Custom websites for small businesses · Louisville, KY · monthly fees as low as $39, ask us for your build quote

Bring everything you have, or nothing at all

Whirl builds and hosts custom websites for small businesses, with you in the room from the first conversation to long after launch. Four directions at a private link, comments you make right on the pages, live on your domain in a matter of days, and maintained by real people after.

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Who is Whirl for?

Two ways in. Both end the same way.

Everything you have

I have my photos, words, and logo

  1. Send us whatever you have. The logo, the photos, the words, a menu, an old site, the domain: all of it or some of it, and we compile it into a brief.
  2. Four design directions arrive at your private link. Comment right on the pages, choose one.
  3. We build it, you approve it, it goes live on your domain. All in a matter of days.
Nothing at all

I have an idea and questions

  1. Start with a conversation, or answer the questions in your own words, at your own pace. Almost all of them are optional.
  2. Your answers become the brief. Four design directions arrive at your private link, and you comment on anything.
  3. We build the one you choose, you approve, it goes live. All in a matter of days.

Either way, we build it together, and we keep building it together.

What you can expect from Whirl

Two steps, then the turn. Two of the five happen once. The other three are the turn: they run on the way to launch, and they run again whenever you want a change, all in a matter of days. Whichever way you start, you see each step on your private review page as it happens.

Once

  1. 1

    Intake

    A conversation, or the questions on your own. Short honest answers beat polished ones.

  2. 2

    Design

    Four directions at a private link. Always four, and one is the reach.

Every turn

  1. 3

    Feedback

    Comment right on the pages. Nothing is too small to mention.

  2. 4

    Iterate

    We revise, you look again, until it's right.

  3. 5

    Launch

    You approve it, we take it live on your domain.

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What you get from Whirl

Built and hosted for you

Custom-built, fast, mobile-ready, launched and hosted, with the domain, SSL, and analytics set up for you.

Changes when you want them

New photos, updated prices, a seasonal announcement. Send it from your dashboard; on the Standard plan it's live within five business days.

Your week in your inbox

A short note about last week: how many people found you, how they got there, how many took a step toward you. On every plan and right where you already are. No need to seek it out.

Real people

The Whirl team reads every comment and every email, and replies. There is no ticket queue.

Want more from your analytics? We have that too

Open your portal any day and see your visitors day by day. Mark a day ("posted the launch", "spoke at the conference") and the page reads the weeks after it against the weeks before. If your old site counted its visitors, that history comes along, so the record is one continuous story. Included on Standard and Premium.

Priced with small businesses in mind

Because we all deserve a great website. Every site starts with an affordable build fee, then Upkeep, priced by how often your site changes.

No contracts, cancel anytime.

To start

A custom-built, fast, mobile-ready website, launched and hosted on your domain, with SSL and analytics set up for you. The intake, four directions, the feedback rounds, and the launch are all in it. Reach out and we’ll quote your build.

Custom Build Fee Quoted for You

Then, every month

Basic

$39 / month

For a site that rarely changes.

  • Online, secure, and monitored
  • Monday morning traffic analytics included
  • No changes included: each one you ask for is $49

Standard

$99 / month

For a site that changes monthly.

  • Four changes a month: new photos, updated prices, seasonal announcements
  • Live within five business days
  • Full traffic analytics included

Premium

$199 / month

For businesses that change constantly.

  • Twelve changes a month
  • Next-business-day turnaround
  • Full traffic analytics included

Start with Basic and move up the month your site starts changing more often. The full comparison

Frequent questions

The ones we are asked most. All questions

Do I need to know anything technical?

No. That's the point of us. You talk about your business; we handle everything else.

Who owns the website?

You do. Domain, content, design: all yours, even if you stop your Upkeep. We'll hand everything over cleanly.

How long does it take?

From the initial conversation, we shoot to have options in your inbox within a few days. We iterate with you as you respond, so you're also in the driver's seat.

Can you write the words too?

Yes. We draft from our conversation and you correct us. It sounds like you because it started with you. But if you provide the words and want us to stick to them, that's okay too! You're in charge.

What if I already have a website?

We keep what's working, rebuild what isn't, and move you over without downtime. Your old links keep working.

Request a quote

Everything you have

Send the photos, the words, the logo, and we'll say what happens next.

Nothing at all

Tell us the idea. We'll take it from there.

Louisville

Made in Louisville, KY

Whirl is a Louisville company. We work with businesses here and anywhere else that wants the same thing: a site they helped design, made by people who answer.