St. Louis web design company

Sites that
bring the heat.

Habanero is a St. Louis web design company. We design and build custom websites for companies, non-profits and startups. Fast, easy for your team to edit, built to be found and built to convert.

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What a Habanero website includes

Every site we build is responsive, accessible and fast, on a content management system your team can edit without calling us. Search basics are built in from day one, not bolted on later.

  • Responsive design

    Works and reads right on a phone, a tablet and a wide office monitor.

  • A CMS you control

    Edit pages, photos and posts yourself. Easy for your team to edit, tough for hackers to break.

  • Accessibility

    Readable contrast, real headings, alt text and keyboard-friendly navigation, so more people can use the site.

  • Speed

    Light pages that load quickly on a phone signal, because slow sites lose visitors before they read a word.

  • Room to grow

    E-commerce, member areas, forms and integrations when you need them. See e-commerce and other digital marketing services.

Who we build websites for

Corporations, non-profits, startups and everyone in between. Each needs something different from a website, so we start with what yours has to do.

Companies

Sites that back up your sales team, help with hiring and connect to the portals and tools you already run.

Non-profits

Donation-ready sites and clear storytelling that stretch every budget dollar.

Startups

Launch sites that get you to market and in front of investors fast. If the product is an app, see mobile app development in St. Louis.

How a website project runs

Four steps: discover, design, build, launch and grow. You get a dated plan before we start.

  • Mild

    Discover

    Goals, audience, competitors and the numbers that matter. We listen first.

  • Medium

    Design

    Structure and visual direction, with prototypes you can click and judge.

  • Hot

    Build

    Clean, tested code on stable platforms. Weekly check-ins, no mystery.

  • Habanero

    Launch & grow

    Go live, measure, improve. Ongoing support keeps it burning.

Built to be found, not just admired

A good-looking site that nobody finds is a brochure in a drawer. Every Habanero site ships with clear page titles and descriptions, proper headings, structured data, a sitemap and fast load times, so Google and AI search tools can read it.

Ranking for competitive St. Louis searches takes ongoing work after launch. That is what our St. Louis SEO services are for.

Web design from Laclede's Landing

We work from 712 N. Second St., Suite 300, on Laclede's Landing, the cobblestone warehouse district just north of the Gateway Arch grounds in downtown St. Louis, where Habanero has been based for over 20 years. If you are local, you can sit across the table from the people building your site.

One St. Louis detail we plan for: the metro spans two states. If you serve customers in Missouri and the Metro East, your website and your Google Business Profile should say so plainly, page by page.

FAQ

Web design questions

How much does a website cost in St. Louis?

It depends on the number of pages, custom features such as e-commerce or member logins, and how much of the writing we do for you. We give you a dated plan before any work starts.

How long does a new website take?

It depends on the size of the site and the features it needs. Larger sites and e-commerce stores take longer. We give you a dated plan before we start.

Will we be able to update the website ourselves?

Yes. We build on a content management system your team controls, so you can edit pages, photos and posts without calling us.

Will my new website show up on Google?

Every site we build is ready for Google on day one, with clear titles, headings, structured data, a sitemap and fast pages. Ranking for competitive St. Louis searches also takes content and local SEO over time, which we do as well.

Do you handle hosting and security?

We can. We recommend hosting that suits your needs and keep your site updated and backed up.

Do we need a long contract?

No. We scope each project clearly. Ongoing support is optional and month to month.

Ready for a site that runs hot?

Tell us what you are building. We reply fast and we do not bite. Much.

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