Your website is losing customers. We build ones that don't.
Most local business websites fail Google's Core Web Vitals. Customers leave before the page loads. Search rankings suffer. You're paying for a site that works against you. We fix that.
You're paying for a website
that doesn't perform.
The average local business spends $500-15,000/month on digital vendors. Website hosting. SEO services. Social media. The checks go out. But what are you actually getting?
Customers leave
Google reports 53% of mobile users abandon a site that takes more than 3 seconds to load. Most local business sites take 8-15 seconds.
Sites fail
In competitive local verticals, over 99% of business websites fail Google's Core Web Vitals. The vendors building them know this. They don't fix it because templates are more profitable.
You own nothing
If you leave your vendor, you lose your website, your SEO history, and sometimes your domain authority. They own your digital presence. You rent it.
Your competitors can't
close this gap.
We tested every restaurant website in a real market against a DARKHORSE-built site. Same city. Same day. Same Google test. These are the results.
Google Lighthouse Performance Score · Mobile · Storm Lake, IA · Feb 2026 · See the full scoreboard →
Three steps to a site
that actually works.
Tell us about your business
Fill out a quick intake form. We research your market, your competitors, and your current digital footprint.
We build and benchmark
You get a high-performance website built on the DARKHORSE framework, plus a competitive scoreboard proving the gap in your market.
You own everything
No monthly hosting ransom. No vendor lock-in. You own the site, the code, and every digital asset. We manage it or your team does.
Everything your vendor
promised but never delivered.
Website that scores 95-100
Google PageSpeed Insights, all four categories. Sub-2-second load times on mobile. Top 1% nationally.
SEO architecture built in
Schema markup, structured data, meta tags, local search optimization — baked into the foundation, not bolted on after.
Competitive benchmark
Every competitor in your market tested. Visual scoreboard proving the performance gap. All data independently verifiable.
You own the code
No monthly fees. No lock-in. The website is yours. If you want to leave, take everything with you.
Mobile-first design
Not a desktop site squeezed into a phone screen. Built for the device your customers actually use.
Managed service option
We can maintain, update, and optimize your site on an ongoing basis. Or train your team to do it. Your choice.
Same engine.
Any business.
The DARKHORSE framework adapts to any local business by swapping three files. The performance architecture stays the same.
Free competitive benchmark.
No strings attached.
Tell us your business name and city. We'll test every competitor in your market and show you exactly where you stand — with data from Google's own tools. Takes 2 minutes.