# Stonekept

> Stonekept is a web design studio in Buffalo, Minnesota that hand-codes custom websites for small businesses, serves them as static files on Cloudflare's global edge for speed and security, and keeps them current with monthly care plans. No WordPress, no page builders, no plugins.

Contact: hello@stonekept.studio · (763) 265-9929 · Buffalo, MN, USA
Service area: Buffalo and the Twin Cities west metro, Minnesota — including Buffalo, Monticello, St. Michael, Albertville, Rogers, Maple Grove, Delano, Otsego, Plymouth, St. Cloud, Elk River, Big Lake, Rockford, Montrose, Maple Lake, Annandale, Wayzata, Medina, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, Waite Park — plus remote clients anywhere.

## Fast facts
- A small, hands-on studio — you work directly with the person who designs and builds your site.
- Every site is hand-coded in HTML and CSS — no WordPress, no page builders, no plugins.
- Sites are served as static files on Cloudflare's global edge: near-instant loads, and almost nothing to hack.
- Hosting, automatic HTTPS, off-site backups and monitoring are bundled into every monthly plan; care plans ($199+/mo) also include content edits and new pages.
- Clients own their domain, content, and site files outright — no lock-in; care plans are month-to-month.
- Pricing is public: builds from $2,200, care plans from $199/mo.
- Also handles website redesigns and takeovers (including migrating off WordPress), using 301 redirects to preserve search rankings.

## Services & key pages
- [Web Design](https://stonekept.studio/web-design): Custom hand-coded website design & build for small businesses
- [Website Redesign](https://stonekept.studio/website-redesign): Redesign or take over a slow, dated, or WordPress site — rebuilt fast and hand-coded, rankings preserved
- [Care Plans](https://stonekept.studio/care-plans): Monthly website care plans: edits, backups, monitoring, hosting
- [Speed & Security](https://stonekept.studio/speed-security): Fast, secure static hosting on Cloudflare's global edge
- [Local SEO](https://stonekept.studio/local-seo): Local SEO and Google Business Profile setup
- [Pricing](https://stonekept.studio/pricing): One-time build from $2,200 + care plan from $199/mo
- [Custom vs WordPress](https://stonekept.studio/custom-vs-wordpress): Honest comparison: hand-coded vs WordPress vs site builders
- [FAQ](https://stonekept.studio/faq): Answers on hand-coded vs WordPress, speed, security, care, and pricing
- [About](https://stonekept.studio/about): About the studio and how we work
- [Contact](https://stonekept.studio/contact): Start a project or book a free discovery call

## Free tools
- [Free Tools hub](https://stonekept.studio/tools): Free web-design calculators and checkers, no sign-up
- [Website Cost Calculator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/website-cost-calculator): See a realistic build price and care-plan range for the site you have in mind — in about a minute.
- [WordPress vs Custom Cost](https://stonekept.studio/tools/wordpress-vs-custom-cost-calculator): Add up three years of WordPress hosting, plugins and upkeep against one flat hand-coded care plan.
- [Website ROI Calculator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/website-roi-calculator): Work out how many new customers a site needs to pay for itself — and what it returns after that.
- [Cost of a Slow Website](https://stonekept.studio/tools/cost-of-a-slow-website): Put a dollar figure on the sales a slow, clunky website is quietly costing you every month.
- [Website Redesign Scorecard](https://stonekept.studio/tools/website-redesign-scorecard): Answer 10 quick questions and see whether your site is due for a redesign — and exactly what one would fix.
- [Website Speed Test](https://stonekept.studio/tools/website-speed-test): Grade any website's real Google performance score and Core Web Vitals — free, no sign-up.
- [Local SEO Scorecard](https://stonekept.studio/tools/local-seo-scorecard): Score your Google visibility against ten local-ranking essentials, and see exactly what to fix next.
- [Google SERP Preview](https://stonekept.studio/tools/google-serp-preview): See exactly how your page's title and description will look in Google — before you publish.
- [Color Contrast Checker](https://stonekept.studio/tools/color-contrast-checker): Check any text and background pair against WCAG AA and AAA accessibility contrast ratios.
- [LocalBusiness Schema Generator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/local-business-schema-generator): Fill in your business details and get valid LocalBusiness JSON-LD structured data to paste into your site.
- [Google Review Link Generator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/google-review-link-generator): Turn your Google listing into a one-click review link, a printable QR code, and a website review button.
- [On-Page SEO Checker](https://stonekept.studio/tools/on-page-seo-checker): Paste a page's HTML and instantly check its title, meta, headings, canonical, indexability, and alt text.
- [Open Graph Generator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/open-graph-generator): Generate og: and twitter: tags and preview how your link looks when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.
- [Image Optimizer](https://stonekept.studio/tools/image-optimizer): Resize, compress, and convert images to WebP right in your browser — shrink photos by up to 90%, no upload.
- [FAQ Schema Generator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/faq-schema-generator): Turn your questions and answers into valid FAQPage JSON-LD structured data to paste into your site.
- [Image Alt Text Checker](https://stonekept.studio/tools/image-alt-text-checker): Paste your page HTML and see which images are missing, empty, or duplicate alt text — and which are good.
- [Robots.txt Generator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/robots-txt-generator): Generate a safe robots.txt with search and AI-crawler controls and your sitemap, plus an llms.txt starter.
- [Favicon Generator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/favicon-generator): Make a real favicon.ico plus apple-touch icon from a letter, emoji, or your logo — right in your browser.
- [301 Redirect Generator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/redirect-generator): Paste old and new URLs and get 301 redirect rules for Cloudflare, Apache, or Nginx — keep your rankings.
- [Privacy Policy Generator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/privacy-policy-generator): Answer a few questions and get a plain-English privacy policy tailored to what your website collects.
- [Business Name Generator](https://stonekept.studio/tools/business-name-generator): Spin up dozens of on-brand business-name ideas from a word or two — a fast brainstorming starter.

## Industries we build for
- [Industries hub](https://stonekept.studio/industries): Small-business web design across many industries
- [Contractors & trades](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-for-contractors): Builders, remodelers, roofers & project trades — sites that win the bid.
- [Restaurants & cafés](https://stonekept.studio/restaurant-web-design): Menus, hours, events & ordering links — fast on a phone and kept current all season.
- [Online stores](https://stonekept.studio/ecommerce-web-design): Secure Stripe or Snipcart checkout on a fast site we keep running for you.
- [Home services](https://stonekept.studio/home-services-web-design): HVAC, plumbing & electrical sites that turn emergency searches into booked calls.
- [Medical & dental](https://stonekept.studio/medical-dental-web-design): Fast, accessible sites patients can trust — and book an appointment from.
- [Real estate](https://stonekept.studio/real-estate-web-design): Polished agent sites that capture leads and build the trust that wins listings.
- [Auto & repair shops](https://stonekept.studio/auto-repair-web-design): Services, reviews and tap-to-call that keep the bays full.
- [Professional services](https://stonekept.studio/professional-services-web-design): Credible sites for law, accounting & consulting that turn referrals into consultations.
- [Nonprofits & churches](https://stonekept.studio/nonprofit-web-design): Clear, fast sites that drive donations, event sign-ups and volunteers.

## Service area
- [Locations hub](https://stonekept.studio/locations): Every town we build for, by county
- [Web design in Buffalo, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-buffalo-mn): Stonekept is based right here in Buffalo, so this is home turf.
- [Web design in Monticello, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-monticello-mn): Right up Highway 25 from us, on the Mississippi.
- [Web design in St. Michael, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-st-michael-mn): A fast-growing I-94 community next to Albertville.
- [Web design in Albertville, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-albertville-mn): Home of the outlets, right on I-94.
- [Web design in Rogers, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-rogers-mn): The booming edge-of-metro hub on I-94.
- [Web design in Maple Grove, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-maple-grove-mn): A large, prosperous northwest suburb.
- [Web design in Delano, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-delano-mn): A historic Crow River town with serious hometown pride.
- [Web design in Otsego, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-otsego-mn): Fast-growing along the Highway 101 corridor.
- [Web design in Plymouth, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-plymouth-mn): A large, affluent west-metro suburb.
- [Web design in St. Cloud, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-st-cloud-mn): Central Minnesota's regional hub on the Mississippi.
- [Web design in Elk River, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-elk-river-mn): The Sherburne County hub just across the river.
- [Web design in Big Lake, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-big-lake-mn): A growing commuter town at the end of the Northstar line.
- [Web design in Rockford, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-rockford-mn): A Crow River town minutes from Buffalo.
- [Web design in Montrose, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-montrose-mn): One of Buffalo's closest, fast-growing neighbors.
- [Web design in Maple Lake, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-maple-lake-mn): Lake country, ten minutes from our door.
- [Web design in Annandale, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-annandale-mn): The heart of the Wright County lakes.
- [Web design in Wayzata, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-wayzata-mn): Lake Minnetonka's polished downtown.
- [Web design in Medina, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-medina-mn): Rolling, affluent, rural-meets-suburban.
- [Web design in Sartell, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-sartell-mn): One of central Minnesota's fastest-growing cities, on the Mississippi.
- [Web design in Sauk Rapids, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-sauk-rapids-mn): Just across the Mississippi from St. Cloud.
- [Web design in Waite Park, MN](https://stonekept.studio/web-design-waite-park-mn): St. Cloud's busy retail-and-entertainment neighbor.

## Selected work
- [Work portfolio](https://stonekept.studio/work): Recent client sites we designed & hand-coded
- SHIFT Design — Print & design studio, Buffalo, MN — shiftdesignmn.com
- DMP Awnings — Custom trailer awnings, Little Falls, MN — dmpawnings.com
- Rescue Network — Animal rescue nonprofit, Buffalo, MN — rescuenetworkmn.org
- Full Throttle Growth & Capital — Growth advisory & venture capital — fullthrottlegrowth.com
- Legacy Graphic Solutions — Vehicle wraps & signage, O'Fallon, MO — legacygraphicsolutions.com
- Crown Press Inc — Commercial printer, Sauk Rapids, MN — crownpressmn.com
- LockLeed International — Veteran hiring & staffing, Minneapolis, MN — lockleed.com

## Pricing
- Launch: $2,200 build + $199/mo care (up to 10 core pages)
- Standard: $3,600 build + $249/mo care (up to 15 core pages)
- Growth: $6,400 build + $349/mo care (up to 20 core pages, payments/bookings/events)
- Hand-off: $79/mo — hosting, HTTPS, backups, monitoring, and one content change per month. Hand-off keeps a site running; a care plan grows it. New pages, sections and city pages are care-plan work and are quoted separately on hand-off. Available on Launch and Standard builds, for sites Stonekept built.
- City and service-area pages do not count toward a plan's page limit.
- All plans are month-to-month, cancel anytime; hosting & HTTPS bundled in. Paying annually gets two months free.

## Notes
- Every site is hand-coded HTML/CSS and hosted on Cloudflare's edge.
- Clients own their domain, content, and site files.
- Full sitemap: https://stonekept.studio/sitemap.xml