Monolith Web Design — Gard · Websites for tradespeople and local businesses
Websites for tradespeople, restaurateurs and independent businesses across the Gard and Hérault. Four finishes, four fixed prices, published before we’ve even spoken.
— Press and drag across the stone. Each pass refines the finish. — Keep your finger on the stone. The longer you hold, the smoother it gets.
— Hold Space to carve, use the arrow keys to move the tool, press Enter for a single strike.
— Four finishes, four prices. The more we carve, the finer the finish.
— Not an agency. Good news for your budget.
01 — Work
No made-up mock-ups: real websites, delivered or in progress. Each delivered site shows its finish, its price and what runs behind the scenes. Like many workshops, ours started out working for family: where that’s the case, the card says so.
— Junas stone was used in the Roman arena at Nîmes. Nobody remembers the stonecutters’ names. Here, every job is signed.
Delivered Jennifer, dietitian — Junas
Public website, patient portal and admin area. AI-generated recipes and meal plans, complete patient records and follow-up, and gamification to keep patients motivated.
— Full disclosure: Jennifer is Damien’s wife, and he didn’t charge her. As a paid job, it would be a custom build, quoted separately: it goes well beyond Poli.
Delivered ACR34, renovation contractor — Aigues-Vives
Brochure site: services, a project gallery, customer reviews and quote requests. Gard and Hérault.
— Full disclosure: ACR34 is run by Damien’s cousin. It was one of the workshop’s first sites, billed at the Layé rate of €690.
Delivered Les Saveurs de la Broche — spit-roast caterer
A local page for every town served (Nîmes, Alès, Uzès…), online quote requests and live availability. Behind it, a full admin area: quotes, event calendar and content.
— Full disclosure: Les Saveurs de la Broche is Damien’s own business. He built its site as he would build yours; the price shown is what the same package costs at Monolith rates.
In progress Mididix and Chez Cui-Cui by Mididix — Mauguio, Montpellier
Two brochure sites for two restaurants, with security as tight as it gets. Still on the workbench: the previews are live.
02 — Pricing
Four slabs, one stone. What separates them isn’t the quality of the work; it’s how much stone gets cut away. Fixed prices, published here and quoted the same on the phone. VAT not applicable (French micro-business, art. 293 B CGI).
— You can carve these slabs too. The price won’t budge.
Brut · rough
€390
Who it’s for
The tradesperson or freelancer with no website, or a Facebook page standing in for one.
Included
The €10/month covers hosting, the domain name, backups, security and one text change a month. No commitment.
— Brut doesn’t mean botched. It means we didn’t carve what you didn’t ask for.
Choose BrutLayé · dressed
€690
Who it’s for
Builders, roofers, coaches: several distinct services, and jobs or sessions worth showing.
Included
The €15/month: everything Brut covers, plus two changes a month. No commitment.
— Five pages is the most a customer will read. After that, they call. That’s the point.
Choose LayéCiselé · chiselled
€1,190
Who it’s for
Restaurants, salons, practices: content you change every week, without having to call anyone.
Included
The €20/month: everything Layé covers, plus four changes a month and updates to the module. No commitment.
— Ciselé is when the tool marks start to show. And when you start changing your menu yourself, on a Sunday evening.
Choose CiseléPoli · polished
€1,990
Who it’s for
Businesses of three to fifteen people: several trades, several towns, and an existing site to replace without losing the rankings it has built up.
Included
The €30/month: everything Ciselé covers, unlimited reasonable changes and a check-in every quarter. No commitment.
— Poli is when the stone starts to catch the light. And when your competitors start looking at your site a little too closely.
Choose PoliNeed one more page or module? Move up to the next finish: its price is already listed above. Beyond Poli, let’s talk it through on the phone: +33 6 22 80 53 20.
Maintenance comes with no commitment: stop whenever you like, and the site stays yours.
Payment: a deposit when you order, the balance at launch. The fourteen-day money-back guarantee covers the full amount.
Let’s talk about your site03 — Method
SiteForge is our in-house tool: an AI-assisted production line that prepares the raw material. Here is what it does and doesn’t do, stratum by stratum. Nothing goes live on your site until a human has checked it.
— Five working days for Brut (rough), ten for Layé (dressed), fifteen for Ciselé (chiselled), twenty for Poli (polished): the more stone, the longer the carving. The timeline below is for a Layé job.
— The workshop’s actual setting. Hatched: SiteForge. Solid: the hand. Drag to see what changes.
SiteForge
Transcribes the call. Pulls out the facts: trade, area, opening hours, services, what brings your customers in today. Notes what your competitors ten kilometres away are doing.
Damien
Asks the questions that aren’t on the list. Decides what won’t go on the site.
SiteForge
Proposes the site map, the sections of each page, internal links and meta tags.
Damien
Cuts. A tradesperson doesn’t need eight pages; they need to be found and called.
SiteForge
Writes a first draft from what you told us, in your customers’ words, not trade jargon.
Damien
Rewrites what matters by hand: the home page, the services, the contact page. Cuts any sentence nobody would say out loud.
SiteForge
Assembles the mock-up using your branding: your colours, your logo, your photos. Generates the mobile and tablet versions.
Damien
Sets the hierarchy, the contrast, the text sizes. Checks that the phone number shows up before anything else.
SiteForge
Produces the static code. Optimises the images, fonts and metadata. Generates the sitemap.
Damien
Reviews every line that matters. Tests on real devices. Wires up the form, the phone number, the directions and the reviews.
SiteForge
Deploys. Measures performance. Submits the site to Google.
Damien
Calls you. Shows you how to change a photo, your opening hours, a price. Hands over every login. The fourteen days begin.
04 — Guarantee
Once the site is live, you have fourteen days. If it isn’t right for you, say so: we take it down and refund you. No form, no explanation, no buts. The stone goes back to the workshop.
The guarantee covers the price of the site. The domain name, if it was bought in your name, stays yours. The fourteen days start on the day the site is live and you have the keys, not before.
— It’s not bravery. It’s method. When the price and the deadline are written down, nasty surprises have nowhere left to hide.
Because there is no agency. No project manager, no city-centre offices, no scoping meeting, no salespeople. One developer, an in-house tool that prepares the raw material, and a clear list of what we don’t do.
No. SiteForge does the groundwork: structure, a first draft of the copy, base code, optimisation. Damien decides, rewrites, fine-tunes and checks. You’ll never find a sentence on your site that nobody has read over. The details, stratum by stratum, are in chapter 03.
We work with what you have: your jobs, your dishes, your workshop, shot on your phone. We crop, clean up and compress. We don’t use stock images: your customers recognise them, and they don’t believe them. If you need a professional photographer, we’ll recommend one, and we take no commission.
Yes. From Layé upwards, you can change text and photos yourself; from Ciselé, your menu or calendar too. We show you how at handover and leave you a help page written in plain language. If you’d rather just email us, that’s covered by the maintenance plan.
The site stays yours. We hand over the files and the logins; you host it wherever you like, with whoever you like. No ransom, no website vanishing one Monday morning.
— Sixth question, and the most common: “Will you come out to us?” Gard and Hérault: yes, in person. Further afield, by video call, and the coffee’s on you.
05 — Contact
Tell us what you do, where, and what’s missing. We’ll reply within two working days with a recommended finish and a timeframe. You already know the price.
Received. We’ll reply within two working days.
— Until then, the stone is all yours.
— No “estimated budget” box: you’ve already seen the prices above.
Or reach us directly:
+33 6 22 80 53 20 Damien picks up.
Based in the Gard. On-site visits across the Gard and Hérault.
— For people in a hurry, screen-reader users and clients who just want the prices. We get it.
Carving sounds generated in the browser. No music, no audio files.
Put it down and the stone stops reacting to touch and clicks. Everything stays readable.
When off, everything appears without movement. Follows your system setting by default.
Tilt your phone: the light follows, and the calcite sparkles.
When off, the I, M, C and 1–5 keys do nothing. Useful with voice control.
Economy mode halves the stone’s detail. Handy on battery.