses or rebrands. Existing sites with active SEO traffic stay on staging until full launch.

    A working one-page version of your site, live in week 1 if you want. Use it as a real holding page or keep it private as a clickable design reference - your call.

    Week 1
  6. 05

    Launch day

    Full site goes live. Final build, QA, training, launch checklist. One training session on your end.

    Week 2
  7. 06

    Ongoing support

    Direct support when you need it. Pathway to maintenance, content, and marketing packages when you are ready to grow.

Larger custom builds extend this timeline. Full pricing and timeline ranges are in the breakdown below.

Bobby McGivney and Planted Sky go ABOVE and BEYOND. Bobby built us a great website, set us up on social media, Google and Yelp, answered a TON of tech questions along the way, and always did so promptly and professionally. I highly recommend Planted Sky!
Justin HudetzOwner, Station One Smokehouse

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๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Platform agnostic

The right stack for your business. Not ours.

Headless is our default because it's fast, durable, and ages well. But WordPress and static each have their place. The business calls the stack.

What this work costs.

Ranges for sites built to perform - and to last.

Estimates below come from 15+ years of building sites for businesses like yours. They cover the full build - strategy, design, development, launch, and training. Ongoing maintenance, content, and ads are priced separately on their service pages.

Brochure
$3,500 - $8,000
About two weeks

Best for:Solo operators, small service businesses, and professionals who want a sharp, fast site that brings in leads from day one.

  • 3-6 pages
  • Template-led design with custom branding
  • Contact form, analytics, SEO basics
  • AI-assisted content kickoff
  • One training session
Custom build
$8,000 - $25,000
Five to seven weeks

Best for:Established businesses replacing an aging site. The most common scope we ship.

  • 10-25 pages
  • Fully custom design system, component editor, blog
  • Full conversion tracking + SEO/GEO baseline
  • CRM, calendar, and payment integrations
  • Compliance + content support
Custom platform
$25,000+
Eight to sixteen weeks

Best for:Product companies, multi-stakeholder sites, anything that behaves more like software than a brochure.

  • Bespoke design system
  • Complex integrations and custom features
  • Portal or membership functionality
  • Multi-environment hosting
  • Programmatic pages

Side by side

 BrochureCustom buildMost commonCustom platform
Starts at$3,500 - $8,000$8,000 - $25,000$25,000+
TimelineAbout two weeksFive to seven weeksEight to sixteen weeks
Pages3-610-2525+
Design depthTemplate-led, custom brandingFully custom design systemBespoke + design system
Common featuresForm, analytics, SEO basicsCRM, calendar, paymentsAuth, portals, programmatic
Best forSolo operators, small service businesses, and professionals who want a sharp, fast site that brings in leads from day one.Established businesses replacing an aging site. The most common scope we ship.Product companies, multi-stakeholder sites, anything that behaves more like software than a brochure.

About "Common features": typical starting points at each scope. We can build whatever your business needs - these aren't limitations.

Not sure which fits? The strategy call is where we figure it out together.

Final number comes in the proposal. The strategy call covers enough scope to put a firm quote on paper. If budget is tight, say so - we will tell you straight whether a smaller version fits or if you should wait until you can invest properly.

Book a strategy call
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ After launch

Keep it sharp.

Sites need upkeep the same way buildings do - security patches, dependency updates, backups, and performance checks. Staying current keeps the site fast, secure, and search-friendly. Skipping it for too long is how good sites quietly become liabilities.

Our maintenance plans cover the technical work plus a small monthly bucket of hands-on time for content updates, copy tweaks, and the inevitable "can you change this real quick" requests.

Plans start around:

๐ŸŒฑ Add ons

More we can do, when you're ready.

Web design gets you a site that turns visitors into leads. Marketing adds the systems that bring those visitors in the first place - content that earns traffic, ads that bring qualified leads, social that keeps you top of mind, and email that brings the right people back.

We build sites expecting this. Analytics, conversion tracking, structured data, and the content infrastructure to publish are baked into every build so marketing has somewhere to work.

Layer on any of these when you're ready:

Recent work + kind words.

Real projects, real businesses, real outcomes.

StatSocial site screenshot
Data / SaaS

Rebuilt an enterprise SaaS site around privacy, speed, and one clean design system

Enterprise data platform with award-winning privacy and data handling. We rebuilt the WordPress site from a bloated plugin stack into a lean, 3ร— faster, component-based design system the team can extend themselves - GDPR and CCPA compliant, HubSpot and GA4 wired in end-to-end.

  • WordPress
  • Design System
  • CRM Integration
  • Analytics
  • Privacy Compliance
Station One Smokehouse site screenshot
Hospitality

From local restaurant to #1 on Google, sold, and scaled to a second location

A Chicagoland-suburbs restaurant we backed from the ground up. We built the site, ran the local-SEO foundation work that took them to #1 in search, and engineered complex custom catering order forms that powered their catering business. Kept supporting their marketing through an award-winning brand run, a successful sale, and the opening of a second location.

  • WordPress
  • Local SEO
  • Ongoing Marketing
  • Custom Order Forms
Dana-Farber/Brigham site screenshot
Healthcare / Research

Partnering with Harvard Medical School on a fully accessible, deeply tracked research site

An HMS subprogram with enterprise-grade compliance demands. We built event tracking that matched every step of their analytics brief - down to percentage-of-video watched - while passing WCAG accessibility audits and every Dana-Farber IT and privacy requirement they threw at it.

  • WordPress
  • Analytics
  • Accessibility
  • Compliance
Wellness / Acupuncture

Grew a local acupuncture practice into Google's map pack with SEO on their existing site

A two-location acupuncture and cosmetic-acupuncture practice running on an existing Wix site. We kept the site in place and ran a focused local-SEO strategy - location-specific service pages, Google Business Profile optimization, a content-revival program, and automated monthly reporting. The Naples location went from not ranking in Google's local map pack to the top results for its core searches, with a 150% jump in phone-call clicks and new patients naming Google as how they found the practice.

  • Local SEO
  • Google Business Profile
  • Content Strategy
  • Local Rankings
  • Monthly Reporting

Some of our biggest partnerships are under NDA, so we describe the work without naming the client. Happy to share specifics one-on-one over a strategy call.

See more of our work

Questions that come up a lot

Do I need to know which platform I want before reaching out?

No. That's what the intro call is for. We'll ask about your team, your content cadence, your existing stack, then make a recommendation. Anyone who pitches you a platform before understanding your business is selling, not helping.

What about hosting?

Depends on the platform. Headless and static sites host at the edge on Vercel (free tier covers most sites). WordPress needs managed VPS hosting - that's part of the Site Maintenance plan. We handle setup either way.

How does the design process work?

Four structured calls: kickoff (review goals + content), design check (review a rough prototype), revisions (walk the completed site), and training (backend walkthrough). 5 hours of flex support built in for anything unexpected.

Do you do content writing?

We don't write long-form marketing copy from scratch, but we'll give direction, edit what you have, and tell you when something isn't landing. For heavy copywriting, we partner with a writer.

Can you redesign an existing site?

Yes. Most projects are redesigns, not first-ever sites. We audit what's there, keep what's working, and rebuild around it.

How do you handle SEO?

The technical foundation (structured data, performance, semantic markup, sitemap) is baked into every build. Ongoing content and link SEO is a separate service - see Organic Marketing.

Who owns the site?

You do - completely. Code in your GitHub (or yours to host anywhere for WordPress), content in your Sanity workspace, domain and hosting in your accounts. Clean handover any time. That's by design.

What if I have a tight budget?

Say so up front. We'd rather ship a clean static site in scope than a compromised WordPress build that disappoints us both. See Static Websites for the honest entry-level option.

How long does a typical build take?

Static: 2-3 weeks. WordPress: 4-8 weeks. Headless: 6-10 weeks. Depends on scope and content readiness. Rush timelines sometimes possible.

Better together

This service works on its own - but it's most effective as part of a broader growth strategy. Compare packages, see projected ROI, and build a plan that fits your goals.

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Start with a conversation

20-30 minutes. We'll ask questions, you'll leave with a clear recommendation whether or not we end up working together.