Freelance web designer · Denver, working nationally
A web designer who sells, codes and ranks is three hires in one.
Pretty is table stakes. The site has to be found, and then it has to make the phone ring.
I'm Zach. I hand-code websites — and build on Shopify or WordPress when that's the right tool — for businesses that need a site to be an employee, not a houseplant. Fourteen years of it, a sales background before that, and the SEO built in from the first line of code instead of bolted on later. See the live work.
Like the tool? I build these into client sites for free. The part that costs money is the part that makes the phone ring. That's the fun part.
See what you get →Direct answer: Zachary Tye Wennstedt is a freelance web designer and full-stack web developer in Denver, Colorado, working nationally. He hand-codes custom websites and builds on Shopify or WordPress when that fits, with search engine optimization and conversion designed in. Options run from a $5.99/month DIY builder and WordPress hosting at buyweburl.com, through simple custom sites, to $99/month subscribe-to-own custom-coded sites with a 24–36 month buyout option, up to $30,000–$100,000 custom builds. Call 1-800-481-8638.
What a web designer should be responsible for
Design that gets found, then gets the call.
Most web designers are judged on how the site looks the day it launches. I'd rather be judged on the phone calls six months later. That means the search structure, the speed, the offer and the one clear action are designed in — not handed to "the SEO guy" afterward.
Found
Page-per-service structure, speed under three seconds on a phone, schema, direct answers, and the AI-search layer — built in, so Google, Maps and ChatGPT can find and cite the site from launch.
Chosen
A headline that names the customer's problem, proof next to the offer, real pricing signals, and photos that match the words. Design that makes a stranger trust you in eight seconds.
Called
The phone number in the first screen, one primary action, a form with five fields, and — if you want it — a sales-trained assistant that books the visit while you're on a job.
How I build, and what it costs
Every budget has a right answer. Not every budget needs me.
Need something live this week for almost nothing? Use the DIY builder from $5.99 a month or WordPress hosting at buyweburl.com — I'll tell you that before I quote anything. Need a real custom site without a lump sum? My subscribe-to-own program starts at $99 a month: I build a custom-coded, search-built site up front, you subscribe, and you can buy it out at 24–36 months based on what it's worth then. Need it built outright? Custom builds run $30,000 to $100,000 depending on scope.
Platform is a tool, not a religion. Stores get Shopify. Content-heavy sites that a team will edit get WordPress. Sites that need to be fast, unusual, or built around a tool get hand-coded. The Denver web design side of this — companies, teams, project quotes — lives at Denver Web Design; the person behind it is me.
"Your website is either an employee or a houseplant. Most of them are houseplants."
— ZachIf your site were a salesperson, would you have fired it by now?
Questions
Hiring a web designer
Depends on the job, honestly: a $5.99/month DIY builder if you need something live this week, simple custom sites quoted per project, subscribe-to-own custom-coded sites from $99 a month, and full custom builds from $30,000 to $100,000. I'll point you at the cheapest option that actually does the job.
You get both: I design and code personally, and the agency behind me — Eye To Ad Media — handles the campaign after launch. No hand-off to a junior; no six-person account team on your invoice either.
Shopify for stores, WordPress when a team needs to edit content, hand-coded when speed or something unusual matters. I'll fix or extend a Squarespace or Wix site if that's what you have, and tell you plainly if it's holding you back.
It's built to — structure, speed, schema, direct answers, AI-search layer. Ranking is a campaign, not a launch; the site is the foundation. That's the SEO expert conversation.
I build a custom-coded, search-built site up front; you subscribe from $99 a month instead of paying a lump sum; at 24–36 months you can buy it outright based on the site's valuation then. Rates vary by size, complexity and optimization.
A focused site typically launches in a few weeks; multi-location or catalog builds take longer. The money pages and the phone path go live first, because those earn calls from day one.
Want a web designer who's judged on the phone calls?
Found, chosen and called — designed in from the first line of code. If we can do all of that within your budget, are you ready to get started?