New York City
Not ugly — broken. Contact forms that send nothing. Pages that error out. Certificates that make Chrome warn people away before they read a word. The owner usually has no idea.
I find what's costing you calls, and I rebuild it.
No cost, no obligation. You see it before you decide.
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You've probably been pitched by someone asking you to pay upfront and trust them. I'd rather just show you. I build your homepage before we ever talk about money — if you don't want it, you've lost nothing.
Name and address is enough to start. Two minutes.
Your real services, your photos, your neighborhoods. Usually within a few days.
A private link. If it's not for you, say so and we're done.
Full site on your domain, usually inside two weeks.
What you get
Not a brochure. Every decision on the site is about turning someone who found you at 9pm into someone who contacts you.
Most people find you on a phone, often in a hurry. Tap-to-call in the header, fast load, nothing to pinch and zoom.
Wired to your inbox and tested with a real message before launch. You'd be surprised how often this is the whole problem.
Google can't rank you for work it can't see. Separate pages per service and per area you cover.
If you've earned good reviews, they belong above the fold — not one click away on someone else's platform.
Proper certificate, no browser warnings, loads in under a second. Hosting included at no cost.
A simple admin page for hours, photos, and text. No calling me to change a phone number.
Pricing
You pay once, you own the site, and you never hear from me about a subscription. Half up front, half when it goes live.
Domain not included — about $12/year, bought in your name so you own it outright.
Straight answers
Because you have no reason to trust me yet, and a link you can look at settles that faster than anything I could say. It costs me a few hours. If you don't want it, that's a fair trade for me and a free look for you.
No. It's one person, and this studio is new — which is exactly why the prices are what they are and why I build first. You get someone who answers his own phone and isn't juggling forty accounts.
No. You keep your domain, in your name. If you don't have one, I'll help you buy it — about $12 a year — and it's yours, not mine. Nothing about your business ends up locked to me.
Nothing. Email and websites run on separate settings, and protecting your email records is part of the launch checklist. This is the most common way small business sites get broken, and it's not going to happen to yours.
No. Hosting is included and costs you nothing ongoing. If you want changes later I charge by the hour, but most people just make small edits themselves in the admin panel.
The homepage is usually a few days. The full site is normally about two weeks once you've sent your photos and service list — that part is the bottleneck, not the building.
Get started
Free, no obligation, and you'll see it before any money is discussed. If it's not right for you, no hard feelings.
Or email directly: hello@manhattandigitalworks.com