Web design · Video · Social media
Formerly Gravois Graphics Same team, new name

Get a brand that looks the part and brings in customers.

Your website, video, and social are the first thing customers judge. When they look dated or scattered, good prospects quietly walk away.

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Jacksonville Web Design & Development | Make Waves Marketing

Custom-coded websites for Jacksonville, FL businesses. Local team, flat quotes, sites built to rank across the First Coast and in AI answers.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a website cost in Jacksonville?
Most Jacksonville small-business sites we build land between $5,000 and
5,000 as a flat written quote. A single-service tradesperson site sits at the lower end. A multi-location medical practice, law firm, or hospitality brand sits at the top. Anything larger, like e-commerce or integrations or member portals, we quote separately. No hourly surprises.
How fast can you launch a Jacksonville site?
Standard builds launch in 6-10 weeks from kickoff. We commit to a written timeline before you sign, and we hit it. Most Jacksonville projects launch on the exact week we quote.
Will you help us rank across the Jacksonville metro?
Yes. Every site we ship includes on-page SEO tuned to your Jacksonville submarket (Riverside, San Marco, Southside, the Beaches, Nocatee, wherever your customers are) with service-area targeting across Duval, Clay, St. Johns, and Nassau counties where it makes sense. LocalBusiness schema, service-area pages, and Google Business Profile alignment come standard. Ranking speed depends on your category. A specialty medical practice ranks faster than a general contractor. Every build is structured to be findable in local search from launch.
Will my site show up in Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT answers?
That is exactly what we build for now. Every page we ship carries the structured data (Organization, LocalBusiness, Service, FAQPage schema) and the answer-shaped content that Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude pull from. We also stand up a public MCP server so AI assistants can query your services and locations directly. It is the difference between being a webpage in a list and being the source a chatbot quotes when someone asks 'best web design agency in Jacksonville.'
Do you handle hosting, security, and updates after launch?
Yes. Flat-rate monthly maintenance covers hosting, SSL, security patches, backups, content updates, and ongoing SEO. Your site stays fast and secure and improving instead of quietly rotting.
Can you redesign an existing Jacksonville site without killing our rankings?
Yes, and that is most of what we do here. We audit what is currently ranking, keep those URLs and their content structure, redirect anything that changes, and rebuild the parts that are hurting conversions. Most redesign clients see rankings hold or improve within 60 days of launch.
Do you work with clients at the Beaches and in St. Johns County too?
Yes. We work regularly with clients in Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach, Nocatee, St. Johns, and St. Augustine. Same team. Same process. Same flat-quote pricing.
Do we own our website when you are done?
Fully. Code, domain, hosting account, analytics, Google Business Profile, all in your name. If you ever move on, you take everything with you.