Web, software, and care, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Websites for New Smyrna businesses, built to look like the town actually looks, and to actually work.
Custom design, real photography, and a site built to do the job: bring in more calls, take reservations, run your events, whatever your business needs.
And when a website isn't enough, I build the software behind it too. A local technical partner, not a template from three states away.
Built to get found
So the people who don't know your name yet, the ones typing what they want into a phone, land on you.
Looks like the town
Real design and photography that match the coast, not a stock library.
Built to do the job
Booking, contact, events, whatever yours has to do, not just a page that sits there.
Never goes stale
A care plan that keeps hours, menus, and events current every season.
Two packages, one fixed price.
Most businesses here are on a Wix or Squarespace template they cannot get to look right, or a site somebody built years ago that nobody has touched since. Both are fixable. You get one number up front, half when we start and half when it goes live.
Launch
$2,500
For a single location that needs to look right.
- Five to seven pages, designed for you, not a template
- Works properly on a phone
- Contact or booking
- Set up to get found
- Help with the words
- Live in one to two weeks
Signature
$6,000
For restaurants, hotels, and businesses with more than one location.
- Reservations or online ordering
- Photography direction
- More pages, richer content
- Events and seasons built into the structure
Need it live this week? There is a rush price on either package, just ask me for the number.
If you end up needing more than a website, booking, a customer portal, or software that runs the back of the shop, that gets built too, through Third Gear Ventures, the studio behind this one. Same person either way.
Every site includes
The part that gets you found, not just the part that looks good.
- Set up so people can find you without knowing your name
- Your Google business listing claimed and connected
- Loads fast, even on one bar of signal
- Reporting, so you can see how many people are finding you
- Your hours, address, and phone reading the same everywhere Google looks
The recurring part
Care Plan
Hosting, monitoring, security, and backups start at $50 a month. Care Plus, at $250, is the one most places here end up on: menus, hours, events, and photos turn over all year, and I keep them current. This is what keeps your site alive all season, not a hosting markup.
from $50 / month
See plans and sign upAdd-ons
PhotographyWords and brand voiceGoogle listing and local searchFast, because I'm already here.
1
Walk and talk
We meet local and figure out what your site needs to do.
2
Build the thing
Custom design and build, usually one to two weeks.
3
Launch and care
Go live, then I keep it current.
“John made a website for my business that was clean, easy to use and reflects a lot of the small things about my business that make it special. He simplified the tech side of building a website for me in a way that makes things understandable. Because of John’s tech knowledge, the site quickly gained a bunch of traction, making my business instantly more accessible to customers that normally wouldn’t search for my business. He listened to me on what my vision for the site was, built the site, requested feedback, then immediately made requested changes. From start to finish, it took about two weeks, and the process overall was incredibly smooth. 10/10 would recommend”
Made here,
not shipped in.
Your customers know what New Smyrna looks and feels like. Your website should too.
Live sites, not mockups.
Client work
Lines and Vines Coffee
Brand and site for a specialty coffee shop two blocks off the New Smyrna shoreline.
linesandvines.coffee
The result
A New Smyrna coffee shop we built now lands around third on Google, and last month 135 people tapped straight through to it.
- People who tapped through
- 135
- Times it showed up in Google
- 1,282
- Average spot on the page
- 3.4
- Of the people who saw it, this many clicked
- 1 in 10
up 155% vs the month before
up 81% vs the month before
People find it by name, by its menu, and now by plain searches like “coffee near me” and “breakfast and coffee near me,” which was not turning up at all a month ago.
Real Search Console data from one local client, the 28 days ending August 5, 2026. Results vary by business and category.
Built more than websites
Third Gear Ventures
The studio behind this one: custom software, applications, and operations platforms for owner-run businesses. Proof that when your business needs more than a website, it gets built.
thirdgearventures.com
Your business here.
If your site does not match the quality of what you do in person, let's fix that.
Start a project
Real photography, made here
The photography on these builds is real, shot here in New Smyrna, not pulled from a stock library.
Run a local business and want it featured here? Email john@thirdgearventures.com and I'll come shoot it.
Who's behind it
Built by a developer who's spent years on everything from large industrial SaaS to dozens of business sites and custom applications, and brings that same engineering to a coffee shop's site as to anything bigger. Local, and a real technical partner: websites, software, and the systems underneath.
The bigger builds live at Third Gear Ventures.
Straight answers.
- How much does a website cost in New Smyrna Beach?
- Launch is $2,500 for a five to seven page custom site. Signature, for restaurants, hotels, and multi location businesses, is $6,000. Ongoing care starts at $50 per month, and Care Plus, the plan most businesses here end up on, is $250. Every quote is one fixed number, not an hourly estimate.
- I am on Squarespace or Wix. Can you just make that better?
- Usually the honest answer is that rebuilding it costs about the same as fighting the template, and you end up with something that is actually yours. I will look at what you have and tell you straight which one makes sense. If your current setup is fine, I will say that too.
- Can I host the site myself?
- Yes. You own it. It is your code, your domain, and your accounts, and I hand over every login. Hosting a site this size costs close to nothing and I am not going to pretend otherwise. What the care plan buys is the part that is not hosting: somebody who knows your site, watches it, and changes it when your hours change or the season turns.
- Can you build more than a website?
- Yes. Booking, customer portals, event tools, and software that runs the back of the business. That work goes through Third Gear Ventures, the studio behind this one, and it is the same person either way. Tell me what it has to do and I'll price it.
- How long does it take to build a small business website?
- Most sites go live in one to two weeks. Need it faster? There is a rush price that can have you live within the week, just ask me for the number.
- Do you offer ongoing website maintenance?
- Yes. Basic care is $50 per month and keeps the site hosted, monitored, secure, and backed up. Care Plus, at $250, adds the updates and small changes: menus, hours, events, and photos kept current through every season.
- Do you work with local New Smyrna businesses only?
- New Smyrna is home base, and I also work with businesses in Edgewater, Port Orange, and the greater Daytona area. Being local is the point: we meet in person, and I stay after launch.
- Can you work with my existing domain, hosting, or website platform?
- Yes. I have worked in WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, and most hosting providers. I can take your domain and hosting over, or leave them exactly where they are and work around them. Not sure what you have? Send me the login and I'll figure it out.
Start a project
Tell me about your business.
A few lines is plenty. I'll come back within a day with a live example and a fixed price, not a discovery call.
Not ready for a project? Get a free 5-minute video audit of your site instead. I'll walk through what's working and what I'd improve, and send it over. No cost, no pressure.
Built and run by Third Gear Ventures LLC, based right here in New Smyrna Beach.