We build for the people who keep the doors open.
Sailboat Sites makes websites for small-business owners - the ones who open early, close late and cover the gaps when sales dip. Your website should earn its keep, so we price it like it has to.
Small businesses carry a lot.
There are more than 36 million small businesses in the U.S., and they employ nearly half of the country's private-sector workers. The numbers also show how hard the job is.
1 in 5
new business locations close in their first year
Of the locations that opened in the year to March 2024, 77.9% were still open a year later. Of those that opened five years earlier, 51.4% were still open.
54%
of small employers found paying operating expenses a challenge
Payroll, rent and inventory were the survey's examples. Half dealt with uneven cash flow. And of owners facing money problems, 54% used their own personal funds to keep going.
57%
of small employers named reaching customers as a challenge
It was the most common day-to-day challenge they reported. That's the job a website should do: help the right customers find you and get in touch.
Getting a website shouldn't be another gamble.
When every dollar has a job, the usual options ask a lot of you.
Prices you can't see
Custom sites are often priced for bigger companies, and the number usually comes after a sales call.
Help that disappears
A freelancer can be great until they stop answering, and you're left with a site you can't change.
Timelines measured in months
Discovery calls, phases and meetings can stretch a simple website into a season of your time.
Agency-quality websites at a flat, affordable price.
Custom design, built properly, with the price on the page and a clear finish line.
A flat price, paid once
$250, $500 or $1,000. You see it before you buy, and it never changes halfway.
Live in days, not months
Your complete site in 3 to 10 days, or it's free. No months-long projects, no chasing anyone.
A handoff you can count on
You own all of it, with a plain-English owner's guide and real people who reply within 1 business day.
Modern tools. A team that checks the work.
We use modern AI-assisted tools for much of the build, which keeps our prices flat and our timelines short. Every site is checked against the same standards and reviewed by our team before it goes live.
What we believe
- The price belongs on the page.
- You should know what you're paying before anyone asks for your time.
- You own what you pay for.
- Your domain, your code, your content, your accounts. No hostage situations.
- Accessible by default.
- Every site is built to WCAG 2.1 AA, on every package, not as an upsell.
- Straight answers.
- If a smaller package fits you better, we'll say so.
New, and upfront about it.
Sailboat Sites is new. There's no portfolio here yet, and there won't be a fake one. When client sites launch and the clients say it's okay, you'll see them here. Until then, judge us on what's in writing: the prices, the process, the standards and the policies.
The business behind the name
- Name
- Sailboat Sites
- Where we work
- Remotely. No walk-in office.
- Replies
- Within 1 business day