About
I build websites the way I'd want one built for me.
Hi, I'm Michael Carroll — a recent Florida State University graduate, born and raised in Orlando. I design and build websites for small businesses across Central Florida.
The honest version
Why I started doing this.
I kept seeing local owners — restaurants, contractors, family shops — quoted $8,000 to $20,000 by marketing agencies for sites that ended up generic, slow, and impossible to update.
So I started doing it myself, for a fraction of the price. You talk to me. I design it. I build it. I host it.
Every project gets customized to the exact business — its voice, its customers, the way people actually find it.
What you get
A custom-designed, fast, mobile-first website built around your customers.
What I handle
Hosting, uptime, domain setup, SSL, analytics, and the technical maintenance.
What it costs
A small fraction of what an agency would charge — with no junior designer in the middle.
Background
Florida, through and through.
Grew up in Orlando. Studied at Florida State University. I built Thriftly while I was still on campus — a marketplace that now serves 800+ users.
That experience — running a real product with real users — is what I bring to every client site: it has to actually work, every day, for the people using it.