Greenwich Village · New York City
We build websites for NYC small businesses —
and get them found on Google, Maps & AI search.
A small web studio four blocks from your shop. Your site is designed, written, and live in 7 days — then one monthly plan covers hosting, updates, and getting found. No agencies, no hostage contracts, no $8,000 invoices. Questions? Text (331) 235-4141.
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The before & after
The problem
The best sandwich on the block has a Facebook page from 2014 for a website. On Google, the shop might as well not exist.
One build · one monthly plan
01
A fast, hand-finished website that looks like your business deserves — menu, hours, booking, the works. Designed, written, photographed, and live in 7 days. $950, one time.
02
Included with every build. We make Google — and AI search — take you seriously: Business Profile rebuilt, local pages, structured data that machines can read.
03
One plan from $149/mo keeps the site hosted, updated, and reported on. Step up to The Pulse and we work your Google presence every month. A human answers your texts.
Illustration / 20 seconds
The map pack · illustration
Greenwich Village
see your name in the top spot (illustration, not a promise)
AI search · the new front door
ChatGPT / AI overviews
structured data + reviews + real content → you become the answer. Illustration only: real rankings take weeks and depend on Google.
Process / how it works
1
We walk in with a one-page printout: where you rank, where your neighbors rank, and exactly what's costing you customers. Free, no strings.
Day 0 · 20 minutes
2
You talk, we build. One working session for your story, photos, menu, and voice — then we disappear and build the whole thing.
Days 1–5
3
Site goes live on a domain registered in your name, Google Business Profile rebuilt, search engines pinged. You review everything on your own phone before we flip the switch.
Days 6–7
4
Rankings move in weeks, not days. The Pulse keeps you climbing with monthly updates and a report that fits on one page.
Weeks 2–12
What we actually ship
Redesign · equipment dealer · 2026
Full 16-page redesign for a 20-year-old forklift dealer: live inventory of 400+ units, quote wizard, real Google reviews, LocalBusiness schema, and security headers. Built end to end by one person.
Sample · the free block audit
The one page we hand you at the counter: where you rank for the money search, where your neighbors rank, what's working, what's costing you customers, and three fixes in order — the first one always free.
Next up
First neighborhood launches ship September 2026. Founding clients get the build at cost in exchange for a before-and-after we can show the next owner on the block.
Claim a founding spotPricing / monthly, or prepay and save
Most popular
$149 /month
+ $950 one-time build · first month free
Prepay: $375 / 3 months · $1,490 / year (2 months free)
The default. Your site stays fast, safe, and current, and a person answers when you text. Most shops need exactly this.
$299 /month
+ $950 one-time build · first month free
Prepay: $750 / 3 months · $2,990 / year (2 months free)
The plan that pays for itself. Restaurants get commission-free direct ordering instead of the 30% app cut. Salons and barbers get a Book Now button on Google.
$499 /month
+ $950 one-time build · first month free
Prepay: $1,250 / 3 months · $4,990 / year (2 months free)
Full throttle. For owners who want the #1 spot and everything it takes to keep it.
Every plan starts with the 7-day build — a $950 launch fee, then your first month is free. Prepay 3 months and save about 15%; prepay a year and get two months free. Cancel anytime and keep everything: your files, your domain, your content. Prefer one-and-done? A standalone build is $2,400, hosting not included — the plan is the better math, and we'll show you why on one page.
FAQ
No office, no account managers, no 6-person meetings about your font. 5th Draft is a lean studio that uses modern AI-assisted tooling for the heavy lifting and spends the human hours where they matter: your story, your look, and your Google presence. You get agency-grade output at a neighborhood price.
Yes. We register the domain in your name during the build (or move your existing one into your name) and set it to auto-renew so it can never lapse or be taken, the code is yours, and if we ever part ways you keep everything and it keeps working. No hostage situations.
People increasingly ask ChatGPT and Google's AI where to eat and who to hire. Those systems read structured data, reviews, and clear on-page facts. We build your site so machines can read it as easily as humans can — which is where local search is heading.
Even better — the free block audit will show exactly what it's doing for you (or against you). Sometimes the answer is a rebuild, sometimes it's just the Signal package on top of what you have. We'll tell you honestly, in writing.
We do — hosting is included in every plan, on the same fast global infrastructure the big tech companies use. You never touch a server, a renewal notice, or a security update. And if you ever cancel, we hand you the complete site files and your domain — take them anywhere. No hostages.
Really, for a standard business site: home, menu/services, about, contact, booking hooks. The 7-day clock starts after our working session, and you approve everything before launch. Bigger builds (online ordering, multi-location) get an honest timeline up front.
Yes — that's what The Pulse is for. Restaurants get a commission-free direct ordering page on your site and your Google profile, so the 30% the delivery apps take stays with you. Salons, barbers, and service businesses get a Book Now button on Google and the site. We set it up in your name, with your bank, and keep it running. If a tool pays us a referral fee for setting it up, we'll tell you.
Founder / who you're hiring
I'm Liam Rieber. NYU student, four blocks from your shop. I started 5th Draft because the businesses I actually go to — the best slice, the good barber, the real bodega — kept losing customers to worse places with better Google results.
I build with a lean, modern pipeline, which is why your site takes 7 days instead of 3 months and costs a launch fee instead of $8,000. But when you text about changing your hours, a person answers — me. No account managers, no ticket numbers.
Photographer's eye, engineer's tooling, neighbor's phone number.
Free · 20 minutes · no strings
One page: where you rank, where your neighbors rank, and the three things costing you customers right now. If it's not useful, you've lost twenty minutes and gained a free coffee-length chat.
5th Draft provides professional services, not guaranteed outcomes. Search rankings, reviews, traffic, and results depend on third-party platforms outside anyone's control and are never promised. See our Terms of Service.
