Estimate
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
I spent two years at GoDaddy and two at Wix watching people pay for more than they needed. Now I build small business sites starting at $600.
Evidence
Selected work
Client software and my own projects, described in enough detail that you can judge the reasoning before you ever contact me.
A one page site rebuilt into a real multi page site for a Marion, Iowa technology and antenna business, where every page has a job and a search target.
A Springville, Iowa restaurant paying hundreds a month for a site with no itemized menu and a broken phone layout, which is where nearly all of her customers were looking.
One system replacing the spread of apps and Google Calendar that Down Right Tech ran their business on. Work orders, quotes, scheduling, and reports in a single place.
Line items
4 services
Four disciplines. Each page states the real range, the typical timeline, and the cases where you should hire someone else.
Built by someone who worked inside the platforms.
Small business websites and landing pages, from a single page upward. I spent two years at GoDaddy and two at Wix, so I know what those platforms do well and when you do not need me at all.
Software that runs the business.
Dashboards, portals, and internal tools that replace the spreadsheet nobody trusts. Built to be handed over, not held hostage.
Small, fast, and yours.
Desktop applications that install and run without an account, a subscription, or a connection. Recently a local-first Windows calendar in about 10 MB.
Playable early. Scoped to finish.
Browser and PC games, playable prototypes, and interactive builds. Four of my own are on the Work page, including 3D multiplayer in Godot.
Disclosure
How this industry works
01
Nobody knows the exact shape of a system before building it. A precise fixed number on a complex build means heavy padding, or a plan to argue about change requests later. I scope a first phase small enough to quote honestly, then we decide the next one against working software.
02
A bid at a third of the others is usually honest about a smaller job. What gets dropped without being said: error handling, security, tests, deployment, documentation, and any fix after the final invoice. Ask every bidder what is explicitly excluded.
03
Code kept on the developer's account, hosting resold at a markup, the domain quietly in their name. None of it is illegal. It exists so that leaving hurts. You should be able to fire me on Tuesday and hand everything over on Wednesday.
Sequence
5 steps
Every stage names what you do, what I do, and the point where you can walk away with everything paid for so far.
01
Forty minutes spent understanding the problem instead of selling a solution.
02
A document naming exactly what gets built, what does not, and the fixed price.
03
Working software you can open every week. No black box, no reveal at the end.
04
It goes live and you receive every key.
05
Ongoing work by the month. Never automatic, never locked in.
Notes
Writing
The questions people are too polite to ask on a first call, answered at length so you can check my reasoning before you contact me.
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