Hand-coded in Erie, PA

Web Design in Erie, PA for Small Businesses

I'm Kenyon, and I build websites for Erie businesses by hand. No WordPress, no page builders, no templates. They load in about a second, they're set up to be found on Google, and they start at $130 a month with nothing down.

The Vigorously Caffeinated Coffee Company website, built by Erie Web Designs, open on a laptop and a phone
What I do

Four Ways I Help Erie Businesses Get Found

Most people come to me for a website. Some come because the site they already have never shows up, or because they need the phone ringing this month rather than next year. Each of these has its own page with the details.

  • Custom websites

    Designed and hand-coded from scratch for one business, with hosting, edits and support included on the monthly plan.

  • Local SEO

    Getting you into Google Maps and local results: faster pages, sharper targeting and a Business Profile that matches your site.

  • Google Ads

    Campaigns built around phone calls and bookings, not clicks. You set the budget, and I take no cut of your ad spend.

  • Online stores

    Custom stores from $8,000, with payments and shipping set up and a product manager you can run yourself.

Google PageSpeed Insights report for eriewebdesigns.com scoring 100 for performance, accessibility, best practices and SEO
This site in Google PageSpeed Insights.
Why hand-coded

Fast Enough to Score 100 on Google's Own Test

Speed is the one part of a website you can check for yourself, so start there. A lot of small business sites built on page builders score in the fifties on a phone, because they send a whole engine to every visitor. A hand-coded page sends only what it uses.

That matters twice. Google weighs speed when it decides who ranks, and someone on a phone with one bar of signal won't wait to find out what you do. Run your own site through PageSpeed Insights before you call me. It takes thirty seconds.

How I build every site

  • 100PageSpeed score on this site
  • $0down on the monthly plan
  • 3–5weeks from go-ahead to launch
Pricing

Two Ways to Pay, Both on This Page

It's the same hand-coded site either way. The choice is whether you'd rather pay monthly with everything included, or pay once and own the code outright.

Pay once

Own it outright

$3,800once

Plus $25 a month for hosting

  • Design and development, up to 5 pages
  • The code is yours to keep or move
  • Hosting with me, or anywhere you like
  • Unlimited edits for $50 a month, if you want them
  • Extra pages $100 each, a blog $250
Get started
What I recommend

Monthly, all in

$130a month

$0 down, 12-month minimum, then month to month

  • Design and development, up to 5 pages
  • Hosting and security certificates included
  • Unlimited edits: text or email me the change
  • Support and ongoing updates
  • Extra pages $100 each, a blog $250
Get started
Sell online

Online store

from$8,000

Moves with product count, variants and shipping

  • A custom store, built the same fast way
  • Payments and shipping set up for you
  • A product manager you run yourself
  • A full walkthrough before launch
  • Unlimited edits for $50 a month
Get started

Every price, add-on and term explained

Who and where

Websites Shaped Around Your Trade and Your Town

A plumber and a dentist don't win customers the same way, and a winery in North East isn't chasing the same search as a contractor in Harborcreek. These pages go through what a site has to do for each.

The Vigorously Caffeinated Coffee Company shop page in dark mode, listing three single-origin coffees
vc3coffee.com, built by Erie Web Designs.
Recent work

Vigorously Caffeinated Coffee Company, Fairview

VC3 roasts small-batch, single-origin coffee in Fairview and sells it online and to wholesale accounts. I designed and built their store from scratch: retail checkout, wholesale ordering and product pages that stay quick with a full catalog of photos on them.

It's the kind of build that starts at $8,000. Open it on your phone and see how it feels.

Questions

What People Ask Before They Hire Me

How much does a website cost?

$130 a month with nothing down, or $3,800 once to own it outright plus $25 a month for hosting. Both cover a site of up to five pages. The monthly price includes hosting, unlimited edits and support. Every price is on the pricing page, add-ons included.

Who owns the website?

Your domain, your photos, your words and your Google accounts are always yours. The code depends on the plan: buy the site for $3,800 and it's yours to keep or move. On the $130 plan you're leasing it, so the code stays with me if you cancel.

How long does it take to build a website?

Three to five weeks for most sites. The biggest variable is how quickly the words and photos come back to me, not the coding.

Do you build on WordPress?

No. I write every site by hand, with no WordPress, page builders or templates. That's why they load in about a second and why there are no plugins to update or break. Here's how I build them.

Is there a contract?

Yes, a 12-month minimum on the monthly plan, then month to month. The first year pays for the weeks of design and coding at the start, since there's no build fee up front.

More straight answers

Free quote, reply within 24 hours

Let's Build Your Website

Tell me what you do and what you need the site to do. You'll get a straight answer and a written price, from the person who would build it.