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Lake Wylie · York County, SC
Web design & SEO in Tega Cay, SC, built by hand
A small studio making quick, clear websites for the businesses of the peninsula, and doing the patient local search work that helps neighbors find them. You deal with one person, Roger Johnson, from the first call to long after launch.
- Hand-codedno page builders, no themes
- Quoted in writinga fixed number before work starts
- Yours to keepdomain, content and code
What we do
Four services, one studio, one person.
Start with the piece you need now. Everything is planned so the rest can be added later without starting over.
01
Websites, written and coded by handA page for each thing you sell, a layout built for thumbs, and the phone number never more than one tap away.02
Local search, month after monthSteady, visible work that helps Google connect your business with searches made from the peninsula and the towns around it.03
A Google profile playbookA plain checklist for your listing that you work through with Roger. You keep the keys; we never ask for manager access.04
Hosting and quiet upkeepFast hosting, a security certificate, an eye on uptime and small text or photo edits handled when you send them.
The local picture
A peninsula town with customers on every shore.
Tega Cay sits on a hook of land in Lake Wylie, west of Fort Mill and north of Rock Hill, about twenty miles below Charlotte. The South Carolina Encyclopedia calls it a recreation-oriented community with stronger ties to North Carolina than to South Carolina, and that still shapes who your customers are.
A family on Stonecrest Boulevard might search for a plumber, a tutor or a dock repair and see results from Fort Mill, Rock Hill and the Steele Creek side of Charlotte, all in one list. Being close helps. Being the clearest answer on a small screen is what earns the call.
That is the job we take on: a website built for those searches, local SEO that keeps you in them, and a Google listing that matches both.
- People counted in 2020
- 12,832
- Miles of city shoreline
- 13
- Households with kids under 18
- 47.3%
- Acres at Catawba Park
- 62
How the peninsula grew
From India Hook to a city of its own.
Before the subdivisions and the golf course, the land was known as India Hook Hills. Scroll along the shoreline.
1904
A river becomes a lake
The Catawba River is dammed at India Hook, beside a red clay spur of land that juts into the water like a fishhook.
1960
Lake Wylie gets its name
The lake and its power station are renamed for W. Gil Wylie, one of the founders of the original power company.
1970
Sixteen hundred acres change hands
Duke Power sells land in northwestern Fort Mill Township to the Ervin Company of Charlotte, the first of several developers to try the peninsula.
1982
A city, born on the Fourth
Residents incorporate on July 4 and pick "city" over "town". The birthday party, boat parade included, still happens every Fourth.
2000
Stonecrest is announced
The plan calls for town houses, apartments and a second entrance, so Gold Hill Road is no longer the only way in.
2020
12,832 residents
The census counts more than three times the 4,044 people recorded in 2000.
How a project runs
Four soundings, surface to launch.
Each step has a clear end point, so you always know what's happening and what Roger needs from you.
- Surface
A first conversation
Twenty or thirty minutes on the phone about what you sell, where your customers come from and what bugs you about the site you have now.
- 10 ft
A written plan and quote
Roger maps the pages, the searches each one should answer and the fixed price. Nothing starts until you've read it and agreed.
- 20 ft
Design, words and code
He drafts the copy with you, codes every page by hand and tests the forms and call buttons on real phones.
- 30 ft
Launch and look back
You approve the finished site, it goes live on your domain, and Roger checks in afterward to see what the first weeks brought.
Selected work
Real projects, with their real addresses.
No Tega Cay client appears here yet, so we don't pretend otherwise. Each project is labeled with the place that business actually serves.
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Client words
What people wrote about working with Roger.
Quoted exactly as posted on Google. See all client words.
Very detail oriented. Walked me through every step of the process. We have improved tremendously since we began. Money well spent. We are seeing the return immediately
Roger was very helpful and knowledgeable about website design.
Roger is a first class businessman. He consistently delivers value to me and my business. His knowledge is deep and wide which is quite rare in today's world. He is obsessed with delivering value to his clients. I would recommend him to anyone I know.
Before you ask
Four things people want to know first.
Is the studio based in Tega Cay?
No. Roger works from Mooresville, North Carolina, about 46 miles up the road. Most projects run on calls, email and shared screens, and he makes the drive when sitting at the same table would actually help.
Do you use a template or WordPress?
Neither. Each site starts as a blank file and is written in plain code, which keeps it quick on a phone and leaves nothing for strangers to log into.
Who owns the site once it's live?
You do. The domain, the words, the photos and the code belong to your business, and they stay yours if you ever move on.
How do I find out what it will cost?
Send a short note or call. Roger asks a few questions, then puts a fixed quote in writing before any work begins. The pricing page explains what moves that number.
Got a business near the lake? Say hello.
Two or three sentences will do. Roger checks your existing website or map listing, then emails back the first change he'd tackle, plus a locked-in price whenever you're ready for one.