MAKR Labs is my studio, in Toronto. Most of the work is websites for small businesses, and in between I build three products of my own and the occasional custom app. I read every message myself and reply within a day.
Credits
MAKR is me, plus a specialist when a build needs one. You'll be talking to the person who writes the code.
Origin story
I've spent five years as a developer in the ad industry, building the landing pages, conversion tracking and SEO tools that paid campaigns run on. The account managers sold the strategy. My job was making the pages work.
From that side you see which sites turn clicks into inquiries and which ones waste the ad money. It was rarely the campaign. Usually the page was slow on a phone, the number to call was hard to find, or the form went to an inbox nobody checked.
So I build websites the way those campaigns needed them: quick on a phone, set up for search, with a form that reaches a person. None of that depends on running ads. Each site looks different, but every one gets those three things.
What MAKR does
The other three happen after launch, between client projects, and once in a while.
3 tiers
Hand-coded websites for small businesses, set up for local search, with quote forms that land in your inbox.
1 at a time
Web and mobile apps built to order, for businesses with the budget custom software needs.
Receipts
Each rule comes with the number or the term behind it, and a link to where you can check it.
01
Before any design, I work out what a visitor should do on each page, which is usually to call or ask for a quote. The quote form goes straight to your inbox, and analytics are installed and tested before launch.
02
Pages load fast on a phone, and nothing jumps around while they do.
03
The code, the domain, the hosting account and the analytics are in your name from launch day. If you leave, it all goes with you.
04
You get a fixed price and a timeline before I start. If you don't need a new site, I'll tell you.
Clip and send
Tell me what your business does and what you need. You'll get a fixed quote within a day, from the person who would write the code.
I read every message myself and reply within a day.
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