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Mobile-responsive design
Designed on a phone screen first, because that is where most of your customers will see it.
Services
Web design services for custom sites, stores, and web apps
Seven services, one standard. Every project starts with the same question: what does this website need to do for the business? The answer decides the build, not the other way around.
Everything is hand-built in Next.js and Tailwind. No themes, no page builders, no template with your logo dropped in.
Prices published upfront
SEO included in every build
You own the code
Free preview before you commit
Military discount
Every project
The same foundations, whichever service you pick
These are not upgrades or add-ons. A site without them does not work properly, so they are in every project we take.
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Technical and on-page SEO
Title tags, meta descriptions, heading structure, image alt text, and a clean site architecture Google can crawl.
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Schema markup
Structured data that tells Google exactly what your business is, where it is, and what it does.
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Search Console and Business Profile setup
We set up Google Search Console and your Google Business Profile properly, then show you how to read them.
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Contact forms that work
Forms wired to your email or CRM, tested before launch, so an inquiry actually reaches you.
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Performance optimization
Sub-two-second load times and 90+ Core Web Vitals. Speed is a ranking factor and a conversion factor at once.
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SSL and security
HTTPS encryption and security monitoring included, not sold separately.
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You own everything
The code, the content, the domain, and the design are yours. No proprietary lock-in and nothing held back.
Services
The seven things we build
If you are not sure which one fits, tell us what your business does and we will say honestly which is right, including when the answer is the cheaper one.
Service 01
Multi-page websites
For established businesses with several services or several towns to rank in
A real page for every service you offer and every area you serve.
One page trying to cover everything gives Google nothing specific to rank. A dedicated page per service and per area is more writing, and it is also the difference between page one and page four. This is our most common build.
- A page per service and per service area
- Copywriting for every page
- Photo galleries and portfolio sections
- Lead capture wired to your email or CRM
- Conversion tracking set up from day one
Live in about 3 to 4 weeks
See multi-page websitesService 02
Website redesigns
For businesses stuck on Wix, Squarespace, or an aging WordPress install
You already have a site. It is slow, hard to edit, and stopped showing up.
The risk in a rebuild is losing the search visibility you already earned. We audit your existing content and rankings first, map every old URL to a new one, and set up redirects before launch. Skipping that step is how businesses lose two years of rankings overnight.
- Content audit before anything gets cut
- URL mapping and redirects so rankings carry over
- Old load times of five or six seconds usually drop under two
- Keeps what is already working instead of starting from scratch
Live in about 3 to 4 weeks
See website redesignsService 03
Ecommerce and online ordering
For shops, bakeries, makers, and anyone selling directly
Stores built so the flow does not lose people at the last step.
Most local ecommerce work in this area means installing a Shopify theme and adjusting the colors. That is fine until your business does something a theme was not designed for. We build custom storefronts, including headless setups where Shopify handles products and payments in the background and the front end is built from scratch.
- Custom order flows, not a generic cart bolted on
- Headless Shopify builds when a theme will not fit
- Stripe checkout built in properly
- Pickup, delivery, and local-only rules handled correctly
- Physical products, bookings, and digital downloads on one site
Typically 4 weeks and up
See ecommerce solutionsService 04
Single-page websites
For new businesses and single-service operators
One page that does the whole job, fast to launch and cheap to run.
What you do, who you do it for, proof that you are good at it, and a phone number a thumb can always reach. A well-built single page beats a half-finished five-page site every time, and it grows into a bigger site later without a rebuild.
- Live in about two weeks
- Built to turn one visit into one call
- Upgrades into a multi-page site without starting over
- The lowest-cost way to exist online properly
Live in about 2 weeks
See single-page websitesService 05
Local and on-page SEO
For businesses competing in more than one town
On-page SEO is free with every build. This is the ongoing work on top.
Every site launches with the technical and on-page foundations already in place, which puts you ahead of most competitors on day one. Ongoing SEO is for businesses going after competitive terms: content, location and keyword expansion, internal linking, and the slow work of earning authority.
- Keyword and competitor research for your market
- Location, content, and internal-linking expansion
- Google Business Profile and listing cleanup
- Monthly reporting in plain English, not a dashboard screenshot
Ongoing
See local SEO servicesService 06
Web apps and admin dashboards
For businesses running operations out of a spreadsheet
Custom software when an off-the-shelf product does not fit how you work.
Customer portals, booking systems, calculators, reporting dashboards, and internal tools. This is the part most design shops hand off to a contractor. We build it in-house, on the same stack as your website, by the same person.
- Client logins and role-based access for staff
- Reporting dashboards built around your numbers
- Eligibility and screening flows before checkout
- Integrations with the systems you already run
Depends on scope
See web app and dashboard workService 07
Hosting, maintenance, and support
Every client, as the monthly care plan
The part that keeps the site fast, safe, and current after launch.
A website is not a thing you finish. Software needs updating, security needs watching, and your hours and services change. Monthly care covers all of it, including actual revisions rather than just keeping the lights on.
- Hosting, SSL management, and security monitoring
- Content and design revisions included
- Software updates and performance checks
- SEO health recommendations
- Priority support from people who know your site
Ongoing
See hosting and maintenanceEcommerce, in practice
Rose & Sugar: when a Shopify theme is the wrong tool
Rose & Sugar is a custom cookie business in Folsom, run by Megan. It is a good illustration of why "we do Shopify" and "we can build your store" are not the same promise.
Rose & Sugar is really four businesses sharing one brand. There are signature cookie sets you can order off the shelf. There are fully custom orders that need a conversation before anything can be priced. There are decorating classes held in different towns on different dates. And there is a digital recipe download that gets delivered instantly.
A standard theme handles the first one well and fights you on the other three. On top of that, California cottage food law means the cookies cannot legally be shipped, so every checkout path had to steer customers toward pickup or local delivery instead of asking for a shipping address.
A headless Shopify setup
Shopify handles products, inventory, and payments in the background. The front end is built in Next.js, so the design and the page speed are not limited by what a theme allows.
Four buying paths on one site
Ready-to-order sets, a custom order request form, class bookings by date and location, and an instant digital download. Each behaves the way that product actually needs to behave.
Pickup-first checkout
The flow is built around cottage food rules, so nobody reaches the last step and discovers their order cannot be shipped.
Location pages for classes
Separate pages for the towns where classes run, so each can show up in its own local search rather than being buried in one list.
The point was not a prettier store. It was to stop forcing a real business to squeeze itself into software that was never designed for it.
Transparent pricing
What it costs
Most web design companies make you sit through a call to get a number. Here are ours. Your exact quote comes with your free preview, before you have paid anything.
Basic Website
$1,000
+ $50/mo care
A custom single-page site for a new or simple business.
Business Website
$2,000
+ $100/mo care
A five-page lead-generating website for an established business.
SEO Growth Website
$3,000
+ $100/mo care
A five-page site plus location, content, keyword, and internal-linking expansion.
Ecommerce, web apps, and dashboards
Custom
+ Custom care
Projects with payments, accounts, workflows, integrations, or internal tools.
Monthly care includes
HostingContent and design revisionsSecurity monitoringSSL managementSoftware updatesPerformance checksSEO health recommendationsPriority support
The details
- The build fee is one time. Monthly care starts when the site goes live.
- Structured payment plans are available if the build fee is easier to spread out.
- Your domain is the one cost that is not included, because it should be registered in your name rather than ours. That runs roughly $15 to $20 a year, paid to your registrar.
- We offer a military discount. Ask on the first call.
Process
How a project goes
You are busy running a business. Here is exactly how much of your time this takes and when.
- 0130 minutes
Conversation
What your business does, who your customers are, what you want the site to accomplish, and what your competitors are doing better than you online.
Your part: Answer questions. That is it.
- 02A few business days
Free preview
We build a working version of your homepage with your branding and your copy, then send you a live link you can open on your phone. You have paid nothing at this point.
Your part: Look at it and tell us what you think.
- 032 to 4 weeks for most sites
The build
Remaining pages, copywriting, SEO structure, forms, and anything custom. You watch progress on a staging link the whole way through, not just at the end.
Your part: Send photos and review at two checkpoints.
- 04One day
Launch and handoff
We deploy, connect your domain, submit to Google, set up Search Console and Analytics, and walk you through editing your own content.
Your part: Watch it go live.
Why EDC
What you are actually choosing between
Three ways to get a website built around here. Here is the honest comparison, including where we are not the right answer.
Versus a template builder
The typical route
Wix, Squarespace, or GoDaddy. Cheap monthly fee, live in a weekend, and you do all the work. The trade is performance and control: the page loads slowly, you cannot fix that, and you are renting the platform indefinitely.
The EDC route
Hand-built in Next.js and deployed on Vercel. Under two seconds, 90+ Core Web Vitals, and the code is yours. If your business is genuinely simple and you enjoy building things yourself, a builder is a fine choice and we will tell you so.
Versus a WordPress or Shopify shop
The typical route
Almost every local competitor builds on a theme with a stack of plugins. It works at launch. Two years in, the site is slow, plugins conflict, and updates break the layout for no visible reason.
The EDC route
No themes and no plugin dependencies, so there is nothing to conflict or break on its own. For stores, that includes headless builds where Shopify runs products and payments behind a front end we build from scratch.
Versus a larger agency
The typical route
An account manager, a discovery deck, a five-figure minimum, and a senior person you meet once during the sales call.
The EDC route
You work directly with the small team doing the work. Same technical standard, published prices, and a cost that makes sense for a landscaper in Folsom rather than a hospital system.
The engineering behind it
The typical route
Most local web design shops are designers who learned enough code to ship a theme. That works until you need something the theme cannot do.
The EDC route
Garret is a software engineer with a UCLA degree who built web applications at Realtor.com before starting EDC. Your brochure site and your custom booking system get built to the same standard by the same person.
Q+AService questions
Questions about our services
If yours is not here, email garret@edcwebdesign.com.
Which service do I actually need?
If you are new or offer one main service, start with a single page. If you have several services or work across several towns, you need a multi-page site, because that is what lets you rank for each of them. If you sell online, you need ecommerce. If you already have a site that is slow or invisible, you need a redesign. Tell us what you do and we will say which one fits, including when the cheapest option is the right one.
Is SEO included or does it cost extra?
The foundations are included in every build at no extra cost: title tags, meta descriptions, heading structure, alt text, schema markup, clean architecture, and Search Console setup. Ongoing SEO, meaning content, keyword expansion, and the work of competing for harder terms, is the SEO Growth package or a separate service.
Do you build online stores, or just websites?
Both. We build product catalogs, carts, custom order forms, and headless Shopify setups where Shopify handles products and payments while the storefront is built from scratch. That matters when your business does something a standard theme was not designed for, like selling physical products, class bookings, and digital downloads on the same site.
Can you rebuild my existing site without losing my rankings?
Yes, and it is the part of a redesign most shops skip. We audit your current content and rankings, map every existing URL to its new equivalent, and put redirects in place before launch. Done properly, a rebuild keeps the visibility you have already earned and improves on it.
What is the monthly care plan for?
Hosting, security monitoring, SSL management, software updates, performance checks, SEO health recommendations, priority support, and actual content and design revisions. It is not a fee to keep your site turned on. You own the site either way. It is the work of keeping it fast, safe, and current after launch.
Do I own my website?
Yes. The code, the content, the domain, and the design are yours. There is no proprietary platform and nothing held back. If you ever want to take it to another developer, you hand them the files and go.
Do you use WordPress, Wix, or Squarespace?
No. Every site is built from scratch in Next.js with Tailwind CSS and deployed on Vercel, the same stack used by large software companies. No plugins to break, no theme updates that shift your layout, and load times under two seconds. We will still tell you honestly if a builder would genuinely serve you better.
How long does a project take?
A single-page site is about two weeks. A multi-page site is about three to four. Ecommerce and custom application work start at four weeks and depend on scope. The free preview is ready within a few business days either way, so you see real work in the first week.
What is the free homepage preview?
We build a working version of your homepage with your branding, your services, and copy written for your business, then put it on a live link you can open on your phone. You have paid nothing and committed to nothing. If you like it, we build the rest. If not, we part ways and you keep the feedback.
Can I start small and add more later?
Yes, and plenty of clients do. A single-page site is built so it becomes a multi-page site without a rebuild. Adding ecommerce or a custom tool later works the same way, because it is all the same codebase rather than a new platform.
See your new homepage before you spend a dollar
Tell us what your business does. In a few business days you will have a real, working preview of your homepage on a live link. If it is not right, you owe us nothing and you keep the feedback.
No deposit to see the preview. No contract. No pressure.