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Lightship

Sites that load instantly and get quoted by AI

I build fast, structured websites and the DevOps that keeps them running. Every site here is one I built and still operate, which is the only portfolio worth trusting.

  • 90+ mobile PageSpeed, structurally
  • Schema built from data, never hand-written
  • Ship in days, not quarters

Measured, not claimed

Fast, structured sites light up. Slow ones stay dark.

Choose a site to read
lightshipbuild.com Our site GOOD
Performance
95
LCP
1.7 s
CLS
0.00
Schema types
7

MEASURED · PSI MOBILE · LIGHTHOUSE 13.5.0 · MEDIAN OF 3 RUNS

Visit lightshipbuild.com
Lead Machine Demo GOOD
Performance
98
LCP
0.9 s
CLS
0.00
Schema types
17

MEASURED · PSI MOBILE · LIGHTHOUSE 13.5.0 · MEDIAN OF 3 RUNS

Visit Lead Machine
Trust Builder Demo GOOD
Performance
100
LCP
1.4 s
CLS
0.00
Schema types
17

MEASURED · PSI MOBILE · LIGHTHOUSE 13.5.0 · MEDIAN OF 3 RUNS

Visit Trust Builder
Listing Showcase Demo GOOD
Performance
100
LCP
1.4 s
CLS
0.00
Schema types
15

MEASURED · PSI MOBILE · LIGHTHOUSE 13.5.0 · MEDIAN OF 3 RUNS

Visit Listing Showcase
Product Proof Demo GOOD
Performance
100
LCP
1.4 s
CLS
0.00
Schema types
9

MEASURED · PSI MOBILE · LIGHTHOUSE 13.5.0 · MEDIAN OF 3 RUNS

Visit Product Proof
Local service-business sites Sample median POOR
Performance
63
LCP
7.5 s
CLS
0.00
Schema types
8

MEASURED · PSI MOBILE · LIGHTHOUSE 13.5.0 · MEDIAN OF 12 SITES

All readings

Site Kind PerformanceLCPCLSSchema types Status Measured
lightshipbuild.com Our site 95 1.7 s 0.00 7 GOOD
Lead Machine Demo 98 0.9 s 0.00 17 GOOD
Trust Builder Demo 100 1.4 s 0.00 17 GOOD
Listing Showcase Demo 100 1.4 s 0.00 15 GOOD
Product Proof Demo 100 1.4 s 0.00 9 GOOD
Local service-business sites Sample median 63 7.5 s 0.00 8 POOR

Templates

Demo builds, not client sites. The businesses are invented; the code, the schema, and the page-speed numbers are real. A new client site starts as a copy of one of these, which is why a build takes days.

  • Live demo Plumbers, HVAC, electricians, roofers

    Lead Machine

    Emergency-call landing page. Zero JavaScript files, 18 KB before the hero photo, local schema generated from one config file.

  • Live demo PT, dental, chiropractic, private clinics

    Trust Builder

    Booking-led clinic site with provider bios, insurance, and availability. Zero JavaScript files, and the HIPAA rules are enforced by the build rather than by a checklist.

  • Live demo Boutique brokerages, high-volume agents

    Listing Showcase

    A neighborhood page generator, not a listing grid. Each area gets its own page with its own market data and schema, so covering fifty is a spreadsheet paste. Fair Housing language is checked by the build.

  • Live demo Early-stage SaaS founders

    Product Proof

    Next.js marketing page plus a working demo dashboard and paywall. Subscription pricing carries its renewal and cancellation terms because the build refuses to ship without them.

Build once, then keep it running

A flat fee to build, then a monthly retainer for hosting, monitoring, security, and the technical SEO that keeps the site earning. The retainer is part of the deal, not an upsell.

Landing

$2,500

to build, then $299/mo

One page that has to convert. Local service businesses, launches, campaigns.

  • Single high-converting page
  • Local schema and AEO markup
  • 90+ mobile PageSpeed
  • Hosting, SSL, and uptime monitoring
  • Monthly performance and search report
Start with Landing

Site

Most common

$5,000

to build, then $499/mo

A full site with real content, several pages, and search as a channel that matters.

  • Everything in Landing
  • Multi-page build with a content system
  • Programmatic pages from structured data
  • CI/CD pipeline, zero-downtime deploys
  • Error monitoring and incident response
  • Quarterly technical SEO audit
Start with Site

Product

From $5,000

to build, then From $499/mo

A SaaS MVP: auth, database, payments, dashboard. Scoped before anything is written.

  • Everything in Site
  • Auth, database, and Stripe billing
  • Application dashboard
  • Infrastructure as code per environment
  • Backups with a tested restore
Start with Product

The retainer starts at launch and covers hosting, SSL, uptime monitoring, security patching, backups where there is data to back up, and a monthly report. Cancel any time and the site is yours: the code lives in your repository, not mine.

How it goes

  1. Audit

    I run your current site and show you what it costs you: load time, what search engines can actually read, what an AI answer engine would say about you.

  2. Build

    Fixed scope, fixed fee. You see it on a live URL while it is being built, not in a slide deck at the end.

  3. Operate

    It ships, and then it is monitored, patched, backed up, and reported on every month. That is the retainer.

Start with the audit

Send a URL. You get back a real breakdown of what is slow, what is invisible to search, and what it would take to fix. No charge and no pitch deck.

Email me a URL

hello@lightshipbuild.com