FORGE CTGet your audit
  • Farmington, Connecticut
  • Greater Hartford
  • One builder, start to finish

Custom websites for the businesses people drive to.

Websites for shops and local businesses around Greater Hartford. Built for the phone check before someone walks in. Packages from $750.

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Built and run by Nick Sousa in Farmington, CT. Already know the scope? Book a working session.

Live client sites · 6

  • The parking-lot test

Every local site gets judged from a phone, in seconds.

A FORGE site starts from the business, not a template, and answers the four questions a customer asks before they come in.

  1. Are you open right now?

    Hours, holiday notes and how to walk in — on the first screen, not buried in a Facebook post.

  2. What’s actually on the floor?

    Collections, events, services and inventory your customers can find without a scroll hunt.

  3. How do I get there, or reach you?

    Your address, your map, your phone and a clear next step that works from the parking lot.

  4. Is this my kind of place?

    Why you started, what you care about and what makes you different — said in your shop’s own voice.

  • The Forge-CT Audit
  • Free
  • No pitch deck

Forge-CT AuditInspection record · your storefront, read as a customer

TicketNo. — issued after review

ShopYours

URLThe one you send

ReplyWithin 24 hours

CostFree · no pitch deck

Before I build anything, I’ll show you what your customers see.

FindWorking: What works
What already earns attention — the reasons a customer keeps reading instead of closing the tab.
MissGetting lost: What’s getting lost
What a customer came for and could not find: hours buried, a floor no one can picture, events stuck on Facebook.
ForgePractical fix: Three practical fixes
Specific to your shop — the kind you can act on whether or not you ever hire me.
NextIf the fixes point to more: What I’d build, if anything
Where a shop page, a system or a custom build would take it — only if the fixes point there.
Written by Nick Sousa · Farmington, CTOne person reads it, one person writes it. No score out of a hundred.
  • Who builds it
  • No agency handoff

One person, start to finish.

Nick is the person you talk to, the person who reads your Audit, and the person who designs and builds your site. Direct conversation; no relay chain between an account team and a separate build team.

  • Talk to the builder.

    Your first conversation is with Nick, not an account manager passing notes along.

  • One hand from audit to launch.

    The person who reads your Audit is the person who shapes and builds the site.

  • Start with your storefront.

    The structure and language come from your business and its customers — not a template marketplace.

Where the live client sites areCantonWest HartfordSouthingtonConnecticutWatertownCard shows

  • Work
  • 6 live client sites
  • Connecticut

Real businesses. Real reasons to build.

Six live client sites, each shown once below: the screenshot is the proof, the lines under it are the documented need and the build — not a result we did not measure. The filterable index is on Work; the statewide offer, with the towns and published packages, is on Connecticut web design.

Nino’s Collectibles website

Dealer · Card shows

Nino’s Collectibles

The problem

Nino buys and sells Pokémon and One Piece cards at card shows, on Instagram and in Whatnot live shows. Buyers need to see what he deals in and where he is vending next; sellers need a first look at what a card might fetch before they meet him.

The Forge

A phone-first site built from Nino’s own Instagram posts, with a show list read from his OnTreasure profile and a card scanner for people selling to him.

  • Instagram-sourced feed
  • OnTreasure shows
  • Card scanner (OCR)
  • Owner tools
Case study Visit ninoscollectibles.com

The full index, with filters

  • Rate sheet
  • Published pricing

Three clear packages. The scope is on the page.

Pick a starting point. The table under the cards is the full spec — services and add-ons.

FORGE CT website packages
Basic$750Starter WebsiteStandard$1,500Business WebsitePremium$2,500Forge Website
PagesUp to 3Up to 5Up to 8
Custom design and developmentIncludedIncludedIncluded
Responsive, mobile-first functional websiteIncludedIncludedIncluded
Hosting setup and social media iconsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Speed and performance optimization—IncludedIncluded
Advanced functionality——Included
Revisions1 revision2 revisions3 revisions
Extra-fast delivery1 day · +$2503 days · +$5005 days · +$750
Book a session about BasicBook a session about StandardBook a session about Premium
E-commerce is a paid add-on.

Not part of any base package. Larger custom work is scoped separately.

Extra-fast means defined scope.

One-day delivery applies to the defined Basic package scope; larger or custom projects need their own schedule.

Performance is not an upsell.

Performance is part of Forge’s development approach, not a paid speed-optimization add-on.

After launch, Care keeps the details true for $35 a month — first month free after any build.

The Forge-CT Audit · Free · No pitch deck

See what your customers see.

Send your business URL and get three practical fixes within 24 hours. Start there, then decide what you want to do.

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