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Custom Website Development in Oregon

The right build for your business: a hand-coded custom site when you want no platform at all, or custom WordPress when your team wants to edit content themselves. Designed, built and supported by one experienced developer in Hillsboro — no agency layers, no templates.

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Packages from $199Hand-coded or WordPressWork directly with the developerYou own everything

Oregon Web Developer

A website built around your business

A business website should load fast, look right on every phone, and make it easy for customers to call, book or buy. Templates and page builders can get you online, but they rarely fit the way your business actually works. Custom website development starts with your customers and your workflow and builds exactly what is needed — nothing more.

I'm Joe Stebbins, an independent web developer in Hillsboro, Oregon with more than 20 years of full-stack experience. I handle the whole job myself: design, front-end, back-end, integrations, hosting and launch. You talk directly with the person writing the code, from the first call to ongoing support.

Every project begins with one question: which kind of build is right for you?

Two Ways to Build

Hand-coded or custom WordPress?

Both are custom. Both are mobile-first, fast and built for search. The difference is how you want to run the site after launch.

No platform at all

Hand-coded custom website

Written from scratch in PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. No themes, no plugins, no page builder.

Very fast and lean on mobile
Nothing to update every month; small attack surface
Custom admin area for prices, products and content
Hosting and DNS are the only recurring costs
Best for: sites that should simply work, custom booking or e-commerce, unique features

You edit it yourself

Custom WordPress website

A custom-designed WordPress site set up around your content, not a stock theme.

Familiar editor your team can use daily
Blogs, news and frequently changing pages
WooCommerce for online stores
Plugins kept lean and maintained
Best for: teams that publish often or need the WordPress ecosystem

Custom WordPress websites →

Not sure which fits? Describe your business and I'll recommend one — honestly, even if it's the smaller job.

Ask Joe →

Pricing

Hand-coded website packages

Fixed prices, custom design, mobile-responsive, SEO-ready, sitemap and full deployment included. No recurring fees beyond your own hosting and domain.

Start Up

$199

3-page custom site, slideshow banner, contact form. 2–3 day turnaround.

Professional

$349

5-page site with content management, 2 banners and contact form. 3–4 days.

Business Pro

$649

8–10 pages, online payments, online bookings, CMS, newsletter and social integration. 4–5 days.

E-Commerce

$699

Up to 15 pages and 100 products, cart and checkout, payments, sales and inventory management. 5–10 days.

Pro E-Commerce

$899

Unlimited pages and products, dynamic design, search, support forum and live review feeds. 1–2 weeks.

Elite

$999

Up to 20 pages, custom interactive design, online appointments or ordering, payments and sign-up areas.

See full package details on the home page. Larger custom applications, integrations and custom WordPress builds are quoted after a free consultation.

Freelancer or Agency?

What working with an independent developer means

Agencies are a good fit for some projects. For most small and mid-sized Oregon businesses, here is how the two compare.

	Joe Stebbins (independent)	Typical agency
Who you talk to	The developer who builds your site	Account manager, then a project team
Pricing	Fixed packages from $199; written quotes for custom work	Often several thousand dollars and up, plus retainers
Turnaround	Days to a few weeks	Often several weeks to months
Platform	Hand-coded or custom WordPress — whichever fits	Usually the agency's preferred platform
Ownership	You own the code, content, hosting and domain	Varies; sometimes tied to agency hosting
Support after launch	Same person who built it; repairs from $99	Support tickets or monthly plans

Recent Work

Custom builds, real businesses

Oregon • E-Commerce

Chehalem Green

A database-driven woodworking store designed, built and maintained in-house: product catalog, cart and orders, customer accounts, admin tools, automated email, product feeds and SEO.

Visit site →

Hospitality • Booking

The Cayman Club

Hand-coded vacation rental site for 10 beachfront condos with a real-time reservation system, photo and video galleries and a custom owner dashboard for rates and content.

Case study →

Tourism • Storytelling

Pampered Ponies

Scroll-driven site for horseback riding tours with cinematic animation, a "Choose Your Adventure" ride picker and native video galleries — fast on mobile.

Case study →

What I Build

Custom development services

Business websites

Clear, fast sites for contractors, professional services, hospitality and retail.

Redesigns →

E-commerce

Custom stores or WooCommerce, with payments, shipping and inventory.

E-commerce →

Booking & reservations

Availability calendars, appointment scheduling and reservation workflows.

Booking →

Custom PHP & MySQL

Dashboards, databases, integrations and web applications.

Custom PHP →

Technical SEO & analytics

Clean markup, schema, sitemaps, GA4 and conversion tracking built in.

Technical SEO →

Maintenance & repair

Ongoing updates and quick fixes for hand-coded and WordPress sites.

WordPress repair →

Process

From first call to launch

Talk

A short call or email about your business, customers and goals.

Quote

A recommendation — hand-coded or WordPress — with a fixed price and timeline.

Build

Design and development with previews along the way, tested on real phones.

Launch

SEO essentials, analytics, deployment and handover of every account to you.

Serving Oregon

Based in Hillsboro. Working statewide.

I'm based in Hillsboro and build websites for businesses throughout Oregon — from the Portland metro area and Washington County to the Willamette Valley, Central Oregon and the coast.

PortlandHillsboroBeavertonTigardLake OswegoOregon CitySalemMcMinnvilleNewbergEugeneCorvallisBend

Not on the list? Most projects run smoothly by phone, email and screen share anywhere in Oregon — and for clients outside the state as well.

FAQ

Custom Website Development FAQ

How much does a custom website cost in Oregon?

Hand-coded website packages run from $199 for a 3-page starter site to $999 for a 20-page site with online ordering or appointments, payments and a content management area. Custom WordPress builds and larger custom applications get a fixed quote after a short consultation, so you know the full price before work begins.

How long does it take to build a custom website?

Most package sites launch in 2 days to 3 weeks, depending on size. A 3-page starter site can be ready in 2–3 days; e-commerce and larger sites typically take 1–3 weeks. Timelines for custom applications are set during the quote.

Should my website be hand-coded or built on WordPress?

It depends on how you will run it. Hand-coded sites are lean, fast and have no plugins to update, which suits businesses that want a site that simply works. WordPress suits teams who want to publish and edit content themselves every week. I build both and will recommend whichever fits your business.

Can I update the website myself?

Yes. Hand-coded sites can include a custom admin area for editing text, images, prices and products. WordPress sites use the standard WordPress editor, set up so the parts you need to change are easy to find.

Do I own the website and the code?

Yes. You own the design, the code, the content and the accounts. Hosting and your domain are registered in your name, so you are never locked in to me or to a platform.

Do you work with businesses outside Hillsboro?

Yes. I am based in Hillsboro and work with businesses across Oregon, including Portland, Beaverton, Salem, Eugene and Bend. Most projects run by phone, email and screen share, and local meetings are possible in the Portland metro area.

Do you redesign existing websites?

Yes. Outdated, slow or hard-to-manage sites can be redesigned or rebuilt, keeping the content, search rankings and features that already work and setting up redirects so nothing is lost.

Get Started

Get a free website quote

Tell me about your business and what the website needs to do. I'll reply with a recommendation — hand-coded or WordPress — and a clear price.

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