Your current site looks outdated
The business has grown but the website still looks like it was built five years ago. It does not reflect what the company actually does or how it wants to be perceived.
A website that works as hard as your business does.
Orygn designs, builds, and improves websites for small businesses and growing teams in the Houston area and beyond. Already on WordPress, Shopify, Wix, or Squarespace? We work with what you have. Starting fresh, or ready for something faster and fully custom? We build that too. Wherever your site lives, we meet you there.
When it makes sense
Common reasons businesses reach out for web design.
You are starting a new business
You need a professional web presence that establishes credibility from day one, whether that is done right on a platform you can manage yourself or built fully custom. Something that looks and performs like a real business.
Your site is slow or not mobile-friendly
Customers are finding you on their phones and your site is not keeping up. Slow load times, broken layouts, or a poor mobile experience are costing you visitors.
You cannot update your own site
The site was built by someone who is no longer available, and now you cannot make basic changes without help. You need something maintainable and under your control.
What the work includes
From design to deployment, everything is handled.
Custom design
Every site is designed from scratch based on your brand, your audience, and your goals. Typography, layout, color, and content structure are all tailored to your business.
Development and build
Clean, modern code with responsive layouts, fast load times, and proper SEO structure. Built on modern web standards for a custom site, or done right inside your platform when that is the better fit for how you work.
Hosting and launch
Domain setup, hosting configuration, SSL certificates, and deployment. Sites are deployed to modern platforms for speed, security, and uptime you do not have to think about.
Ongoing support
Content updates, design tweaks, and technical maintenance after launch. Your site does not get abandoned after delivery.
Platforms we work with
Already have a site? We work across all the major platforms.
Already on a platform like WordPress, Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, or Webflow? Orygn can improve it, extend it, fix what is slow or broken, or migrate you to something faster when you are ready. Whatever your site runs on, we can work with it, and if you would rather have a fully custom build, that is on the table too.
Site builders
Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, Weebly, Webflow, Framer, Duda, Hostinger, Jimdo, Google Sites, Carrd, and Strikingly.
Content platforms (CMS)
WordPress, Ghost, Drupal, Joomla, and HubSpot CMS.
Online stores
Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Square Online, Adobe Commerce (Magento), and Ecwid.
Custom and no-code
Fully custom builds on modern web standards, plus no-code app platforms like Bubble. Outgrow a platform and Orygn migrates you cleanly.
FAQ
Common questions about website design.
It depends on scope. A clean business website with a few pages costs less than a full web application with user accounts and integrations. Orygn scopes every project before work begins so you know the cost upfront.
A straightforward business website typically takes a few weeks from kickoff to launch. More complex sites with custom functionality take longer. Orygn provides a timeline during scoping.
Both, depending on what fits your business and budget. Orygn can build a fully custom site from scratch for maximum performance and control, or work within a platform you already use. The right answer depends on your goals, and Orygn will tell you honestly which one makes sense.
Yes. Every website Orygn builds is responsive and tested across devices. Mobile performance is a priority, not an afterthought.
Orygn can set up hosting and manage domain configuration as part of the project. Sites are typically deployed to modern platforms like Vercel or Cloudflare for speed and reliability.
Yes. Whether it is a full redesign or targeted improvements to an existing site, Orygn can assess what you have and build from there.
Yes. Orygn works across all the major platforms, including WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, GoDaddy, Weebly, BigCommerce, Square, WooCommerce, and more. Whatever your site runs on, Orygn can improve it, extend it, or migrate it.
Yes. If your site is on a platform like Wix, Squarespace, WordPress, or Shopify, Orygn can improve the design and performance in place, or migrate you to a faster custom build when you outgrow the platform.
Yes. Orygn offers dedicated web accessibility testing and Section 508 conformance work: manual WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA audits, VPAT reports, and remediation, performed by a certified DHS Trusted Tester. See the accessibility and Section 508 service.
Next step
If you know what the site needs to do, a short conversation is usually enough to figure out the build.
Start with what the site should communicate, who it should reach, and what it should make easy for visitors. That is usually enough to scope the first version.
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