Oakland Web Design for Small Businesses & Solopreneurs
WeGo is an Oakland web design studio that builds custom websites for small businesses and solopreneurs — on whichever platform fits how you work.
Therapists, restaurants, studios, firms, nonprofits, solopreneurs
Building websites since 1997
Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, Webflow, Kajabi, Pixpa — you name it
Oakland-based, working nationwide
Recent work
Every project below has its own case study — what was wrong, what I built, and what changed.
This is for you if:
You’ve outgrown the site you have, and you know it
You’re launching something new and you need it to look like you mean it
Your site technically exists but nobody’s ever booked through it
You built your site yourself and you’re done fighting with it
You’ve got a business you’re proud of and a website you’re not 😬
Someone told you your site “needs SEO” and you have no idea what that means for you
Here’s how we can work together:
Package 1: “My Site’s Not Terrible. It’s Just… Tired.”
WEBSITE AUDIT & REFRESH — $2000 · 3 weeks
For sites that don’t need rebuilding, just fixing:
A full, written audit of design, layout, copy, mobile, usability and SEO
A prioritized action plan — everything that’s wrong, ranked by what will move the needle the fastest
Implementation of the three priority fixes that matter most
This is for you if: You don't want a whole new website — you want the one you've got to look better, work faster, and actually get people to reach out.
Package 2: “I Need a Real Website”
5-PAGE CUSTOM WEBSITE — $4500 · about 6 weeks
You come in with a business. You leave with a mini-brand and a custom website.
Brand first. A branding questionnaire, then your colors, fonts and a custom wordmark — so the site is a true representation of your business, and grounded in your mission and values.
Five pages: home, about, services, contact, and one more that's yours to choose.
Copyediting and content strategy included. I'll tighten what you have and structure it properly so it’s accomplishing your goals.
Photos and graphics handled. I'll curate the photography and graphics — yours, or sourced if you don't have any.
Custom design. Your site will be 100% unique.
Wired to work: mobile-optimized, SEO fundamentals set up properly, booking or forms connected.
This is for you if: you're running a real business off an Instagram profile, a Linktree, or something you threw together in a weekend — and you're tired of sending people there.
Package 3: “I’ve Got More to Say Than Five Pages”
10+ PAGE CUSTOM WEBSITE — FROM $6,500 · 6 WEEKS AND UP
Includes everything above, plus:
A service page for each of your services
A team or practitioners section you can update yourself as people join and leave.
Blog, events, press, portfolio — whatever your business actually needs
Room to go deep on the work you want to be known for.
This is for you if: you’re a group practice, a restaurant, a studio, or a business with several distinct offerings that each deserve their own page.
What's included in every web design project:
A platform recommendation based on what’s best for your business
Copy support — I’ll tighten what you have or write what you don’t
SEO fundamentals set up properly — titles, descriptions, structure, the things that decide whether Google can find you
A walkthrough video at the end so you can make some of your own site changes when you want to
You work with me directly — not a VA, not a junior designer, not a “client success team”
What folks are saying:
What You’ll Walk Away With:
Whether you need a refresh, a full build, or something in between, every project ends the same way. You walk away with:
A website that looks like the business you run — one you’re confident sending people to
A site you can make small updates to yourself (if you want to learn how!)
Copy that sounds like you and tells the right person they’re in the right place
SEO basics set up properly, so the people already looking for what you do can find you
Clarity about your own business. Who you're for, what makes you different, and how to say it out loud
A website that has the first conversation without you. Someone finds you at 11pm, reads enough to know you're the right fit, and books.
If your website isn’t clear, findable, or easy to book through, it isn’t doing its job.
These problems are fixable.
Let me help.
Most websites get built by someone who's excellent at one part of the job.
Designers do beautiful work. Developers can build damn near anything. But those are their own crafts, and marketing strategy is a different one that frequently doesn't get considered — so many sites looks great but don’t actually bring in new visitors, or turn those visitors into customers.
I'm Salaams (they/them). I've been building websites since 1997 and I spent years working in marketing in the tech industry, which means you get all three — designer, developer, and marketer — all in one person.
At WeGo, marketing strategy is the foundation of every project. Before anything visual happens, we answer foundational questions: who is this business, and who is it for? The messaging, the SEO, the design and the structure all come out of those answers.
So you end up with a beautiful site that looks like your brand and brings in business.
Want to talk it through? Book a free call at the link below!
Why WeGo!
FAQs
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I can work with any platform. Squarespace, Wix, Wordpress, Webflow, SquareUp, Pixpa, something else. I’ve used them all!
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Nope! Copy support is included — I’ll tighten what you have or write what you don’t.
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Absolutely. Many of my full-service clients started with an audit and realized they didn’t want to do it alone anymore.
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Absolutely. I’m Oakland-based and I love working with Bay Area businesses, but I’ve built for clients in LA, Brooklyn, North Carolina, Portland, Hawaii and Ithaca. It works fine remotely!
Curious?
Book a free 15-minute call. Tell me about your business and I’ll tell you what I think your website needs, even if that turns out to be “not much!”