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Small business website design you see before you pay.

Custom-coded websites for Lakeville and Twin Cities businesses, starting at $500. We build a free preview of your homepage on your real business, you tap through it on your own phone, and you decide before any money changes hands. Most small sites are built in days, not months.

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Websites from $500 · Care from $97/mo · No long-term contract

Your customers check the website before they call

Someone hears your name from a neighbor or drives past your sign, then looks you up on their phone. What they find in the next few seconds decides who gets the call. A missing site, a slow one or one still showing last year’s hours hands it to someone else.

  1. a.

    No website, or a Facebook page filling in for one

    A social page is fine for updates, but it buries your services, prices and booking link, and you don’t control how it shows up in search. More on that in website vs. Facebook page.

  2. b.

    A template that looks like everyone else’s

    When your site runs the same theme as three competitors, nothing on it says why you’re the better choice, and it can’t bend around what your customers need, like booking a chair or requesting a quote.

  3. c.

    Clumsy on a phone

    Google indexes and ranks your site using its mobile version, so a site that’s awkward on a phone is awkward where it counts. Tiny buttons and a phone number you can’t tap get between you and the call.

  4. d.

    Out of date, with nobody to fix it

    Old prices, a retired service, a team photo from three hires ago. Once the person who built it stops answering, every small change turns into a project.

What comes with every small business website we build

  1. 01

    Designed for how your customers buy

    Every page points at the one thing a visitor came to do, and that depends on your trade: book a chair, read the menu, request a quote or call. Phantom Fades got a page for each service, each with its own booking link.

  2. 02

    Custom-coded, never a page builder

    We build it custom-coded around how your customers buy, never in a page builder, so each page loads only the code it needs. We build to Google’s Core Web Vitals targets (opens in a new tab), including the main content appearing within 2.5 seconds.

  3. 03

    Local search foundations

    Search-ready page titles and descriptions, structured data (the format Google reads) for your hours, location and services, and a sitemap. Where it fits, we add pages for the cities you serve, as we did for V the Barber. Ongoing ranking work is our local SEO service.

  4. 04

    Your real photos, handled properly

    We build around photos of your actual work, not stock, and size them to stay sharp without slowing the page. Galleries, before-and-after sliders and photo-forward menus are all things we’ve shipped.

  5. 05

    Calls, texts and forms that reach you

    Tap-to-call numbers, a text option if you want one, directions that open in maps, and contact forms that send leads straight to you.

  6. 06

    Launch handled start to finish

    We connect your domain, switch on the security certificate, redirect old page addresses and keep your email working. Then a monthly care plan keeps the site fast, patched and current.

V the Barber, live on vthebarber.com.

Not a mockup and not a template: the real site, running on the client's own domain right now.

vthebarber.comLive
The vthebarber.com homepage: the headline “Every cut, dialed in.” beside a black-and-white photo of V cutting a client's hair, with a gold Book your chair button.

The build

First build
June 6, 2026
Domain launch
June 11, 2026
Days to live
5 days
Read the buildLive on vthebarber.com (opens in a new tab)

How a web design project runs

  1. STEP 1

    Tell us about your business

    Answer four quick questions about your business or give us a call. A short conversation covers how your customers find you and what they need to do once they land on your site.

  2. STEP 2

    We build a preview of your homepage

    Free, on your real business: your services, hours, photos and booking or ordering link, not a mockup with a made-up name. Wishi Co. had its first version live two days after we started.

  3. STEP 3

    You review it on your phone

    Tap through it the way a customer would. Love it: half to finish, half at launch. Not for you: you owe nothing.

  4. LAUNCH

    Live on your domain

    We finish the remaining pages, you approve them, and we connect your domain and go live. Phantom Fades bought its domain, launched on it and published eight city pages, all on the day the shop signed.

  5. AFTER LAUNCH

    A care plan keeps it current

    Hosting, security updates, monitoring and two content edits a month, from $97/mo and month-to-month, so the site keeps up as your prices, hours and services change.

Custom website design vs. a rented template

Custom website design vs. a rented template

Template or DIY builder

  • You fill in a theme’s boxes, so the layout decides what your business gets to say.
  • Speed depends on the platform and every add-on stacked on top of it.
  • You write the copy and size the photos yourself, usually on nights and weekends.
  • Every change means logging back in and relearning the editor.
  • When something breaks, you’re reading help articles.

Custom-coded by us

  • The layout starts from how your customers buy: book, call, order or ask for a quote.
  • Pages carry nothing they don’t need, so they stay quick on a phone.
  • We write it and build it. You see a free preview of your homepage before you pay anything.
  • You text us the change. Two edits a month come with the care plan.
  • When something breaks, you call the person who built it.
Already have a site? What we protect in a website redesign

Already have a site? What we protect in a website redesign

  • Your search history. Every old page address gets a permanent (301) redirect to its new home, the method Google recommends for site moves (opens in a new tab), so Google can pass along what the old pages earned.
  • Your email. We change only the records that point to your website and leave your email settings alone.
  • Your domain. It stays with the registrar you already use. We just need access to update where it points.
  • Your uptime. The old site stays up until you approve the new one. Then we switch over.
  • Your Google listing. We check that your Google Business Profile links to the right page.

Built into V the Barber, Phantom Fades, Farmington Steak House, Arise Nicolette Coffee Company and Tasca Madrid.

What web design costs

Websites start at

$500one-time build

That covers a typical 5-page local business site. Larger sites, online stores and multiple locations are priced on a free 30-minute call. Care plans start at $97/mo, and everything is laid out on our pricing page.

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Web design questions owners ask

How much does a small business website cost?

Websites start at $500 for a typical local business site of about 5 pages. Online stores, bigger sites and multiple locations cost more, and we price them after we talk. Care plans start at $97/mo. Our Minnesota website cost guide explains what drives the price, wherever you end up buying.

How long does it take to build a website?

Days, not months, for a small site. Wishi Co.’s first version was live in 2 days, and V the Barber went from first build to live with online booking in 5. Bigger builds get a real schedule on the call. See how long a website takes.

Do I really see the site before I pay?

Yes. We build a free preview of your homepage on your real business, and you look through it on your own phone. If you love it, you pay half to finish and half at launch. If it isn’t for you, you owe nothing. The first step is a few questions about your business, not an invoice.

I already have a website. Do you do website redesigns?

Yes. We rebuild it custom-coded, redirect every old page address so Google can transfer what those pages earned, and leave your domain and email where they are. Our guide to redesigning without losing rankings covers the whole switch.

Do I need to write the content or supply photos?

No writing needed. We draft the words from what already exists about your business and what you tell us, and you correct what we got wrong. Send whatever photos of your real work you have. If you have none, we’ll tell you what to shoot on your phone.

Do you use WordPress, Wix or Squarespace?

No. Every site is custom-coded with no page builder underneath, which is what lets us shape it around how your customers buy and keep each page quick on a phone.

Are you a local web design company?

Yes. We’re based in Lakeville and build for businesses across the Twin Cities, including a barber, a barbershop and a neighborhood café in Burnsville, a family steakhouse in Farmington and a Spanish restaurant in St. Paul. Most of the work happens by phone, text and shared links, so we take on businesses outside Minnesota too.

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