ExColo LLC · Chicago and the suburbs
Web design for Chicago small businesses
Chicago has thousands of salons, contractors, clinics, and restaurants competing for the same searches. ExColo builds small business websites for them at a fixed price, with a private preview in seven days and no monthly fee for the website itself. We have looked after Chicago-area IT since 2010, and these are live sites for Chicago businesses.
Fixed prices in US dollars
The same four packages as on the small business websites page. The number on the card is what you pay.
Hosting and a .com on ExColo hosting are $86.40 a year. Digital Card + Hosting includes the first year. Care is optional.
Getting found in a crowded city
In Chicago, "salon near me" or "roofer Chicago" returns dozens of businesses within a few blocks. The ones that get the call are fast on a phone, clear about what they do and where, and consistent with their Google Business Profile. Every ExColo site is built for a PageSpeed score of 95+ on mobile and comes with on-page SEO and structured data that tell Google your name, neighborhood, services, and phone.
Specific pages win specific searches. A med spa with one long price list has nothing to show for "Botox West Loop". A site with a page per treatment does. On the Company Site ($750), we split your services into their own pages and can give a neighborhood or suburb its own page when you work there often. The smaller packages put all of it on one well-structured page.
The neighborhood matters as much as the city. Say "Logan Square", "Pilsen", "Lincoln Park", or "West Loop" if that is where your customers are, and list the suburbs you drive to. We write those words into the page from the service area you give us in the brief.
English, Spanish, or both
A lot of Chicago does business in two languages. In the intake you can choose an English-only site or English and Spanish. If you want a second language, tell us in the brief so the layout and the menu are planned for it from the start.
Who you work with
You hire ExColo LLC, an IT and hosting company based in Naperville that has served Chicago-area businesses since 2010. ExColo signs with you, invoices you in dollars, can host the site, and is the number you call afterwards. The design and build are done by Stroonka, the web studio run by ExColo founder Tomasz Joniak. Its sites are live in the US, Canada, and Poland.
The sites are hand-built, not WordPress, so there are no plugins to update and less to break. You receive the code when you pay. Host it with ExColo for $86.40 a year including a .com, or anywhere else.
What it costs
Four fixed prices: $150 for a one-page Digital Card, $200 for the card with a .com and a year of hosting, $300 for a ten-section Landing Page, and $750 for a five-page Company Site with an editor. Only the Company Site has a deposit: half to start, half before launch. The other three are one invoice, due before the site goes on your domain.
For comparison, a typical Chicago agency quote for a small site is often $1,500 to $5,000, and site builders charge every year for as long as the site is up.
Sites built this way near Chicago
All three are Chicago-area businesses, built by the same team that would build yours.
Med spa · West Loop, Chicago
Tria Aesthetics & Wellness
Each treatment has its own page that answers a specific patient question, and new treatments slot in without a rebuild.
triawestloop.com (opens in a new tab)
Roofing · southwest suburbs of Chicago
AJ Roofing
Every service and every town served has its own page. The phone number is one tap away on every screen.
ajroofers.com (opens in a new tab)
Salon & day spa · Summit, IL
Infinity Styles
Services, a booking path, and local SEO for a full-service salon.
infinitystyles.net (opens in a new tab)
How it goes
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Send the brief
Pick a package and fill in the intake. A complete brief starts the clock.
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See a preview in 7 days
You get a private preview link and ask for changes there.
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Pay one invoice
From ExColo LLC, in dollars. Only the Company Site has a deposit.
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Go live and own it
The site goes on your domain and the code is yours.
Questions from Chicago businesses
How much does a small business website cost in Chicago?
With ExColo: $150, $200, $300, or $750, fixed, depending on the package. There is no monthly fee for the website itself. Hosting and a .com on ExColo hosting are $86.40 a year.
Do you work with businesses in the suburbs?
Yes. Chicago, the north and west suburbs, the southwest suburbs, and anywhere else in the US. Everything runs by phone, email, and a private preview link.
Can the site be in English and Spanish?
Yes. Choose English + Spanish in the intake, and the site is planned with both languages from the start.
Can you replace my current site?
Yes. Put the current address in the intake. We reuse the text and photos that still work, and if we host the new site, we point your existing domain at it. You keep the domain.
Is SEO included?
On-page SEO is in every package: titles, descriptions, structured data, a sitemap, a mobile layout, and a PageSpeed 95+ target, built around three search phrases you choose. Ongoing SEO work such as new content and links is not part of the fixed price.
How fast can it be live?
You get a preview within seven days of a complete intake. It goes live after you approve it and pay the invoice. For the Company Site, the seven days start once the agreement is signed and the deposit is paid.
Start with the brief
Send a complete brief and your preview arrives within seven days. Or call and ask first.
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