Web design, hosting & local SEO in mid-Michigan
Websites built for your first customer and your millionth.
FWS designs, builds, hosts, and looks after websites for businesses of every size — from a Main Street storefront to national sports teams. Local roots, national and international reach, and a real person who answers the phone.
Hundreds of sites hosted · 99.9% uptime · Replies within one business day
Trusted across the Great Lakes Bay Region — and beyond
Everything your business needs online. Websites, hosting, Google, and design — built, run, and backed by one local team.
Hosting & care plans
Hosting that stays up, with a person to call
Web design & development
Custom sites that make it easy to call you
Local SEO
Show up when people nearby search
Google Ads & Business Profile
Be at the top of Google today
ADA compliance & PDF remediation
Documents everyone can read
Graphic design & branding
One look everywhere your name appears
Not sure what you need? Our consulting gives you a straight answer — even if it’s that you don’t need us.
Local roots, worldwide range
Small-town service. Big-league work.
We’re based in Auburn and we know the Tri-Cities. The same team builds and hosts for clients across the country and around the world, because good work travels. You get the attention of a local shop with the range of an international studio.
How a project goes
Four steps. No surprises, no disappearing act.
01
We talk.
A quick call or coffee. You tell us what the site needs to do, and we give you a fixed quote.
02
We plan and write.
We map your pages and write content around the questions your customers actually ask.
03
We build.
We design and build the site, set it up for Google, and test it on phones, tablets, and computers.
04
We launch and help you grow.
Your site goes live on our care plan — updated, backed up, and fast. When you want more calls, we add local SEO or Google Ads.
Where we work
Based in Auburn. Working across the Tri-Cities and beyond.
Midland
Websites and marketing for firms that get researched first
Web design in Midland ›
Bay City
Websites and marketing from downtown to the bayshore
Web design in Bay City ›
Saginaw
Websites and marketing for the Tri-Cities’ biggest market
Web design in Saginaw ›
Auburn
Our home base, between Midland and Bay City
Web design in Auburn ›
Why businesses stick with us
A local web shop that answers the phone.
Hundreds
of sites hosted and maintained, from Main Street shops to international clients.
99.9%
uptime, with monitoring so you’re never the one who notices.
4 yrs
building and looking after websites across the region.
1 day
typical reply time. You talk to the people doing the work.
From the blog
Straight answers to the questions we hear most.
Common questions
The things people ask first.
How much does a website cost?
It depends on how many pages you need and what the site has to do. We give you a fixed quote before any work starts, so you know the full price up front. Here’s what drives the price.
How long does it take?
Most small-business websites take a few weeks from our first conversation to launch. Bigger projects take longer, and we’ll give you a timeline before we start.
Do I have to be in the Tri-Cities?
No. Most of our clients are in the Great Lakes Bay Region, but we work with businesses all over Michigan, across the country, and internationally.
Can you take over a website someone else built?
Yes. We’ll look it over first and tell you honestly whether it makes sense to fix it, move it, or start fresh.
Will my site show up on Google?
Every site we build is set up for Google from day one. If you want to actively climb the rankings in your area, that’s our local SEO service.