Aurora
01 · The reveal
We build the website your competitors will have in five years.
Chicago small business websites and automations, built to a standard your competitors haven't reached yet.
Chicago based. No sales calls. See the work before you decide.
Before and after comparison: on the left, an invented, deliberately dated small business website; on the right, the same fictional business built by Aurora. Drag the handle or use the arrow keys to compare.
Drag to see the difference.
02 · Why now
The old way was built for a different decade.
Traditional web design has not changed in fifteen years. You pay three to five thousand dollars upfront, sit through sales calls, wait months, and judge a mockup you cannot click.
Aurora inverts it. Transparent pricing, one week, and you can see a real sample of your own site before you spend anything.
03 · How it works
Four steps. The light travels left to right.
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Choose your path
Order directly, or ask for a free sample built from your real business information first.
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We build
Three pages minimum, your real photos, your real services, your neighborhood. Live link in days.
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You approve
We refine until you are happy, then launch on your domain.
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We maintain
Optional Care Plan, cancel anytime, you never touch code.
04 · The work
The work
Real client work lands here as it ships. Aurora launched in September 2026.
Be the first: see your site first, free →
05 · Pricing
Transparent pricing. No sales calls.
Starter
$399- One page
- Real content, real photos
- Working contact form
- Your domain
- Live in about a week
Professional
$799- Four to six pages
- Everything in Starter
- About, Services, Gallery, Contact, plus one custom page
- SEO fundamentals
- One to two weeks
Standard pricing after our first ten clients: $497 / $797 / $1,297.
Care Plans, optional and monthly
Basic
$49/mo- Hosting, monitoring, SSL
- Two small edits a month
- Monthly report
Pro
$99/mo- Everything in Basic
- Unlimited small edits
- One major edit a month
- Same-day weekday response
- Automation impact report
- Monthly twenty-minute call
A small edit is a text, photo, hours or price change. A major edit is a new page, new section or a new integration. Anything larger gets a flat quote before we start.
Measured, not promised
Speed is the difference you can measure.
We have measured 773 Chicago small business sites on Google PageSpeed. Half of them score 57 or lower. Our last four builds measure 97 to 100.
Real Google PageSpeed mobile scores: 57 is the median of the 773 sites we measured in 2026, 98 is the median of our last four builds. Yours is measured before we send you anything.
06 · Automations
Automations that do the work for you.
Missed-Call Text-Back
Every missed call gets an instant text so the lead does not walk.
From $297 + $47/moReview Requests
Turn happy customers into Google reviews automatically.
From $197 + $27/moAppointment Reminders
Cut no-shows with automatic SMS reminders.
From $197 + $27/moLead Capture
Instant reply while they are still interested.
From $147 + $17/moReactivation
Win back customers who have not returned in sixty days.
From $297 + $37/moSocial Auto-Poster
Instagram and Facebook posted on schedule.
From $197 + $27/moBusiness Dashboard
Calls, reviews, bookings and revenue at a glance.
From $497 + $47/moAutomation Starter
Missed-call text-back, review requests and appointment reminders together. $297 setup + $59 a month.
Added to a new site build: $150 setup.
07 · About
Aurora is a Chicago studio building websites and automations for small businesses. Every project is reviewed by a human before it ships. No sales calls, no monthly contracts you can't understand, no packages designed to confuse you. Fair prices, honest work, and a site you actually own.
08 · Questions
Asked honestly, answered honestly.
Five questions every owner asks before they say yes.