Grand Rapids Web Design That Drives Real Business Results

A Grand Rapids web designer you can actually reach

Grand Rapids businesses are ambitious, and the competition online is real. Breweries and restaurants downtown and along Bridge Street, shops in Eastown and on Wealthy Street, practices along the Medical Mile, contractors and home service companies across Kent County, manufacturers, churches, and nonprofits all compete for the same searches. When someone in Grand Rapids looks for what you do, your website decides whether they call you or the next result.

I'm Jarod Dykstra. I've designed and built more than 200 websites since 2016, and I'm based in Byron Center, just south of the city. When you hire me, you work with the person who designs and codes your site from the first call to launch day, and after. No account managers, no junior designers, no handoffs.

What I build for Grand Rapids businesses

• Web design. Custom websites built around how your customers decide, fast on a phone, and kept current for you after launch. More on website design.
• SEO. Rankings for the searches that bring in work, built into every site and available as ongoing work. More on SEO.
• Local SEO. Google Business Profile, the map pack, and reviews, so nearby customers find you first. See the local SEO plans.
• Website care. Updates, security, and backups handled for you after launch, so your site never goes stale. Website maintenance.
• E-commerce websites. Online stores built to sell, with local pickup and delivery if you need it. More on e-commerce.
• Websites for contractors. Project galleries, service areas, and quote requests for builders and trades. Contractor websites.
• Redesigns. A modern rebuild of a dated or slow site, with redirects handled so you keep the rankings you've earned. More on redesigns.

Built for how Grand Rapids customers search

Most local customers search on a phone, often with "near me" or the city in the search. A site that ranks for those searches needs more than a nice design: clear page titles and descriptions, fast load times, a layout built for phones, structured data that tells Google your business and service area, and pages written around what people in Grand Rapids and Kent County actually type. Every site I build launches with that foundation in place.

It works. Age Management of West Michigan, a Grand Rapids medical practice, nearly doubled their organic traffic after their redesign. Local businesses like Renew Painting GR and Peace Church Middleville trust me with their sites, and you can read what they say below.

Why work with a local, solo developer

Big agencies have layers. You explain your business to a salesperson, who explains it to a project manager, who explains it to a designer. Things get lost, and every change takes weeks. With me, the person you talk to is the person doing the work. I'm close enough to meet in person when it helps, and replies actually come back, which is the thing my 45+ client reviews mention most.

How a project works

1. A quick chat about your business, your customers, and what isn't working now.
2. A free mockup of your new homepage, so you see the direction before you pay anything. Request yours here.
3. A fixed quote, then the build. I build the full site and refine it with you until it's right.
4. Launch, then ongoing support. Updates are handled for you, and SEO keeps the site climbing if you want it to.

Neighborhoods and nearby cities

I work with businesses all over Grand Rapids, including Downtown, Heritage Hill, Eastown, East Hills, the West Side, Creston, and Alger Heights, plus East Grand Rapids, Rockford, and Comstock Park. Nearby cities have their own pages: Kentwood, Wyoming, Grandville, Walker, Ada, Cascade, and Byron Center. See all the areas I serve.