Without a modern website
- Harder to make a strong first impression
- Customers have to guess what you offer
- Hours, location and pricing are hard to find
- The business can look smaller than it really is
Custom websites for local businesses
Good businesses deserve good websites.
Turtle Media creates custom websites for local businesses that want to look professional, showcase what they offer, and make a stronger first impression online.
- $500 flat for a custom site
- Built to fit your business
- See it first, then decide
Built for your business
$500 custom website
Barbershops•Auto tint shops•Hair salons•
Kennels & pet care•Contractors•Landscapers•
Cleaning services•Mechanics•Detailers•
Local shops•
The problem
Your business has changed.
Has your website?
A lot of great local businesses are running on a website they built years ago — or no website at all. The work is excellent. The online version of it just hasn't caught up.
With a professional website
- A first impression that matches the work
- Clear, simple information about your services
- Contact details one tap away, on any phone
- A presence that reflects how good the business is
This isn't about your business being behind. It's about your business deserving better.
How it works
Don't imagine your new website. See it.
Most web designers ask you to trust a description. I'd rather just show you. Before we ever talk about money, I build a real website concept for your business — your name, your services, your photos — and put it in front of you.
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I find a business worth showing off
Usually a local business doing great work with little or no online presence — the kind of place people recommend but can't find online.
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02
I build a custom website concept
Not a template with your logo dropped in. A real site designed around your business, your services, and the way your customers actually look for you.
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03
I show it to you in person
You see exactly what your business could look like online — on a laptop and on a phone — before you decide anything.
If you love it, it's yours.
If you don't, you've lost nothing but the time it took to look.
Services & pricing
One website. Two ways to run it.
The website costs $500 either way. The only question is who handles the technical side afterwards — you, or me.
Option 1
Custom Website
I design and build your website and hand you the finished files. You take it from there.
$500
one time
paid once, no recurring fee
- Custom website
- Mobile-friendly design
- Business information
- Services & products showcase
- Brand-focused design
- Professional presentation
- Finished website files and code
With this option, the technical side is yours. You choose and pay for your own hosting, domain and any other services. I build the website — I don't host it or maintain it for you.
Easiest option
Option 2
Custom Website
+ Hosting & Maintenance
Want to keep it simple? I'll handle the technical side for you.
$500
one time
for the website itself
$15/month
every month
hosting, maintenance & minor updates
Everything in Option 1, plus:
- I host your website
- I handle the technical setup
- I manage the hosting
- I take care of routine technical maintenance
- Minor text and image updates included
- No technical accounts for you to create or manage
- One person to contact instead of juggling services
How this works: while you're on this plan, Turtle Media owns and manages the hosting accounts and technical setup behind your website. You never have to learn or log into any of it — that's the whole point.
What I don't build (yet): online stores, payment processing, booking systems, or customer login portals. I build informational business websites, and I'd rather tell you that up front than sell you something I can't deliver well.
Featured work
Websites built to fit the business.
A kennel and an auto glass shop shouldn't get the same website. Here's what a concept looks like when it's designed around one specific business.
Pet Boarding, Daycare & Grooming
Springdale Kennels
A kennel with decades of loyal customers and no simple way to see what they offer. The concept gives boarding, daycare and grooming room to breathe, leads with real photos of the yards and the dogs, and keeps the phone number one tap away on every page.
Auto Glass & Window Tinting
Silicon Valley Auto Glass
Windshields, ADAS recalibration and ceramic tint — a shop that does serious technical work, with none of it easy to read online. The concept puts the services, the warranty and the phone number right where a customer looks first.
Both projects above are website concepts created by Turtle Media to show what these businesses could look like online. Want to see one built for yours? Ask for a concept.
Before & after
From overlooked online
to impossible to ignore.
Same business. Same services. Same phone number. The only thing that changes is how it comes across to someone deciding whether to call.
- You have to scroll to find out what they do
- Nothing to tap to call
- Stock photos doing the talking
Springdale Kennels, a real San Jose business. Before is their website as it looks today; after is the Turtle Media concept — a proposed design, not a live site.
Why it matters
Five reasons a website earns its keep.
First impression
For a lot of people, your website is the first version of your business they ever see — before the shop, before the work, before you.
Credibility
A polished, current website helps a business feel established and worth calling. A missing one leaves people guessing.
Clarity
Customers should understand what you offer in a few seconds — not have to piece it together from a phone call.
Accessibility
Your hours, location and services stay available at 11pm on a Sunday, when someone is deciding who to call tomorrow.
Presentation
Your website should reflect the quality of your actual work. If the work is excellent, the site shouldn't be the weak link.
Good websites,
more customers.
Turtle Media
Alyssa LaL
Alyssa LaL
About
Hi, I'm Alyssa.
I started Turtle Media because I kept noticing the same thing: a local business doing genuinely good work, with almost nothing to show for it online. A good business shouldn't be held back by a bad website.
So I build custom websites that give local businesses a professional place online and make it easy for someone to see what they offer and how to get in touch.
Turtle Media is small on purpose. When you work with me, you're working with me — not a sales rep, not a ticket number, not a team you'll never meet. I design your site myself, I show it to you myself, and if something needs to change, you're telling the person who built it.
Good websites, more customers.
Get in touchFAQ
Questions people actually ask.
$500 for the custom website, paid once. From there you can host it yourself, or I can host and maintain it for $15 a month — that second part is a recurring monthly fee, not a one-time charge. A domain, if you need one, is a separate cost paid at whatever the registrar charges. If a project ever needs something outside of that, I'll tell you before I start — not after.
A custom-designed, mobile-friendly website built around your business: your services or products, your business information, your photos and branding, and clear contact details. It's designed from scratch for you rather than dropped into a template.
If you're a local business, most likely yes. I work with shops and service businesses — barbers, salons, auto shops, pet businesses, contractors, cleaners, landscapers and similar. Email me what you do and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit.
No. A lot of the businesses I work with have nothing online, or just a social media page. If you do have a website already, I can design a replacement that actually represents the business.
That's normal, and it's workable. Clear phone photos of your shop, your team and your actual work usually beat generic stock images — they look like you. I'll design around what you have and tell you if there's a specific shot worth taking.
No. The $500 website is yours either way — you get the finished files and can put them wherever you like. The $15 a month is for people who don't want to deal with any of that: I host the site, handle the setup, keep it running, and take care of minor updates, so there are no technical accounts for you to create or manage. While you're on that plan I own and manage the hosting side of things; you just email me when something needs changing.
It depends on the size of the site and how quickly I get your information and photos. Rather than throw out a number that may not fit your project, I'll give you a realistic timeline once I know what you need — before you commit.
Yes. On the $15/month plan, minor updates are part of it — new hours, a phone number, swapping a photo, fixing a typo. Bigger jobs like a redesign, new pages, or new functionality get quoted separately so nobody's guessing. If you're not on the plan, just email me and I'll quote the work.
Then you say no, and that's genuinely fine. The whole point of building the concept first is that you get to see the real thing before spending anything. No pressure, no obligation.
Your business is already doing the work.
Now give it a website that shows it.
Ready to see what your business could look like online?
Good websites, more customers.