Built from scratch. No WordPress templates, no plugin pile-ups, no monthly platform tax.
I'll find one specific thing on your site that's costing you customers. No pitch. Just findings.
Custom-built ecommerce for a precision rifle maker in a category Shopify and Stripe won't touch. Full FFL checkout workflow, serialized inventory, age gate, custom build quote system. Owns its own stack — no platform risk.
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Multi-tenant SaaS platform for food trucks and restaurants. Each tenant gets their own ordering site, POS, kitchen display, catering, loyalty program, and accounting — under their own subdomain. Stripe Connect + Square, live in production.
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AI-powered homework helper for K–College students. Teaches step-by-step instead of just giving answers. Parent and teacher dashboards, gamification, 10 subjects, photo upload for problem solving. 70+ routes, 30,000+ lines.
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Lead generation and SEO audit SaaS. Free tools for site audits, core web vitals, SERP simulation, and Google Business Profile audits — with upgrade paths to paid plans. 200+ endpoints, paying customers in production.
View live →I'm taking on 2-3 new builds this quarter. If you have a real business with real customers and a site that isn't doing its job, let's talk.
Start with a free audit →No fake "starting at" numbers. Every custom build is priced to the actual project — so the real first step is a 60-second quote. Answer six questions and see your range instantly. Build your quote →
Fix the obvious stuff that's silently costing you customers.
A new site, built from scratch, designed to convert.
Get the site, plus someone who keeps it running.
We talk through what your site needs to do, what's in your way, and which package fits. No deck, no sales pitch.
Within 48 hours. One page. What's in, what's out, when it ships, what it costs. Sign or don't.
You see updates every few days. You give feedback in plain English. I revise. We ship when it's right.
Code and content are yours. Hosting runs on Railway — I manage it, you own it. No proprietary platform, no surprise fees. If you ever want to take over the hosting yourself, I'll hand you the keys.
I'm Jimmy. I build custom websites for owner-operated businesses out of Vienna, MO.
My background is custom development for businesses that mainstream platforms won't touch — Shopify, Stripe, and PayPal all ban firearms, and I built a clean ecommerce experience for a custom rifle maker that bypasses all of it. That's the kind of work I like. Specific problem. Real owner. Build something that pays for itself.
Most small-business websites are bad because the agency that built them treated it like a brochure project, then handed it off. I treat it like a piece of equipment. It needs to work, it needs to be maintained, and it needs to make you money.
If you have a real business with real customers and you're tired of a website that doesn't do anything for you, we should talk.
WordPress will put a site on a screen — but "fine" usually just means nobody's measured it. Open most local WordPress sites and you'll find them slow on a phone, buried past page one of Google, and wearing the same theme as two competitors in town. And "everyone uses it" is the problem, not the proof: WordPress is the web's biggest target for automated attacks because so many sites are identical. Yours shouldn't blend into the crowd — it should be built to win customers, not just exist.
Those are fine for a hobby page. For a business that needs to show up on Google, load fast, and stay secure, they fight you. WordPress runs on a pile of third-party plugins that break, conflict, and need constant patching. Wix and Squarespace lock your content inside their platform and charge you rent every month forever. I write your site by hand — lean code, no plugin sprawl, no platform tax.
Yes — and it isn't close. WordPress powers a huge share of the web, which makes it the single biggest target for automated attacks, and the overwhelming majority of those breaches trace back to one outdated plugin or theme. Every plugin you install is someone else's code running on your site, with its own bugs and its own update schedule.
A custom site has no plugin ecosystem, no public admin login page for bots to hammer all day, and a tiny attack surface. I keep dependencies minimal and patched, and your site sits behind real security headers and HTTPS from day one. Fewer moving parts means fewer ways in.
This is a real risk most small businesses don't see coming. Accessibility lawsuits against ordinary business websites have climbed sharply, and template-built sites are frequent targets — page builders churn out markup that fails accessibility standards: missing image descriptions, poor color contrast, navigation that doesn't work with a keyboard, forms a screen reader can't read.
When I build custom, accessibility is part of the build — not a widget bolted on afterward. Semantic HTML, proper contrast, keyboard-friendly navigation, labeled forms, alt text on every image, built toward WCAG standards. It sharply lowers your legal exposure, and it's simply the right thing to do for customers who'd otherwise be shut out of your business.
Yes — the code and content are yours outright. But a website has to be hosted somewhere to stay online, and that's a real monthly cost with any builder on any platform. Yours runs on hosting I manage for $99/mo — or the Build + Care plan if you want updates and monitoring rolled in. Want to move it to your own hosting later? I hand you the code and the keys. You're paying for hosting and upkeep, never for permission to use your own site.
Most custom builds ship in 2–3 weeks. A Site Sprint fix is about a week. Need it faster? A rush timeline is possible — it shows up as a line item in your quote.
Email me — small tweaks are quick. If you want ongoing updates, security monitoring, and a monthly check-in, the Build + Care plan covers it. Either way, you're never locked in.
Custom builds run anywhere from a few thousand dollars to five figures, depending on what the site needs to do. The fastest way to a real number is the instant quote tool — six questions, about sixty seconds.
Building from scratch or fixing what's broken — either way, start here. I'll review your situation and tell you exactly what I'd do. No pitch, no obligation.