Websites for local businesses · Based in Smiths Station, AL
Custom websites for local businesses, designed and written by me, Austin, from $997 for a one-page site. In person around Columbus, Phenix City and Auburn; by video everywhere else.
Concept sites · the businesses are invented, the design is real
Based in Smiths Station, Alabama. Meeting in person anywhere from Columbus and Phenix City to Auburn and Opelika, and working by phone and video with businesses everywhere else.
Concept work
I built these to show range before I had client sites to show. Each one is designed around how its customers actually decide, and each is labeled as a concept.
Auto repair
Built for
Drivers searching on a phone, often next to a car that won’t start.
On the site
View the concept site
Coffee shop
Built for
People choosing where to spend a slow morning.
On the site
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Lawn & landscape
Built for
Homeowners comparing lawn companies by the yards they’ve done.
On the site
View the concept site
Florist
Built for
Someone buying flowers for an occasion, often the same day.
On the site
View the concept site
The build
A one-page site and a site with online booking and client logins are different jobs, so they cost different amounts. Every package includes the design, the writing and launch on your own domain, and every price is right here.
$997
A one-page site
Looking established and getting the call: who you are, what you do, and how to reach you.
Paid in full before work starts
$1,997
Up to 5 pages
Several services, or customers who want the details before they call.
Paid in full before work starts
$3,497
Up to 12 pages and one connected feature
Booking or taking payments online, or showing up in searches across several towns.
Half to start, half at launch
From$5,000
Logins, portals, memberships and bigger stores
A site people log in to: client portals, staff, contractor or consultant portals, memberships, stores with 50 or more products, or connections to your own software.
Half to start, half at launch
Add-ons, like an extra page or form, online booking or payments, start at $150. Your written quote lists everything before you pay.
What each package includesIn every package
After launch
Hosting, updates and a person who answers your email. Every plan has the same services; the difference is how many hours of edits you get each month.
Every plan includes hosting and uptime monitoring, content and text updates, small design tweaks and email support. Optional. Cancel anytime. Unused hours don’t roll over. Sites with logins or a store need a Care Plan, quoted with the build.
A one-minute form, then a detailed questionnaire and a short call. You get a written quote and a launch date before you commit to anything.
You don’t have to write a word. I draft everything, and you approve it.
2 rounds of changes, then your site goes live on your own domain.
Who you’ll work with
Soft Systems Studio is one person: me. I’m based in Smiths Station, Alabama, and I build websites for local businesses. If you’re around Columbus, Phenix City, Auburn and Opelika, we can sit down in person; anywhere else, we work by phone, email and video.
It’s a new studio, so I charge for the work itself, not for a reputation I haven’t built yet. You deal with the person designing your site from the first call to launch day. I use AI tools to work quickly, and I check every page myself.
— Austin Hodges
Something not covered here? Ask it in the quote form or by email.
It depends on how much the site needs to do. A one-page site is $997. Up to 5 pages is $1,997. Up to 12 pages with online booking, payments or a blog is $3,497. Sites with logins, memberships or a bigger store are quoted, from $5,000. Every package covers the design, the writing, the build and launch on your own domain. Hosting and edits after launch are optional Care Plans at $150–$200/month.
Start your quote: a one-minute form, then a detailed questionnaire about what your site needs to do. I recommend a package from your answers and send you a written quote listing everything it includes, before you pay anything.
Builds up to $2,500 are paid in full before work starts. Above that, it’s half to start and half at launch. Payments go through Stripe.
It depends on scope, so I'll give you a specific date during your intake call — before you commit to anything, not after.
Yes — I use AI tools to move faster, but every site is personally designed and reviewed by me before it ships. It's just me; there's no team of designers behind the scenes.
Every package includes 2 rounds of revisions before launch. A round is one list of everything you’d like changed — I make the changes and send the updated site back to you. Extra rounds are $150 each.
That’s what the Care Plans ($150–$200/month) are for: hosting plus 2, 3 or 4 hours of edits a month, depending on the plan. Unused hours don’t roll over. Without a plan, changes are quoted before any work starts.
You do. You register it in your own name (usually about $12 a year), and I connect it to your site and walk you through the setup.
The concept sites above are my work: sites I designed and built for invented businesses, each clearly labeled as a concept. Soft Systems Studio is new, so there aren't client sites to show yet.
Hosting is included with every Care Plan ($150–$200/month). Without one, I hand over your finished site files and help point your domain wherever you choose to host it. Your site stays live on my hosting for 30 days after launch while you move it.
I’m based in Smiths Station, Alabama. I meet clients in person around Columbus, Phenix City, Auburn and Opelika, and I work with local businesses anywhere else by phone, email and video call.
Yes. Most of the work happens by phone, email and video anyway, so where you are doesn’t change the price, the process or the timeline.
A minute to start. I reply within 24 hours.
