Web design for small businesses

A website that works as hard as you do.

Custom sites built and curated for small businesses — with personal, direct support, not a corporate ticket queue. Your customers find you, trust you, and choose you.

Live in under a week. You own it. You can edit it yourself.

You own it

The site is yours — not rented, not locked to me.

Easy to edit

Change hours, prices, and photos yourself in minutes.

Real, direct support

Talk straight to the person who builds and maintains your site.

Fast to launch

Most sites go live in under a week, not months.

Why it matters

Your next customer is looking online right now.

Before anyone walks in or calls, they check you out on their phone. A great website turns that search into a customer — and its absence sends them to a competitor.

81%

of people research a business online before buying or visiting.

Invoca / Zippia
40%

more revenue, on average, for businesses with a website vs. without.

Deloitte · Verisign
75%

of people judge a business's credibility by its website.

Stanford Web Credibility
76%

of local phone searches lead to a visit within 24 hours.

Google
Auto shop

The check-engine moment

A driver's warning light comes on. They search "auto repair near me," and call the shop whose site shows hours, reviews, and a booking button. No site? You're invisible at the exact moment they need you most.

Restaurant

Deciding where to eat

Someone's hungry and scrolling on the couch. If they can't find your menu and hours in five seconds, they pick the place that made it easy. A clean, mobile-first site wins the table.

Clothing & antiques

The customer three towns over

A shopper spots your piece online and drives in — or buys it on the spot. Without a site, your inventory is invisible past your front window, and every "do you have…" call is a sale you might miss.

Live examples — click around!

Sites your customers would take seriously.

Three sample brands, fully interactive. Click the tabs, then the menus inside each site — book a service, browse a menu, fill a shopping bag. This is the level of polish your business gets.

fieldandflame.com
Wood-fired kitchen · Farm to table

Fire, field & a full table.

Seasonal plates from local farms, cooked over an open flame. Natural wine, warm rooms, and a reason to linger.

Reservation request sent — see you soon.

Try it — click the tabs and the menus inside each site. Every one of these is a real, working demo.

Field & Flame

Restaurants

Warm, elegant, mobile-first — menu, hours, and reservations right where hungry guests look.

Meridian Auto

Auto & trades

Clean, modern, and trust-building — with services and a booking flow front and center.

The Gilded Magpie

Retail & boutiques

Refined and product-forward, with an add-to-bag flow ready to grow into a full shop.

How it works

From idea to live in four simple steps.

No jargon, no long contracts, no waiting around. Here's exactly what working together looks like.

01

Chat

Tell me about your business and what you need. Free, no pressure, no sales pitch.

02

Build

I design and build your site — usually in under a week — and share it as we go.

03

Launch

I publish it, connect your domain, and set everything up. You're officially live.

04

Support

I keep it running and make changes whenever you need them. Just send a message.

Simple, honest pricing

One clear price to launch. A small fee to stay live.

No hidden costs and no surprise invoices. You'll always know what you're paying and why.

Launch
$699 to start

Everything you need to get online and look great.

  • Custom, mobile-friendly site
  • Up to 5 pages built for you
  • Published & connected to your domain
  • Google Business Profile setup
Start your site
Care plan
$49 / month

The part most companies skip. I don't.

  • Hosting, security & updates
  • Small edits whenever you need them
  • Uptime monitoring
  • Direct support — no ticket queues
Get started
Add-ons
As needed

Add what your business grows into.

  • Online ordering & pickup
  • Booking & reservations
  • Online store / e-commerce
  • Extra pages & refreshes
Ask about add-ons

Every project gets a flat quote up front, so there are never surprises.

In good hands

Built by an engineer, not a template.

Your website is designed and built by Jackson Popelka — a University of Minnesota data & analytics graduate who worked as a data analyst at the U of M and has built software, data tools, and web systems internationally, from Los Angeles to Sweden, across a range of programming languages. In plain terms: your site is genuinely engineered — fast, reliable, and built to help your business grow — and you get that depth without agency prices or the runaround.

UMN · Data & Analytics grad Data Analyst, University of Minnesota Built tools in LA & Sweden Multi-language developer
No runaroundYou talk to the person who builds and supports your site — always.
Faster & more affordableNo overhead, no middlemen — just skilled work, done well.
Yours to keepYou own your site and your domain. No lock-in, ever.
Start your site

Let's grow your business.

Tell me about your project and I'll get back to you within a day — usually much sooner. No pressure, no obligation, and the first conversation is always free.

Prefer to reach out directly?
contact@starwebstudios.com
612-401-2957