Websites by DUO

Trades websites that don't look like

We build brand-first, custom-coded websites for trades companies that want to lead their market, not blend into it.

Brand
Better brand
Trust is decided in the first five seconds
Performance
Superior performance
Sub-second loads. Zero bloat. AI-readable.
Revenue
More booked revenue
Engineered to book jobs. Tracked to prove it.
Why most contractor sites fail

The website most agencies will sell you is already obsolete.

Slow. Bloated. Built on the same template as every other contractor in your zip code. Every change is a phone call, an invoice, and a three-week wait. And the real problem is the foundation: everything you do next, ads, SEO, reviews, intake, sits on top of the site. If it leaks, every dollar leaks with it.

What's broken
01/05
Built for yesterday's search.
02/05
Every change takes weeks.
03/05
Looks like every other contractor in your market.
04/05
No room to grow into what's coming next.
05/05
No idea what's actually converting.
What we actually are

Marketers first. Builders second. That order matters.

We're a marketing agency before we're a website company. Seven years growing revenue for trades businesses taught us the website is where it's won or lost, so we build it ourselves.

The Distinction

That's the difference between a website built by AI and a website built with AI. We're the second one.

Creative Director
Sets direction
Design Team
Refines + ships
Developers
Build it real
Selected work: live

Don't take our word for it.
Use the sites.

Every frame below is the live site. Scroll it, click it, judge it. That's the point of building on real code.

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Southern Exteriors

Exteriors · Charlotte + Jacksonville

A landing-page system built to test: two variants per metro, per service.

Landing page systemA/B variantsMulti-metro
PageSpeed Insights · live Run it yourself ↗
95 Performance ▲ +148% vs old site
100 SEO ▲ +67% vs old site
2/2 Agentic browsing AI-readable
southernexteriors.com
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02 / 04

Rocket Moving

Moving · Washington

A moving company that books like software: quote to schedule without a phone call.

Full buildQuote funnelInterlink pass
PageSpeed Insights · live Run it yourself ↗
92 Best practices ▲ +54% vs old site
100 SEO ▲ +112% vs old site
3/3 Agentic browsing AI-readable
rocketmoving.com
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03 / 04

Optima Pools

Pool Builder · Las Vegas

All-inclusive pools in six weeks, and a site that moves as fast as the pitch.

Full buildBrand-aligned designCatalog + booking
PageSpeed Insights · live Run it yourself ↗
95 Accessibility ▲ +38% vs old site
100 SEO ▲ +91% vs old site
3/3 Agentic browsing AI-readable
myoptimapool.com
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Speech Love Spell

Speech Therapy

Communicate with purpose. A practice site that feels like the care it sells.

Full buildBrand-first design
PageSpeed Insights · live Run it yourself ↗
92 Performance ▲ +130% vs old site
100 SEO ▲ +45% vs old site
3/3 Agentic browsing AI-readable
speechlovespell.com
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The build

Everything in our websites.

One project fee ships the whole thing, and all six of these leave with you.

Human-led
Discovery Site map Creative direction

Strategy & direction

The whole process run for you, by people, from first call to launch.

Enhancement full rebrand

Brand, handled

Every build ships with brand work, scoped at discovery, up to a full rebrand.

yourcompany.com
0.8savg load
95+ SEO 100 health

The website itself

Custom-coded end to end. Sub-second load, 95+ scores across the board.

Title tags Meta & schema 301 redirect audit
ranks in
Google AI search

Technical SEO, done

Optimized during the build, not bolted on after. Architecture built to rank in Google and AI search.

Stitch
Interlink
InfinitySEO
Live on your site from day one

The software

Five products, working on your site from day one: Stitch, Interlink, InfinitySEO, Revenue Sync and the Dashboard. Nobody else has them.

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And it’s yours to own.

You paid for it. The entire folder leaves with you. Take the keys and be done, or keep us on the demand side. Nothing held hostage.

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Custom code vs. templates

The honest comparison.

Templates win on day one. Custom code wins every day after. Here's the whole picture, including where templates are genuinely faster.

Upfront cost
What you pay to get in
Custom code More upfront, and it's yours forever
Template Cheaper to start, then you rent forever
Launch speed
From kickoff to live
Custom code 4–6 weeks, built for you
Template Days, but every change after is on you
Design flexibility
How far the design can go
Custom code Unlimited. Designed from scratch to your brand
Template Rigid. The template is the ceiling
Speed & performance
What visitors and Google feel
Custom code Extremely fast. Clean code, zero bloat
Template Plugin-weighted, slower every year
SEO capabilities
How deep optimization can go
Custom code Excellent. Full technical control, schema to sitemap
Template Basic. What the platform allows
AI readability
How ChatGPT and Google AI read your site
Custom code Clean, structured code AI parses correctly
Template Cluttered markup AI has to guess at
Maintenance
Who keeps it healthy
Custom code Our team handles it. Comment, we ship
Template DIY-easy, until it isn't
How a project moves

A system, not a black box.

Six milestones, four sign-offs. You approve the site map, pick the direction, lock the homepage, and review pages as they ship. Nobody disappears for six weeks.

Kickoff to launch: 4 to 6 weeks
01

Discovery & strategy

You approve the site map

We learn the business, then turn it into a build spec: every page, title, and family mapped before anything gets designed.

02

Copy & creative direction

You pick the direction

Copy written first, grounded in real customer language. Creative direction set and shown to you before we build a thing.

03

Design

You sign off the homepage

Dozens of homepage variations explored against the direction, refined to standard, expanded into a full design system.

04

Build

You review as it ships

The locked homepage goes to code first, then the full page catalog ships in reviewable batches, on custom code you own.

05

The engine

The SEO layer (schema, metas, internal-link audit), every form wired and tracked end-to-end, responsive at every width, full internal QA.

06

Review, launch & handoff

You take the keys

You walk the finished site and comment with Stitch, and we ship the edits. Final QA, deployment, tracking verified, clean handoff.

Who you're working with

Seven years in tech. Two years deep in the trades. One team that knows both.

DUO Digital has built brand and run revenue for B2B SaaS companies, enterprise tech, and now a roster of home service operators ranging from one-truck HVAC shops to $25M pool builders. We know what generates revenue at every scale, and we know what a brand needs to look like to charge premium for it.

This is the wing of DUO that does both at once.

$40M+
In pipeline generated
across the DUO Digital roster
7 yrs
In advertising & marketing
founded 2019, Costa Mesa
20%+
Landing page conversion rate
across hundreds of pages shipped

Five stars. Across the board.

Next steps

Book a discovery call.

Thirty minutes. We look at your current site, your brand, and your top competitors, and tell you honestly whether we're the right move. No deck. No pitch. Just a real read on what's holding the brand back and what a rebuild would actually do for the business.