I build your website before you pay a dollar.
Premium one-page sites for Southwest Michigan businesses — researched, designed from scratch, and live on a private link before we ever talk money. You judge the finished thing, not a promise.
- ✓Loads in under a second
- ✓You own everything
- ✓Edit it yourself, no web guy
Four invented businesses, four complete builds below — pick a door:
— each one opens its full build ↓
The backwards business model
I do the homework
I research your business like a customer would — before you've spent a dime or an hour.
I build the real thing
Your actual site, working, on a private link. On my own time, at my own risk.
You judge it
Love it: one flat price, you own everything. Don't: it comes down, you owe nothing.
You never pay for something you haven't already seen working.
- ✓One-time price — no monthly platform fee
- ✓You own the site, code, domain, and analytics
- ✓You edit every word yourself at /admin
Four businesses. Four different websites.
Invented names, real code. Each one is a full design direction with its signature feature working, in its own style — scroll through them like you're flipping my portfolio, because you are.
Ink & Iron · Kalamazoo · est. 2011
Walk in with
an idea.
Walk out with a story.
Custom work only — no flash off the wall. Bring the idea; the machine does the rest.
Book a session
Tonight's chairs live
Tap a chair — the crew flips these from their phones. Walk-ins stop guessing.
Golden Hour Bakehouse · Tue–Sat 7–2
Warm from the oven at seven.
The smell gets here before we open the door.
- Sourdough, still warm$7
- Maple pecan knot$4.50
- Buckle of the day86’d
The headline, the board, and the sign all follow the shop's real hours — a site that's never wrong about being open.
Harper & Voss
Attorneys at law · est. 1994
Every document, in both languages.
Upon the death of the Grantor, the Trustee shall distribute the residuary estate, per stirpes, to the Grantor’s then-living issue, subject to the provisions of Article VII herein.
Book a consultation →
Porchlight Realty · dusk to close
Find the door
that's yours.
3 of 4 porch lights on — drag your budget and watch the neighborhood answer.
Same tools. Five different shops.
Every business needs the same machinery — a scheduler, an intake form, a menu, a publish button. The machinery is standard; the feel never is. Five working parts below, each dressed for a different business. Fake data — click, drag, type, break them.
Fadeaway Barber Co. · scheduler
Book the chair
Bluebird Pediatric Dental · new patient
La Chispa Taqueria · the board
- Al pastor, pineapple$3.75
- Carnitas, salsa verde$3.50
- Birria, consomé$4.25
86'd birria? The owner erases it from a phone — the board never lies.
{
"sections": [ // drag a line — this is literally how your page is built
- "hero",
- "services",
- "reviews",
- "contact",
]
}
✓ saved — the page rebuilds itself. No developer on retainer.
The Marquee Cinema · intro reveals
Now showing
Your grand opening.
Admit everyoneIronworks Boxing · tonight
● Live class board
Tap a class to claim a spot — the board fills in real time. Members stop calling to ask.
Backspin Records · now spinning
The bin changes daily.
Side A · "Golden Hour Groove"
New arrivals hit the site the minute they hit the bin — same publish button as the articles.
45 RPM
Nothing here is stored, sent, or booked. Your versions wire to your real inbox and calendar.
The person behind it
I'm Dylan — I design and build websites in Kalamazoo, one business at a time. I work the way a good local tradesperson does: I look at the job before I quote it, I do the work like my name is on it (it is), and I'd rather show you the finished thing than talk you into it.
- ✓Local — I'll walk through your site with you at your counter
- ✓Every site designed from a blank page for your business
- ✓Plain answers about price, timeline, and what you're getting
Tell me about your business.
That's genuinely all it takes. If it's a fit, the next thing you'll see is your own site — built, working, on a private link — and then we'll talk. If it's not for you, you've lost five minutes.
- Dylan@DylanJ.design
- Response time
- Replies same day, most days
- Serving
- Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan