Web design in Ann Arbor, at a price that is published
The University of Michigan's city — research, startups and a dense downtown. Ann Arbor has enough searching customers to build a business on, and few enough well-built competitor sites that catching them is a matter of doing the work rather than outspending anyone.
We build websites engineered from day one to be found for searches like "web designer Ann Arbor" or "Ann Arbor small business website" — and improved every month after that. Fixed monthly price from $299, everything included, no setup fee.
Getting found in Ann Arbor: the honest version
Ann Arbor is the size where local SEO pays back fastest. There is enough search volume for rankings to turn into actual phone calls, and usually few enough well-optimised competitors that a technically clean, properly structured site can reach the first page in months rather than years.
The work that gets you there is unglamorous: pages that load fast on a phone, one real page per service instead of a single catch-all, correct local markup so Google knows where you work, and steady improvement afterwards. Once you are there, that same discipline is what keeps you there when a competitor finally decides to take their website seriously.
We looked this up rather than assuming it. Searching for a web designer in Ann Arbor in August 2026 returned no business actually based there in the top three ordinary results. It is the same hour of work we do on your own market before writing a word of your site.
How this actually works
Businesses in Ann Arbor work with us the same way every client does: a call, a kick-off, a site live in 10 business days, then a monthly report showing the before-and-after HTML for everything that changed. There is no office visit because there is no office, and no invoice for meeting time because we do not bill for meetings. The price on the page is the price.
- Free 20-minute call — you tell us what your business does and for whom; we tell you honestly whether we fit. No proposal theater.
- Every price is published — $299, $599 or $1,199 a month, no setup fee, cancel any month.
- Live in 10 business days from kick-off, or your first month is free — that promise is in writing.
- Improved every month — new pages and ongoing SEO, with every fix verified by an independent re-crawl.
What a website actually costs in Ann Arbor
A website in Ann Arbor is usually sold one of three ways: cheap software you operate yourself, a one-off build you then maintain yourself, or a monthly price with the work included. We are the third. $299 a month, no setup fee, no minimum term, and you can read the whole price list before you ever speak to us.
Pay yearly and get two months free. Cancel any time and we refund the unused months pro rata — the annual plan is a discount, not a lock-in.
- 5-page SEO-first website — domain, hosting and SSL included
- 1 location page for your service area
- Automated blog — 2 SEO-optimised articles published each month
- Custom AI-powered CRM in the backend
- Ongoing SEO optimisation, connected to the JustMarket.Me SEO aggregator
- GEO optimisation for AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity)
- Google Business Profile set up and connected to your site
- Monthly report — the before-and-after HTML for every fix we shipped
- Unlimited change requests, one in the queue at a time
Already have a website that isn't being found?
Before rebuilding anything, find out what is actually wrong. The SEO Audit is $490 and takes five business days: every page crawled as Googlebot sees it, every issue evidenced and graded, and a fix plan you own outright. Plenty of Michigan businesses discover the problem is three fixable things rather than the whole site. Credited in full against your first three months if you start a plan within 30 days.
Building for a specific trade?
Every plan costs the same whatever your business does, but the details differ by industry. These guides go a level deeper:
plastering contractor · astrologer · freight broker
Frequently asked questions
Can I update the site myself afterwards?
Yes. You get a simple content editor for text, images, prices and opening hours, so you are never waiting on us for a small change. Anything larger, send it over and it is covered by your plan.
Can you get my business to #1 on Google in Ann Arbor?
Nobody can guarantee a Google ranking, and Google says so in its own guidance — it warns that anyone promising one is a red flag. What we guarantee instead is the price, the scope, the delivery date, what you own and the exit, and we prove every fix with a re-crawl so you can read the before-and-after HTML yourself.
Do I need to write the content?
No. We write all the copy for you. You send your logo, any photos you have (or we use professional stock images) and the basic facts about your business — that is the whole input we need from you.
Is there a contract?
No. Cancel in any month, with no notice period and no exit fee. Your domain is registered in your name from day one, and you get a full export of the site and its content within five business days of leaving.
Who owns the website and the data?
You do. The domain is registered in your name from day one, and the content, the Search Console property and the Analytics account are yours rather than ours. Nothing about leaving requires our cooperation.