Front Porch
No. 02 — Issue 26 / 05Washington State

Better than what your competitors have. For less than what they paid.

A two-person web shop in Washington State, building the kind of sites your business actually deserves — and the kind of software behind them when the work calls for it.

Featured · 2026
Six new sites. One handshake.

A short manifesto

Most shops need a clean storefront site. A few need real software behind it. We do both — at prices that don't require an agency contract.

We started by fixing our friends' websites because they asked. Same story every time — a real business doing real work, with an online front built by someone's nephew in 2012 and nobody's touched since.

Fixed prices. Two-week builds. Two actual humans answering your texts. No project manager. No retainer. No contract you need a lawyer to read.

Selected work

Six sites. Six trades.

The full gallery
PostalAnnex of Gig Harbor
012026
Retail · paying customer

PostalAnnex of Gig Harbor

A WA franchise shop running on the bland corporate template. We rebuilt it with a maritime palette, real reviews, an illustrated owner portrait, and every franchise deep-link kept intact.

Read the build
Ember Root
022026
Restaurant · design reference

Ember Root

Dark editorial restaurant site. GSAP scroll animations, parallax hero, seasonal menu, and a reservation form. The kind of site that earns a second look on a Tuesday night.

Read the build
High Desert Collective
032026
Dispensary · design reference

High Desert Collective

Premium cannabis storefront. Age gate, smooth scroll, GSAP reveals, real product photography, location cards. Built by someone who actually knows the distribution side.

Read the build
Apex Fitness
042026
Gym · design reference

Apex Fitness

A premium gym site with scroll-storytelling, Lenis smooth scroll, coach profiles, program cards, and membership pricing. Designed to turn a tour into a signed membership.

Read the build
Maison Noir Studio
052026
Luxury portfolio · design reference

Maison Noir Studio

Ultra-minimal luxury interior-design portfolio. Restrained scroll animations, elegant typography, gold accents. Proof we can do high-end minimalist when the brand calls for it.

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Summit Roofing
062026
Trades · design reference

Summit Roofing

Lead-gen site for a local trades business. Trust signals, before/after gallery, prominent quote form. The template most of our cold-pitch customers will actually want.

Read the build

The pricing

One conversation. A real number.

Build is paid up front. Cover is optional, month-to-month. No contracts, no setup fees, no proposals with three columns of checkmarks designed to confuse you.

No. 01
Essential
$299one-time

Get your custom site live on your own domain. One payment, done.

  • Custom-built 1–5 page site
  • Mobile responsive, Google-ready
  • Contact form + Google Maps
  • SSL, domain setup help
  • You own everything
No. 02
— most popular
Dynamic
$599one-time

Essential, plus a connected blog you can update yourself, any time.

  • Everything in Essential
  • Dynamic blog section
  • Self-serve post editor
  • Posts auto-publish
  • SEO-friendly URLs + sitemap
No. 03
Cover
$29per month

Hands-off site management. Hosting, SSL, repo, monitoring. Peace of mind.

  • Managed hosting
  • Managed SSL
  • Managed GitHub repository
  • Performance + uptime monitoring
  • Priority on updates
No. 04
Cover Plus
$149per month

For custom builds with backend features that need someone looking after them.

  • Everything in Cover
  • Backend / API maintenance
  • Custom feature support
  • Supabase database hosting
  • Priority bug fixes < 24h
  • 1 hour of custom changes / month

No contracts. No setup fees. Cover is month-to-month — cancel anytime.

The agency

Two people. No agency overhead.

Front Porch is Craig and Will — two founders with about two decades of small-business operations between them. No creative director. No project manager. No discovery deck. You text one of us, you talk to one of us, one of us builds it.

Read the bios

A closing word

Your shop is solid. Your site should be too.

Same-day reply. Real human. Fixed price.