One owner. Five disciplines. Hand-coded for Chicago.

Who I am, and how I work

I started TD Web LLC because I kept watching small businesses in the Chicago metro pay every month for websites they didn't own, couldn't edit, and couldn't move. Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy site builders, agency-built WordPress sites with hosting locked to a vendor — the model was always the same: rent forever, never own.

The model I run is the opposite. You pay a one-time build fee. I hand-code your site, set up hosting in your name on a trusted third-party provider like Namecheap, hand you the source code, and walk away with your business owning everything outright. No SaaS subscription on the website itself. No leverage held over your domain. No surprise migration fees five years from now.

Why hand-coded

Most "modern" small business websites are built on top of multi-megabyte page builders that ship hundreds of unused features down to every visitor. The visible result is a site that loads slowly, fails Core Web Vitals, and never gets quoted by AI search engines because the meaningful content is buried under template scaffolding.

Hand-coded means the site ships exactly what your business needs and nothing more. The HTML is semantic. The CSS is targeted. The JavaScript is purposeful. There is no plugin update treadmill, no theme abandonment, no "your version of [framework] is no longer supported" email three years from now. The site ages well because there is nothing in it that can rot.

It also means the structured data — Schema.org markup, OpenGraph, FAQ schema, LocalBusiness, BlogPosting, Service offers — is written by a human who knows what each property does, not generated by a plugin guessing at it. That distinction is increasingly what separates businesses AI assistants quote from ones they ignore.

"You should own your website the same way you own your storefront. If you have to pay rent every month to keep your front door open, that's not your business — that's somebody else's tenant."

What the studio does

Five disciplines, all delivered by the same hands that designed and built them:

• Custom websites — mobile-first, hand-coded, mobile responsive across phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. Every page approved by you in design before a single line of code is written.
• Custom CRM development — lead tracking, follow-up automation, invoice tracking. Built on infrastructure you own. No SaaS subscription replacing your sticky notes with someone else's recurring invoice.
• Local SEO — technical audits, on-page optimization, Google Business Profile, local citations, and monthly performance reporting. Average post-implementation audit score: 97 out of 100.
• Lead generation and analytics — conversion tracking, lead-source attribution, and growth reporting that makes the website measurable instead of decorative.
• The Full Package — bundled website, CRM, SEO, and social media setup at one one-time build fee for businesses who want all of it from one studio.

Where I work

The studio is based at 7821 N Nora Avenue in Niles, IL 60714 and primarily serves small businesses across the North Chicago suburbs and the city itself: Niles, Park Ridge, Mount Prospect, Des Plaines, Arlington Heights, Skokie, Evanston, Glenview, and Chicago. Everything I do is also remote-friendly — I work with clients across Illinois and beyond.

Each city has its own context: a Niles roofer ranks differently than a Skokie attorney, and a Chicago restaurant has competitors a Glenview bakery never sees. Local SEO done well respects that. Local SEO done badly treats every Chicago-area business like it's downtown on Wacker.

How to get in touch

The first conversation is always free. There's no commitment, no pressure, and no "discovery sprint" with a price tag attached. We talk for thirty minutes about your business, your customers, and what you're trying to fix. If I'm not the right fit for the project, I'll tell you. If I am, you'll get a written proposal with the scope, the price, and the timeline before you decide anything.