Your website is already built.
Northgate is a web studio for businesses in Acworth, Georgia. We design your site first and send you a private preview. If you like it, it's yours on one simple monthly plan. If not, we take it down.
The system, working right now
Northgate runs its own research and design system around the clock. This is the real activity feed, live from the studio. Business names stay private; you only see what kind of business it found.
Search
Every kind of business in Acworth, one category at a time: barbers, bakeries, roofers, florists and two hundred more.
Verify
Checks whether each one already has a real website. A Facebook page alone doesn't count, so those businesses get a site too.
Research
Learns what the business does, its hours, its services and its neighborhood, so the site speaks to its customers.
Design
A one-off website, made for that business alone. No templates, no copy-paste. A person looks it over before anyone sees it.
Deliver
The owner gets a private preview link, can send their own photos and videos, and decides whether to keep it.
Built for the business, not from a template
A barbershop shouldn't look like a bakery, and a roofer shouldn't look like either. Every preview gets its own type, colors and layout, chosen for that business and its customers.
These are example designs for made-up businesses, to show the range. Real previews are made one at a time, for real businesses, and shared privately with their owners.
The method
No meetings, no forms, no guesswork. You see the finished work before you're asked for anything.
We find you
We look for Acworth businesses that are open and serving customers but don't have a website of their own yet.
We design it
A one-off site made for your business: your services, your hours, your location, and your phone number, ready on any screen.
You review it
We send a private link. Add your own photos and videos from your phone and tell us anything you'd change.
You decide
Keep it on the monthly plan, or say no. If it's a no, the site comes down and we won't contact you again.
What's included
One simple monthly price covers all of it. No software to learn, nothing to install, nobody to chase.
- Your website
- Designed for your business, finished with your own photos and videos, and written so customers know exactly what you do and how to reach you.
- Hosting
- We keep it online and fast, with a secure https address. There's nothing for you to install or look after.
- Your own address
- Help setting up a web address in your business's name, so customers can type it in or find it on your cards.
- Changes
- New hours, prices, services or photos? Send a message and we update the site for you.
- Made for phones
- Clear and quick on a phone, with tap-to-call and directions where they make sense, because that's where most customers will find you.
- Found by the right people
- Clean, well-organized pages that search engines can read, with your town, your services and your contact details in the right places.
How we work
A studio that contacts you first should be easy to say no to. These are the rules we keep.
A person checks it
Our system does the searching and the first design. A person reviews every preview and approves every email before it goes out.
One email, easy to stop
We reach out once, maybe one short follow-up. Every email has a way to opt out, and a no means we never contact you again.
Your preview stays private
Previews are hidden from search engines and only shared with you. If you don't want it, it comes down.
Questions
Why did you build a website for me without asking?
It's easier to decide when you can see the real thing. Building the first version ourselves means you don't have to plan anything to find out whether you'd like a website.
How did you find my business?
From public business listings for Acworth. Our system checks each listing for a website, and businesses without one, or with only a social media page, are the ones we design for.
Do I owe anything?
No. You pay nothing unless you choose to sign up for the monthly plan.
Can I use my own photos and videos?
Yes, and we'd encourage it. Your preview link comes with a private page for sending photos and videos straight from your phone, and we put them on your site.
Can I change the words, colors or layout?
Yes. Tell us what you'd change, by email or reply, and we update the preview. The point is a site you're proud to send people to.
I already have a Facebook or Instagram page. Why a website?
A social page is great for posts, but customers searching for a business often look for a website with your hours, services, prices and directions in one place. Your website can link to your social pages so they work together.
Who designs the site?
Northgate's own design system creates the first version from what it learns about your business, and a person at the studio reviews it. Every change you ask for is made by the studio.
What if I don't want it?
Reply to our email and say so. We take the site down and won't contact you again.
Will the preview show up on Google?
No. Previews are kept out of search results. Your site only goes public if you decide to keep it.
Do you only work with Acworth businesses?
Acworth is where we're starting. If your business is nearby and you'd like a preview, request one below.
Request a preview
Haven't heard from us yet? Tell us about your business and we'll design a preview for you. Same deal: you see it first, and you only pay if you keep it.
Your move.
Questions about your preview, the plan, or a change you need. Write to the studio and a person will reply.
hello@northgatewebstudio.com