Websites and ecommerce
I build websites and ecommerce stores for small businesses that have outgrown templates and need real software behind the marketing.
If your situation is single-location and you need a better Google presence with a refreshed site, start with Lighthouse SEO. The audit will tell you whether your site is what's holding you back, and a rebuild scopes as its own engagement from there.
Modern websites
Starts at $3,000.React and Next.js, deployed to Vercel. Modern stack, fast load times, proper SEO foundation, and you own the code and the hosting account at the end.
Right when:
- —You need more than a template can do
- —Your existing site is outdated and the rebuild is the project, not a side effect of SEO work
- —You want a stack that's straightforward for the next developer, whether that's me or someone else
Recent builds: Cotillion Banquets, a wedding venue in Palatine, on Astro. On Point Installations, a commercial furniture installer in Wauconda, on Next.js.
Ecommerce
Starts at $10,000.I ran my own ecommerce business for nearly twenty years before I built one for anyone else. BigCommerce first, then WooCommerce on WordPress. Real catalogs, real customers, real returns, real platform migrations. Most people pitching ecommerce work have never run a store.
For new builds I work in BigCommerce Catalyst, a Next.js storefront running against a real ecommerce backend. I've built one, for a distributor with a 15,000 product catalog. The platform's bulk editor couldn't touch several thousand of those, so I built my own tool. It holds the full catalog and the sales data, edits both, and writes back to BigCommerce. I own that tool and I bring it to builds that need it.
Recent build: TNT Power Tools, a headless B2B storefront on BigCommerce Catalyst.
When the work goes past the storefront into inventory, order flow, or systems that need to talk to each other, that gets quoted as a separate engagement on top of the build. Operational software →
What you get either way
- —Code transferred to you at the end. Repository in your account. Nothing is locked to a platform you can't leave.
- —Hosting transferred to you. Vercel for marketing sites, your provider of choice for ecommerce.
- —A staging site to watch progress as the build comes together.
- —Ongoing maintenance available as a separate engagement after launch.
What I don't do
- —Wix or Squarespace builds. If a template solves the problem, that's the right answer for now and you don't need me yet.
- —WordPress or WooCommerce builds. I built five between 2019 and 2023. New builds are React and Next.js.
How the intake works
Free 30-minute conversation. Before the call, I review your existing site and the comparable sites in your space. On the call, you describe what the site needs to do and what's currently in the way. If it makes sense to move forward, you get a firm quote and a proposed start date within 48 hours.