rush website design
You need a website fast. This is what that actually looks like.
Most agencies will tell you a rush is possible and then quote a rush fee on top of a price they will not publish. We do not have a rush rate, because 48 hours is the normal speed. $199–$899, published, and the deadline is money-back.
$199–$899, published · Live in 48 hours · Money back if we miss the deadline.
What “fast” usually means, and what it means here
Ask five agencies for a rush and you will get five versions of the same answer: yes, we can prioritise it, there is a rush surcharge, and we will send a quote after a discovery session. Six weeks later the site is live and the rush turned out to mean five.
The problem is not that agencies are slow on purpose. It is that the timeline of a normal web project is mostly waiting: waiting for the kickoff slot, waiting for content you were asked to write, waiting for a stakeholder to approve a concept, waiting for a revision round to come back. Adding urgency to that process does not compress it much, because the bottleneck is coordination rather than production.
So we removed the coordination instead of squeezing it.
What makes two days possible
Four things, none of them shortcuts on the actual craft.
The infrastructure is pre-solved. Hosting, SSL, DNS guidance, performance tuning and search-engine submission are one repeatable step, not a project phase that gets scheduled.
The design system exists before you order. We are not inventing a visual language from zero for every client. Your layout, structure, emphasis and copy are built for you; the underlying grid, type scale and component set are already proven and already fast.
We write the copy. The single biggest cause of stalled web projects is a client who was asked to write their own content and reasonably never got to it. You answer questions about your business in the intake; we turn that into pages.
Nothing waits for a meeting. The build plan is a document, your approval is a reply, and the preview is a link. There is no calendar in the critical path.
The one thing that can slow it down
Your approval at hour 04. That is the only hard dependency in the schedule, and it usually takes five minutes to read and one line to answer.
Everything else — photos, logo, extra service details — is optional and can arrive late without moving the date. If you send photos at hour 30 they go into the free tweak window instead of holding up the launch.
Where the honest tradeoffs are
A published deadline means real constraints, and it is better to name them than to discover them.
You get one structured revision round on the preview, plus 14 days of free small fixes after launch — not unlimited cycles. The copy is written from your intake rather than developed in a workshop. Page count is capped by the package you choose. Imagery is licensed stock unless you supply your own photos.
What you do not give up: the site is built for your business rather than assembled from a theme, it is genuinely fast, it is structured to be found, and you own every part of it.
For the overwhelming majority of small businesses that trade is not close. A good site on Thursday beats a slightly better one in October, because the one in October spends the intervening five months not existing.
If it is more urgent than that
If the site is already down, hacked or hostage, that is a different page: emergency website design. Same speed, different starting point.
Hour by hour
Your 48-hour schedule
The same published timetable for every build — the whole thing is laid out on the how-it-works page.
You fill out the intake — 15 minutes
Tell us what you do, who your customers are, and what you want the site to accomplish. Attach your logo and photos if you have them. If you don’t, we handle it.
We send you the build plan — in writing
You get a short written summary of your pages, tone, and the one action you want visitors to take. Reply "looks good" (or mark it up) and the build starts.
Design preview lands in your inbox
A working preview of your homepage — real copy, real layout, on a live link. You send back changes the same way you’d text a friend.
Revisions, polish, and speed checks
We fold in your feedback, connect your domain, and tune the site to load fast on a phone in a parking lot — because that’s where your customers are.
Your site is live. For real.
Launched on your domain, secured with SSL, indexed by Google, and 100% owned by you. We send the keys, the files, and a 5-minute walkthrough video.
The honest comparison
Against an agency, and against doing it yourself
$2,500–$8,000 and 4–8 weeks on one side, your weekends on the other. Our numbers are published.
| What you are comparing | WebsitesIn48Hours | Traditional agency | DIY builder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to launch | 48 hours | 4–8 weeks | Whenever you finish it |
| Price | $199–$899, published | $2,500–$8,000, quoted | $20–$50/mo forever |
| Who does the work | We do. All of it. | They do, eventually | You do, at 11 PM |
| Ownership | 100% yours | Usually yours | Rented — cancel and it’s gone |
| Looks like | A real business | A real business | A template you’ve seen before |
Fixed price. Published. No quotes.
Pick a package, start the clock
Launch
$199 one-time
LIVE IN 48 HOURS
- Every word written for you — no copy to send us
- 1–2 page website, hand-built
- Mobile-first, tap-to-call ready
- SSL + 1 year of hosting
- Google indexing on day one
Business
$499 one-time
LIVE IN 72 HOURS
- Up to 5 pages + contact forms
- Everything in Launch
- On-page SEO for your services
- Google Business Profile setup
- Review & testimonial section
Complete
$899 one-time
LIVE IN 96 HOURS
- Up to 12 pages, full site
- Everything in Business
- Booking or quote-request flow
- Blog set up and ready to grow
- 30 days of free tweaks
Every package: you own the site, the files, and the domain. Cancel nothing, because there’s nothing to cancel.
How fast can a website actually be built?
Two days for a one-to-two page site, three for up to five pages, four for a full twelve-page site. Those are the published packages, not a best case. The reason it is possible is that the parts that normally take weeks — hosting, SSL, design system, indexing setup — are already solved before your order exists, so the two days go into your business rather than into the plumbing.
Is there a rush fee?
No. There is no standard speed and a premium for going faster; 48 hours is the standard speed. The published price is the price, and it is the same whether you order on a Monday morning or at 11 PM on a Saturday.
What is the catch on a rush build?
The honest constraints: one structured revision round instead of unlimited cycles, copy written by us from your intake rather than a workshop, licensed imagery unless you supply your own, and a page count capped by the package. What is not sacrificed is that it is hand-built for your business, fast, and yours.
How is this different from a DIY builder, which is also fast?
A builder is fast for us and slow for you — the work does not disappear, it moves to your evenings, and it stops when you stop. Here the work is done by a person, finished on a published date, and the result is a site you own outright instead of a subscription that deletes it when you cancel.
What if I miss my own deadline sending you things?
The clock starts when your intake is complete, so it is entirely under your control when it starts. After that the only thing we need from you is one written approval at hour 04. If that reply is slow, the schedule stretches by however long it takes — and we say so in writing rather than quietly missing the date.
Worth reading before you order
Built for busy trades
Order today.
Live by Tuesday.
Start my website $199–$899, published. Money back if we miss the deadline.