Happe Homes
Home builder, central Iowa
Ongoing SEO, Search Console cleanup and conversion audits for community and floor plan pages.
Custom WordPress websites for Houston businesses that want more calls, quote requests and booked jobs. Fast on phones, built for Google and AI search, and yours to own from day one.
Houston is a huge, spread out and very competitive market. Most companies here are small, and the Greater Houston Partnership reports that 82 percent of firms in the metro have fewer than 20 employees. The businesses that win online are rarely the biggest. They are the ones whose website answers buyer questions fastest.
Design, development, search and tracking come together in one project, so your site is ready to bring in leads the day it launches.
Houston is not one market. It is dozens of communities, industries and languages across Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties. Your website should reflect that.
Houston has one of the largest Spanish speaking communities in the country. We build properly translated Spanish pages with hreflang tags, which reach buyers many competitors ignore.
Pages for the areas you actually serve, from Katy to Kingwood, each with local details and projects so they help rankings and read well for buyers.
For roofing, restoration, tree service and generator companies, we add a site wide emergency banner and a 24 hour call button you can switch on from WordPress in seconds.
We design and build toward WCAG 2.2 AA so more people can use your site and you lower the risk of accessibility complaints.
Dedicated pages for Google Ads, Facebook and Instagram campaigns, matched to each ad so Quality Score and conversion rates stay strong.
Clear answers, structured data and consistent business details help Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Gemini understand and mention your business.
Each industry has its own buyers and its own questions. Here is how we shape a site for some of the most common Houston businesses.
Technical buyers in the Energy Corridor and along the Ship Channel want capabilities, certifications, safety records and spec sheets. We build capability pages, downloadable resources and RFQ forms that route to the right person.
HVAC, roofing, plumbing, electrical and restoration companies need one tap calling, financing details, service area pages and reviews front and center, especially during Houston summers and storm season.
Builders and remodelers sell with photos. We build project galleries, community and floor plan pages and inquiry forms that capture budget and timeline so your sales team can prioritize.
Practices near the Texas Medical Center and across the suburbs need provider bios, insurance information and simple appointment requests, with forms planned around patient privacy.
Practice area pages, attorney profiles and intake forms written in plain language, with content planned around Texas attorney advertising rules.
Listings, menus, online ordering and store pages connected to Google Business Profile so local searchers find hours, directions and offers quickly.
We work with businesses across the Greater Houston area. Meetings happen over Zoom or Google Meet, which keeps projects moving without traffic on the 610 or I-10.
Clear starting prices so you can plan. Your final price is fixed in writing after a free call, based on page count, content and features.
For new or small Houston businesses that need a professional site fast.
For service businesses that want steady leads from search and ads.
For larger companies, online stores and multi location brands.
Monthly care plans for updates, backups, security and small edits are available after launch. Hosting and premium plugin licenses are billed at cost in your name.
A clear plan, weekly updates and one point of contact from the first call to launch day.
We learn your services, service area, buyers and Houston competitors, then map every page and keyword.
You review the homepage and a service page design, give feedback and approve the look before we build.
We build in WordPress, write or polish your copy, set up SEO and connect forms, calls and analytics.
We test on real devices, launch, submit to Google and show your team how to edit pages.
A few projects for builders, designers and industrial companies. Ask for a live walkthrough on your call.
Ongoing SEO, Search Console cleanup and conversion audits for community and floor plan pages.
Portfolio website with custom Elementor widgets, project galleries and structured service pages.
Conversion focused service landing pages that turn technical buyers into quote requests.
Houston businesses usually choose between a large agency, a website builder they manage themselves or a focused studio like ours. Here is an honest side by side.
| What matters | Branding Mastermind | Large agency | DIY builder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design | Custom design for your brand | Custom design | Shared templates |
| Who you work with | The senior developer building your site | An account manager | Yourself |
| Ownership | Everything in your name | Depends on the contract | Tied to the platform |
| Houston area pages and local SEO | Included in Growth | Often a separate retainer | Up to you |
| Ad and lead tracking | GA4, Meta Pixel, call and form tracking | Usually included | Basic analytics |
| Typical starting cost | From $2,500 | Often $10,000 and up | Monthly subscription plus your time |
Straight answers to the questions Houston owners ask before they hire a web designer.
A small business website in Houston usually costs anywhere from a few thousand dollars with a focused studio to tens of thousands with a large agency. The price moves with page count, custom features, copywriting, online stores, integrations and bilingual content.
Ask every company for a written scope that lists pages, features, revisions and who owns the finished site. Two quotes with the same total can include very different work.
Wix and Squarespace work well for very small sites that rarely change. WordPress is the better fit when you want many service and area pages, strong SEO control, custom lead forms, CRM connections or room to grow. You also own a WordPress site outright and can move it to any host.
Ads bring people to your site, and the page they land on decides if they become a lead. Google Ads rewards landing pages that match the search and load fast, which lowers your cost per click. Facebook and Instagram visitors are usually earlier in their decision, so those pages need strong visuals, social proof and a simple form. We set up GA4 events, Google Ads conversions and the Meta Pixel so you can see which ads produce real leads.
Common signs include slow load times, awkward phone layouts, few form leads, outdated photos, a platform you have outgrown or a brand that has changed. A careful redesign keeps the URLs and content that already rank, redirects anything that changes and launches a faster site built to convert.
Still deciding? These are the questions we hear most from Houston business owners.
Ask us directlyMost Houston service business websites launch in 4 to 6 weeks. Larger sites with many service area pages, online stores or integrations take 8 to 12 weeks. You get a week by week schedule at kickoff.
WordPress is our main platform because it gives Houston businesses the most control over SEO, content and growth. We also migrate sites from Wix, Squarespace and GoDaddy to WordPress.
Every site launches with on-page SEO, schema markup, clean structure and Search Console setup. Ranking for competitive Houston searches also takes ongoing work such as content, reviews and local links, which we offer as a monthly SEO program.
Yes. We build properly translated Spanish pages with hreflang tags so Google shows the right language to the right searcher. Machine translation alone often reads poorly and can hurt trust.
Yes. Your domain, hosting account, WordPress site, content, images and analytics stay in your name. You can keep working with us or move to any other developer.
Yes. We build dedicated landing pages for each campaign and set up GA4, Google Ads conversion tracking and the Meta Pixel so every lead is tied to the ad that produced it.
Most meetings happen over Zoom or Google Meet, which keeps projects moving quickly. When your site needs on site photos or video, we coordinate a local Houston photographer or crew.
A short call, access to your current website and domain if you have them, your logo and any photos of your work. We handle the planning, writing support, design and build from there.
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