◆ Services · Web
Website Development. Fast, accessible, conversion-led.
Website development for small businesses and studios. We build custom marketing sites and content platforms on Next.js. Fast, accessible, and tuned for both Google and AI search.
- Timeline
- 4 to 8 weeks
- Stack
- Next.js, MDX
- Hosting
- Vercel
- Status
- Open
◆ The short answer
Website development is the work of designing, building, and shipping a custom website that earns search traffic and converts visitors into customers. A typical small-business site takes four to eight weeks and starts at mid four figures. We build on Next.js so the site is fast, accessible, and ready for AI search engines.
◆ TL;DR
- Custom design and build. No themes. No drag-and-drop sludge.
- Optimised for Google search, AI Overviews, and ChatGPT citations from day one.
- CMS for non-technical owners. Edit any page yourself.
- Lighthouse 95+ scores expected and measured.
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◆ How we build it
Three phases. Three demos. One live product.
Discover
A short discovery phase. We frame the riskiest assumption first, sketch the user, and agree on what we are actually shipping. By the end you have a written brief, a clickable prototype, and a fixed scope you can sign off.
Build
Iterative build cycles with weekly demos. Engineering joins at the design table from day one, so design and code move together. Feature flags on anything risky. Production observability built in from the first commit.
Launch and scale
Soft launch to a closed beta. Telemetry on every flow. Then a coordinated public launch and the unglamorous scaling work: auth, queue depth, database read replicas. We stay in the trenches after launch, not before it.
◆ What you get
Concrete deliverables.
Every engagement produces artifacts you can hand off, build on, or hold us accountable to. No abstract decks.
- A custom marketing site on Next.js
- A simple CMS or MDX setup for non-technical edits
- Schema, sitemap, llms.txt, and AISO baked in
- Analytics, search console, and AI-visibility setup
- Performance budgets and a Lighthouse green pass
- A handoff doc and a runbook your team can operate
◆ Stack
How we build it.
Next.js with App Router by default. MDX or a headless CMS depending on how often the team edits. Vercel for hosting. Image optimisation, font subsetting, and route-level caching are not afterthoughts.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind
- MDX
- Sanity
- Vercel
- PostHog
◆ Why Thinkmakr
You are reading proof. This site is built with the exact stack we propose for client work. Schema, llms.txt, FAQ markup, and AISO are present on every page, not just the homepage.
◆ How we work
- No offshoring. The team that scopes the work ships the work.
- Your code, your repo, from day one. Full ownership at handoff.
- Fixed milestones and written proposals. No surprise invoices.
- Reviewable PRs. You can read every line before it ships.
- We tell you if we are the wrong fit and recommend who is.
◆ Receipts
Live products that prove the studio works.
The strongest argument we can make is the software we already ship.
◆ Common questions
Things people ask before they brief us.
How much does a custom website cost?
A small-business marketing site from Thinkmakr typically ranges from mid four figures for a five-page site to low five figures for a multi-section site with a CMS, blog, and integrations. See /pricing for ranges.
How long does it take to build a website?
Four to eight weeks from signed proposal to live. Discovery and design take one to two weeks, build takes two to four, and the last week is content, schema, analytics, and launch.
Do you do SEO?
Yes. Technical SEO, on-page optimisation, schema markup, sitemap, and llms.txt are part of the build. We also set up AISO so the site shows up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
Will I be able to update the site myself?
Yes. We set up a simple CMS (Sanity, Contentful, or MDX) so a non-technical owner can edit any page, add a blog post, or update meta tags without a developer.
Can you redesign my existing website?
Often. We audit the existing site, keep the URLs that earn traffic, and rebuild the rest. We map every redirect so SEO is preserved through the migration.
Do you write the copy?
We can. Many clients bring their own copy and we polish it for SEO and clarity. If you need original copy, we add a writer to the engagement and build the cost into the proposal.
◆ Pairs with
Website Development usually pairs with our Engineering service.
Production-grade builds and the runbook to operate them.
Read the Engineering playbook◆ Let's talk
Have an idea?
Let's see if we can make it real together.
Or email us at hello@thinkmakr.com