Samples
Free sample websites for local businesses
These are full sample websites for small businesses. Some are for Portland businesses I found with no website, or a broken one, and some are for owners who asked me for a free demo. Each one is built from what the business already had, like their photos, reviews and story, and the forms work. A ton of effort went into every one, and if the owner likes theirs, it’s theirs to keep.
Sub Factory
Sandwich shop on SE Foster Road
What was there
They had no website. Their Google listing had 570 reviews averaging 4.8 and photos of their printed menu.
What was built
- The homepage has a conveyor belt of subs and a time card that shows whether the shop is open right now.
- The three biggest subs each have a gauge that counts the meats.
- Platter orders go out on a work order slip that gets stamped when it sends.
- 9 pages
- 53 photos
- 61 review quotes
Tom’s Roofing
Roofing contractor in SE Portland
What was there
They had no website. Their Google listing had 61 reviews averaging 4.8.
What was built
- Rain falls over the homepage photo until you turn it off.
- Their own job photos show a roof going on from tear-off to cleanup, with a before and after you can drag.
- Realtors came up a lot in their reviews, so there’s a page for realtors and landlords.
- 10 pages
- 21 photos
- 22 review quotes
Oregon Trail Asphalt
Paving contractor in Happy Valley
What was there
Their Google listing linked to a website that said “Site not found,” even though they had 75 reviews averaging 4.8 and dozens of customer photos.
What was built
- The colors and lettering come from fresh blacktop and highway signs.
- The estimate form looks like a highway sign and sends the request straight to them.
- Their customers’ photos make before and afters you can drag across.
- 9 pages
- 34 photos
- 19 review quotes
Nomad Mix
Trail mix company in Portland
What was there
They asked me for a free demo. Their site was a Square Online store. They had great bag designs, a photo of every blend in a bowl, and the story of why the owner started the company.
What was built
- Every piece of trail mix on the site is cut from their own bowl photos, and the pieces pile up at the top of the homepage. You can stir them with your mouse.
- Scrolling down is a hike through the five landscapes the blends are named after, and each blend drops into its bowl when you get there.
- At the bottom you can build a handful from any of the blends and shake it, with a button or by shaking your phone.
- 5 pages
- 5 blends
- 50 pieces of trail mix
Secular Rescue Fund
Emergency fund for East African immigrants abroad
What was there
They asked me for a free demo. The fund was brand new and had no website yet. The founder sent a written introduction to the fund and a site from a similar group they liked.
What was built
- The homepage is the earth at night. As you scroll, it follows the lights to the cities where East Africans have gone to work, from the Gulf to Europe to North America.
- People can join on their own or with their family and pay for the membership online.
- Members get their own area with their receipts, who’s on their membership and the requests they’ve sent for help.
- 6 pages
- 5 kinds of help
- 3 regions on the map
Your business here
If you run a small business and your website is out of date or missing, tell me about it. You’ll get a sample site like these before you pay anything.
- Either I find a business around Portland with good reviews and no website, or a broken one, or the owner asks me for a demo.
- Then I read through everything they already have: their reviews, photos, menu and story.
- The whole site gets built from that, with a form that sends straight to them.
- The owner gets a link. If they want the site, it’s theirs with a round of changes, on their own domain.
These are some of the free demos I built for local businesses.