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Small business · Lake & McHenry, ILSmall business website design in Lake & McHenry County.
For the shops, salons, restaurants and local services that aren’t contractors. Fast on a phone, in English and Spanish, built by a firefighter in Round Lake.
Not a contractor? We build for you too.
Our pages talk a lot about trades because that is most of our work. But a shop, a salon or a restaurant needs the same things from a site: fast on a phone, the basics up front, and a Google listing that points somewhere real.
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Boutiques & shops
Hours, directions and photos of what’s on the shelves, so someone nearby walks in instead of driving past.
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Salons & barbers
Your services, your prices and your best work, with one tap to call or text for an appointment.
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Restaurants, cafes & food trucks
The menu and hours up front, fast on a phone, with directions one tap away.
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Auto repair & detailing
What you fix, what you clean, before-and-after photos and a number they can tap.
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Cleaning services
What a clean includes and the towns you cover, with a short form that lands in your inbox.
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Fitness studios & trainers
Classes, coaches and what a first visit looks like, so a newcomer knows what to expect.
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Pet groomers
Services, prices and before-and-after photos, with tap-to-text for owners who would rather send a message.
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Photographers
A gallery that loads fast on a phone and puts your best work first.
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Professional & local services
Accountants, insurance agents, tutors and repair shops: what you do and how to reach you, in plain words.
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Makers & product sellers
Selling what you make? Task Force builds a real store with a cart that works on a phone. Your products on Google →
Good businesses, hard to find online.
Word of mouth keeps the regulars coming. These four things decide whether a stranger ever finds you.
A Facebook page isn’t a website
Keep the page; your regulars like it there. But you don’t own it: Meta’s own terms let it suspend or disable accounts at its discretion. And your hours, prices and services slide down the feed with every new post.
Do-it-yourself builders eat your evenings
Wix, Squarespace and the new AI builders can work if you have the time and the eye for it. If you’d rather be running the business, the site goes up half-finished and stays that way.
Customers search on their phone, then pick from the map
When someone nearby needs a haircut, lunch or an oil change, they ask their phone and choose from the map. Google says it ranks those local results on relevance, distance and prominence. A free Google Business Profile puts you on that map, and a website backs it up.
English and Spanish, included
Round Lake Beach and Round Lake Heights have large Spanish-speaking customer bases, and almost nobody else in the county is serving them online. Every site we build comes in both languages, on one toggle, at no extra charge.
Real work, real reviews.
Straight answer: most of our work so far is for the trades. The live site we point to is Creative Concrete Company in Palatine, a real client. A shop or a salon has the same problem that site solves: a stranger deciding from a phone whether to call. Judge us on that, on our Google reviews, and on the mockup we’ll build for you at no cost.
What clients said after launch
“They did an amazing job with my website… I’ve actually seen an increase in leads and new business since working with them, which is exactly what you want from a website.”
Midlife On Markdown — Google review“I had a website created for me from another company that was no where near as good as the site Salty Web Co made. I cancelled my plan with that company and switched. …his price was really affordable and worth every dollar!”
Sarah S. — Google review“I needed help with a website and it couldn’t have been any easier!”
Nick R. — Google review
What you get, and what it costs.
Every project starts with a free mockup, and every build splits 50/50 — half down to start, half to launch. Nothing hourly, nothing hidden.
Every build ships with click-to-call, tap-to-text, a lead form that never loses a lead, spam protection, English and Spanish, and call tracking events. Standard on every tier — not upsells.
First, get it built.
Most storefronts only need The Attack Line. A page for each service? Working Fire. Selling products? Task Force.
The Attack Line
Single-page site + privacy & terms · $500 to start, $500 at launch
- Custom one-page website, plus your privacy & terms pages
- Mobile-first, fast-loading build
- Contact form + click-to-call
- Job photo gallery
- Google Business Profile setup
- Rush launch in 24–72 hours available, for an extra fee
- 1 round of revisions · live in about a week
Working Fire
Up to 5 pages · $1,250 to start, $1,250 at launch
- Everything in The Attack Line
- Up to 5 custom pages
- Job photo gallery built to sell work
- Service & service-area pages for local search
- 30 days of free post-launch edits
- 2 rounds of revisions · live in about two weeks
Task Force
Store build · $1,750 to start, $1,750 at launch
- Everything in Working Fire, expanded for commerce
- A real store — pack sizes, options and a cart that works on a phone
- Product pages built to sell, with your photos cleaned up and matched
- Google Merchant Center set up, so your products show up in Google Shopping
- A retailer & investor page, for when a buyer asks what you’ve got
- Sell sheet and spec sheet, print-ready for the meeting
- Shipping, returns, privacy and terms pages drafted for you
- 2 rounds of revisions · live in about three weeks
Already have a site that ranks? Second Alarm, $4,500, rebuilds it and forwards every old page so you keep your place. Monthly care is optional and month-to-month: Standing Watch is $49 a month, and Running Calls is $149 a month. See every plan, side by side →
Prices are in U.S. dollars and exclude any applicable taxes, domain registration, and third-party service fees. The free mockup is genuinely free with no obligation to buy; it stays our property unless you hire us and pay in full. Full details in our Terms of Service.
Quick to start, quicker to judge.
You will know within a few days whether we are the right fit, because you will be looking at your own homepage.
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Send the basics
Name, business, number. We respond within one business day and ask how customers find you now.
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Look at your mockup
Your homepage, designed for a phone first, is ready within 3 days. Open it on your own phone, where your customers will. You pay nothing until you approve the design.
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Go live
The Attack Line is live in about a week. Working Fire runs about two weeks; Task Force about three.
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Need it sooner?
Opening soon, or a busy season coming? Pay the rush fee and a one-page site goes live in 24–72 hours.
Rush: 24–72 hours
Before you call, the straight answers.
We're not a contractor. Do you build for us?
How much does a small business website cost?
We already have a Facebook page. Do we still need a website?
How fast can it be live?
Can we sell our products on the site?
Do we own the website?
Salty Web Co
Round Lake, IL 60073
(224) 225-9268
info@saltywebco.com
saltywebco.com
Where we work
Shops, salons, restaurants and local services across Lake County and McHenry County, from Round Lake, Grayslake and Gurnee out to McHenry and Crystal Lake. Being local means we can meet you at your place of business; everything else can happen by phone and email.
See your new site on your own phone, free.
Tell us what you sell or what you do. We design a real homepage, send you the link, and you judge it where your customers will: on a phone.
- Send this form. Two minutes, no card, no commitment.
- We respond within one business day and ask how customers find you now.
- Your free mockup is ready within 3 days. You pay nothing unless you love it.
Rather talk? Call or text (224) 225-9268.