My website looks dated, and I am embarrassed to send it.
Your work is better than your website, and the website is what people see first.
- Written from scratch, for what you sell
- Fast on a phone, where most of your visitors already are
- Hosted and looked after by us after launch
Your Site Still Describes the Old Business
You hand someone your card and add, 'ignore the website, we're redoing it.' That apology is what an old site costs you.
The business grew, the site didn't, and it's now describing a version of the company that stopped being true a few years ago. Old prices, a service you dropped, a photograph of a room you moved out of.
The fix is working out what the site has to do now, and building that.
Recent Builds
Every screen below is a site we built. Drag it, or leave it to scroll on its own.
Why a Site You Can Send Without a Disclaimer Matters
A stranger deciding whether to call you spends under a minute on your site. In that minute it either looks like the business you run today, or a version from a few years ago, and they can't tell the difference.
A site built for what you sell today is the one that earns the call. It works on the phone people open it on, and it gives you something you're glad to point at.
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Built for what you sell
The pages come from what you do and who you do it for, with no stock template underneath.
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Fast on a phone
Most of your visitors are on a phone, so the site is built for the phone first.
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Found by people nearby
The search basics done properly: real titles, a sitemap, and the towns you serve named on the page.
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One contact route that works
A form or an address that lands in a mailbox you read, tested before it goes live.
Ready for a site you send without the apology?
Start a ProjectWhat Comes With Every Build
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Writing included
We write what the site says, and you correct anything wrong before launch.
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Built from scratch
Every page is drawn for your business. Nothing sits on it because a stock theme shipped with it.
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Fast, and readable
Quick to load, and clear on a phone, on a slow connection, and with a screen reader.
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Looked after
We host the site and keep it running after launch.
From First Email to Launch Day
You get the plan in writing before any work starts.
Two sentences from you
What you sell and who buys it. Not a specification, and not a list of pages you think you need.
A plan comes back
What we would build, what each page would say, and what the work involves. In writing, before anything starts.
You watch it get built
Pages at a live address you can open on your phone, updated as we go, so you can correct anything wrong before launch.
Live, and kept running
It launches at a real address, and we keep looking after it: changes, fixes, and whatever comes up.
Why Work With GeekThangs
Written for you
You don't need anything written before we start.
Built for a phone
Most visitors arrive on a phone, so that's the screen we design for before the desktop one.
Found by nearby searches
Titles, descriptions, a sitemap, and the towns you serve, so nearby searchers can find you.
Your domain stays yours
A domain you already own stays in your name.
Common Questions
How much does a new website cost?
It depends on what the site has to do, so we price it per project rather than off a menu. Tell us what you sell in a couple of sentences, and we come back with a plan and a number, before any work starts.
Do I have to write the words?
No. We write the words, and you correct anything wrong before the site goes live.
How long does it take?
It depends on the size of the site. We put the timeline in the written plan before we start, so you know it going in rather than chasing it later.
Will it work on phones?
Yes. Every site is built for a phone first, because that's where most people will open it.
Who looks after the site?
We do. We host it and keep it running, and a domain you already own stays in your name.
Before You Hire Anyone
What we would want to know if we were the ones paying for a website.
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Seven questions to ask a web designer
Seven questions that show what you're actually buying, asked before the quote rather than after the invoice.
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Who owns your website domain?
If you can't answer this in five minutes, find out today. A falling-out with your designer can cost you your web address.
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Your contact form might be silently failing
Forms fail quietly. The visitor sees a thank-you page, you see nothing, and nobody finds out for months. Here's how to check yours today.
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Tell us what you sell.
A couple of sentences is enough to start. We reply with a plan for what we would build, and you decide from there.
- Hello@GeekThangs.com
- (586) 500-5205
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St. Clair Shores, working across Metro Detroit