Tattoo studio · Saskatoon, Canada
Lodestar Tattoo Co.
Bold condensed type, a style lineup that opens on hover, and artist cards you can filter by style.
Websites for small businesses
Custom websites for salons, studios, gyms and bakeries.
I'm Alex. I design and build hand-made websites for small businesses: easy to book from on a phone, fast to load, and made from your own photos and words. You see your new homepage before you pay anything.
- Free concept firstA homepage designed for your business, before you decide anything.
- Nothing upfrontYou pay once the finished site is ready and you're happy with it.
- No monthly feesNo builder subscription. The site and your domain are yours.
Selected concepts
Homepages I've designed for small businesses
Each one is a fully working site, built for phones first. Open any of them and click around: the menus, galleries and booking buttons all work.
Bridal makeup artist · Fort Collins, USA
Hollyhock Makeup
A blush-pink editorial homepage with a drag-to-compare before and after, a face chart and a wedding-date form.
Muay Thai gym · Newcastle, Australia
Saltline Muay Thai
A three-panel fight-poster hero, a timetable that shows what's on today, and a grading ladder.
Cake studio · Savannah, USA
Cherry Garland Cakes
Candy stripes, piped-buttercream details and a tap-a-tier size guide for vintage-style cakes.
Wedding florist · Asheville, USA
Maren Holt Floral Studio
A huge editorial wordmark, featured weddings, and color stories that carry the chosen palette into the inquiry form.
Nail studio · Norwich, UK
Ochre Nail Studio
A stacked lowercase wordmark and polaroid captions with a swatch for every shade, for a one-chair studio.
Hair color studio · Boise, USA
Sundrift Hair Studio
Arch-framed photos, a color gallery you can filter, before/after sliders and a tabbed price menu for a two-chair studio.
Yoga studio · Madison, USA
Honeycomb Yoga
Honey-gold blocks, a next-class badge that updates itself, and a honeycomb motif for a hot yoga studio.
Every concept here was first designed for a real business, using their own photos and words. Out of respect for them, they're shown as fictional brands: new names, stock photos and sample text. The design is exactly what I made.
Live projects
Sites you can visit today
Two live websites I designed and built. Different fields from salons and studios, but the same care for speed, clarity and detail.
How it works
You see it first. You pay last.
No calls needed and no risk on your side: everything happens by email, at your pace.
A free concept
I design a homepage for your business with your photos, services and reviews, working on desktop and phone.
Your changes
Tell me what you'd like different. Two rounds of changes are included, so it ends up the way you want it.
The finished site
Your texts and photos, your booking tool built in, ready on a private link in about one to two weeks.
You pay, it goes live
Once you're happy, one invoice through Payoneer (card or bank transfer), and the site goes live on your domain.
What you get
Every site includes
Built by hand rather than from a template, so it's quick to load, easy to use and looks like your business, not like everyone else's.
Phones first
Designed for the phone first, because that's where people find you and book.
Your booking tool
Book buttons open the booking app you already use, right on the page.
Your own domain
Registered in your name, in your account. Your business email stays as it is.
Your real content
Your photos, prices, services and reviews, written so people know what to book.
A working form
Enquiries from the site land straight in your inbox.
Google basics
Page titles, descriptions and links to your Google profile, set up properly.
Fast, free hosting
Quick to load, nothing to maintain and no hosting bill.
Edit it yourself
Optional: change texts, prices or photos from a simple editor, free.
2 months of support
Questions, advice and small changes like a new photo or price, free after launch.
About
Hi, I'm Alex
I'm an independent web designer and developer. Before going independent I worked at a web agency; now I work directly with small businesses, so you deal with the person who actually designs and builds your site.
I like businesses with a real point of view: tattoo studios, salons, gyms, florists, bakers. My job is to make your website feel like your place, and to make booking you take a few taps.
I work remotely and by email, so it doesn't matter where you are. You'll always know the price, in writing, before you commit to anything.
Alex KietovIndependent Web Designer & Developer
Questions
Good to know
Do I pay anything before the site is done?
No. The concept is free, and you pay one invoice through Payoneer once the finished site is ready and you're happy with it. Then it goes live on your domain.
Are there monthly fees?
No. The site runs on free hosting, so your only running cost is the domain name, usually about $10–20 a year, paid in your own name. If you'd like me to keep looking after it later, that's optional.
Who owns the website?
You do. The domain is registered in your name, in your own account, and once the site is paid for you get all of its files. You're never tied to me.
Can I update it myself?
Yes. For texts, prices and class details I can connect the site to a simple Google Sheet: change it there and the site changes too. If you also want to swap photos, I can set up a small editing page where you log in with your email. Both are free.
I already use a booking app. Will it still work?
Yes. Bookings, payments and reminders stay in your booking app exactly as they are now. The site's Book buttons simply open it, right on the page.
How long does it take?
About a week for a polished one-page site, and about two weeks for a full site with extra pages.
Curious what your website could look like?
Tell me your business name or your Instagram, and I'll design a free homepage concept for you. No calls, no obligation.
Prefer email? Write to me directly