St. Louis, Missouri

Web design in St. Louis, from twenty minutes away

LocalCraft Digital is built on Main Street in Edwardsville, which is a short drive across the river from downtown St. Louis. Same custom build, same published price, and a person who will actually meet you for coffee. Your site is designed, built and shown to you live before you pay a cent.

What web design in St. Louis costs, and who it is for

Custom web design for St. Louis businesses runs $4,997 as a flat build you own, or $2,497 plus $197 a month with everything handled. LocalCraft builds for owner operated companies across the metro, on both sides of the river, and the first version is ready to review within 48 hours of your intake.

Everything is included by default: custom design, local SEO, structured data an AI engine can read, and lead tracking. See what comes standard or the published price.

Both sides of the river

St. Louis businesses running on LocalCraft sites

St. Louis Dog Training

Dog Training · St. Louis

Marmon Family Dog Training runs on the established St. Louis domain, with the training method and the real reviews front and centre.

Nourished Revival

Corporate Wellness · Springfield to St. Louis

A corporate wellness practice selling into the whole Springfield to St. Louis corridor rather than one town.

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The practical part

The river is twenty minutes, not a border

Edwardsville sits at the top of the Metro East, and downtown St. Louis is a short run down I-55 or across the Poplar Street Bridge. In practice that means the same thing a St. Louis studio offers: sit down together, look at the site on a real screen, and hand over photos in person rather than through a portal.

The metro is one economy. Plenty of St. Louis businesses already work with people on the Illinois side, and plenty of Metro East businesses sell into the city. If you are closer to Edwardsville, Belleville or Alton, those towns have their own pages. If you want the search side handled as well, that is local SEO.

Questions from St. Louis owners

Straight answers

How much does web design cost in St. Louis?

A custom LocalCraft build is $4,997 to own outright, or $2,497 plus $197 a month with hosting, updates and ongoing optimization handled. St. Louis agencies commonly quote $12,000 and up for comparable custom work. You see the finished site live before you pay anything at all.

Do you actually work with St. Louis businesses, or just Illinois ones?

Both. LocalCraft is based in Edwardsville, about twenty minutes from downtown St. Louis, and the client list runs on both sides of the river. St. Louis Dog Training is a St. Louis business on a LocalCraft site. The build, the pricing and the in person meetings are identical either way.

Why hire someone in Illinois instead of a St. Louis agency?

You get the person who builds the site rather than an account manager relaying messages. The price is published instead of quoted after a discovery call. And the drive is twenty minutes, so in person meetings are genuinely practical rather than something that happens once at kickoff.

How long does a St. Louis website take to build?

The first version is typically ready to review within 48 hours of your intake. You look at it live, ask for changes, and nothing goes public until you approve it. Most businesses launch within one to two weeks once revisions, photos and final copy are settled.

What happens to my current website and domain?

You keep the domain and it moves with you. Domain transfer, email migration, DNS, hosting cutover and redirects from the old pages are all part of the build, with no downtime. Your existing search rankings carry across rather than resetting, and no email address stops working.

Will a new site help me rank in St. Louis on Google?

It is the foundation, not the whole job. The site gives Google real pages to rank and structured data it can read. For map results specifically, your Google Business Profile category, your proximity to the searcher and your review count matter as much as anything on the site.

Do I need to write the copy or supply photos?

No. Copy is written for you from a short intake conversation about your business, your customers and how you actually talk. Photos can be yours, professionally licensed, or a mix. Most owners send a handful of real job photos and the rest is handled.

What happens after my St. Louis site launches?

On the flat build you own everything and one round of post launch revisions is included. On a monthly plan the work continues: content updates, performance monitoring, and refinements based on what the analytics actually show. There is no contract and you keep the site if you leave.

See your St. Louis site first. Then decide

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