A website that works as hard as you do
We design and build websites for small businesses and local trades in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. You get a clean site that looks right on a phone, is easy to keep updated, and comes from one company that also hosts it, secures it, and picks up the phone when you need help. No handoffs between a designer, a host, and a support desk.
Who This Is For
- New businesses that need a first website
- Owners whose current site is outdated, slow, or hard to use on a phone
- Trades and service businesses that need visitors to call or send a request
- Anyone tired of chasing three companies to keep one website running
What You Get
- Planning first. We start with your goals, your customers, and a simple map of the pages before any design work begins.
- Design that fits your brand. Your logo, colors, and photos, laid out for desktop, tablet, and phone.
- Built to load fast and read easily. Optimized images, clean code, and readable text and contrast.
- Search basics done right. Page titles, descriptions, clean web addresses, and structured data where it applies.
- A contact form that reaches you. Visitors fill out a form and the request is emailed straight to you. Want every request saved and searchable? Add Lead Tracking to Essential or Supreme Hosting for $12 a month.
- Launch and handover. Admin access, a walkthrough, and written notes so you know how your site works.
How a Project Works
- Brief and scope. We talk through what you need and send a proposal with a timeline.
- Design and content. We build the pages and work your text and photos in.
- Testing. We check every page on phone, tablet, and desktop, and run accessibility checks before we call it done.
- Launch. We publish the site, connect your domain, and turn on SSL.
- After launch. We correct defects in the work we delivered, reported within 30 days, at no charge. After that, hosting includes free 24/7 support, and Website Management covers ongoing updates.
Most small business sites take 2 to 4 weeks from approved proposal to launch.
What It Costs
Every website is quoted individually, based on the number of pages and the features you need. Hosting, domains, and SSL are priced openly: Essential Hosting is $15 a month, Supreme Hosting is $20 a month, and a .com domain starts at $15.59 a year.
Hosting and Care After Launch
Host your new site with us and it comes with free SSL, daily backups, and free 24/7 support. Want someone to handle updates, backups, and small content changes for you? See Website Management. Already have hosting elsewhere? We can build for that too.
Why ICSS
We have tested and shipped software for large consumer websites, including Kodak Gallery and Shutterfly, and we bring that same checking to every page we launch. When you call, you reach a real person, not a ticket queue. See real projects on Our Work.
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