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Chicago Web Solutions combines strategy, UX, design, development and digital marketing to help ambitious businesses generate leads, improve conversion and build stronger digital brands.

Recent work — F&L Epoxy Flooring, Beauty Concepts Salon & Spa, Darrell’s Chittum Wood
Outcomes, not deliverables
A new website is a means, not the goal. Every engagement starts with the number the business needs to move, and every design and engineering decision is traced back to it.
Clear positioning, proof where doubt appears, and forms that route the right inquiries to the right person.
Fewer steps, faster pages and offers matched to intent — tested against real behavior, not opinion.
Site architecture, technical SEO and content built to rank in Google and be cited in AI answers.
Self-serve tools — quotes, availability, booking — that answer buyers before a sales call is needed.
Integrations with your CRM, ERP and scheduling tools so the website stops creating manual work.
A visual identity and voice that make an established business look as capable as it actually is.
Services
Strategy, brand, websites, software and growth marketing under one roof — so the team that plans the work is the team that ships it and measures it.
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Featured project
A contractor website that explains the prep behind every floor
The brief
F&L Epoxy needed a website that sells the preparation behind every floor. The site covers nine floor systems, publishes Chicago-area pricing and gives homeowners three planning tools before they ask for an estimate.
Read the full project → Visit the live site ↗
Selected work
Contractors, retailers, professional services firms, creatives and a fintech platform — each site built around how its customers decide.
All projects →How we help businesses grow
Most agencies own one stage of the journey. We plan all four together, so the traffic you pay for lands on pages built to convert it and the leads you win feed back into what you do next.
SEO · Paid media · Content
Reach buyers while they are researching, in search, AI answers and the channels they already use.
Measured by Qualified sessions, share of search
Brand · UX · Web design
Make the first visit count with positioning, proof and an experience that answers the real questions.
Measured by Engaged visits, return rate
Landing pages · CRO · E-commerce
Remove friction from quotes, bookings and checkout, then test what actually moves the rate.
Measured by Conversion rate, cost per lead
CRM · Automation · Analytics
Connect the site to your CRM and reporting so every lead is followed up and every channel is accountable.
Measured by Pipeline value, lifetime value
Industry experience

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Leasing platforms, property pages and broker tools that keep availability current.

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Patient-friendly booking, provider directories and accessible, compliant content.

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Product marketing sites, documentation and in-app experiences for SaaS teams.

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Expertise-led sites that turn reputation into consultations for firms and practices.

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Shopify and WooCommerce stores tuned for conversion, AOV and operational sanity.

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Spec sheets, RFQ flows and distributor tools that shorten technical sales cycles.

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Instant quotes, lane pages and customer portals with live shipment tracking.

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Trust-first brands and compliance-friendly content workflows for advisors.

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Project galleries, bid portals and tracking tools that win larger contracts.

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Direct-booking sites that reduce OTA commissions and sell the experience.
WordPress expertise
We build custom WordPress experiences that give marketing teams the flexibility they need without sacrificing design quality, performance or maintainability.

Process
Eight phases, each with a named owner, a review and a deliverable. You see the work while it is being made — not at launch.
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Why Chicago Web Solutions

No junior-heavy delivery model. The people in the kickoff are the people doing the work.
We understand the business, the buyer and the numbers before anyone opens Figma.
Designers and developers work the same project from day one, so nothing is lost in a handoff.
Strategy, design, development and growth under one roof, with one plan and one point of contact.
Speed, accessibility and SEO are part of the definition of done — not a post-launch audit.
Care plans, monthly improvements and a team that still knows your site a year after launch.
The studio
Projects run out of our Aurora studio with clients across Chicagoland and the country. A typical team is a strategist, one or two designers, two or three engineers and a growth lead — working in shared documents, weekly reviews and a staging site you can open any time.
From our Google reviews
★★★★★Rated 5 out of 5 Google review
Amazing. These folks took my vision and translated it into something I’m proud to have my name on. Alex, the CEO walked every step of the way with me to ensure mutual success. We both won and I’m looking forward to continued collaboration.
★★★★★Rated 5 out of 5 Google review
Alex was incredibly helpful and did an excellent job creating my website. He was professional, responsive, and easy to work with throughout the entire process. I highly recommend him!
★★★★★Rated 5 out of 5 Google review
I worked with this team on building a website and integrating it with my CRM (HubSpot). They were responsive, easy to work with, and delivered what was discussed. Communication was straightforward, and the process moved along without issues. Overall, a solid experience.
★★★★★Rated 5 out of 5 Google review
This company is amazing! They did a great job with helping me with all of my website developing needs. I highly recommend them!
Technology & integrations
We choose proven platforms and connect them properly — so data moves from the website to the CRM, the reporting is trustworthy and nothing depends on a fragile workaround.
SEO & digital growth
The best time to plan growth is before launch. We build the measurement, the content model and the technical foundations first — then run the programs that compound month after month.
Keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content mapped to real demand.
Google Business Profile, location pages and citations for Chicagoland visibility.
Crawlability, Core Web Vitals, schema and clean migrations.
Topics, briefs and editorial calendars tied to the sales conversation.
Google Ads managed against cost per qualified lead, not clicks.
Meta and LinkedIn campaigns with creative built for each placement.
Research, testing and landing pages that lift the rate you already pay for.
GA4, Tag Manager and dashboards you can actually make decisions from.
Content and structure that help AI answers cite your business accurately.
Insights

Pricing 6 min read
Realistic 2026 ranges for marketing sites, e-commerce builds and custom platforms from a senior Chicago agency, plus what actually moves the number and where budgets go wrong.
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SEO 5 min read
AI Overviews and assistants now answer many questions directly. Here is what tends to earn a citation, what is mostly noise, and how to measure progress honestly.
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Conversion 5 min read
Service businesses rarely need more traffic as much as they need more of it to call. Six common leaks we find on service websites, and how to fix them without huge traffic.
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WordPress 5 min read
Three very different ways to build on WordPress, each with real strengths and costs that show up later. How we help clients choose, and the hybrid most of them end up with.
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E-commerce 5 min read
Both platforms are capable. The right choice depends on how you sell, who runs the store and how much of the system you want to own. A practical comparison from a team that builds on both.
Read article →Questions
Still have a question? Email info@chicagowebsolutionscorp.com or call +1 (331) 223-2189.
Most marketing websites we build land between $15,000 and $60,000, depending on the number of unique templates, content needs and integrations. E-commerce usually runs $25,000–$120,000, and custom platforms start around $60,000. You get a fixed scope and price after a discovery call, before any work begins.
A typical marketing site takes 10–16 weeks from kickoff to launch. E-commerce and platform projects usually run 14–24 weeks. The schedule depends as much on content and feedback cycles as on design and development, so we plan both together.
For most marketing sites it is the right balance of flexibility, cost of ownership and editor experience. We build custom themes rather than templates, so you get a fast, secure site your team can edit safely. When a project needs Shopify, a headless setup or a custom application, we say so.
Yes, and most of our projects are redesigns. We audit what is working first — rankings, content, conversion paths — and protect it through the migration with a full redirect map and pre-launch SEO checks.
Yes. Technical SEO is built into every project, and we run ongoing SEO programs covering content, local SEO, technical health and AI search visibility. Retainers typically range from $2,500 to $10,000 per month depending on scope.
Yes. Our studio is in Aurora and many clients are across Chicagoland, but we work with businesses nationwide. Projects run through video working sessions, shared documents and a staging site you can open any time.
We set up and manage hosting on reputable managed WordPress or cloud platforms, with the account in your company’s name. You keep ownership of the domain, hosting, code and data.
Yes. Care plans cover updates, security monitoring, backups, uptime checks and a block of development time each month. Most WordPress care plans run between $500 and $2,500 per month.
Yes. We regularly connect sites to HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp and industry-specific systems so leads arrive with the context your team needs — source, service, budget and timeline.
Most engagements start at around $15,000, and our larger website, commerce and software projects run well into six figures. If your budget is smaller, we will tell you honestly what is achievable or point you somewhere better suited.
Every launch includes 30 days of post-launch support, training for your team and a measurement baseline. Many clients continue with a care plan, an SEO program or a monthly improvement budget.
Often. We can lead the whole project or work alongside your marketers, developers and agencies — taking the specialist work while your team keeps ownership of the brand and day-to-day publishing.
Start a project
Tell us where the business is going and what the website needs to do. A senior strategist will reply within one business day — usually with a few useful questions and a sense of budget and timing.