St. Louis, Missouri

Websites that
earn their place
in your business.

Confluence Studios builds high-performing websites for restaurants, bars, and local businesses that are serious about growth — and serious about how they look.

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3–10×

Increase in online
reservations

14 days

Average time
to launch

$3K+

Per project
investment

Confluence Mark

3–10×

More online
reservations

14 days

Average time
to launch

$3K+

Project
investment

Why Confluence

Two forces.
One point of
clarity.

St. Louis is where the Missouri and Mississippi meet — just north of the city, two great rivers become one. That's our name and our method.

Design, strategy, and craft converging at a single precise point for your business. Nothing added. Nothing missing. Everything intentional.

See How We Work

Conversion before aesthetics

Beautiful design that doesn't convert is decoration. Every layout decision starts with one question: does this move someone toward booking, calling, or walking in?

Built for your industry

Restaurants, bars, remodelers, landscapers, local service businesses. Not random clients. Not tech startups. Your world, deeply understood.

Custom, not templated

No Squarespace. No Wix. No themes. Every site is designed and built from scratch. Your competitors use templates — you won't look like them.

Rooted in St. Louis

We know this city, its neighborhoods, and its business owners. That local fluency shows up in how we position you — and how your customers respond.

What We Do

Everything your digital presence needs — nothing it doesn't.

We keep our service set tight so we can go deep. Every offering is built around one outcome: more customers through your door.

Website Design

High-fidelity custom design tailored to your brand and your customer. Delivered in Figma with two full revision rounds before a line of code is written. We match your tone and push it further than you expected.

Custom UIBrand Direction Mobile-FirstFigma Deliverable

Website Development

Fast-loading, SEO-ready, built to last. Clean hand-written code — not bloated builders. Your site will outperform competitors on every technical metric Google uses to rank local businesses.

Custom CodeCore Web Vitals CMS IntegrationSEO Foundation

Conversion Optimization

More traffic doesn't fix a broken experience. We audit your current site, find every point you're losing customers, and redesign for measurable improvement. Booking flows, menus, forms — rebuilt with intent.

UX AuditCTA Strategy Booking FlowA/B Testing

Brand & Digital Presence

When you need more than a website, we align your full visual identity — logo, color, typography, and messaging — so everything looks like it was built together. Because it was.

Logo & IdentityColor System TypographyBrand Guide

The Problem We Solve

Why most local business websites quietly fail.

A great dining room doesn't fix a broken front door. Your website is the first thing a potential customer encounters — and most local sites actively push people away before they read a word.

What your current site is probably doing

✕Loading in 6+ seconds on mobile — losing customers before a word is read
✕No clear call-to-action — visitors don't know where to go or what to do
✕Generic stock photos that look nothing like your actual space or food
✕A template that looks identical to every competitor in the city
✕Menu PDFs that require downloading and are unreadable on a phone
✕Buried contact info and no frictionless way to make a reservation

What a Confluence Studios site delivers

✓Sub-2-second load times, optimized for the phone already in your customer's hand
✓Clear, prominent CTAs — Reserve, Get a Quote, Call Now — above the fold on every page
✓Art-directed layouts built around your real brand and real photography
✓Completely custom design — you will not look like anyone else in the city
✓Inline menus, live hours, streamlined booking — zero friction to a decision
✓Built-in SEO foundation so Google sends you more of the right customers, for free

Selected Work

Projects that moved the needle.

Real results from real St. Louis businesses.

Restaurant & Bar 2024

Ember & Oak — Soulard

Ember & Oak had a beautiful space and a Wix site built in an afternoon. We rebuilt everything — custom design, photography direction, and an OpenTable booking flow that reduced friction from discovery to reservation to under three taps. Their weekend waitlist reappeared within 60 days of launch for the first time in over a year.

312%

Increase in online reservations

1.4s

Page load time (down from 8.2s)

Home Services 2024

Ridgeline Remodeling — Chesterfield

Twelve years of exceptional work with a 2014 website — no portfolio, no social proof, no clear path to contact. We redesigned around their project gallery, added a before/after section with real photography, and built an estimate-request flow that gave their sales team qualified leads instead of tire-kickers.

4.2×

More qualified inbound leads

68%

Reduction in bounce rate

Nightlife & Events 2025

Haven Rooftop — Downtown St. Louis

Haven needed a site as premium as their rooftop experience — one that handled event listings, private booking inquiries, and a real-time capacity calendar. We built a clean, editorial site that matched the atmosphere of the space. Ticket sales moved online within a week, cutting reliance on third-party platforms taking 10–15% per transaction.

$48K

Event revenue in first 90 days

22%

Saved on platform fees

How It Works

From first call to live site — four clear steps.

01 — Audit

We learn your business.

Deep-dive into your current site, your competitors, your customers, and what success looks like. No assumptions. Nothing pulled before listening.

02 — Design

We build the vision.

Full high-fidelity design in Figma. You see exactly what you're getting before a line of code is written. Two revision rounds included as standard.

03 — Build

We write the code.

Clean, hand-written code. Fast, SEO-ready, built for real-world performance. Domain setup, hosting, and all integrations handled end-to-end.

04 — Launch

We hand over the keys.

30-day post-launch support included. We train your team and don't consider the job done until everything runs exactly as it should.

Most projects go live in 14–21 days.

Rush timelines available — ask about our expedited launch track.

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Investment

Clear pricing.
No surprises.

Every project is scoped before a contract is signed. These tiers are a starting point — most restaurants and local businesses land in one of two places.

Starter

$799

One-time project fee

Get online, properly.

For businesses that need a clean, professional web presence — fast to launch, built to convert, no template shortcuts.

Up to 5 custom-designed pages
Mobile-first, responsive build
Contact form + Google Maps
Basic SEO setup
2 revision rounds
14-day launch timeline

Start Starter

Advanced

$1,200

One-time project fee

A site that earns its keep.

For restaurants, bars, and service businesses that want a conversion-optimized site with booking flows, menus, and a design that stands alone in the city.

Up to 10 custom-designed pages
Booking / reservation flow
Inline menu or service catalog
Gallery + photo art direction guide
Full SEO foundation + schema markup
3 revision rounds + 30-day support

Start Advanced

Custom

Let's talk.

Scoped per project

Built entirely around you.

For businesses that need something beyond the tiers — full brand identity, e-commerce, event ticketing, or a ground-up rebuild of everything.

Everything in Advanced, plus
Full brand identity & logo design
E-commerce or ticketing systems
Multi-location setup
Custom integrations (POS, CRM)
Priority turnaround + dedicated support

Get a Custom Quote

Add-on · Ongoing

Site Maintenance & Care Plan

Updates, backups, uptime monitoring, security patches, and priority support — so your site stays fast, secure, and current without lifting a finger.

$150

per month

$1,250

per year — save $550

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Common Questions

Everything you might want to know before reaching out.

How much does a website cost?

Our Starter tier begins at $799 for up to 5 custom-designed pages. Our Advanced tier is $1,200 and includes booking flows, inline menus, and full SEO setup. Custom projects are scoped individually. We also offer a monthly maintenance plan at $150/month or $1,250/year.

How long does it take to build a website?

Most projects launch within 14 to 21 days from the start of design. Starter projects often complete in under 2 weeks. Rush timelines are available for clients who need to launch sooner — ask us about our expedited track.

Do you build websites for restaurants in St. Louis?

Yes — restaurants and bars are our specialty. We build custom websites with integrated reservation flows, inline menus, event listings, and photography-forward layouts designed to drive foot traffic and online bookings across the St. Louis metro area.

Will my website show up on Google?

Every site we build includes a full SEO foundation: proper page titles, meta descriptions, schema markup, XML sitemap, canonical tags, and Core Web Vitals optimization. For local businesses, we also implement LocalBusiness schema to help Google understand your location and service area — which is one of the highest-leverage local SEO moves most businesses skip entirely.

Do you use templates or build custom websites?

Every website we build is fully custom — no Squarespace, no Wix, no WordPress themes. We design in Figma and build with clean, hand-written code. Your site will not look like anyone else's in the city.

What areas do you serve?

We are based in St. Louis, Missouri and primarily serve businesses in the St. Louis metro area — including Clayton, Chesterfield, Cottleville, Soulard, The Hill, Grand Center, and surrounding neighborhoods. We also work with clients nationwide.

Websites that earn their place in your business.

Two forces.One point ofclarity.