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Beacon Digital
Web design · SEO · Automation

Be the signal, not the noise.

Beacon Digital designs high-performance websites, gets them found on Google, and automates the follow-up — so the right customers find you first, and no lead ever slips through.

No pressure, no jargon — you'll leave the call with a plan either way. Or call (843) 655-1605.

  • Next.js & React
  • WCAG AA accessible
  • Core Web Vitals
  • Structured data & schema
  • Local SEO
  • Workflow automation
  • Conversion-first UX
  • Hosted on Vercel

What we do

Three levers. One studio. They're stronger together.

Most businesses hire a designer, an SEO, and an ops person — and they never talk. We build all three as one system, so each one makes the others work harder.

01

Web design & development

Websites that carry their weight

Custom-designed, hand-coded, and built to convert.

Not a template and not a page-builder. Every Beacon site is designed around your customers and coded by hand on the same modern stack that powers Linear and Vercel — so it loads in under a second, works on every phone, and turns visitors into booked work.

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What you get

  • Custom design in your brand
  • Hand-coded Next.js build
  • Mobile-first & accessible (WCAG AA)
  • Copy & content structure
  • Launch, analytics & full handoff
02

SEO & local search

Get found the moment they search

Technical and local SEO that puts you on the map — literally.

A beautiful site nobody finds is a brochure in a drawer. We build search in from the foundation: clean structured data, fast pages Google rewards, and the local-SEO groundwork that lands you in the map pack for the 'near me' searches your customers actually make.

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What you get

  • Technical SEO & structured data
  • Google Business Profile optimization
  • Local & 'near me' targeting
  • Per-service & per-city pages
  • Sitemaps, metadata & share cards
03

Automation

Let the busywork run itself

Capture every lead and automate the follow-up.

The fastest business wins the job. We wire your site to the tools you already use so every inquiry is captured, routed, and answered instantly — then automate the follow-ups, bookings, review requests, and reporting that quietly eat your week.

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What you get

  • Instant lead capture & routing
  • Auto-replies & follow-up sequences
  • Booking & calendar integration
  • Payments & fulfillment automation
  • Review requests & reporting

Selected work

Proof you can click.

Real, shipped work — some for clients, some our own ventures (we'll always tell you which). We'd rather show than tell, so every one opens in a new tab.

chemistmb.com
The Chemist — live website homepage
LiveOur own ventureBar & brunch venue · Myrtle Beach, SC

The Chemist

A dark, premium site for an after-dark cocktail and brunch venue — with reservations and high-value VIP section requests wired straight to the team, and an automated pipeline into their booking sheet.

Web designBrandAutomation
bigcatprotection.com
Big Cat Protection — live website homepage
In progressOur own venturePrivate security firm · Myrtle Beach, SC

Big Cat Protection

A call-first site for a new Myrtle Beach security firm — built so every inquiry becomes a phone call, and engineered to stay out of search until the firm's licensing and details are final.

Web designLocal SEOLead capture
fitbymakenna.com
Fit By MaKenna — live website homepage
LiveFitness creator · digital product

Fit By MaKenna

A premium storefront for a fitness creator's digital guide — Stripe checkout with fully automated, secure delivery, so a sale at 2 a.m. fulfills itself.

Web designE-commerceAutomation
tochishotchicken.com
Tochi's Hot Chicken — live website homepage
In progressOur own ventureHot chicken restaurant · Myrtle Beach, SC

Tochi's Hot Chicken

A hand-built site for a Nashville-style hot chicken joint — designed to push orders through the restaurant's own storefront instead of a commission-taking marketplace.

Web designLocal SEODirect ordering

Skin in the game

We run our own businesses on this work.

Most studios have never had to live with what they ship. We do. The Chemist takes real reservations on the site we built for it — and Tochi's Hot Chicken, our next venture, launches on one too. When your own livelihood runs on it, “good enough” stops being an option.

  • The Chemist
  • Tochi's Hot Chicken

Demo library

See your trade, not someone else's.

Twelve complete, live sites — local-service builds and full storefronts. Click into your own industry and see exactly what you'd be getting, before we ever talk price.

These are demonstrations, not clients. Every brand, phone number, address, and price on them is invented for the demo.

See your trade?Yours would be built the same way — tell us about it and we'll map the fastest path to it.

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How we work

From first call to fully lit

A clear path, no mystery, no runaround. You see the site come together as it's built, and you know exactly what you're getting — and exactly what you own — before anything is signed.

01

Discover

We start with a call, not a contract. We learn your business, your customers, and what a win looks like — then map the fastest path to it.

02

Design

You get a premium, on-brand design built around one job: turning visitors into customers. No stock templates, ever.

03

Build

Hand-coded, fast, and accessible — with SEO and share cards baked in from the first commit. You review as it comes together.

04

Launch & grow

We ship it, wire up your automations and analytics, and stay on to help it grow — whether you own it outright or we run it for you.

Why Beacon

A website should be a beacon, not a business card

It should pull the right people toward you and make the next step obvious. Everything below serves that one idea.

Hand-coded, never templated

Real code on a modern stack means faster, safer, and genuinely yours — not a rented theme you'll outgrow.

Designed to convert

Every section earns its place. We design around the one action you want a visitor to take.

Fast & accessible by default

Sub-second loads and WCAG AA accessibility aren't add-ons — they're how we build, and Google rewards both.

One partner, three levers

Design, search, and automation compound when one team builds them together. That's the whole idea behind Beacon.

Own it, or leave it to us

Buy outright and every line is yours — code, content, domain, analytics. Prefer the monthly plan? We own, host, and run the whole thing so there's nothing for you to manage. You'll always be told plainly which one you're getting.

Proof you can click

We'd rather show than tell. Every claim here is backed by work you can open in a new tab.

Pricing

Simple packages. Real outcomes.

Every project is scoped to your business, so these are starting points, not final quotes. You'll get a fixed, all-in number on our call — no hourly meters, no surprises.

Launch

A premium site that converts.

$2,500starting · one-time

New or dated sites that need to look the part and turn visitors into leads.

  • Up to ~5 custom pages
  • Custom design in your brand
  • Mobile-first & WCAG AA
  • On-page SEO & share cards
  • Analytics, launch & handoff
Recommended

Grow

Get found and get booked.

$4,500starting · one-time

Businesses that need the site and the search visibility to fill it.

  • Everything in Launch
  • Technical + local SEO setup
  • Google Business Profile tuning
  • Per-service / per-city pages
  • Lead form wired to your inbox

Systems

The whole engine, automated.

$7,500starting · + care plan

Businesses ready to automate lead flow, follow-up, and reporting end to end.

  • Everything in Grow
  • Lead routing & instant auto-reply
  • Booking + follow-up automation
  • Payments / fulfillment wiring
  • Ongoing care & priority support
Easier entry12-month term

Launch & Grow

Spread the build. Keep the momentum.

$1,500upfront+$500/month

$2,000 due at signing (build + first month) · $7,500 across your first year.

Businesses that want a premium site now without a five-figure cheque — and want someone actively growing it every month instead of handing over a file and disappearing.

  • The full Launch build, up front
  • Hosting, monitoring & security
  • Ongoing SEO and content updates
  • Monthly edits and new pages
  • Lead automation & monthly reporting

Runs on a 12-month agreement, then continues month to month — cancel any time after the first year. We build, host, and look after everything, and we own and host the site for as long as you're on the plan. Want to own it outright instead? Any one-time package includes a full handoff.

Fixed quote before any work startsOwn it outright, or let us host itAccessible & SEO-ready as standard

The studio

A studio, not a factory

Beacon Digital is a design-and-engineering studio for small and growing businesses. We build the kind of website most agencies charge five figures for and most template shops simply can't — then we make sure it gets found and does your follow-up for you.

The philosophy is simple: a website should be a beacon, not a business card. It should pull the right people toward you and make the next step obvious. The design, the search work, and the automation all serve that one idea.

We keep the roster small on purpose — so the person who designs your site is the person who builds it, and the person who answers your email.

Why we built Beacon

We didn't come to this from web design — we came to it as owners. We run our own businesses, and we built and optimized their websites ourselves. Doing that, we saw how much money we'd been leaving on the table: reservations we never captured, leads that went cold because no one followed up, orders handed to third-party apps that skimmed our margin.

Fixing that for our own businesses is why Beacon exists. Now we do the same for other owners — build the site, get it found, and automate the follow-up — so the revenue that used to slip away stops slipping.

The site you're reading right now is one of our builds.

— The Beacon Digital team

Questions

Good to know

How much does a website cost?

Projects start around the figures on our Launch, Grow, and Systems packages and are scoped to your business from there. You'll get a fixed, all-in quote before any work begins — never an hourly meter. The fastest way to a real number is a short call.

How long does it take?

Most sites launch in a few weeks, depending on scope and how quickly we get your content. We'll give you a real timeline — and the milestones — on our first call, and you'll watch it come together as we build.

Do I actually own the site?

It depends how you buy, and we'll always tell you straight. On any one-time package — Launch, Grow, or Systems — you own everything: the code, the content, the domain, and the analytics, handed over in full, built on open standards with no proprietary lock-in. On the monthly plan, we own and host the site for you; that's what keeps the entry cost low and means there's nothing for you to manage. That plan runs on a 12-month agreement and then continues month to month. If you'd rather own it outright, any one-time package includes a full handoff.

What do you build on, and why does it matter?

We hand-code on Next.js and React and host on Vercel — the modern stack behind companies like Linear and OpenAI. In plain terms: it's faster, more secure, better for SEO, and far more flexible than a template or a page-builder like Wix or Squarespace.

Do you work with my industry or location?

We work remotely with businesses across the U.S., from local trades and restaurants to product and service brands. If you have customers to reach and a next step you want them to take, we can help — the playbook adapts to the business.

I already have a site. Can you help with just SEO or automation?

Yes. We take on audits, rebuilds, SEO, and automation on top of an existing site. We'll tell you honestly whether a tune-up or a rebuild is the better spend before you commit to either.

What are the ongoing costs?

On a one-time build, hosting is inexpensive — often just a low monthly platform fee — plus an optional care plan for updates, monitoring, and support. Because you own everything on those, staying with us is a choice, not a requirement. On the monthly plan there's nothing extra: hosting, maintenance, and the ongoing work are all inside the monthly fee.

How do we get started?

Book a free strategy call. We'll learn your business, answer your questions, and map the fastest path to getting found and booked — and you'll leave with a plan whether or not we work together.

Ready when you are

Let's light it up.

Book a free strategy call and we'll map exactly how to get your business found, booked, and running on autopilot. No pressure — you'll walk away knowing exactly what to do next.

30 minutes · video or phone · no pressure

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