Website design & development
Clean, responsive websites built around what your customers actually need to find: services, hours, location, contact details, photos, and a clear next step.
Based in Bay City, Michigan
Websites without the agency runaround
Professional websites for local businesses.
Custom websites, hosting, and ongoing support for businesses and organizations that want to look legitimate online without turning website management into a second job.
Keep it useful
You probably do not need a complicated website.
Most small businesses need a good answer to a handful of questions. What do you do? Where are you? When are you open? Why should someone trust you? How do they get in touch?
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Services
One person to build it, launch it, and keep it running.
No handoff maze. No separate sales team, project manager, designer, developer, and support inbox. You work directly with me from the first conversation onward.
Hosting & maintenance
Hosting, SSL, backups, updates, security checks, and monitoring handled for you so your website does not become another thing on the to-do list.
Ongoing website support
Need new photos, hours, staff, events, menu items, or service information? Send it over. You do not have to learn WordPress just to change a sentence.
Straightforward pricing
Pick the size of the problem, not a mystery quote.
These are starting packages, not traps. If your site needs something unusual, I will tell you what changes before work starts.
Simple and solid
Starter
For a small business, organization, or side business that needs a professional home on the web.
$995one-time build
$149/mo$199 setup · 24-month minimum
- Up to 5 core pages
- Custom responsive design
- Contact or quote form setup
- Basic local SEO setup
- Analytics and search setup
- Performance and accessibility basics
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Business
For businesses that need more content, stronger calls to action, and room to grow.
$1,795one-time build
$199/mo$299 setup · 24-month minimum
- Up to 10 core pages
- Everything in Starter
- Blog, news, events, or similar content
- More advanced forms and sections
- Google Business Profile guidance
- 60 minutes of small monthly updates on managed plan
More moving parts
Custom
For larger sites, custom workflows, directories, integrations, or anything that does not fit neatly in a box.
$2,995+scoped project
$299+/moscoped setup · 24-month minimum
- Custom page and content structure
- Advanced forms or integrations
- Directories, filters, or custom features
- CMS and editorial workflows
- Migration and launch planning
- Support allowance matched to scope
Already bought the site?
Website care from $99/month.
Hosting, SSL, backups, updates, uptime and security monitoring, plus up to 30 minutes of small content changes each month.
One-time website pricing does not require a care plan. Hosting and ongoing support can be added separately.
Managed plans include hosting, maintenance, backups, monitoring, and ongoing support. A 24-month minimum applies.
Selected work
Different kinds of sites. Same goal: make them useful.
Some projects are simple and informational. Some have custom publishing workflows and automation. The scope changes; the emphasis on clarity does not.
Freelance church website
Saginaw Valley Church of the Nazarene
A clear, mobile-friendly site that brings service times, ministries, events, giving, and visitor information into one easy place for the congregation and local community.
DesignDevelopmentPerformance
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Custom publishing platform
Runagaldr
A custom publication with fast page loads, search-friendly content, editorial tools, automated publishing, analytics, and a workflow built around actually using the site regularly.
Custom CMSAutomationSEO
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Flexible WordPress system
St. Alphonsus Theme
A flexible WordPress setup designed so real people can update content, buttons, colors, sections, and pages without needing a developer for every small change.
WordPressEditable contentResponsive
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View developer portfolioMy developer portfolio goes deeper into WordPress, PHP, custom plugins, frontend systems, and the machinery behind the sites.
How it works
A website project should not need its own project manager.
The process stays simple: figure out what the site needs to do, agree on the scope, build it, launch it, and decide how much ongoing help you want.
Tell me what you need
We talk about the business, the customers, what is not working now, and what the website actually needs to accomplish.
Get a clear scope
You get a straightforward recommendation, price, and scope before work starts. No mystery line items or surprise agency math.
I build it
You work directly with the developer building the site. I handle design, development, responsive behavior, testing, and launch.
Keep it running
Own it outright or keep me around for hosting, maintenance, backups, updates, and the inevitable 'can we change this real quick?'
Local when it helps. Remote when it does not matter.
Based in Bay City. Built for people who have other things to do.
I am a web developer living in Bay City with more than a decade of professional web experience. I work with WordPress, custom frontend systems, hosting, servers, APIs, databases, and the boring-but-important stuff that keeps websites alive after launch.
That means I can build the site and still be the person you contact six months later when something needs changing.
More about my experienceActually local
Bay City home base with Saginaw, Midland, and Frankenmuth right down the road.
Direct relationship
You talk to the person designing, coding, launching, and supporting the site.
Built to be found
Search basics, analytics, sensible structure, performance, and mobile usability are part of the build.
No fluff required
If five good pages solve the problem, I am not going to invent fifteen more just to make the invoice taller.
Local web design
Working around the Great Lakes Bay Region.
FAQ
The things I would want to know before paying someone for a website.
If I missed yours, send me an email. There is no sales funnel waiting behind it.
Do I need to know anything about websites?
No. Tell me what your business does and what customers need from the site. I can translate that into the technical pieces without making you become a part-time web developer.
Do I have to use the monthly plan?
No. You can buy the website outright. The managed plan is simply there for businesses that would rather trade a larger upfront cost for predictable monthly pricing and ongoing support.
What does the $99/month care plan include?
Hosting, SSL, backups, software updates, uptime and security monitoring, plus up to 30 minutes of small content changes each month. Larger changes are quoted separately before I do them.
What is the commitment on a managed website?
Managed website plans have a 24-month minimum because the build cost is spread out over time. Your domain and your business content remain yours, and the agreement spells out the ownership and transition terms before anything starts.
How long does a website take?
It depends on the amount of content and custom functionality. A straightforward small-business site is usually measured in weeks rather than months once the content and direction are ready.
Do you only work with businesses in Bay City?
No. I am based in Bay City and focus on Bay City, Saginaw, Midland, Frankenmuth, and the surrounding Great Lakes Bay Region, but I can work with businesses and organizations anywhere. Local just means I can also meet for coffee if that is easier.
Start a project
Tell me what you need. I will tell you what I would recommend.
No sales pitch marathon. A business name, your current site if you have one, what you want the new site to do, and a rough budget is plenty to start.
Email me about a websitecontact@marcusborger.comBased in Bay City, Michigan · Available throughout Bay City, Saginaw, Midland, Frankenmuth, the Great Lakes Bay Region, and remotely.