Frequently asked questions.

Homeport Digital is a web design studio in Oceanside, California. I design and launch websites, set up local SEO and refresh branding for local service businesses across San Diego County and Southern California.

Homeport Digital is a one-person web design studio run by an Oceanside native and United States Marine Corps veteran with about ten years of sales experience and a marketing degree. You work directly with the founder from the first call to launch.

I work with owner-operated service businesses: contractors and trades, auto detailers, salons and barbers, med spas and wellness studios, and home service companies like HVAC, plumbing, landscaping and cleaning.

I’m based in Oceanside, California, and work with businesses in Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista, Encinitas, San Diego and across Southern California. I meet by video or in person in North County.

Book a free 30-minute consultation. I’ll learn about your business, look at your current site if you have one, and send a clear plan with a fixed quote.

Every Homeport Digital project has a fixed price quoted after a free consultation. The price depends on how many pages you need and features like booking or quote forms. You’ll know the full cost up front, with no hourly billing.

Most small business websites launch in two to four weeks. Larger sites with many service or city pages take four to six weeks.

Hosting and your domain have small ongoing costs, which I explain before you start. There are no surprise fees.

Yes. Your domain, content and accounts are set up in your name. If you ever move on, everything goes with you.

Yes. I can redesign your current site and move it to a faster setup, keeping the search rankings you’ve already earned with careful redirects.

Yes. I interview you and write or polish the copy, in plain language your customers use. You approve everything before launch.

Yes. I show you how to update text, photos, hours and specials yourself, and I’m around if you’d rather I handle it.

Every Homeport Digital site is built with the technical SEO search engines look for, and my local SEO setup adds your Google Business Profile, service and city pages, and structured data so you can be found nearby.

AEO means preparing your website so AI assistants like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity can understand and recommend your business. It comes down to clear facts about who you are and where you work, direct answers to common questions, and structured data. I build it into every site.

Yes, if you serve local customers. It’s what puts you on Google Maps and in the local results at the top of the page. I set it up or clean it up as part of local SEO.