BUILT BEFORE YOU BUY.

We find business websites that deserve better and rebuild them before you spend a dollar. You see the finished site first. Keep it if you love it, walk away if you don't.

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BOISE · 43.6150°N 116.2023°W ◆ NORTHGEMSTUDIOS.COM MPLS · 44.9778°N 93.2650°W

The Whole Idea

We don't pitch.We ship, then ask.

Every web shop sends proposals. We send websites. We're a two man studio that looks for businesses whose sites are quietly costing them customers. We rebuild the whole thing by hand, put it on a live preview link, and send it over with the audit that started it all. You only pay if you want to keep it.

The audit, and what we do about it Sample · not a real business
Load time Found6.2sD Shipped0.8sA
On a phone FoundBreaksF ShippedFitsA
Tap to call FoundMissingF ShippedEvery pageA
Lighthouse Found0F Shipped0A
SEO Lighthouse SEO score Found0F Shipped0A
Brand our own review, not a tool Found3 of 10D Shipped9 of 10A

You get this whether you buy or not. Load time, Lighthouse and SEO come off the same tools anyone can run on your site. The brand score is our opinion, and we say so. Every site we rebuild hits the same two marks: under a second to load, 95 or better on Lighthouse. If we can't get there, we don't send it.

How It Works

Four steps.Zero meetings.

01

We find you

We look for local businesses whose websites are slow, broken on phones, or stuck in 2017. Then we run a full performance audit so you can see exactly what's costing you.

02

We build it

Before we ever say hello. A complete redesign, built by hand and already live on a preview link when it reaches your inbox.

03

You see it live

One email: your audit, your new site, side by side. Click around. Show your spouse. Sleep on it.

04

Keep it or don't

$500 and it's yours this week, domain and all. Pass, and we part as friends. The audit's yours to keep either way.

< 1sLoad time, our standard
0Lighthouse score, every build
0From yes to launched

The Look

One standard.Any business.

Concept builds in our house style. Same bones every time: fast, phone first, one clear thing to tap. The palette bends to your trade.

All four are invented. The businesses, numbers and reviews are not real, and the photography is AI generated. Yours uses your own.

summitplumbing.com
Plumber tightening a copper pipe fitting under a sink
SUMMIT PLUMBING(208) 555-0114
Burst pipe?
We're already close.
Emergency? Tap to call →
24/7Dispatch
★ 4.9212 reviews
LIC/INSID #8841
01 · PlumberUtility blues
emberandoak.com
Ember & Oak
Wood fire,
local everything.

Seasonal plates and a bar worth staying late for.

Overhead view of a wood-fired dish on a ceramic plate Reserve a table
TUE–SUN · DINNER 5–11 · PATIO
02 · RestaurantWarm serif
blacklineauto.com
FIXED RIGHT.
PRICED STRAIGHT.
Car on a lift in a dark auto shop with amber work lights Detail of the shop bay
  • DIAGNOSTICS · FREE W/ REPAIR
  • PHOTO UPDATES FROM THE LIFT
GET A QUOTE
03 · MechanicDark & sharp
honeyandsage.salon
honey & sage
walk out feeling
brand new
Bright salon interior with styling chair and round mirror book online →
tue–sat · open late thursdays
04 · SalonSoft & organic

The Deal

One price.No asterisks.

The Site · One Time
$0
  • Complete redesign, built before you pay
  • Fast, phone first, click to call ready
  • Launched on your domain within the week
  • You own everything. Forever.
The Care · Monthly
$0
  • Hosting, updates and security
  • Edits whenever you email us
  • Cancel any month, keep the site

The Studio

Two guys.1,187 miles apart.

◆ THE NORTH SIDE

Ben · Minneapolis, MN

Interface design. How the site looks and feels, down to the last detail you see and everything you click.

I am a visual storyteller with 20+ years experience in Video Production, Photography, Motion Graphics, Design and Marketing. My creative work has been featured in Food & Wine, Nasdaq, Times Square, Food Management, USA Today, Buzzfeed, Diffuser, City Pages and more.

44.9778°N 93.2650°W
◆ THE GEM SIDE

Zack · Boise, ID

Functional design. How the site works, how fast it loads, how it turns visitors into calls. Plus every audit that finds you.

I have been building websites since 1996, when my first computer taught me that a text file could turn into something anyone could visit. Since then it has been bands, breweries, restaurants, government contractors and event photographers, alongside nearly two decades in additive manufacturing sales and marketing. I never stopped building.

43.6150°N 116.2023°W
0 Miles between us.
Every site built by hand.

Fair Questions

Asked & answered.

Why is it only $500?

We design by hand and use modern tools to move fast, which turns weeks of production into days. We pass that speed on as price. You get big studio design without the big studio invoice, and we skip the sales cycle because the work sells itself.

What does the $50/month cover?

Hosting, security, software updates, and edits whenever you email us. New photos, changed hours, a menu update, usually done within a day or two. Cancel any month and the site is still yours.

Do I keep my domain and content?

Yes. We launch on the domain you already own, and everything we build belongs to you outright after purchase. Design, code, and copy included.

What if I don't want it?

Then you pay nothing and keep the free performance audit. We only get paid when you actually want what we made. That's the whole model.

Is a $500 website any good?

You don't have to take our word for it, which is the point. The site is finished and live before you pay, so you can open it on your phone, click every button, and run the same speed tests we do. Cheap web design usually means a template someone filled in for twenty minutes. This is a real build, priced low because we skipped the sales process, not because we skipped the work.

Will it look like AI made it?

No. We design every site by hand, one at a time, and none of them share a template. We do use modern tools to move faster, the same way a carpenter uses a nail gun, and we say so plainly. What we don't do is generate a site from a prompt and send you the result. If your rebuild looks generic, don't buy it. That is the whole safety net.

Say Hello

SEEN YOUR WEBSITE LATELY?

Two fields, ten seconds. We'll take it from there. Prefer email? northgemstudios@gmail.com

On it.

Your site's in the queue. If it's a fit, the next thing you'll see is the finished rebuild. No calls, no contracts, no pressure.