Mural City Web Design

Custom Websites for Philadelphia Small Businesses

100% custom-coded websites, uniquely designed to fit your small business perfectly. No templates, just personalized solutions that make an impact starting at $150/month.

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What We Do

Your Website, Hassle-Free

We specialize in creating custom, handcrafted websites for small businesses. Our goal is to build digital experiences that not only look great but are optimized for performance, which helps bring more customers to your site and more revenue to your business. We also take care of all edits for you so you can focus on growing your business, not maintaining your website.

Mobile-First

60% of internet traffic comes from mobile devices. Our websites are built for mobile devices first to ensure the best appearance and performance, then we scale up to other devices from there.

Performance

50% of visitors will leave your website if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load. Google ranks two websites with similar content but different speeds differently. Page builders like Wordpress and Wix are bloated and slow. Our websites take ~1 second or less to load which boosts search rankings and drives customer engagement.

Responsive

Our websites are guaranteed to look great on screens of all sizes, from the smallest phones to the largest desktops, allowing customers to access your site from anywhere.

$0 Down, $150 Per Month, Cancel Anytime

Get a standard 5-page small business website with $0 down. This includes design, development, hosting, 24/7 support, unlimited edits and a lifetime of updates. For projects requiring more pages or custom features, pricing will be tailored to the scope of work, the number of additional pages, and the time involved.

You retain full ownership of your domain, content, listings, and profiles. Cancel anytime, with no fees or hassle. See the full website design pricing for both packages, or what is covered by our web design services in Philadelphia.

  • Hosting fees included

    01

    Hosting fees are built-in to the monthly price.

  • Unlimited Edits

    02

    We make the changes so you don't have to. Reach out anytime.

  • 24/7 Support

    03

    Call or text anytime, no automated responses or prompts. You have a direct line to me, the owner and lead developer.

  • Design and Development

    04

    Custom design, development and testing included.

  • Google Business Profile Review

    05

    A strong Google Business Profile and website go hand-in-hand. We make sure your profile is fully complete, optimized and helps customers find you.

  • Content Creation

    06

    I write search optimized content to help your website rank and keep customers engaged.

  • Guaranteed Performance

    07

    Speed matters to search engines like Google. We know precisely how to make your website as fast as possible and boost your search ranking.

  • Analytics

    08

    Google Analytics is included for free to monitor and visualize where your traffic is coming from.

The Philadelphia skyline at dusk, seen across the expressway from the South Street bridge

Our sites load in ~1 second or less. You'll be hard pressed to find anyone else promising (and delivering) that.

Performance

What Our Competition Struggles Most With

You'll find the content on our website talks about website speed a lot – and rightfully so! Speed is critical to a website's success and we believe it deserves to be a major topic of discussion, despite how little our competitors talk about it. It's not that our competition doesn't know the importance speed has on a website (if they don't, run), it's just that it's often out of their control. Why? They're fully dependent on and constrained by the page builder they chose to build your website with (e.g. Wordpress, WIX), all of which come with unnecessary plugins that bloat the site, have poorly structured website templates which make it difficult for Google to parse, and require slow on-the-fly rendering of website content by loading it from a database first.

What Makes Us Different?

  • No page builders! Fully custom, hand-crafted websites with pixel perfect results.
  • Faster websites yield more traffic, higher rankings and better conversions.
  • Structured content, mobile-first design and accessibility are all built-in, not an afterthought, making both your visitors (potential customers) and search engines like Google happy.
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Portfolio

Sites Built for Real Local Businesses

These are two family businesses in the Philadelphia area, a commercial printer and a moving and storage company, both more than a century old. Whatever your industry, the approach is the same. I hand-code the site around how your business works, so it loads fast and your customers can find it.

Sam, the owner of Mural City Web Design, at an outdoor cafe in PhiladelphiaThe William Penn statue on top of Philadelphia City Hall, with the Center City skyline behind it

Mural City Web Design

Who We Are

Hi, I'm Sam, a Philly local with over 15 years experience as a software engineer. I love blending creativity with technical skills (and plenty of coffee) to bring clients' visions to life. I started Mural City Web Design to feed my passion for web design and help small businesses stand out in a crowded digital world. Mural City is Philadelphia, in case the name is throwing you. There are over 4,000 murals here, most of them painted on the side of some regular corner building where a business is running downstairs. I believe a great website doesn't just look good. It tells a story, connects with customers, and grows with your business.

Whether you're just starting out or looking to revamp your online presence, I'm here to help you create a website that's as unique as your business. Let's build something awesome together!

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Pricing

Simple & Transparent Pricing

We've listed our most common packages below. Drop us a line if you need something different, we're happy to chat!

Subscription

Standard

$150/mo

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  • 5 pages included
  • $100 per page after 5
  • Hosting included
  • Unlimited edits
  • 24/7 support
  • Lifetime updates
  • Custom design
  • SEO optimized content
  • Google Business profile review
  • Google Analytics
  • Logo & brand design included

Standard + Blog

$300/mo

  • 1000+ word post
  • 1 post per month
  • $150 per extra post
  • Logo & brand design included
  • Plus all standard offerings!
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Lump Sum

Lump Sum

$3,500

then $25/mo for hosting

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  • 5 pages
  • $100 per page after 5
  • Custom design
  • SEO optimized content
  • Google Business profile review
  • Google Analytics
  • Logo & brand design included

Maintenance add-on ($50/mo)

  • Unlimited edits
  • 24/7 support
  • Lifetime updates

Lump Sum + Blog

$3,500

then $175/mo for hosting and blog

  • 1000+ word post
  • 1 post per month
  • $150 per extra post
  • Logo & brand design included
  • Plus all lump sum offerings!
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A little more you

Not finding an offering that fits your needs?

We build fully custom websites from scratch which means we have full control over every piece of functionality and every pixel placed. Need a backend integration? Secured section behind a login? Just want help writing some SEO friendly content for your existing website? We've got you covered.

Not sure which package fits? There are answers to the most common pricing questions on the FAQ page, and what's included in a custom-coded site is the same on both.

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Client Reviews

In Their Words

Two family businesses in the Philadelphia area, on what it was like to work together.

Sam was amazing to work with. Not only is he extremely knowledgeable about all the technical aspects that go into building and optimizing a website, but he also takes the time to explain everything and works with you every step of the way from start to finish.

I hired Sam to create a website for Philly Printing Co., a division of our existing company, Scranton Printing Co. The finished website exceeded my expectations. It's laid out perfectly, loads incredibly fast, and is extremely easy to navigate.

Most importantly, it has generated new business for us. At the end of the day, that was really what mattered most to me. The purpose of investing in a website is to bring in new customers, and this website has done exactly that, and continues to do so.

I would highly recommend Sam to anyone looking for someone who knows what they're doing, communicates throughout the entire process, and, most importantly, can build a website that actually helps generate new business.

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Barry Strauss
Vice President, Co-Owner
Philly Printing Company

  • Sam was incredible to work with when it came to building my new website. He explained all of the complex nuances that make a website stylish, functional, and well-recognized online. I knew instantly that I could trust him to create not only what I needed, but what I didn't even know I needed. He's very knowledgeable and made the entire process easy to understand. I absolutely recommend Mural City to anyone looking to take their website and business to the next level.

    AO
    Annie Oliver
    Philly Printing Company

  • We had a great experience working with Sam and Mural City Web Design on our new website for Garttmeyer Moving and Storage. Sam was easy to work with, listened to what we wanted, and did a great job bringing it all together.

    The website came out great and really shows off our company. Sam was always quick to respond and made the whole process simple and stress-free.

    We're really happy with the finished product and would definitely recommend Sam and Mural City Web Design to anyone looking for a new website or a website refresh like we did!

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Web Design That’s Fast, Affordable, and Built for Results.

High quality solutions for small businesses that deliver big results.

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