Web Design · Oakland & the East Bay

Web Design for
East Bay Local
Businesses

A site is not a brochure. It is the thing a customer checks at 11pm before deciding whether you are worth calling. We build custom, static, fast sites structured so local search can find them and so a first-time visitor knows what to do next. Based in Oakland, working across the East Bay.

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What You Get

Three Things Every Build Starts With

Custom, not a template

No page builder, no theme with your logo dropped in. Every project starts from the business: what it sells, what it charges, and what a first-time visitor needs to see before they trust it. A template says the business is interchangeable.

Fast because it is static

We build static sites and serve them from a CDN. There is no database query, no plugin stack, and nothing to slow down between you and the visitor, which is also what Core Web Vitals reward.

One decision per screen

The call to action does not change halfway down the page. Someone should be able to land anywhere on the site and find the same next step, whether that is booking, calling, or a form.

Process

How a Build Runs

Audit

We look at the current site, the Google Business Profile, and the searches that actually drive calls in your category. That determines the page list, not a wireframe.

Structure

One page per service, treatment, or city, each with its own search intent and its own path to booking. This is the step that makes the SEO work later.

Design

Typography, spacing, and colour chosen for the price point. If you charge premium prices, the site has to read as evidence for that, not undercut it.

Build & wire

Static build, mobile-first, then the booking path and conversion tracking so you can see which pages produce leads.

Launch and iterate

Redirects mapped from the old URLs, sitemap and structured data in place, then we watch what real visitors do and fix what does not land.

Proof

Sites We Have Built

Two builds for appointment-based local businesses, both starting from almost no web presence.

Bespoke Cuts Hair Studio website homepage

Bespoke Cuts Hair Studio · Point Richmond, CA A custom site and local SEO foundation that tripled bookings.

A premium barbershop with a loyal clientele, a Vagaro booking page, and no way for new customers to find it. Custom site, local SEO foundation, and a booking path that stopped losing people. Read the case study →

East Bay Test Strips homepage with pricing sidebar

East Bay Test Strips · Oakland, CA Conversion-first design for a high-intent, low-trust category.

Four questions answered before the first scroll: what you pay, why you are trustworthy, how it works, and what happens next. Published rates for every major product. Read the case study →

Who It Is For

This Is Not the Right Build for Everyone

The businesses this works best for have one thing in common: someone searching for what they sell is already close to buying. A med spa, a barbershop, a clinic, a service business with a phone number worth calling. The website’s job is narrow and measurable: be findable, be credible, make the next step obvious.

It is a poor fit if you need a large content management system with a dozen editors, a storefront with thousands of SKUs, or a web application rather than a website. We build static, hand-built sites; past a certain scale that stops being the right tool and we will tell you so on the first call rather than three weeks in.

The other honest constraint is content. A custom site needs real photos, real service descriptions, and real prices. If those do not exist yet, that is the part of the project that takes the longest, not the build. We map every page up front so you know exactly what is needed, and we will write from an interview rather than leave you staring at a blank document.

Questions

What Owners Ask Before They Start

What does a website cost?

It depends on how many pages the business actually needs: a single-location shop with four services is not the same build as a practice with a page per treatment in two languages. We scope it on a 15-minute call and quote a fixed number before anything starts, so there is no hourly meter running.

How long does a build take?

The variable is almost never the development. It is how quickly we get content: photos, service lists, prices, and the details only you know. We start by mapping every page up front so you know exactly what is needed and nothing stalls halfway through.

Do I have to move off my current booking or e-commerce platform?

No. We keep what you already run (Moxie, Vagaro, Boulevard, whatever your staff is trained on) and fix everything around it: one consistent booking button, booking from the page a customer is already reading, and tap targets built for thumbs.

Do I own the site when it is finished?

Yes. It is your site, your domain, and your content. We build static sites, so there is no proprietary page builder holding your pages hostage and no plugin stack to maintain.

The other half of the work: local SEO to get the site found, and Google Ads for traffic while the SEO builds. Run a med spa? Start with medspa web design.

Let’s Talk for 15 Minutes

Tell us about the business and where customers fall off, and we’ll tell you honestly whether we can help, and what it would take.

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