WordPress website design for Pittsburgh small businesses
Here's a deeper look into our web design services.
A website built around your business — not a template with your logo dropped in.
Anyone can put together a site with an AI builder or a drag-and-drop tool in an afternoon. What that gets you is a page that looks like a lot of others, without anyone checking whether it actually works well for your business or your customers.
We've been designing and building websites for Pittsburgh small businesses since 2013. You work directly with us, from the first conversation through launch — not a template picker, not an AI wrapper, not a queue.
"From $2,400" covers a standard small-business site (the kind most service businesses need — home, about, services, contact, and similar). E-commerce, membership areas, or a large number of pages are quoted separately.
We specialize in creating amazing online experiences that help businesses grow. Our websites are custom-designed, responsive, made for scalability, and are catered to any business needs.
We build all our sites through WordPress, the world’s most popular website content management platform. It allows us to build our sites for scale and provides a user-friendly system for our clients to easily make updates. But we don’t just create awesome websites, we provide the tools and strategies for our clients to help them build a successful online presence.
Our Website Design Process
Designing a website, no matter how big or small, is an extensive process that can be overwhelming. To better help you understand what to expect during the design and development, here's our process in 3 steps:
1) Layout and Design
A large and time consuming part of designing a website is in the planning and layout stage of the process. I’ll create the sitemap (Page/Menu hierarchy) of the website for approval first, then I'll design the home page and a sub page (or more upon request) for approval.
2) Build & Develop
Once the site layout and design is approved, I’ll move forward with the designing all site pages and implementing all functionality and plugins. We'll make sure your site looks great and functions nicely across all devices and web browsers before moving to the final step.
3) Edits & Revisions
Once the site is ready for final review, you’ll be able to review each page and we can make detailed edits until the site is ready for launch. We ask that you please review ALL pages to make sure all spelling, grammar, addresses and information are correct before going live.
“Great web design without functionality is like a sports car with no engine."
- Paul Cookson
What you get
Having a fantastic website is about a lot more than just how it looks. These are some of the areas that we cover in every web design project we do to set your brand up with full functionality for growth:
- Establish calls to action
- Brand style board creation
- Audience research
- Integrate communication pathways
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
- Check browser compatibility
- Optimize for mobile use
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Evaluate accessibility for ADA compliance
Custom Website Design
A website built around your business- A custom design built around your business, not a stock template
- Fully responsive — built and tested for phone, tablet, and desktop
- Accessible design, with color contrast and keyboard/screen-reader navigation checked
- A structure built for search visibility — clean page titles, headings, and metadata
- A contact or inquiry form that qualifies leads before they hit your inbox
- Content and copy guidance — we'll help shape what the page should say, not just how it looks
- A walkthrough at handoff so you know how to make simple updates yourself
- You own the site outright — no ongoing licensing fees to us
Frequently Asked Questions:
Why not just use an AI website builder or Wix/Squarespace?
For a very small budget or a temporary need, that might genuinely be the right call, and we'd rather tell you that than take your money. But a builder site is templated — it looks like what everyone else using that tool has, and nothing in that process is checking whether the layout actually moves a visitor toward calling you. What you're paying for here is a site built around your specific business, by someone you can talk to.
How long does it take?
Depends on scope — a standard small-business site typically runs a few weeks from kickoff to launch, assuming feedback comes back promptly.
- The site will not be optimized which leads to poor performance, slow loading times and a gradual loss of Google SEO rankings.
- The site's tools, plugins, themes and WordPress itself will quickly go out of date which is the #1 leading cause of website hacks. It's incredibly important to keep ALL your website tools and plugins up-to-date.
- You'll have no backups or restore points so if the site get hacked or breached, you could lose all your content, pages and Google ranking.
- You won't get a monthly report overviewing your site traffic, page views, etc.
- Most importantly, you won't have us as your trusted webmaster to assist you with quick updates, tweaks, website issues, etc. Often you'll have to try getting a hold of your hosting company for any assistance.
Do I own the site?
Yes, completely. No ongoing licensing fees back to us.
What if I need a website maintenance plan after launch?
That's the natural next step — see below.
Keep it running.
New sites need monitoring, backups, and updates just like any other — our maintenance plan starts at $99/month and takes that off your plate entirely.
Ready to talk about your site?
Tell us about your business and what you need it to do, and we'll tell you honestly what that takes — including if a smaller starting point makes more sense.