Web Design
Pittsburgh web design that turns visitors into customers.
If your website is slow, outdated, or hard to use on a phone, people leave before they see what you do. We design and build websites for Pittsburgh businesses that load fast, rank on Google, and turn visitors into leads. After launch, we can host and manage everything so you never think about it again.
Web Design
What a bad website actually costs you.
People leave
Your site takes more than three seconds to load. Half your visitors are gone before your homepage finishes rendering. They didn't bounce because they weren't interested. They bounced because your site was too slow.
Google ignores you
Google ranks fast, mobile-friendly sites above slow ones. If your site was built on a bloated page builder with ten plugins and a shared hosting plan, you're being buried by competitors who invested in better web design.
You look outdated
Your site still looks like it was built in 2017. The fonts are wrong, the layout doesn't work on mobile, and the stock photos scream template. Potential customers form an opinion about your business in seconds, and your website is making the wrong impression.
Overview
The right platform, built the right way.
We're a Pittsburgh web design company, and we're platform-agnostic. WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, or a fully custom build. The right choice depends on your business and budget. Every site we design is fast, built on solid SEO architecture, and we don't disappear after launch. We can host and manage it so you never have to think about it.
Your website is the one piece of marketing that works while you sleep. Every search, every ad, every referral points back to it. And if you already have a site, you may not need to start over. Our website redesign work keeps what performs and modernizes the rest for speed, mobile, and search. Either way, you own everything at the end. No lock-in.
Fast, mobile-first, built to convert. Those three things sound obvious, and yet most Pittsburgh business websites we look at fail on at least one of them. Three-second load times on mobile. Broken navigation on iPhones. Contact forms buried three clicks deep or missing entirely. Every one of these problems costs real business. We fix them.
We build on the platform that fits your business, not the one that fits our workflow. WordPress for content-heavy sites and businesses that want to make regular edits themselves. Shopify for e-commerce. Webflow when the design bar is high and the content model is complex. Squarespace when simple is the whole point. Fully custom code when the requirements are unusual enough that no CMS handles them well. The tech stack should serve you, not the other way around.
Every site we ship goes through the same performance checks. Core Web Vitals in the green. PageSpeed scores in the 90s on mobile. Real WebP images sized for each viewport, not gigantic hero images crushing your load time. Accessibility that passes actual audit tools, not just “we tried our best.” SEO structure that gives you a real chance at ranking, not a shell that pushes SEO to “phase two.” Our rebuild of pghdma.com from WordPress to Cloudflare Pages walks through the same process we use on client sites.
After launch, hosting and maintenance are yours to keep or hand back to us. We host most of our client sites on Cloudflare Pages, which is why they load fast anywhere in the world at pennies per month. If you’d rather run your own hosting or use your current provider, that’s fine too. We hand over every asset with clean documentation and no dependencies on us continuing to work with you.
Your website is a business asset. When we’re done building it, you own it in every meaningful sense. Domain, hosting, code, content, and analytics. Every login belongs to you. If ranking on Google is part of what you need out of the site, our Pittsburgh SEO services build on the technical foundation the site launches with.
What a website has to do for a Pittsburgh business
A website for a local business has one job: turn the person who found you into the person who contacts you. Everything else is decoration. That shapes how we build.
Phone-first, because your customers are. Most local traffic in the Pittsburgh market is mobile, and for service businesses the conversion is a phone call, not a form. Click-to-call in the header, tap targets sized for thumbs, and load times fast enough that nobody bails at the parking lot while looking you up.
Built for the neighborhoods you serve. A contractor working the South Hills, a restaurant in the Strip District, and a real estate agent covering Cranberry Township each need different pages, different proof, and different search targeting. We build site structures around your actual service area instead of a generic template’s idea of one.
Proof above the fold. Reviews, real project photos, recognizable local names. Pittsburgh buyers are skeptical by nature and they hire people their neighbors already vouched for. The site’s job is to surface that vouching fast.
Nothing held hostage. You own the domain, the hosting, the code, and every login from day one. We’ve cleaned up too many messes where a business owner discovered their old designer owned their whole web presence. It won’t happen with us, and we put that in writing.
Work we’ve shipped for Pittsburgh businesses
The portfolio below is real client work: contractors, movers, real estate agents, manufacturers, and local shops around the Pittsburgh metro. Every one of these sites was built to convert its own audience, not to win design awards, though we think they hold up fine on looks too. Click through any of them and pay attention to how fast they load. That speed is the point.
Web design services are not verified or endorsed by Google.
Platforms we build on
WordPress
Shopify
Astro
Webflow
OnePage
Custom CodeRecent work
Some of the sites we've built for real businesses.
Website, SEO, and Google Ads for a Pittsburgh roofing contractor.
WordPress Live
Recovery-housing nonprofit with donations and applications.
WordPress Live
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What you get
One website, six things done right inside it.
Built on the right platform for your business
WordPress for flexibility, Shopify for e-commerce, Squarespace for simplicity, Webflow for design control, or a fully custom Astro build for maximum performance. We recommend what fits your goals, your team, and your budget, not whatever we feel like building.
SEO built into the foundation
Proper heading structure, meta tags, schema markup, image optimization, fast load times. Your site is built to rank in Pittsburgh search results from the day it goes live, not as an afterthought tacked on later.
Mobile-responsive on every screen
We design mobile-first, then scale up to tablets and desktops. Over 60% of web traffic comes from phones. If your site doesn't work perfectly on mobile, you're losing the majority of your visitors before they ever see your offer.
Fast enough to keep people around
We optimize for speed regardless of platform. Image compression, caching, clean code, and minimal third-party scripts. The goal is a site that loads in under three seconds on any device, on any connection.
E-commerce that's built to sell
If you sell online, we handle e-commerce website design on Shopify, WooCommerce, or a custom build. Fast product pages, a checkout that doesn't lose people, and a structure you can manage without a developer on call.
Hosting and management included if you want it
We can host your site, handle updates, run security patches, manage backups, and keep everything online so you never think about it. Prefer to manage it yourself? We'll set you up on your own hosting and walk you through it. Either way, you own everything. No lock-in.
We learn your business
We sit down with you and figure out what your website actually needs to accomplish. Who are your customers? What do they search for? What makes them pick up the phone?
We design it around your customers
Every layout decision is based on how your visitors make decisions. Where the phone number goes, how the services are organized, what the calls to action say. Nothing is random.
We build and test everything
Hand-coded, tested on real devices, checked for speed and accessibility. We don't launch until it's right.
We launch it and keep it running
Your site goes live and we stick around. We can host it, manage updates, handle security, and run backups on an ongoing basis. If you'd rather manage it yourself, we'll walk you through everything. Either way, we're a phone call away.
Who we build for
We've designed websites for contractors, law firms, medical practices, real estate agents, home service companies, nonprofits, and retailers across Pittsburgh, from the South Hills and Mt. Lebanon to Cranberry, Robinson, and the Strip District. Every industry has different needs, and we design around yours.
Frequently asked questions
The questions we hear most.
01 How much does web design cost in Pittsburgh?
It depends on the size of the site, the features you need, and whether it's a simple business site or a full e-commerce build. We'll give you an exact quote after our first conversation. No surprises, no pressure.
02 How long does it take to build a website?
Most projects take four to eight weeks from kickoff to launch. Simpler sites can be faster. We'll give you a realistic timeline upfront and keep you updated throughout the process.
03 Do you build e-commerce websites?
Yes. We handle e-commerce website design on Shopify, WooCommerce, and custom platforms. We build fast product pages, a checkout that converts, and a back end you can manage yourself, plus the SEO structure to get those product pages found on Google.
04 Do you design WordPress websites?
Yes. WordPress website design is one of our most common requests. It's a strong choice when you want a familiar editor and a large plugin ecosystem. We build WordPress sites that are fast and secure, which most WordPress sites are not, and we'll tell you honestly if another platform fits your business better.
05 Do you offer website redesign services?
Yes. If your current site has good bones but is slow, dated, or hard to update, our Pittsburgh website redesign services rebuild it without starting from zero. We keep what works, replace what doesn't, and modernize the whole thing for speed, mobile, and search. A redesign is usually faster and less expensive than a full rebuild.
06 Do you work with small businesses?
Most of our web design clients are small businesses across the Pittsburgh area. We build sites that are practical, affordable, and easy to maintain, and we explain everything in plain English. You don't need to be technical to work with us.
07 Do I need to provide the content?
We can work with whatever you have. If you've got existing content, we'll clean it up and optimize it. If you're starting from scratch, we offer copywriting that sounds like you and ranks well.
08 Can I update the site myself?
Yes. We can build your site with a content management system that lets you make basic updates like changing text, adding photos, or publishing blog posts. We'll show you how everything works before handoff.
09 What about hosting and ongoing maintenance?
We offer fully managed hosting where we handle updates, security patches, backups, uptime monitoring, and performance. You never log into a hosting dashboard or worry about expired SSL certificates. Prefer to self-manage? We'll set everything up on your own account and walk you through it. No lock-in either way.