A Portland web designer without the agency in the middle.
Portland has more web shops per square mile than anywhere else in Maine, and most of them put a sales rep and an account manager between you and the person building your site. Dead Pixel Design is one person. I write the words, design it, build it, and pick up the phone. You get a designer, not a project number.
A crowded market is a good reason to say something true.
Search “web design Portland Maine” and you get a wall of studios that all describe themselves the same way. Award winning. Full service. Results driven. When everyone sounds identical, the business that wins is the one whose site actually explains what it does and who it’s for.
That’s the whole job here. Before any design happens I figure out what you sell, who’s buying it, and why they should pick you over the shop three blocks over. Then I build the site around that. In a market this saturated, clear beats clever every time.
Real copy, fast pages, and search set up on day one.
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. The code just has to hold it up.
Search built in from the start, not sold back to you as an upgrade in six months. The words are written so the Portland customer looking for what you do finds you.
A fixed number before I start. No agency estimate that drifts north once the invoices begin.
Portland and the towns around it.
It’s all remote, so anywhere in southern Maine gets the same studio and the same price. A few of the places clients come from:
- Old Port and Downtown
- Munjoy Hill
- West End and Deering
- South Portland
- Cape Elizabeth
- Falmouth and Yarmouth
- Scarborough
- Westbrook and Gorham
- Biddeford and Saco
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 Portland business owners ask.
How much does a website cost in Portland, Maine?
You get a fixed number before I start, not an agency estimate that creeps up. A template shaped to your business costs less than a custom build because most of the decisions are already made. Custom costs more because I write the words and build the whole thing around what you actually sell. Portland has plenty of shops that will quote you a range and bill you the top of it. This is one price, agreed up front.
Do I have to be in Portland to work with you?
No. I'm up in Houlton and the work is all remote, so a business in South Portland, Scarborough, or Biddeford gets the same studio and the same price. Portland is where a lot of southern Maine searching happens, so the site is written to show up for it, but you never have to drive anywhere to get a website built.
What makes you different from a Portland web design agency?
One person instead of a sales rep, a designer you never meet, and a support queue. I write your copy, design the site, build it, and answer the phone when you need a change. No account management layer, which is a real chunk of what an agency invoice pays for. You get a designer, not a project.
Can you help my Portland business show up on Google?
Yes, and it's built in from the first day instead of sold back to you later. The words on each page are written so the people searching for what you do in the Portland area actually land on your site. This page is that idea doing its job.
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.