How we build

From kickoff to launch.

Every Custom Websites project follows the same disciplined cadence — five clear phases, weekly check-ins, and one full-stack team accountable end-to-end.

Custom Websites build process
Custom Websites specifications
What ships

Specifications, not promises.

Custom Websites sites ship with measurable specifications — performance targets, accessibility certifications, SEO foundation, conversion tracking, and CRM integration — all verified before launch.

Custom Websites

Custom websites built for SEO + AEO + GEO from day one.

12-18 week builds. Discovery, design, hand-coded development, content, launch. The full-custom path for businesses that need a website to do real revenue work, not just exist.

What’s included

Custom Websites — the 5 things you get.

  • Discovery + strategy phase — competitor analysis, IA architecture, content strategy, conversion design.
  • Bespoke design — not a theme, not a template. Designed for your brand, your customers, your conversion goals.
  • Hand-coded development — clean code, blazing performance, accessibility-first.
  • Content creation included — copy, photography direction, video coordination.
  • Launch + 90-day optimization — A/B tests, conversion improvements based on real traffic.
Who it’s for

Right fit if you’re…

Established businesses ready to invest in a website that drives 5x+ ROI for the next 5+ years.

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Custom builds

Hand-coded. Not a template.

Every custom site is designed from a content strategy + brand audit, then engineered for sub-1.5s LCP, AA accessibility, and conversion paths tuned to each persona.

Bespoke hero design
Hero design

Bespoke hero, editorial-grade.

Editorial typography + custom illustration + scroll-driven storytelling. The hero scroll IS the brand story.

  • Editorial type
  • Custom illustration
  • Scroll storytelling
  • AA accessibility
Persona-tuned conversion paths
Conversion

Different visitors, different CTAs.

Buyer personas detected via traffic source, behavior, and time-on-page. Each persona sees a tuned CTA + landing flow.

  • Persona detection
  • Dynamic CTAs
  • Behavior-tuned
  • A/B framework
Quick answer

Custom Websites engineered for SEO + AEO + GEO citation, fast performance, and conversion-tested outcomes.

Frostbite Marketing’s custom websites service combines design discipline, technical performance engineering, accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.2 AA), and the SEO + AEO + GEO foundations that determine modern search visibility. Every site we ship is measurable, maintainable, and tuned for both Google blue-link ranking and AI engine citation.

Custom Websites

What custom websites should deliver in 2026.

A custom websites project in 2026 needs to satisfy a wider set of requirements than the same project would have in 2021. Beyond aesthetic design and basic responsiveness, every site we ship has to meet four overlapping standards: Core Web Vitals all-green, WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, full SEO + AEO + GEO foundation, and conversion-tested patterns specific to the business vertical.

Frostbite Marketing’s custom websites engagements deliver all four by default. The technical foundation isn’t an upsell — it’s table stakes for a website that ranks in Google, gets cited by AI engines, and converts the traffic it earns.

Why this matters for SEO + AEO + GEO

Search engines and AI engines reward the same foundations.

A custom websites project that ignores Core Web Vitals, accessibility, and structured data is a website that’s working against your SEO and AEO + GEO investment. Google’s search algorithm rewards fast-loading, accessible, well-structured sites — and the AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews) reward sites whose content is extractable, whose structured data is rich, and whose authority signals are clean.

The implication is straightforward: a well-built custom websites project is one of the highest-leverage SEO + AEO + GEO investments a small business can make. A great website lifts every other marketing channel.

What ships

Performance, accessibility, schema, conversion.

Every Frostbite custom websites project ships with: (1) Core Web Vitals all-green (LCP < 1.5s, INP < 100ms, CLS < 0.05); (2) WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility verified by automated + manual screen-reader testing; (3) full SEO + AEO + GEO foundations including FAQPage schema, Article schema, LocalBusiness schema, llms.txt at site root, and citation graph anchors; (4) conversion-tested patterns specific to your business vertical.

Reporting and documentation accompany the launch — a performance scorecard, an accessibility audit report, a schema inventory, and a conversion-pattern rationale. Everything is auditable.

Timeline + process

How custom websites engagements run.

A Frostbite custom websites engagement runs through five clear phases: discovery (1-2 weeks, stakeholder interviews + brand workshop + competitor audit), strategy (1-2 weeks, IA + sitemap + conversion plan), design (2-4 weeks, custom hero + brand system + component library), build (3-8 weeks depending on scope, hand-coded + performance-first + QA), and launch (1 week, migration + redirects + day-1 support).

Each phase has defined deliverables and a clear go/no-go gate before the next phase starts. No surprise scope creep, no ambiguous handoffs.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What does custom websites include?

Custom Websites from Frostbite Marketing includes design, development, Core Web Vitals optimization, WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, full SEO + AEO + GEO foundation (schema, llms.txt, citation graph anchors), and conversion-tested patterns specific to your vertical.

How long does the project take?

Typical timelines range from 2-4 weeks for templated builds to 12-18 weeks for full custom builds. Custom Websites engagements specifically run on the shorter end of that range for less-complex scopes.

What does the project cost?

Pricing depends on scope, vertical, and feature set. Request a custom quote at /contact/ or generate a Free Snapshot Report at /snapshot/ for a baseline of your current website performance.

Do you support WordPress or other CMSes?

Yes. Default stack is WordPress on WP Engine for performance reasons, but we support headless builds (Next.js, React) and other CMSes (Webflow, Shopify, etc.) when the use case calls for them.

Is hosting included?

Hosting can be bundled (Frostbite-managed WP Engine) or remain on your existing infrastructure. Bundled hosting is the most common path because of the Core Web Vitals and uptime guarantees we can deliver on our infrastructure.

Do you also handle ongoing SEO + AEO + GEO?

Yes — these are typically delivered as ongoing services after the website launches. Most clients combine the build with an ongoing SEO + AEO + GEO retainer.

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