Service 01
Websites customers can use. Updates you control.
I build marketing sites and storefronts for businesses in Claremont and the Pomona Valley. Customers get clear pages and a straightforward path to buying or getting in touch. You get the editing tools and walkthrough for routine updates. We agree what belongs in the first release and set the schedule around it.
- Schedule
- Agreed up front
- Handover
- Owner-managed
- Based in
- Claremont
01 — What you get
What ships.
A site people can find and use
Server-rendered pages, correctly sized images, and fast delivery make the site easier to use. Per-page titles and descriptions, structured data, a sitemap, and canonical URLs give search engines a clear version to read.
An admin you actually use
We identify which content and catalog changes you need to make, and build the admin around those tasks. Publishing, pricing, and archiving belong to you, not to my calendar.
Tests around the parts that matter
Checkout, forms, and anything touching money get automated tests, so later changes can be checked against the behavior customers depend on. The Mendivil build carries 52 test files; they provide repeatable checks as checkout and catalog behavior change.
02 — How it runs
From agreed scope to owner handover.
Step 1
Scope and structure
What the site has to do, who it is for, and what the pages are. You get a fixed price at the end of this, before any build work begins.
Step 2
Build in the open
A live preview URL from the first week of building, updated as work lands. You can try the pages, review the content, and give feedback while the site takes shape.
Step 3
Launch and handover
Domain, analytics, search setup, and a walkthrough of the admin. You leave able to manage the everyday content and catalog changes we scoped together.
03 — Proof
An online storefront in four weeks. Owner control in six.
Mendivil Coffee had no way to sell online — every order came through word of mouth. Four weeks later, customers could buy through a custom Stripe storefront. Two weeks after that, the owners were running the catalog themselves: creating coffees, setting prices, archiving what sold out, and restoring seasonal roasts.
Read the case study04 — Questions
Before you ask.
How much does a website cost in the Claremont area?
It depends on whether you need a marketing site or a storefront that takes payments. A brochure site for a local business is a smaller build than an ecommerce catalog with checkout and fulfillment. We scope what the site has to do, then agree a fixed price before build work begins.
How long does a site take to build?
We set the schedule around the pages, integrations, and owner tools you need. Mendivil Coffee, a roaster in Walnut, launched its storefront in four weeks and gained owner-managed catalog tools two weeks later. That was a deliberately staged build; the right schedule for your site depends on its scope and what needs to be ready at launch.
Can I update the site myself afterward?
Yes. We identify the changes you need to make yourself and include the tools and a walkthrough in the scope. Mendivil's owners create, price, archive, and restore their own coffees without a developer in the loop. Those tools followed the first storefront release: getting online came first, then transferring routine catalog work to the owners.
Will the site actually show up in Google?
I build public pages that search engines can access and read, with page-specific titles and descriptions, a sitemap, and appropriate structured data. These help Google discover and understand the site. Google decides which pages to index and where they appear; a technically sound build does not guarantee indexing or rankings.
Tell me what it has to do.
A short note about the business and what the site needs to accomplish is enough to start. No brief, no deck, no RFP. If it turns out I am not the right fit, I will say so early rather than three weeks in.