Welcome Sign WebWebsites for local businesses
Your door says welcome. Does your website?
We build your business a fast, modern website and show it to you before you pay a cent. Like it? Keep it from $99 a month, with hosting, your domain and edits included.
- See it before you pay
- No contract, no setup fee
- Changes by email
- Your domain stays yours
Sourdough, pastries and custom cakes, baked fresh every morning on Elm Street.
See today's bakeA sample of the kind of site we build
How it works
We do the work first. You decide after.
No meetings, no brief to write, no bill until you have seen your site and want to keep it.
We build your preview
Tell us your business name. We design a real, working site for you, free.
You make it yours
Answer a few questions and send your logo and photos. Your words, your colours, your story.
We put it live
On your own domain, secured, and tested on phones before anyone sees it.
You email, we update
New hours or a new service? Send an email and it is changed. No logins, no dashboards.
Your business name to start. Later, your logo, a few photos and answers to a short set of questions about hours, services and the area you serve. If you have no photos or text, we work from what is public and you correct it.
The preview is usually ready within a few days of your request. Once your answers and photos are in, the finished site typically goes live within a week, on your own domain.
Email us any change, in plain words. Routine updates to wording, hours, services, prices, photos and colours are done for you, checked, and published. Anything bigger, we discuss first.
Who it's for
Built for the businesses people search for on their phone.
If customers find you by searching your town and what you do, your website has one job: make it easy to choose you and get in touch. That is what we build.
Trades & home services
Plumbers, electricians, HVAC, roofers, landscapers. Services, service area and a tap-to-call button above the fold.
Restaurants & cafés
Hours, menu, photos, directions and a way to order or book, readable on a phone in a parking lot.
Lodges, inns & rentals
Rooms, rates, photos and a clear way to ask about availability, for guests planning a trip.
Dentists & clinics
Services, insurance notes, new-patient details, hours and a phone number that works from any screen.
Salons & studios
Services and prices, your work in photos, hours, and a booking link if you use one.
Auto & repair shops
What you fix, where you are, when you are open, and one tap to call for a quote.
Professional services
Accountants, agents, consultants. A credible first impression and an easy way to make contact.
Shops & everything local
If your customers are nearby and look you up before visiting, this is for you. Online stores and booking systems can be linked, not replaced.
What you get
Everything a good website needs, handled.
You run the business. We take care of the part that lives on the internet.
Built for phones first
Most people looking for a local business are on their phone. Your site is designed for that screen, with a tap-to-call button always in reach.
Fast, every time
Pages load in a blink on a weak signal. A slow site loses the customer before they have read a word.
Local SEO, built in
Search engine optimisation is part of every site, not an add-on: clear page titles and descriptions, your services, address, phone and hours marked up for Google, fast pages and a sitemap, so you show up when neighbours search for what you do.
Secure by default
Every site runs on HTTPS with a certificate that renews itself. No "Not secure" warning beside your name.
Your name on the door
Your domain is registered in your name. If you ever leave, it goes with you, along with your words and photos.
No homework
You never log in to anything. Email us what you want changed and we take it from there.
Our launch rule: a site must score 90 or higher in all four of Google's Lighthouse tests before it goes live.
Inside every site
- A home page that says what you do, where, and how to reach you in the first screen
- Services or menu section, written in plain words from your own answers
- About section with your story, and a photo gallery for your work or your place
- Hours, address with a map link, phone with tap-to-call, and an email or contact form
- Links to the tools you already use: booking, ordering, reviews, social pages
- Your logo and colours, or a clean palette we choose with you
Under the hood
- Hosted on Google's global network, with HTTPS and automatic certificate renewal
- Local SEO: structured data for your business name, address, phone and hours, a sitemap, and page titles and descriptions written for search
- Every page tested on phone screens and against Google's Lighthouse checks before publishing
- Backups of every version, so any change can be undone
- Your domain registered in your name, with the technical setup handled for you
- A real person reviewing every change before it goes live
Your options
Three ways to get a website. One that does the work for you.
Owners usually weigh a do-it-yourself builder, a traditional agency, or a service like ours. Here is the honest comparison.
| Do it yourself | Traditional agency | Welcome Sign Web | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up front | A subscription, plus evenings and weekends of your time | Often thousands of dollars before anything is live | Nothing. You see the finished preview first |
| Who does the work | You | A team, with meetings and revision rounds | We do, from public information and your answers |
| Time to launch | Whenever you find the time | Weeks to months | Preview in days; live about a week after your answers |
| Changes later | You log in and figure it out | Billed by the hour, or a separate retainer | Email us; included in your plan |
| Hosting, domain, security | Separate bills and settings to manage | Usually extra, or handed back to you | Included and handled |
| If you leave | You keep what you built | Depends on the contract | Domain and content are yours from day one; the site itself after 12 months, or for the difference up to $999 |
The difference
Drag to see what your customers see.
A dated site tells people the business might be dated too. Slide the handle to compare.
An illustration with a made-up bakery, not a real client.
Pricing
One monthly price. No surprises.
Every plan includes the design, hosting, your domain and a real person's worth of upkeep.
Basic
$99 / month
A professional site, kept online and up to date.
- Custom-built site, designed for phones first
- Hosting, security certificate and backups
- Your own domain name, registered to you
- Up to 2 edits a month, by email
- Logo, colours and photo gallery
- Local SEO basics: titles, descriptions, hours, address and sitemap set up for Google
- Google Business Profile set up with you, so you show on Google Maps with hours, phone and directions
Standard
$199 / month
For businesses whose details change often and want to stay found.
- Everything in Basic
- Unlimited edits, done by the next business day
- Seasonal hours, specials and announcements kept current
- Ongoing SEO upkeep: titles, descriptions and business details reviewed every month, Google Business Profile kept current
- Priority email support
Premium
$349 / month
For businesses that want the site to keep growing.
- Everything in Standard
- Same-day edits on business days
- A new page or article each month, on a topic you choose
- A quarterly review of the whole site with you by phone
- Photo and content refresh each season
No setup fee and no contract; cancel by email any time. Your domain, words and photos are always yours. Stay 12 months and the finished site and its files are yours to take as well, free. Want the site itself sooner? You pay the difference between what you have paid so far and the $999 one-time price, so the site never costs more than $999 either way.
One-time rebuild, $999. Rather own it outright? We build it, you keep the site and the files, with 30 days of fixes included. Hosting with us after that is $19 a month, or take the files anywhere.
About
A small studio that does one thing well.
Hi, I'm John. Welcome Sign Web is a small web studio based in California, built around one idea: a local business should be able to get a good website without a sales call, a brief, a big invoice or a login to learn.
We use modern tools, including AI, to do the slow parts fast: drafting the first version of a site, checking it on every screen size, and making routine updates. A person reviews every site before it is shown to you and every change before it goes live. When you email, a person answers.
Sites run on Google's hosting network, the same infrastructure behind many of the largest sites on the web, so your site stays up without anyone babysitting a server.
- Preview first, pay later
- No contract
- Email support
- Hosted on Google infrastructure
- Lighthouse 90+ before launch
Questions
Fair things to ask.
Is the preview really free?
Yes. We build a working preview of your site first. You pay only if you decide to keep it.
What does it cost?
Plans start at $99 a month and include hosting, your domain and edits. There is no setup fee and no contract.
Can I just pay once?
Yes. A one-time rebuild is $999: we build the site, you keep it and the files, and 30 days of fixes are included. After that you can host it with us for $19 a month, or take the files to any host. Edits after the first 30 days are billed per change or by moving to a monthly plan.
Who owns the domain and the content?
You do. The domain is registered in your name, and your words, logo and photos are yours from day one. The finished site and its files become yours after 12 months, or sooner by paying the difference up to the $999 one-time price.
How long does it take?
The free preview is usually ready within a few days. After you send your answers, logo and photos, the finished site typically goes live within a week. Connecting a domain you already own can add a day for the records to update.
Do I need to write anything or supply photos?
Not to see the preview; we build it from what is already public about your business. To finish the site, a short set of questions and a few photos make it yours. If you have no photos, we can use clean stock imagery until you do, and we write the text from your answers for you to approve.
I already own a domain. Can you use it?
Yes. We point your existing domain at the new site and set up the security certificate. If you do not have one, we register one in your name as part of the plan.
Can the site take bookings or sell products?
We link to the booking, ordering or payment tools you already use (or help you pick one) so customers can get there in one tap. We do not build custom online stores or booking systems ourselves.
How do I change something on my site?
Email us what you want changed, in plain words, and attach any new photos. There is nothing to log in to and nothing to learn.
Do you do SEO?
Yes, the local kind that matters for a small business. Every site ships with the on-page work done: titles and descriptions written for what people search, your services, address, phone and hours marked up so Google understands them, fast pages, HTTPS and a sitemap. On Standard and Premium we review and refresh that every month and help you keep your Google Business Profile accurate. We do not sell link-building or paid ads, and we do not promise rankings; nobody honest can.
I already have a website. Can you help?
Yes. If it is dated, we rebuild it. If it works but is hard to find on Google, we fix the SEO. If it is fine, we can simply take over the hosting and updates so you never have to think about it.
Do you use AI?
Yes. We use AI tools to build and update sites quickly, which is how we keep the price low. Every page still has to pass our quality checks before it goes live, and anything unusual is handled by a person.
What counts as an edit?
A change to wording, hours, prices, services, photos, colours or contact details, sent in one email. "Update our Saturday hours and swap the two kitchen photos" is one edit. A new page, a redesign or a new section is quoted separately on Basic and Standard, and included monthly on Premium.
Where is my site hosted, and is it reliable?
On Google's hosting network, which serves your pages from locations near your visitors, with HTTPS and automatic backups of every version. We monitor it; you never have to.
What if I want to cancel?
Tell us by email; there is no contract and no notice period. Your domain, words, logo and photos are always yours. If you have been with us 12 months or more, we hand over the finished site and its files too, free. If you leave earlier and want the site itself, you pay the difference between what you have paid so far and the $999 one-time price, so the site never costs more than $999. Either way, nothing goes offline until you say so.
Free preview
See your new site before you spend anything.
Tell us the name of your business and where to send the preview. That is all we need to start.