BrightSite Get yours

Websites for Main Street

Your business is better than its search results.

BrightSite builds local businesses a custom website — designed around the real place, not stamped from a template — and puts it live before you pay a cent. See it first. Claim it only if it's right.

See the work Get yours
  • Live before you pay
  • No logins
  • No lock-in
  • No risk to look
I build the site first — so you never have to take my word for it. You look at the real thing, then decide.

Cody · the person who'll actually build your site

How it works

Three steps, and the risk of looking is exactly zero.

  1. 01

    We build it first

    I find the business, study the real place — its photos, reviews, the way locals talk about it — and design a full website. No deposit, no meeting required.

  2. 02

    You see it live

    It's not a mockup. Your site is already on the internet, working on a phone, ready to share. Look it over, click everything, sit with it.

  3. 03

    You claim it — or you don't

    Like it? Claim it and it goes live on your own domain. Keep the files outright, or let me host and maintain it for a flat monthly rate. Don't like it? You owe nothing.

Why it lands differently

  • Designed for one business, not a category

    No drag-and-drop sameness. Each site starts from one specific place and one strong idea — so it looks authored, not generated.

  • Live before you pay

    You judge a finished, working website — not a pitch deck. The risk of looking is exactly zero.

  • Built for the phone first

    Most of your customers find you on a phone, in a hurry. Every site is fast, legible, and one tap from a call or directions.

  • Yours to keep

    Full-control means you own the file and can host it anywhere, free. No platform holding your website hostage.

Sample builds

Sample sites, built to show the range

These four businesses are invented — sample builds we made so you can see the range before we ever build yours. No two look alike, because no two come from a template. When a real owner says yes, their site takes a slot here.

  • Neighborhood bakery · Stoneground

    Foxglen Bakehouse

    A corner bakehouse treated like a gallery — deep moss green, warm amber light, and unhurried editorial type.

  • Auto repair · Machine Oxblood

    Ironside Auto Works

    An auto shop with the swagger of a machine-shop manual — oxblood red, raw grids, oversized type that means business.

  • Tattoo studio · Acid Press

    Saltwire Tattoo

    A studio run like a print lab — acid-olive on near-black, kinetic type, and line work that draws itself on as you scroll.

  • Hair salon · Blush Concrete

    Juniper & Slate

    Salon precision in blush and concrete — soft rose against cool slate, editorial calm, and one tap to book.

Invented businesses, real design system. Yours would be built from your actual place.

Simple, honest pricing

Two straightforward options — pick the one that fits how you want to run it.

  • Full control

    One-timenegotiable, paid once

    You own everything.

    • The complete website file — yours forever
    • Step-by-step guide to host it free
    • Help pointing it at your domain
    • Google Business Profile setup guide
    Get a price

  • Managed

    One-time + $20/mohosting + upkeep handled

    I keep it running. You run your business.

    • Everything in Full control
    • Hosted, secured, and kept online for you
    • Your domain registered & connected
    • Edits and small changes handled
    Get a price

Either way, you see the finished site before any money changes hands.

Tell me about your business

If we spoke on the phone, this is the same person. Send a note and I'll reply with your demo or a quick question.

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