Custom Dev

Fast, affordable websites and small web apps for small business. Built, shipped, and maintained by one engineer with 20 years in the trade.

Most small business owners get two bad options. Pay an agency $5,000 and wait three months, or wrestle with a Wix template on weekends and end up with something that kind of works. I do the third thing: I build the site for you, ship it in under a week, and host it at a price that reflects what it actually costs to run.

How it works

  • Buildout: $100 to $200, depending on design complexity
  • Live in under 7 days from approval
  • One revision round included; further changes billed at $50/hr
  • Hosting and ongoing maintenance billed monthly (see tiers below)
  • Month-to-month, no contract, cancel any time

Hosting tiers

Lander

$20/mo

A single-page site with your story, services, and a way to reach you.

  • Single-page responsive site
  • Contact form, forwarded to your email
  • SSL certificate, auto-renewing
  • Routine security and dependency updates
  • Modern serverless hosting
  • Additional design or development at $50/hr

Custom Site

$40/mo

A multi-page site with an admin panel you actually use yourself.

  • Everything in Lander
  • Multi-page custom design
  • Admin panel for content updates, no developer required
  • Faster support response
  • Limited additional engineering included monthly

Web App

$80/mo

A real app: bookings, integrations, custom workflows, the works.

  • Everything in Custom Site
  • Custom web application with admin
  • Third-party integrations (Stripe, Calendly, Mailchimp, and similar)
  • SEO optimization included
  • Critical support response

Every tier includes

  • Mobile-responsive design
  • SSL via Let's Encrypt, auto-renewing forever
  • Routine security and dependency updates
  • Modern serverless hosting (fast, reliable, low-overhead)
  • A real human (me) on the other end of email

Add-ons

  • Domain registration: optional. I'll guide you through buying one yourself, or handle it on your behalf. Either way, you own it.
  • Business email: optional. I recommend Google Workspace or Fastmail and will help you wire it up. I don't host email myself; you're better served by a specialist.
  • Additional engineering: $50/hr for anything beyond what your tier covers.

Who this fits

  • Local services: trades, salons, restaurants, fitness studios
  • Professional services: lawyers, accountants, consultants, therapists
  • Small businesses that need a real web presence without a $5,000 line item

Who this doesn't fit

  • iOS or Android apps. I don't build them.
  • Enterprise sites with complex content workflows or compliance regimes
  • Anyone who needs marketing strategy, SEO guarantees, or paid-ad campaigns
  • Anyone who wants a 50-page site. You don't need it. Nobody reads past page two.

A few I've built

repsales.net bawks.io bfa.zbmowrey.com

If you want to leave

You can cancel at any time. The site will remain up until your next renewal date. If requested prior to the renewal date, I will provide a one-time export of the site's codebase. Note that I don't provide post-cancellation support beyond resolving billing issues.

Get in touch

Email me with a sentence or two about your business and what you need. I'll respond within a day with a quick read on whether I'm the right fit and a rough timeline.