Chicago web design that wins you customers — and a team that keeps them coming.

Website builds start at $1,200 for a Core Launch Engine (5 core + 3 sub-service pages), $1,600 for an Upscale Launch, $2,200 for an Expanded Growth build, $3,200 for a Business Engine, $5,500 for a Growth Architecture build with full automation and AI hooks, and $8,500–$12,000+ for an Enterprise & Civic build at 25+ pages. Every project starts with a free consultation and a free homepage demo — you see the work before you spend a dollar.

Most Core Launch and Expanded Growth sites launch within 2–4 weeks of receiving your content. Larger Growth Architecture and Enterprise & Civic builds typically run 4–8 weeks depending on scope. You'll get a clear timeline before we begin — and we keep it.

South Side Chicago is home base and where most of our clients are — but we build for businesses across Chicagoland and beyond. If your business needs to be found, trusted, and chosen online, we can help regardless of zip code.

SEO gets you ranked in traditional Google search. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) gets your business cited in AI-generated answers like Google's AI Overviews. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) positions your content to be referenced by AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude. We build all three into every site — because your customers now search in all three places.

Yes. You own your domain, your content, and your site. No hostage situations, no proprietary lock-in, no long-term contracts required.

It's an AI-powered chat assistant on your website that answers common customer questions from information you approve, captures contact details, and hands the conversation to you when a person is needed. It's included from the Growth Architecture build and up, and on monthly plans starting with the AI & Automated Growth Partner plan ($647/mo).

A one-time build is your website itself — the design, pages, layout, contact form, mobile optimization, and SEO foundations. You pay once and you own it. Depending on the tier, that ranges from an 8-page Core Launch build to a 25+ page Enterprise & Civic platform. It does not include ongoing marketing — that's what the monthly plans are for.

Monthly plans keep your site working and your business visible after launch. At the base level (Get Found, $297/mo) that's site monitoring and care, Google Business Profile management, a monthly blog post, local directory listings, a review-request kit with replies written in your voice, and a monthly report. As you move up it adds an AI front desk and lead follow-up (AI & Automated Growth Partner, $647/mo), then local search work, rank tracking, more content and a quarterly strategy call (Growth Partner, $1,497/mo), up to accessibility monitoring, request routing and priority business-hours support (Institutional & Civic Partner Retainer, $1,997+/mo).

Yes. Websites without ongoing care become security risks, break as browsers and plugins update, and slowly lose search visibility as content stales — problems that compound the longer they're ignored. A plan keeps your site secure and functioning, and keeps you visible, without you having to think about it.

Most local businesses do best starting with a Core Launch or Expanded Growth build paired with the Get Found plan ($297/mo) — then stepping up to Growth Partner ($1,497/mo) when you're ready to scale local search, reputation, and content. Not sure? Book a free strategy call and we'll recommend the right fit — no pressure.

Google says local results are based mainly on relevance, distance and prominence, and that prominence includes how many reviews you have. The usual culprits are an incomplete Google Business Profile, mismatched name, address and phone across the web, thin local content, and too few recent reviews. Our Get Found plan ($297/mo) covers Google Business Profile management, local directory listings and a review-request kit to strengthen those signals. We can't promise a specific ranking.

Every TLO Web Designs site ships with the schema, entity data, and clear question-and-answer content AI answer engines look for — that's built into every build from day one. From the Growth Partner plan ($1,497/mo) and up, we continue actively optimizing and monitoring that visibility month over month, so when someone asks an AI "who's the best [your service] near me," your business stays in the running to be cited.

For a hobby, a template is fine. For a business that needs to be found and chosen locally, custom wins: our hand-coded sites load in under a second, ship with the local SEO and schema that template builders bury, and you own 100% of the code. Builds start at $1,200 (Core Launch Engine), and every build pairs with a monthly plan so it keeps bringing in customers after launch.

We ask every customer for a review in the same way. We don't screen customers, route happy customers to Google and unhappy ones elsewhere, or offer anything in exchange for a review. A private feedback option sits beside the public one for anyone who prefers it, and every review gets a professional reply that you approve first.

Support is by email, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Saturdays are by appointment only, and we're closed Sundays. We don't offer on-call or overnight support. We monitor your site and are alerted to outages, and we respond during business hours.

No. Our Institutional & Civic plan monitors your site and fixes accessibility issues, aiming for WCAG 2.1 AA. Automated tools and spot checks don't catch every issue, so we don't certify or guarantee legal compliance.

No. Video and AI avatar production are separate custom projects, quoted on request.

No. We use email and phone calls only.