A Maine web designer who writes the words first, then builds the site.
Dead Pixel Design is one person in Houlton, Maine, building custom websites for small businesses across the state. Not a platform to pick and a template to fill in yourself. A site with real copy about what you do, who you do it for, and why someone should call you instead of the guy down the road.
You get one person who picks up the phone.
Most web design in Maine gets handed off. You talk to a salesperson, a designer you never meet builds it, and a support queue somewhere else takes the call when it breaks. With this studio there’s one person the whole way through. I write your copy, I design the site, I build it, and I’m the one who answers when you need something changed.
Being in Maine isn’t a slogan on this site. It means I know what a service business up here actually needs a website to do. Show up when someone three towns over searches for what you sell. Load fast on a phone in a truck. Say something true instead of the same stock language every other shop in the state copied off each other.
A site that loads fast, reads right on a phone, and gets found.
Copy written for you. Not lorem ipsum with a note that says “client to provide.” Most of the work is figuring out what you actually sell and who’s buying it. The code just has to hold it up.
Search built in on day one. The words are written so the Maine business owner looking for what you do lands on your site. This page is that idea doing its job.
A fixed number before I start. You know the price and the timeline up front. No discovery call that turns into four discovery calls.
The whole state, done remotely.
From The County to the coast. It’s all remote, so a business in Fort Kent gets the same studio and the same price as one in Portland.
- Southern Maine and Greater Portland Portland, South Portland, Scarborough, Biddeford, Saco, Sanford, Kennebunk
- Midcoast and the coast Brunswick, Bath, Rockland, Camden, Belfast, Ellsworth, Bar Harbor
- Central Maine and the Kennebec Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Waterville, Skowhegan
- Bangor and the north Bangor, Brewer, Orono, Old Town, Lincoln
- Aroostook County and Down East Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Kent, Calais, Machias
Camilla runs two Maine businesses. I built both sites.
Every small business has a void that needs to be filled with behind the scenes work. David helps with that, in a HUGE way.
What Maine business owners ask.
How much does a website cost in Maine?
It depends on what the site has to do, but you get a fixed number before I start, not a surprise after. A template shaped to your business runs less than a custom build because most of the decisions are already made. Custom costs more because I write the words and build everything around what you actually sell. Either way you know the price up front.
Do you only work with businesses in Portland?
No. I'm in Houlton, which is about as far from Portland as you can get and still be in Maine. I work with businesses across the whole state and it's all done remotely, so where you are doesn't change the price or the timeline. Trades in The County, a studio on the coast, a shop in Bangor. Same studio, same person.
Can you help my site show up on Google?
Yes, and it's built in from day one instead of sold back to you as an upgrade in six months. The words on the page are written so the people searching for what you do can actually find you. This page you're reading is an example of that.
Do you design the site or build it too?
Both. I write the copy, design it, and build it, and then I hand you the keys and show you how to drive it. If you'd rather I kept driving, I can do that too. One person is accountable for the whole thing, which means there's nobody to point at when something needs fixing except me.
Tell me what your business does. I’ll scope what the site needs.
Send me what you do and what’s bugging you about the site you’ve got. If I can help, you get a number. If I can’t, you get that instead.