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Website Design

A custom website that loads fast, looks sharp on every device and actually converts visitors — designed around your brand, not a template, by the team that builds it.

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What’s included

What every site we build comes with.

None of this is an add-on. A site that’s slow, hard to edit or impossible to find isn’t doing its job.

  1. 01

    Custom design

    Every page designed from scratch around your brand — colors, typography, imagery and layout that feel distinctly yours, not borrowed from a theme.

  2. 02

    Mobile-first build

    Built mobile-first and tested across devices, so the site looks and works right whether visitors arrive on a phone, a tablet or a widescreen desktop.

  3. 03

    Performance

    Optimized images, lean code and fast hosting, so pages load quickly — critical for search rankings and for keeping visitors on the page.

  4. 04

    SEO foundation

    Semantic HTML, metadata, structured data, sitemaps and page-speed work built into every site from day one — never sold as an upsell.

  5. 05

    Brand alignment

    A design language that extends your existing brand, or helps define one — consistent across every page, component and interaction.

  6. 06

    Content you can manage

    A CMS or admin your team can actually use to update text, images and pages without touching code or calling a developer.

How we work

The same two people design, build and host your site, so nothing gets lost in a handoff between agencies.

  • Designed in Figma
  • Built in Next.js
  • Mobile-first
  • SEO from day one
  • Editable CMS
  • Fast, secure hosting

Who it’s for

Sites built around what your business needs.

  • Calls & quotes

    Service companies

    What the site has to do

    Turn visitors into calls, quote requests and bookings — with clear service pages, an obvious contact path on every page and forms people actually finish.

    What we focus on
    • Service pages that answer real customer questions
    • A contact or quote path on every page
    • Forms connected to your inbox or CRM

  • Trials & demos

    SaaS & tech companies

    What the site has to do

    Explain what the product does in plain language and move visitors toward a trial or a demo — not just look good as a landing page.

    What we focus on
    • Plain-language product pages
    • Clear paths to a trial or demo
    • Pages marketing can publish without engineering

  • Found nearby

    Local businesses

    What the site has to do

    Get found on Google, read easily on a phone and get contacted in one tap — because most of your customers are searching nearby, on mobile.

    What we focus on
    • Local search basics and structured data
    • Tap-to-call and directions on mobile
    • Fast pages on a phone connection

The process

You approve the design before we write code.

  1. 01

    Discovery & goals

    We learn your business, your audience and what the site has to accomplish, then define what success looks like before anything is designed.

  2. 02

    Research & sitemap

    We study your competitors and audience, then map the page structure, so every page has a job and visitors always know where to go next.

  3. 03

    Wireframes & design

    Wireframes first, then high-fidelity mockups in Figma. You review and approve the design before development starts — no surprises at launch.

  4. 04

    Build & launch

    Responsive, performance-tuned development on a staging site you can click through, then DNS cutover, analytics and search submission with zero downtime.

  5. 05

    Optimize

    After launch we tune pages, copy and calls to action based on how real visitors use the site — and we host and maintain it.

Tools

What we design, build and host sites on.

A small, proven toolset. Your CMS is chosen around who edits the site, not around what we prefer to use.

  • Figma

    Design & mockups

    High-fidelity mockups and prototypes you review and comment on before a single line of code is written.

  • Next.js

    React framework

    Server-rendered pages with fast loads, search-friendly routing and optimized image delivery built in from the start.

  • React & TypeScript

    Components

    Reusable, type-checked components, so every page stays consistent and next year’s changes don’t break what works today.

  • Tailwind CSS

    Styling

    Utility-first CSS that keeps the design consistent across every page without bloated stylesheets or specificity wars.

  • Framer Motion

    Animation

    Purposeful motion that guides attention and makes interactions feel finished, without slowing the page down.

  • WordPress

    CMS option

    For teams that want a familiar editor — custom-themed and tuned for speed, not a bloated template install.

  • Headless CMS

    CMS option

    Structured content your team edits in a clean interface, delivered through a fast Next.js front end.

  • Custom admin

    CMS option

    A purpose-built editor for content that doesn’t fit a standard CMS, showing your team only the fields they need.

  • Modern hosting

    Hosting

    Fast global hosting on the platform that fits (Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare or AWS) with automatic HTTPS and a preview link for every change, so you review updates before they go live.

You leave with

What you have on launch day.

  • Figma file01

    Approved design files

    Every page designed in Figma and approved by you before development — wireframes through high-fidelity mockups, organized so future pages stay on-brand.

  • Document02

    Sitemap & page plan

    The page structure, each page’s job and where visitors go next — agreed early, so design and copy are built around it rather than retrofitted.

  • Website03

    A live, responsive site

    Built mobile-first, tested across phones, tablets and desktops, and launched with the DNS cutover handled and zero downtime for your existing site.

  • CMS04

    An editor your team can use

    Text, images and pages your team can update without touching code or calling a developer — on WordPress, a headless CMS or a custom admin.

  • Setup05

    SEO & analytics foundation

    Semantic HTML, metadata, structured data and a sitemap built in, plus analytics and search submission at launch, so you can see what’s working.

  • Hosting06

    Hosting & post-launch tuning

    We host and maintain the site after launch, and tune pages, copy and calls to action based on how real visitors use it.

Related work

Where we’ve done this before.

Golden Capital – a website, dealer portal and CRM for equipment financing

We designed and built Golden Capital's website, an invite-only portal where equipment dealers track their deals, and the internal CRM that carries each deal to funding.

Client
Golden Capital
Industry
Commercial equipment financing
Stack
Next.js · React · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · shadcn/ui · PostgreSQL
  • Website, dealer portal and internal CRM, designed and built by Altius
  • Invite-only portal with multi-factor sign-in and a full audit log
  • OCR-first document intake, with AI only where OCR falls short
Read the case study

FAQ

Before you start a new website.

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly.

01How much does website design cost?

Every site is scoped individually — page count, the amount of custom design and whether you need a CMS or e-commerce drive the budget. Rather than quote a generic range, we scope first. Share a rough budget range on our contact form and we’ll come back within 24 hours with a scoped estimate.

02How long does a website take?

Most projects launch in 4–10 weeks, depending on page count and how much custom design is involved. Simple marketing sites land at the faster end. You see designs early and review a staging site before launch, so there’s no long silence followed by a big reveal.

03Can I update the site myself after launch?

Yes. Every site ships with a CMS or admin your team can actually use — text, images and pages, no code and no developer on call. For managed clients we can also handle updates as part of ongoing support, so you can hand it off entirely if you prefer.

04Is SEO included?

The technical foundation is built into every site — semantic HTML, metadata, structured data, sitemaps and the performance work search engines reward. None of it is an upsell; a site that can’t be found isn’t doing its job. We also set up analytics at launch so you can see what’s working.

05Do I need a new site or a redesign?

If your current site has earned real search traffic and the structure basically works, a redesign is usually the smarter move — keep what’s working, fix what isn’t. If the foundation is broken or the site no longer matches the business, starting fresh is more honest than patching. We’ll tell you which one you actually need.

06How are your sites different from a template?

Templates make you look like every other company that bought the same theme. We design every page from scratch around your brand, build performance-first so pages load fast on any device, and the same small team designs, builds and hosts the site — so nothing gets lost in a handoff.

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