Your own explanations, in full
A San Mateo consultant's own primer and glossary on AI, given pages of their own.
Web Design in San Jose.
Websites for San Jose and Bay Area small businesses, from a studio based in San Jose: three free homepage concepts first, then a site built for what your business actually does.
Our work
Sites We Have Built.
Each one started as three free concepts. Open the site, or read how we built it.
What we built
What We Built Around the Bay.
Drawn from the sites above. Every business is different, so yours gets what it will actually use.
Music to play on the page
A Half Moon Bay band's sound introduced, with songs that play right on the site.
Bookings without the back and forth
A bookings page with the band's business card and both phone numbers.
Meet the band
All five members of the band, photographed in Polaroid frames.
A book for sale
The consultant's book synopsis, sold on the site through Venmo.
Your own domain
Live on your own address, set up for you.
How it works
See Three Concepts Before You Commit.
A short conversation
Fifteen minutes by phone or email about your business, your customers and what the site needs to do. No long questionnaire.
Three concepts, free
We design three homepage concepts for you, each with its own layout, positioning and colors. They cost you nothing, and there is no obligation.
Pick one, or mix and match
Choose the direction that feels most like your business, or take the parts you like from each. We refine it with you until it is right.
We build it and launch it
Only then do we build the full site, typically with a first draft inside a week, and launch it on your own domain when you are happy.
Questions
Questions Bay Area Businesses Ask.
Are you based in San Jose?
Yes. LocalForge is based in San Jose, and has built sites nearby in San Mateo and Half Moon Bay.
Do you only build for Bay Area businesses?
No. We build for small businesses across the US, from New York to Arizona, the same way: a short conversation, then three free concepts.
Do I need to know what I want the site to look like?
No. That is what the three free concepts are for: you see three different directions and choose one, or mix the parts you like.
Will my email address be on the site?
No. Messages come through a contact form and go straight to your inbox, so your address is never published for scrapers to find.
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What Would Your Three Concepts Look Like?
You don’t have to know what your website should look like. We’ll design three different directions, free, before you decide whether to work with us.
Get your three free concepts