Choptek

I build websites you own outright.

I'm Chop, and Choptek is just me, working out of Clarksville, Tennessee. The person you talk to on the phone is the person who writes your code. And when the job's done you get the whole thing written down, so you'll never have to call me to find out where any of it lives.

As-built drawing of a websiteA line drawing of a website in a browser window, sitting on a server, with four numbered callouts: the web address, the code, the content, and the hosting.BUILT PHONE FIRST, ANY SCREENyourbusiness.com1234
  1. Your web addressRegistered in your name, and you renew it. Your Google listing and Search Console sit in your own accounts too.
  2. The codeIn a standard repository you can open, which any developer can pick up.
  3. The contentEvery word, photo and logo made for the job.
  4. The hostingThe one part I run. Moving it somewhere else takes about an hour.
When a contractor finishes a job, they hand the owner the as-built drawings, so anyone can maintain what was built without calling them back. Every site I finish comes with the same thing: a plain-language record of what you now own and where it lives.

Who usually calls me

Most of the people I build for are in one of these spots. If you recognize yours, the link underneath it is the page to read next.

  • You pay every month for a website you don't own.

    Plans like that run $300 to $600 a month around here, and the site goes away the day the payments stop. I build the replacement while the old one's still up, move your web address into your name, and let the old agreement run out on its own terms.

    How a rescue works

  • Your customers look you up before they call.

    Contractors, trades and licensed services get judged on the first search. People want to see your license, your service area and real photos of your work, and then they want a phone number that works from the map listing. So that's what the site is built around.

    What a build includes

  • You're going after work on Fort Campbell.

    Contracting officers and prime contractors check you out online before they return a call. They're looking for a capability statement, your NAICS codes, your UEI and CAGE, and past performance they can read on a phone. That's an ordinary build with the right pages in it. Veteran-owned businesses take $250 off.

    Pricing and what's included

  • Your whole business runs on Facebook.

    Keep it. It's working, and I'm not going to tell you to stop. But Meta owns that page, not you, and accounts get locked with nobody to call and no real appeal. A small site in your name is the one place online nobody can take away, and your page can send people to it.

    Talk it through

Websites, and getting people out of the ones they don't own

A lot of shops around here put you on a template and a monthly plan, and you keep paying for as long as you want the site to exist. I'd rather build it once and charge for it once. Whether I stick around afterward is up to you.

Websites

$2,500 one time, first year of hosting included

Hand-written and quick to load, usually five to seven pages, and done in three to five weeks. I don't work from templates or page builders, so the site ends up doing what your business needs instead of what a theme happened to allow.

What a build includes

Website rescue

$2,500 one time, same as a build

For anyone in that first row above. It costs the same as a build because it's the same work, plus the part where your web address changes hands. On a $400 monthly plan it pays for itself in about six months.

How a rescue works

There's a third thing, and it's quieter. I build custom AI systems, mostly for businesses whose sites I already run: usually an automation or an agent that takes one specific job off your plate. Those get scoped and quoted on their own.

How a project goes

  1. Scope it

    We talk on the phone first. Then I send a written scope with a fixed price and a finish date, so you know exactly what you're getting before you've paid a thing.

  2. Build it

    You'll watch it come together on a private link instead of waiting two months for a big reveal.

  3. Review it

    You send notes and I work through them. Two rounds are included.

  4. Hand it over

    Everything moves into your name. Hosting is free for the first year and $180 a year after that, or $49 a month for Site Care if you'd like me handling updates too, and you can cancel either one whenever you want.

Some of what I've built

These three are live, so go poke at them on your own phone instead of taking my word for it.

Sango Cigar Lounge homepage: a dim lounge photo behind the headline Premium Cigars, Craft Cocktails, Good Company.

Sango Cigar Lounge & Bar

Cigar lounge and bar, Clarksville

A full site for a walk-in humidor and craft bar, with online pickup ordering against a filterable cigar inventory, a live music and events page, and a 21+ age gate on the way in. There's no backend, and no card data ever touches the site.

Live

sangocigarloungeandbar.com

My Husband Sewing Machine homepage: the headline Sewing machine repair in Clarksville, TN, with a Book a Repair button and the phone number.

My Husband Sewing Machine Service & Repair

Sewing machine repair, Clarksville

Clarksville's only full-time sewing machine repair shop. Flat-rate prices sit right on the page, so most customers know the cost before they drive over, and local SEO does the rest.

Live

myhusbandsewingmachineserviceandrepair.com

GWOT Goons homepage: the show title beside its cover art, with Listen on Spotify and Watch on YouTube buttons.

GWOT Goons

Veteran interview podcast

A home for a long-form podcast with Global War on Terror veterans. The episode list stays current by itself, guests can apply to come on the show, and the merch store is built and waiting behind a switch until the first run is ready.

Live

thegwotgoons.com

All the work

Tell me what you're trying to build.

You'll get a reply within one business day, and a fixed price in writing before any work starts. Or call (931) 320-9833 and skip the form.