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Be the first reply every customer gets.

Distinctive websites and the automation that answers every call, text, and form in seconds — so the job's booked before your competitor picks up.

Book a 20-min call Est. 7-day delivery
№ 01 — Selected work

Work I'm proud to have shipped.

Real sites for real Houston outfits — each one built to do a job, with room to automate what comes next.

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The Robinhood Project website
Community · Non-profitHouston, TX

The Robinhood Project

A warm home for a volunteer group serving fresh, hot, home-quality meals to neighbors in need.

Built donor- and volunteer-first: a calm, dignified site that tells the story, makes giving effortless, and turns one-time helpers into regulars — treating everyone served with grace, never as a statistic.

Junk2Dump TX website
Service business · Clientjunk2dumptx.com

Junk2Dump TX

A Houston junk-removal business that needed to look as fast and reliable as the service itself.

A clean, quick-loading site that makes the offer obvious and the next step easy — built so a homeowner can go from "I've got a pile" to a booked haul without friction.

№ 02 — The machine behind the mailbox

The site gets you found. The automation keeps you booked.

Recurring systems that run while you're on the job — framed by what they actually do for your bottom line.

Always-on

Missed-call text-back

Can't pick up? The caller gets an instant, friendly text so the lead never goes cold.

→ Fewer cold leads

Instant quote-by-photo

Customers send a photo and get a ballpark price while they're still interested.

→ Faster yeses

Booking + reminders

Self-serve scheduling with automatic confirmation and reminder texts that cut no-shows.

→ A fuller calendar

Automatic review requests

After every job, a perfectly-timed ask sends happy customers straight to Google.

→ More 5-star reviews

Lead follow-up sequences

Quotes that didn't close get gentle, automated nudges that bring the maybes back.

→ More booked jobs

All of it, handled.

One person designs it, builds it, and keeps it running. Book a 20-min call to see what fits.

Book a 20-min call →
№ 03 — Postage rate card

Plain prices, posted in the open.

No haggling, no hidden fees, no decoy tiers. Here's exactly what things cost — so cost is never the awkward part.

USD · 2026
The BuildOne-time

Pick the level that fits — that's the whole bill. There's nothing else you're required to buy.

Starter Site
from$2,500

A fast, distinctive multi-section site. Includes design, build, mobile-responsive layout, a contact form, and launch on your domain.

Premium Site
from$5,000

Everything in Starter, plus custom motion and interaction — a site that feels alive and unmistakably yours.

Something bigger or fully custom? Let's talk →

OngoingOptional — never required

Completely optional. Add a plan only if you want it, and cancel anytime.

Care Plan
$100–150/mo

Hosting, maintenance, and small edits handled — your site stays fast and current.

Automation Retainer
from$500/mo

Missed-call text-back, review requests, follow-ups — running on autopilot.

Start a site and an automation retainer together, and your first month of automation is free — $500 of missed-call text-backs, reviews, and follow-ups, on the house.

Prices are starting points, and there are no hidden fees. I'll split payments or set up a monthly plan so cost isn't the thing that stops you — just ask.

Every build ships in 7 days
№ 04 — Track your package

From kickoff to delivered in a week.

You always know exactly where your project is. No black box, no chasing.

ETA · 7 days
In transit — on schedule #FR·2026·0001
KickoffDay 1
DesignDay 2–3
BuildDay 3–5
RevisionsDay 6
DeliveredDay 7
Matthew Square, founder of First Reply
First Reply · Houston TX
№ 05 — Return address

One person, designing and building and automating — under one roof.

I'm a Houston-based creative web developer. I build fast, distinctive sites for local service businesses, and increasingly the automation that keeps their phones ringing.

I think a website should do more than exist. It should feel made — and then quietly go to work: booking jobs, chasing reviews, following up so you don't have to. Design, build, and automation aren't three vendors. They're one craft, and I keep them in one pair of hands.

— Matthew Square · Houston, TX · est. 2026

№ 06 — Send a letter

Let's get your business booked.

Tell me a little about what you do. I'll come back with a straight answer on whether I can help and what it'd take.

No spam, ever. Your note lands straight in my inbox — I reply within one business day.