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Most small business websites need 5–8 core pages: a homepage, a services or products page, an about page, a contact page, and ideally a blog or FAQ for SEO. If you serve multiple locations or industries, each may need its own dedicated landing page. The homepage does the heavy lifting — it needs to answer "what do you do, who is it for, and why should I trust you" within the first 5 seconds. Every other page exists to go deeper on one of those questions.

Use a website builder if: you have 30–50 hours to invest in building and maintaining it, your business doesn't depend heavily on web traffic, and a template-based design is acceptable. Hire a web designer if: your website is your primary lead source, you want to rank in Google, you need custom functionality, or you don't have that time. The subscription savings from a DIY builder ($200–$800/year) rarely justify the time cost and quality trade-off for a business where the website matters.

A functional small business website needs at least 4–5 pages: home, services/products, about, and contact. For better SEO, add individual service pages (one per service you want to rank for), location pages if you serve multiple areas, and a blog for ongoing content. More pages aren't always better — every page needs a clear purpose. A focused 5-page site beats a bloated 20-page site with thin content every time.

To build your website, you'll typically need to provide: your logo (or we can create one), photos of your business/team/products, your service descriptions and pricing (if you want it public), your contact information and location, any existing brand guidelines or color preferences, and examples of websites you like. If you don't have professional copywriting, FactoryJet can write your page content — we gather everything through a structured intake form at the start of the project.

WordPress powers 43% of all websites for good reason — it's flexible, well-supported, and SEO-friendly. It's the right choice for most small businesses that want control and growth room. Webflow is excellent for design-forward businesses that want a premium look. Shopify is the standard for e-commerce. Wix and Squarespace are fine for true DIY — but have SEO ceilings and limited flexibility. FactoryJet builds on WordPress, Webflow, or Next.js depending on your goals, and helps you choose the right fit.

Mobile-first means the website is designed starting with the phone layout, then adapted up to tablet and desktop — not the other way around. It matters because 60%+ of web traffic is mobile, Google uses mobile-first indexing (meaning your mobile site determines your search ranking), and users are much less patient on mobile. A site designed desktop-first often gets "squished" onto phones as an afterthought and performs poorly on both the user experience and SEO fronts.

Lighthouse is Google's tool for measuring website quality across four categories: Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO. A score of 100 in each means your site loads fast, works for users with disabilities, follows web standards, and is technically optimized for search. A slow site (Lighthouse Performance score below 70) ranks lower in Google and converts fewer visitors — Google's data shows that every 1-second delay in load time reduces conversions by 7%. FactoryJet hits 100 in all four categories on every site we build.

FactoryJet delivers 5-page websites in 7 days — a hard delivery guarantee from when you send us your content. Larger sites (up to 15 pages) take 2–3 weeks. E-commerce stores take 2–4 weeks depending on product count. US agencies typically quote 6–16 weeks for the same scope. Our speed comes from a structured build process and a senior-only team that doesn't have project handoff delays or internal review bottlenecks.

Yes — every FactoryJet site is built so you can make basic updates yourself. WordPress sites include a user-friendly admin dashboard for editing text, swapping images, and adding blog posts. We also provide a training session so you know exactly how to use it. For bigger changes or development work, our 30-day post-launch support covers you, and we offer ongoing maintenance packages. You're never locked into needing us for basic site management.

Every FactoryJet site is custom-designed from scratch for your business — no templates, no site builders with preset layouts. We design at the component level: your hero section, your service cards, your about section, your contact form — each designed to fit your brand, industry, and goals. This is why our sites look different from one another and why they perform better than template-based sites, which all share the same structural limitations.

A small business that relies on its website to generate leads should budget $1,500–$5,000 for a professionally built site. That range covers a quality freelance designer on the low end and a boutique agency like FactoryJet in the mid-range. US agencies start at $8,000–$15,000 for basic small business sites. Going below $1,500 usually means a template swap without real design thinking, no SEO setup, and no accountability — which is often worse than no website at all.

The cheapest professional option is FactoryJet — starting at $1,999 for a 5-page custom site with design, development, SEO setup, and 30-day support included. Below $1,999, you're typically looking at template-based services with no custom design thinking, offshore freelancers with inconsistent quality, or DIY builders that cost time instead of money. The $1,999 starting price is 60–70% cheaper than a US agency for the same deliverable.

No hidden fees. FactoryJet charges a fixed project price — design, development, SEO setup, and 30-day support are all included. After launch, you'll pay only for hosting (typically $5–$50/month through a provider of your choice) and your domain (typically $12–$20/year). We don't lock you into a monthly retainer, a maintenance plan, or a proprietary hosting arrangement. You own everything and pay nothing to us after the project is complete.

US agencies carry enormous overhead: office space in expensive cities, large teams of account managers, project managers, UX researchers, copywriters, and junior developers — all billing at US salaries. A $15,000 agency project typically involves 8–12 people each billing $150–$250/hour. FactoryJet is structured differently: a senior-only engineering team in India, no bloated account management, direct client access. The cost savings go to you, not to someone's office rent in San Francisco.

Yes. FactoryJet splits project fees into two payments: 50% upfront to begin the project, and 50% on launch day. This is standard across all project tiers. There are no interest charges, no complicated payment schedules. For larger projects ($5,000+), we can discuss milestone-based payment structures. Reach out during your strategy call and we'll find an arrangement that works.

Yes — if you want people to find you through Google, your website needs SEO. Most small business owners discover that a beautifully designed site with no SEO gets zero organic traffic. Every FactoryJet website includes on-page SEO: optimized title tags and meta descriptions, schema markup for your business type, an XML sitemap, Google Search Console setup, and page speed optimization. This is the technical SEO foundation — ongoing content and link building are separate strategies we can advise on.

A new website typically takes 3–6 months to see meaningful organic search rankings — and that's with a properly built site (fast, mobile-first, technically sound) and active content publishing. Google needs time to crawl and index your site, assess its relevance, and compare it against existing competition. Sites with strong technical SEO foundations rank faster. FactoryJet submits your sitemap to Google Search Console on launch day and configures all the technical signals that help Google understand your site quickly.

Local SEO helps your business appear in Google searches with local intent — "web designer near me" or "plumber in Austin" — including the Google Maps pack above the regular results. If your business serves a specific geographic area, local SEO is one of your highest-ROI activities. FactoryJet includes local SEO basics in all projects: schema markup with your business address, optimized Google Business Profile guidance, and location-specific page content. We also build dedicated city landing pages for businesses targeting multiple markets.

Yes — Google uses page speed as a ranking signal, and fast sites outrank slow ones all else being equal. But speed also matters more directly: every 1-second delay in page load time reduces conversions by 7% and increases bounce rate significantly. A slow site doesn't just rank lower — it loses the visitors it does get. FactoryJet builds all sites to Lighthouse 100 performance scores, which means optimal Core Web Vitals: fast loading, no layout shifts, and responsive interactivity.

A blog is one of the most effective long-term SEO tools for a small business — but only if you're going to publish consistently. A blog with 2–3 posts that's been abandoned since 2022 does more harm than good (signals a dormant business). If you can commit to publishing 1–2 posts per month on topics your customers are searching for, a blog compounds significantly over time. FactoryJet includes blog setup in the Growth package, with a CMS that makes publishing easy even for non-technical owners.

The strategy call is a 30-minute video or phone call with a FactoryJet project lead. We cover: what your business does and who you serve, what you want the website to accomplish, what pages and features you need, your timeline and any constraints, and your design preferences. At the end of the call, we give you a fixed-price proposal. There's no obligation to move forward — the call is genuinely about figuring out if we're a good fit for your project.

Absolutely — FactoryJet works with small businesses across all 50 US states. Our priority cities include Austin, Miami, Denver, Nashville, Portland, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Tampa, but our clients are spread across the country. The entire engagement is remote: strategy calls, design reviews, feedback, and launch — all handled digitally. Geography has never been a constraint for us.

Every FactoryJet project includes 30 days of post-launch support at no extra charge. During that window, we handle text changes, image swaps, layout tweaks, and bug fixes for free. After 30 days, we offer maintenance packages for ongoing updates — or we can do one-off changes billed at our standard rate. You also have full admin access to make basic changes yourself. You're never locked into depending on us for routine site management.

We build two rounds of design revisions into every project — enough to get the design right without endless back-and-forth. The first round is a full design review where you can give holistic feedback. The second is a refinement round for specific adjustments. In practice, most projects reach approval in one or two rounds because we do thorough discovery upfront and rarely miss the mark significantly. If something isn't right after two rounds, we'll work through it — we want you to love the design.

Three things separate FactoryJet: speed (7-day delivery guarantee on 5-page sites), value (60–70% cheaper than US agencies), and track record (500+ websites built since 1999). Most web designers are solo freelancers or small agencies juggling 10–15 clients — which means slow turnarounds, inconsistent quality, and limited accountability. FactoryJet is a structured engineering team that has refined a repeatable process over 25 years. Senior engineers on every project, fixed pricing, and a support window after launch.