Websites for Chicagoland small businesses
A website that loads fast on phones, shows up when people nearby search, and lets customers book and pay without calling. I build it, keep it running, and you get back to work.
I'll make a free mockup of your new site first. If you don't like it, that's the end of it.
Recent work
Full disclosure: none of these is a paying client yet. They're products I helped start or built myself, and all four are live.
A volleyball training app. I'm on its founding team and rebuilt its homepage in October 2026.
Software for youth volleyball clubs. It's my own product, in early access.
A program for adults with ADHD, created by a licensed therapist. I co-built it with him.
The page for Kevin Barr's one-therapist practice in Fort Collins, Colorado, part of the Steady site.
What I build
Most businesses start with the website and add the rest later.
Built for phones first, since that's where most of your customers are. Your hours, services, and phone number are easy to find, and it's set up so Google can show it to people nearby.
Customers pick a time themselves and get a reminder before they show up. If you already use Square or Acuity, I'll hook that up. If not, I'll help you pick one.
Take deposits, send invoices, sell gift cards, or take orders online through Stripe. The money goes straight to your bank account. I never touch it.
Hosting, updates, and small edits for one flat monthly fee. New hours or a price change? Text me and I'll take care of it.
How it works
I go through your current site and build a new version with your real info, so you can see what you'd actually be getting.
You tell me what customers ask about most and what you'd change. I give you one price for the whole thing.
I take care of the domain, moving everything over, and setup. Then I walk you through it so you know how it all works.
Pricing
One price for the build, then a flat monthly fee. You'll get the exact number after our 20-minute talk.
From $499
One-time build, up to 5 pages: phone-first site, your real info, set up for Google.
From $149 each
Added to the build when you want customers to book or pay online.
$49/month
Hosting, updates and small edits. Text me a change and it's done.
The fine print
About me
I live in Forest Park, and by day I'm a senior software engineer at a fintech company. I've built websites and apps professionally for more than five years, since finishing a computer science degree at San Francisco State. Most of that has been in finance, where everything has to be secure, fast and easy to use, and I hold Front Counter sites to that same standard.
A lot of the local places I go to have websites that are hard to use on a phone, out of date, or missing basics like their hours. Some don't have one at all. I started Front Counter to help them get that sorted out.
I also build software for products I'm part of. I'm on the founding team of Repit Volleyball, I made Endline HQ for youth volleyball clubs, and I built Steady with ADHD with my cousin Kevin, a licensed therapist. You can see all of them above.
Front Counter is just me, so you deal with me directly. I answer my phone, and if something on your site needs changing, I change it.
You can also follow along on Instagram at @frontcounterweb.
Free mockup
Tell me where to find your business and I'll put together a free mockup with a private link. No website yet? Just give me your business name and I'll start from there.
I'll only use this to send you the mockup. No mailing list.
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