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First Bloom

A one-page website for people who are the whole business.

We counted one corner of it
74 with no website 121 with one
74 of 195

There are 195 businesses selling at Buncombe County's tailgate markets this season and 74 have no website at all. Not a dated one. Not a neglected one. None.

It's the same everywhere the business is one or two people. A website is one more thing to buy in a year that already has rent, insurance and a van that finally gave out, so it gets postponed, sensibly, forever.

So we made a way around it.

$250. One page.
Yours to keep.

What it isn't. A shop, a blog, an events calendar, or ten pages. Those are real projects and we quote them like real projects. This is one page, done properly.

Two we've built

One page, and it's the whole brand

Surfers University, a one-page site for a surf coach Surfers UniversityCoaching Loving Honey, a one-page site for a backyard honey producer Loving HoneyLocal honey
Who it's for

Four things, and that's the rule

  1. You run it. It's your name on it, and you'd be the one answering our emails.
  2. You're in Western North Carolina.
  3. You don't have a website, or the only thing you have is a social page.
  4. There are five of you or fewer.

Meet those and the price is $250.

Don't meet them? We'd still like to talk. It'll be a different conversation and a different number, and it may well be worth having.

Tell us about it
Applying

Eight questions, about two minutes

We take on a handful of these a month. Not sure whether you qualify? Send it anyway and we'll tell you.

one line is plenty
Where are people finding you now? *
Do you have a website now? *
Who runs the business? *
Good to know. Above five is usually a different conversation and a different number, but send this anyway and we'll tell you either way.
Do you already have photos you like? *
300 characters left

Got it. We look at these in batches, so give us up to a week and you'll hear back from a person, not a form. If you're open this weekend, we might just come by.

Already have a website and it isn't working? That's a different problem and we have a different answer. Send us whatever people find when they look you up and we'll tell you the three things we'd change first. No charge, a handful a month.

After it's live

The site is yours

Your domain, your account, your name on everything.

$180a year, if you'd like us
to keep an eye on it

Hosting handled, four small changes, and a check twice a year that everything still works. If you'd rather run it yourself, we'll show you how.