Small, Rural Businesses
A professional website for your small, rural business.
Small, rural businesses work differently. Your customers might be down the road or across the county. Your budget doesn't look like a big-city firm's. And the last thing you need is a web agency that treats you like an afterthought. We've spent 29 years working in Eastern Iowa communities, and we build websites priced and designed for the realities of small, rural business.
Whether you're running a grain elevator, a feed store, a rural health clinic, a family restaurant, a farm supply business, or a local nonprofit — you have customers and donors who are looking for you online. A professional website tells them you're real, you're established, and you're worth calling. We build those sites for small businesses, and we do it at rates that don't assume you have an IT department or a marketing budget.
Why it matters
The digital divide is real. We'd like to help close it.
Small, rural businesses are underserved by the tech industry. Most web agencies price their services for urban markets and clients with deep pockets. The platforms that bill themselves as "affordable" — Wix, Squarespace, and their competitors — still cost $200 or more per year, charge extra for the features you actually need, and leave you to figure it out yourself.
That's not a good deal for a small business in a small town.
We offer discounted design and hosting rates for small, rural businesses because we think great digital tools should be accessible to the people doing real work in small towns and rural communities — not just the ones with the biggest budgets.
Transparent pricing
What it costs.
We believe in transparent pricing. While every project is different, we publish general guidance on our pricing below. Reach out and we can discuss your specific project and give you a more accurate number before any work begins.
Building your site One-time design fee
| Project type | Starting price |
|---|---|
| Simple one-page site | From $350 |
| Most small business sites | From $750 |
| Larger or more complex projects | Quoted after consultation |
Hosting your site Ongoing
Hosting only
Keeps the website live and accessible everywhere. Updates and changes available at $50/hour as needed.
Hosting + maintenance
Includes security monitoring, backups, software updates, and up to 3 hours/month of content changes — so keeping your site current doesn't turn into a project.
Small, rural business discounts are applied to both tiers. We'll tell you exactly what your rate is before any work begins. See full web design & hosting pricing →
Want to manage it yourself? We can set it up for you.
Some business owners want to be able to update their site themselves — add a blog post, change a menu, post an event. If that's you, we can build your site on a platform like WordPress, Squarespace, or Wix that gives you full editing access. It's a little more involved on the front end, but you get more control day-to-day.
Not sure which approach fits you? That's exactly what our first conversation is for.
Neighbors, not a far-off agency
Let's build something that works for your community.
Tell us about your business and what you're looking for. We'll give you a straight answer about what it'll take and what it'll cost — no runaround, no jargon.
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