Sample photo
Sample design – not a real business
Sample Family Restaurant
Menu, Friday fish fry, catering and hours, with today’s hours right at the top.
Open the restaurant sampleWebsites for local businesses
Your business has an open lot online… let’s build on it.
I build it first. You pay only if you like it.
Founding offer: open to my first three clients.
When someone looks up your business and finds nothing, or an old page with the wrong hours, that’s an open lot. I’m Ryan. I’m local, and I build websites for restaurants, groomers, salons, lawn and snow crews and contractors around Mukwonago.
Today’s hours right at the top
Call and directions one tap away
- I’m local
- You get me, not a call center
- Your domain stays in your name
My first three clients
No deposit. Your real site, built first.
Usually you pay a deposit and sign a contract before you see anything.
I do it the other way around.
I build your real site, with your menu or services, your hours, your photos and your phone number. You look it over on your own phone. If you like it, we launch it and your monthly plan starts. If you don’t, you owe nothing.
That’s the deal for my first three clients. After that, the build has a price.
See pricingBefore and after
What to look for
Before
- Hours that don’t match Google
- A phone number you can’t tap
- A menu that’s hard to read on a phone
Drag the line, or use the Before and After buttons.
Sample design – not a real businessAfter
- Today’s hours right at the top
- A menu or service list you can read on a phone without zooming
- Call and directions one tap away
- A quote or catering request that’s quick to fill out
Face to face
You get me
Open Lot Digital is one person: me, Ryan Craig.
- I’m local. We can meet face to face, in person or on FaceTime, so you know exactly who’s building your site.
- Call or text me anytime. You get me, not a call center. If I miss you, I’ll call or text you back as soon as I can.
- Most changes are just a text. Bigger ones, we go over face to face.
- No handoffs. You deal with me from the first call to the last change.
How it works
Step 1: We talk for 15 minutes
On the phone, on FaceTime or in person. Tell me what customers ask you most, and send your menu or service list, your hours and any photos you like.
Step 2: I build your real site
Not a sketch. Your actual site, working on a phone. I aim to have it ready for you to see about a week after I have your info.
Step 3: You decide
Like it? We go live on your own web address. Want changes? I make them. Not for you? Founding clients owe nothing.
What your monthly plan covers
For founding clients it’s $49 a month, everything included (hosting, your domain and updates). Here’s what that covers:
See full pricing- Hosting and the security padlock (https), handled
- Your domain registered in your name, with renewals included
- One update every week, like your specials (send it to me by Thursday noon)
- Your hours and holiday hours kept matching your Google listing
- Up to 30 minutes of other changes each month
- If you ever leave, your site files and your domain go with you
Not included: new pages ($75 each), redesigns, logos, photography, setting up a new ordering or booking system, ads and social media.
Tap through a sample
These are two made-up businesses I built so you can see what you’d get. Open one on your phone and try the menu, the hours and the buttons.
Sample photo
Sample photo
Sample design – not a real business
Sample Lawn & Snow Co.
Lawn care, snow removal, the towns served and a quote request, with before-and-after photos.
Open the lawn & snow sampleSample photos. Your site uses your real menu, hours and photos.
See all examplesHi, I’m Ryan
Ryan Craig · Open Lot Digital
I’m local, and Open Lot Digital is my new business. I’ll be straight with you: I’m just getting started, so I don’t have a stack of reviews yet.
Why the name? A business with no real website has an open lot online… people look you up and find an empty spot. I build on that lot. I do the work myself, with modern tools that let me move fast, and I check every page, link and phone number before it goes live.
Founding client offer
For my first three clients
$0 to build. Then $49 a month.
- Pay nothing until you’ve seen your finished site and said yes
- Everything included: hosting, your domain in your name, and updates
- Your $49 price is locked for 12 months
- 6-month minimum after launch, then month to month
What I ask in return
An honest testimonial in your own words. Say whatever you really think. Wherever I show it, it carries this label: “Founding client: got a free build and a lower monthly rate. I asked for an honest testimonial in return.” I’ll never make a Google, Yelp or Facebook review part of the deal.
And your OK to show your site as an example of my work.
After my first three, it’ll be $499 to build plus $79 a month for most local businesses, and $999 plus $129 a month for contractors.
Questions owners ask
All questionsWhat’s the catch?
No catch. I’m new, and I need real sites to show people. So my first three clients get their site built for free and pay $49 a month only after they’ve seen it and said yes.
In return, I ask for an honest testimonial in your own words and your OK to show your site as an example of my work. The only commitment is a 6-month minimum, and it starts the day your site goes live.
A founding spot goes to each of the first three businesses that say yes and go live. Before I start your build, I’ll tell you in writing whether you’re in one.
Do I own my site and my domain?
Yes. Your domain (your web address) is registered in your name. Your site is plain files, not locked inside a website builder. If you ever leave, the files and the domain go with you.
What if I want to leave?
Founding clients have a 6-month minimum after launch, then it’s month to month. Everyone after my first three is month to month from the start. Either way, you give me 30 days’ notice. Your plan ends on the last day of the billing month in which your 30 days’ notice runs out. That month’s payment is your last one.
Founding clients: if you give notice during the 6-month minimum, your plan ends at the end of month 6 or when your 30 days’ notice runs out, whichever is later.
When you leave, your domain stays in your name and I hand over your site files. Nothing is held back.
Want to see what your site could look like?
Call or text me at (262) 352-9002, or send a quick note. Not ready yet? Start with a free website checkup.