--- title: "Web Design & Development — TechTailors" description: "Hand-coded Astro websites on Cloudflare's edge network, with performance, SEO, accessibility, and security built in from day one." canonical: https://techtailors.agency/services/web-design/ --- # Web Design & Development Custom websites, hand-coded on Astro and deployed to Cloudflare's global edge network, with **performance**, SEO, accessibility, and security built in from day one. [Price Your Build](https://techtailors.agency/pricing/calculator/) Hand-coded, then looked after ## How TechTailors works Every TechTailors website is *hand-coded from scratch* on Astro and deployed to Cloudflare's global edge network (A global edge network that delivers content from locations closest to users for maximum speed). We fit the design to your brand and build for *speed, SEO, accessibility and security*. Then our team becomes your *in-house web department*: we host and manage your site, with support and updates for the life of your monthly plan. Choose the plan that matches your obligations today and move up or down as your needs change. Based in [Chattanooga, TN](https://techtailors.agency/service-areas/chattanooga-tn/), we meet clients in person across [Tennessee and north Georgia](https://techtailors.agency/service-areas/). Included, no add-ons ## What every site gets ### Design WCAG 2.1 AA and beyond, on every page we build - **Custom design, any page you need:** Hand-crafted pages built around your brand: home, about, services, locations, testimonials, FAQs, contact forms, and landing pages. (Local and healthcare businesses often need dozens of near-identical pages: one per service, per condition, per town they serve. We build the layout once and every page in that set shares it. The first 25 bill as one page, and each one after that bills at your plan's rate. None of them brings a design invoice of its own.) - **Modern design features:** Light and dark modes, layouts for every screen, scroll animations that respect reduced motion, and micro-interactions that make a site feel expensive. (Your visitor’s phone is already in dark mode the moment they tap a link to your site after sunset. A site that doesn’t adapt blinds them. One that does tells them you thought about them, before they’ve read a word.) - **Accessibility built in:** Screen reader and keyboard users get the same site, built to [our published standard](https://techtailors.agency/accessibility/). Your business may also qualify for the IRS [Disabled Access Credit (Form 8826)](https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-8826). (Accessibility often ends up as a checkbox, if anyone touches it at all. We build past the legal floor, and for eligible small businesses the IRS can rebate half the cost of getting there. We’re not tax advisors, but we hand you the documentation so your accountant can file Form 8826.) ### Speed 96 or higher on Google Lighthouse, guaranteed on every page - **Fast, secure hosting:** Cloudflare's global network with SSL, DDoS protection, and automated backups, plus a 99.9% uptime guarantee on every plan. (Your site is served from the data center closest to each visitor: a customer across town and a customer across the country both get a sub-second page. Geography isn’t a tax on your traffic.) - **Image optimization:** Every image is stored, resized, and served in the right format for each device, at no separate cost. (Every image is automatically resized and re-formatted for each visitor’s device and connection: an iPhone gets an AVIF, a desktop gets a sharper WebP, a customer on a weak signal at a campsite gets a smaller version that still loads. Nobody waits on a spinning loader, and you never have to think about it.) - **Monthly health audits:** Each month we check your links, forms, pages, add-ons, Lighthouse scores, and Core Web Vitals (Metrics that measure page speed, interactivity, and visual stability), then fix anything that falls short. ### Care and growth 24/7 support from our team, on every plan - **Unlimited edits:** Send changes as often as you like. Our team makes them and maintains your site for the life of your monthly plan. - **SEO and local foundations:** On-page SEO, a managed Google Business Profile, consistent NAP citations, and LocalBusiness schema, at no extra cost. (Agencies often bill these as line items. We include them in every plan, so your local search basics are in place the day your site launches.) - **Every account in your name:** Your Cloudflare, Cloudinary, and other service accounts are [created in your name](https://techtailors.agency/policies/ownership/#service-accounts) on day one. We join as an admin and remove ourselves when you leave. Plans ## Priced per page. The same for everyone. Four self-selected plans, each with its own page rate. Every plan starts at five uniquely laid-out pages and carries 24/7 support plus a 99.9% uptime guarantee. Every add-on works on any plan; only Blogging Pro and E-Commerce Pro need Black Tie. 1. Smart Casual $50 per page, per month Best fit when you run a small business or a brick-and-mortar store with simple needs. - From $250/mo - 48-hour support 2. Professional $75 per page, per month Best fit when your site handles sensitive data or your profession holds you to strict regulations. - From $375/mo - 24-hour support 3. Black Tie $100 per page, per month Suits online businesses or ones that serve a whole region or country. - From $500/mo - 16-hour support 4. White Tie Typically from $125 + per page, per month Best fit when your project needs go beyond our standard plans and add-ons. - Custom scope - 16-hour support Every plan ships on *independently audited, compliance-ready infrastructure*. [See the full standards](https://techtailors.agency/security/#compliance) [Compare every deliverable, plan by plan](https://techtailors.agency/pricing/#what-each-tier-includes) Only pay for what you need with our *Build-Your-Own-Plan* pricing. Web design and development is part of every plan, Smart Casual through White Tie. The one exception is [Alterations](https://techtailors.agency/services/alterations/), which needs no plan: hourly repairs and technical upgrades for websites we didn't build or that you've bought out, not ground-up builds. Add a blog from $100/month: the posts [page-type](https://techtailors.agency/pricing/#how-pricing-works) plus its overview page, at twice your plan's page rate, with your first 25 posts included. [Blogging Starter](https://techtailors.agency/services/blogging/) adds the full editorial toolkit and unlimited posts. For comparison ## What a site like this costs elsewhere 1. $38,105 Average project in verified Clutch reviews; most cost under $10,000 [*Clutch* 2026](https://clutch.co/web-designers/pricing) 2. $6,500–$15,000 Average cost of a basic website for a small business [*WebFX* 2026](https://www.webfx.com/web-design/pricing/) 3. $5,000–$20,000 A mid-sized business website, across 300+ development firms [*GoodFirms* 2026](https://www.goodfirms.co/resources/website-construction-cost-survey) Average basic website $6,500 to $15,000 WebFX's 2026 average for a small business TechTailors About $8,500 10 pages on Smart Casual: $500 a month for 12 months, plus roughly a $2,500 build fee (your $500 Blueprint credits into it), with hosting and support included *Ours is a full first year: twelve months plus the build fee. The other row is the average from [WebFX's 2026 web design pricing guide](https://www.webfx.com/web-design/pricing/).* **How TechTailors compares The pros and cons of template builders.** ### TechTailors vs. template builders #### TechTailors - Hand-coded, custom design tailored to your brand - SEO-optimized from the ground up - Unlimited edits and support for the life of your monthly plan - Cloudflare edge hosting with SSL, DDoS protection and automated backups - Every account and all data in your name from day one; a lump-sum buy-out adds a perpetual, non-exclusive license to the code - 30-day guarantee: leave anytime in the first 30 days with no further payment (an exit, not a refund) #### Template builders - Template builders create cookie-cutter designs - Limited customization and locked-in features - Shared hosting often leads to slower performance - SEO is an afterthought - Agency lock-in: rebuilding from scratch if you leave [Score your current site against a build like this](https://techtailors.agency/website-health-checker/) Free, with no email required Professional and Black Tie ## The Professional security baseline Professional and Black Tie builds carry a managed security baseline in the page rate itself, and White Tie can by custom agreement; Alterations never does. It's built for practices that handle sensitive client data or answer to strict security rules. TechTailors Security baseline The eight controls your annual attestation letter walks through: - ****Encryption everywhere**** In transit and at rest. - ****Multi-factor sign-in**** Required on every admin surface. - ****Cloudflare Business on your own account**** Managed WAF rulesets plus baseline custom rules like admin-path protection and form rate limits, on a PCI DSS and SOC 2 attested platform with Cloudflare's own 100% uptime SLA and custom SSL where needed. - ****Zero Trust admin access**** Admin surfaces sit behind Zero Trust access. - ****Email authentication**** SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configured, so your domain is hard to spoof. - ****Security-event logging**** Logs you can audit whenever you ask. - ****Minimal data intake**** Forms collect only what they must, tracking scripts stay off sensitive pages, and the privacy policy matches how your site actually works. - ****Vendor agreements and a breach plan**** A signed agreement from every vendor that touches your data, plus a breach-notification plan with timelines. Configured before Go Live Reviewed on every anniversary A letter you can hand an insurer or regulator A one-time baseline setup fee applies by site size: $750 up to 10 billable pages, $1,000 for 11 to 25, $1,500 for 26 and up. The fee is half-waived with annual prepay and non-refundable once earned. (These are the billable-page bands your [Blueprint](https://techtailors.agency/services/web-design/#step-3) uses, and an add-on’s pages don’t count toward them. The Blueprint has two fixed prices in each band: the lower for a new build, the higher when we rebuild an existing site or the scope has 3 or more integrations. The setup fee stays the same either way. White Tie is custom.) Smart Casual carries no baseline and no setup fee. [See how our own site grades on three independent security scanners](https://techtailors.agency/security/) Six steps ## How a build works Step 1 ### Say hello Reach out via email, phone, or our contact form. We'll reply promptly to book your discovery call. Step 2 ### Discovery call We talk through your business goals and pain points, then outline a plan built around them. Bring every idea: this is the stage for it. Step 3 ### Blueprint For a fixed fee, we map and price your whole site before we build it. *Blueprint fees by billable pages* | Billable pages | New build | Rebuild | | --- | --- | --- | | Up to 10 | $500 | $1,000 | | 11–25 | $1,500 | $2,500 | | 26+ | $3,000 | $5,000 | Rebuilds include an audit of your current site. The rebuild price also covers 3+ integrations. An add-on's pages don't count toward the band. Go ahead within 60 days and every dollar counts toward your build fee. Any credit the build doesn't use comes off your plan invoices; it has no cash value and is forfeited if your plan ends. The Blueprint is yours either way. Step 4 ### Build Once your Build SOW (Statement of Work) is signed and the first milestone payment clears, we design and hand-code your site on Astro, fast and accessible on every device. You approve the design, then the staging site, with two revision rounds included at each stage. Step 5 ### Go Live Your website is ready. Before deployment, you sign a one-time, 12-month contract with a 30-day guarantee (an exit clause, not a refund). Then we launch your site to Cloudflare's global edge network. Step 6 ### Grow together Add services as your business grows: SEO, blogging, e-commerce, analytics. Each add-on plugs straight into your existing build and starts billing when we begin setting it up. *Header, body, hero and call to action: cut to fit and stitched into one site.* **30-day guarantee** Every new client is covered by our 30-day guarantee, starting at Go Live. If you're not satisfied within the first 30 days, you can exit the remaining 11 months of your 12-month contract with no further payment obligation, no penalty, no questions asked. The guarantee is an exit clause, not a refund: the first month’s plan payment, plus Blueprint and build-fee amounts already earned, are non-refundable because they cover service and labor already provided. For full onboarding details, see our [Onboarding policy page](https://techtailors.agency/policies/onboarding/). Questions ## Common questions 1. **How long does a new website take?** It depends on your scope and add-ons. Your Blueprint states the exact timeline before any build work begins, and the build bills by milestone as each stage completes. 2. **Do I own my website?** Your domain, content and data are yours from day one, and every service account your site depends on is created in your name. The code is licensed to you while your plan runs, and a published [buy-out](https://techtailors.agency/policies/ownership/#buyout) gets you a perpetual license to use, change and host it anywhere. 3. **Can you take over my Wix, Squarespace or WordPress site?** Yes. We rebuild it by hand and move your domain and content into accounts in your name. To keep a site we didn't build, [Alterations](https://techtailors.agency/services/alterations/) covers hourly repairs and upgrades with no plan needed. ## Explore more ### Related services - [**Blogging Add-On** Smart Casual · Professional · Black Tie · White Tie](https://techtailors.agency/services/blogging/) - [**SEO Add-On** Smart Casual · Professional · Black Tie · White Tie](https://techtailors.agency/services/seo/) - [**Premium Hosting Add-On** Smart Casual · Professional · Black Tie · White Tie](https://techtailors.agency/services/premium-hosting/) ### From the blog Mar 15, 2026 1 min read #### [Why We Hand-Code Every Site](https://techtailors.agency/blog/why-hand-coded/) Templates are fast to launch. Here's why every TechTailors site starts from scratch anyway. Mar 5, 2026 2 min read #### [Edge-First Architecture Explained](https://techtailors.agency/blog/edge-first/) In Google's PageSpeed test, our server answers in about 10 ms and the page paints in under half a second on desktop. Here's how Cloudflare's edge network makes that possible. Aug 28, 2026 5 min read #### [How Our Pricing Changed in 2026](https://techtailors.agency/blog/how-our-pricing-changed-in-2026/) In 2026 TechTailors moved from one flat page rate to four self-selected service plans, and raised the rate under all of them. Here is what changed, why, and what it means if you're already a client: nothing. ## Price your site before you talk to anyone. See your exact monthly price, then talk to us when you’re ready. [Price Your Build](https://techtailors.agency/pricing/calculator/) [30-day guarantee on every new plan](https://techtailors.agency/policies/offboarding/#guarantee): an exit, not a refund. --- Prices as data: https://techtailors.agency/pricing.json · Site guide for agents: https://techtailors.agency/llms.txt