Get Found · From $2,500
Website Design in Houston
A fast site you own outright, because most customers check your website before they call.
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How much does website design cost in Houston?
Website design with us starts at $2,500 per project, with the scope and price fixed in writing before work begins. That covers the website design Houston service businesses ask for most: a home page, a page per main service, about, and contact, with the copy written for you. More pages, booking or payments, a store, or moving a large old site raise the quote before you sign.
What should a small business website include?
A small business website should include a home page, one page for each main service, an about page, and a contact page, with your phone number and a short form on every page. It should load fast on a phone, show your service area and hours, and carry the page titles and business details Google reads. Tracking should show which pages bring calls and forms.
What is the difference between website design and website development?
Website design is what a visitor sees and reads: the layout, the copy, and where the phone number and form sit. Website development is the build behind it: fast load times, working forms, tracking, and search basics. Some firms split the two across vendors. We handle both in one fixed-price project, in Houston or by video, so one team answers for the whole site.
How It Works and What to Expect
We plan, write, design, and build a small business website with one job: make it easy to call you or send the form. You approve a fixed scope and price in writing, review a working draft, and pay half at kickoff and half at launch. The site, the domain, and every login are in your name from day one.
01
Free Consultation
Thirty minutes by phone or video. We look at your current site, or your Google listing if you don't have one, and tell you what the new site needs to do.
02
Scope and Build
You get a written scope with the pages, the dates, and a fixed price, and half is due at kickoff. We interview you for the copy, then write, design, and build, and you review a working draft before anything goes live.
03
Launch
We put the site live, test every form and phone link, and hand you the logins, and the second half is due. A month later you get a short report on visits, calls, and form fills.
Who This Applies To
- Your site is slow, out of date, or hard to use on a phone
- You have no website yet, only a Google listing or a social page
- People find you on Google, but the site gives them no clear reason or way to reach you
- Changing a phone number or a price means calling someone and waiting
- A past web designer still holds your domain or your logins
- You run ads and need pages that turn the click into a call
What's Covered
- A written scope with the pages, the copy, the forms, the dates, and a fixed price, before any work starts
- A mobile-first design that loads fast on a phone, with your number and form on every page
- A home page, a page for each main service, an about page, and a contact page
- Copy written for you in plain English from a one-hour interview
- Search basics: page titles, descriptions, business details, Google Search Console, and Google Analytics
- Forms that send leads to your inbox or CRM, with call and form tracking in place
- The site, the domain, and every login in your name, plus a short video on making simple edits
- A report one month after launch on visits, calls, and form fills
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What You Can Expect
A Fixed Price in Writing
You see the pages, the dates, and the price before you pay anything. Half at kickoff, half at launch, and no surprise invoices.
Built for the Phone First
Many customers see your site on a phone before anywhere else. Every page is designed for a small screen first, with your number one tap away.
Copy You Don't Write
A one-hour interview is all we need from you. We write every page in plain English, and you mark up a draft instead of facing a blank page.
Every Page Has a Job
Each page points the visitor to one action: call you, or send the form. A page that doesn't help a customer reach you doesn't make the cut.
Tracking From Day One
Call and form tracking go in before launch, so you can see which pages bring in leads. The first numbers arrive a month after the site goes live.
Yours to Keep
The site, the domain, and every login are in your name. If you ever leave, you take all of it with you, with nothing held back.
How It Compares
| Apex Local | DIY site builder | Other freelancers and agencies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | From $2,500 per project, fixed in writing | A monthly subscription plus your time | Varies; ask for a fixed quote |
| Who writes the copy | We do, from a one-hour interview | You do | Depends on the contract |
| Built around calls and forms | Yes, with tracking in place at launch | Up to you | Depends on the vendor |
| Who owns the site and domain | You, from day one | You, on the builder's platform | Ask before you sign |
| Help after launch | Optional plan at $150 a month, or the logins and a how-to video | The builder's support desk | Varies by contract |
What It Costs
From $2,500
$2,500 is a fixed price for a small site: a home page, main service pages, about, and contact, with the copy written for you and tracking in place. More pages, online booking or payments, a store, or moving a large old site move the price, and any change is quoted in writing before work starts. It's a project, not a monthly contract: half at kickoff, half at launch. After launch the site is yours to run. The Website Maintenance Plan at $150 a month is optional: hosting, updates, small edits, and uptime checks.
Free. No obligation. We reply the same business day.
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Who Does the Work
Run by a former head of marketing who grew digital leads 38% at Stewart Title, a Fortune 1000 company, through landing page optimization and sharper audience targeting. Every page we build is judged the same way: by whether it brings in the call or the form.
Joe leads every engagement himself. For specialist work such as web development, video, design, and paid media at volume, he works with vetted specialists, and he reviews everything before it reaches you. AI handles much of the busywork, which keeps prices down.
Joe Zeng, MBA. Founder, former head of marketing for North America at Ambipar.
Results from Joe's corporate roles before Apex Local. Your results depend on your business, your market, and your budget.
Common Questions
- Do I own the site?
- Yes. The site, the domain, and every account sit in your name from the start, not ours. We work in them with access you grant, and you can remove us at any time. If you ever leave, you take the site, the domain, the content, and the tracking history with you, and nobody holds anything back.
- What do you need from me?
- About an hour for the copy interview, your logo and any photos you have, and a review of the working draft. That's most of it. No photos? In Greater Houston we can visit and take them. Outside Houston, we work by video and build around the photos you send.
- How long does a new website take?
- Most of the time goes to your input: the copy interview, the photos, and your review of the draft. The written scope lists the dates next to the price, so you know both before you say yes. If a date has to move, you hear it from us first, along with the reason and the new date.
- Will the new site rank on Google?
- Nobody can honestly promise a position on Google. Every site we build has clean page titles, fast load times, and your business details where Google reads them, so it starts on solid ground. Ranking for competitive Houston searches takes ongoing work, which is a separate service, Local SEO or SEO Services, if you want it later.
- Who builds the site?
- Joe Zeng leads every project, from the scope and the copy interview to the final review before launch. Vetted specialists handle specialist pieces, such as custom design work, and they build to the same written scope. You have one person to call about your site from the first meeting to the launch report.
- How much does a new website cost in total?
- The build starts at $2,500 per project, fixed in writing, with half due at kickoff and half at launch. After launch, your domain renews in your name, billed to you directly. Hosting and upkeep are yours to run, or the optional Website Maintenance Plan covers them at $150 a month. Nothing else recurs, and there are no surprise invoices.
Related Services
- Website Maintenance PlanHosting, updates, small edits, and uptime checks.$150 a month
- Local SEOYour profile, website pages, and listings tuned for "near me" and map searches.From $750 a month
- Brand Strategy and LogoPositioning, logo, colors, and a one-page brand guide.From $1,000
- AI Website Chatbot and Lead CaptureChat and forms that reply right away and land in one inbox.$750 setup, then $99 a month
Get Started
Let's Talk About Your Business.
Tell us about your business and what you want more of. We reply the same business day to set up a free 30-minute consultation by phone or video.
Today
Reach Out
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Within two business days
The Free Consultation
Thirty minutes by phone or video: where your customers come from, what you spend, and the first gap to close.
Within one to five business days
A Written Quote or Plan
One service: a written quote within one business day. A bigger program: a written plan with the math within five business days, $500, credited to the work.
Then
The Work
Prices in writing. Month to month. A one-page report on the first of every month.