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Tell us about your business
Two minutes on the form, then a short call so we know your brand, your goals and what you like.
We're a Chicago web design and development company. We'll design and build your new homepage before you pay a dollar. Love it, and we build the rest. Don't, and you walk away.
Chicago-based · Custom sites from $3,333 · You own everything
Two minutes on the form, then a short call so we know your brand, your goals and what you like.
A real, live homepage, not a mockup, ready in 2 business days.
Love it? We build the full site from $3,333. Not for you? Keep the ideas. You owe nothing.
Why free? Because seeing your own homepage tells you more than any portfolio, and most people who see theirs hire us.
We design, build and launch websites for Chicago businesses that need more leads, not just a new look. Every site is custom designed and hand-coded, with no themes and no page builders, and set up for Google from day one.
Designed around your customers and the one thing you want them to do: call, book or buy.
Custom WordPress on Timber and ACF, Statamic, EmDash or Shopify. We pick the platform that fits how your business runs, with editable blocks your team can actually use.
Page speed, schema, clean headings and local SEO for Chicago searches, set up before launch, not bolted on later.
Forms that reach your inbox and analytics set up before the site goes live, so you can see what it brings in.
No hidden fees. No surprises. We build your homepage before you spend a single dollar. Not because we need to. Because we know you won't want to go anywhere else after you see it.
Every engagement starts with strategy. You're not buying code. You're buying the thing that makes the code worth building.
Everything a small business actually needs.
For businesses that need to rank, not just exist.
What "baked in" actually means:
You tell us the problem, we engineer the solution.
Every tier starts the same way: a short call, then your free homepage. No deposit, no contract, no commitment. Love it? A 10% deposit kicks off the full build. Want changes? We'll dial it in. Not for you? Keep the page. No invoice, no guilt trip.
A $3,500 page-builder site sounds more affordable until you factor in the plugin tax. Elementor Pro, premium form plugins, caching plugins, security plugins, backup plugins. That's $70–$100/month in licenses just to keep the lights on. Over three years, that "affordable" site costs you $6,000+ before you even think about the inevitable rebuild. Our builds run lean because the code does the work, not a stack of plugins praying they don't conflict with each other.
We use AI to ship faster, test smarter, and deliver work that used to take a team of 5. That's how one developer outperforms an agency.
Yes. We design and build it at no cost. If you love it, a 10% deposit starts the full build. If you don't, you owe nothing.
Your homepage is ready in 2 business days. The full-site timeline depends on how many pages you need, and you'll have a launch date before you pay the deposit.
Yes. Midcoast Works is a Chicago web design and development company. We work with businesses across Chicagoland, and remotely anywhere.
Yes. The design, the code and the domain are yours. No lock-in, no monthly fee you can't walk away from.
No. We build custom WordPress sites on Timber and ACF, and we also build on Statamic, EmDash and Shopify. We pick the platform that fits how your business runs. Never a page builder.
Tell us about your business. We'll reply within 24 hours to set up a short call.
No contract. No credit card. You own everything we build.
