Saltwater Studio
Saltwater Studio — a molten-chrome studio mark suspended in deep water, the studio's "Depth, by design" signature

Saltwater Studio — Est. 2025 · Gulf Coast → Nationwide

Most websites stop at the surface. We build deeper.

A web design studio for service businesses that refuse to look like everyone else — engineered to be found by Google, by AI search, and by the people who’ll actually call you.

Built for Google · AI search · and the people in between.

  • Nationwide
  • Gulf Coast FL
  • Est. 2025
  • Next.js · Schema-First

02 / What We Do

The layers of the deep

03 / The Proof

Selected work

Beach House Moving — Schema-first site with GBP integration — ranked for local moving terms in 60 days.

Moving Company

Beach House Moving

Schema-first site with GBP integration — ranked for local moving terms in 60 days.

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Kai's Run — Event brand site with full schema, tracking, and registration flow.

Endurance Events

Kai's Run

Event brand site with full schema, tracking, and registration flow.

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BashSnippets — Next.js SaaS with subscription billing and CLI tooling.

Developer Tool

BashSnippets

Next.js SaaS with subscription billing and CLI tooling.

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WaterVue — Private preview — modern service site with booking integration.
Private Preview

Property Services

WaterVue

Private preview — modern service site with booking integration.

Aquamarine — Private preview — immersive hospitality brand experience.
Private Preview

Hospitality

Aquamarine

Private preview — immersive hospitality brand experience.

Alexander Hines — Private preview — attorney / professional services brand.
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Professional Services

Alexander Hines

Private preview — attorney / professional services brand.

04 / The Method

Right the first time.

Competitors skip steps 2 and 4. That's why their clients rebuild in two years.

  1. Intake & Strategy

    A 45-minute call to understand your business, your customers, and what winning looks like. We leave with a defined scope, target phrases, and the entity facts that will anchor every page.

  2. Schema & Tracking — First

    Before a line of visible code is written, we configure GA4, GTM, and the schema stack. Competitors skip this step. We don't — which is why you're not rebuilding in two years.

  3. Design & Build

    Custom Next.js build, mobile-first, accessibility built in. Every section is a component; every component is a performance decision. No templates, no theme-shop shortcuts.

  4. Launch & Index

    Pre-launch SEO audit, GSC and Bing Webmaster submission, IndexNow ping on deploy. We don't call it done until the search engines know it's live.

  5. Grow

    Monthly reporting, content that feeds the entity, and the data to know what's working. The site is an asset — we treat it like one.

05 / Why Saltwater

Depth, by design.

Schema & entity built in

Not added at the end. Every page ships with structured data validated on Rich Results Test. Your site tells Google exactly what you do, for whom, and where.

You own everything

Domain, hosting, analytics, every account — in your name, under your email, with your billing. Saltwater does the work; you hold the keys.

One canonical fact set

Your name, location, services, and entity facts are the same on the site, in schema, in llms.txt, and on every profile. No contradictions for Google to ignore.

No template you’ll outgrow

Custom Next.js. Not Wix, not Squarespace, not a WordPress theme with a dozen plugins. Built for performance, built to last, built to rank.

06 / The Studio

The ocean's full water column from sunlit coastal surface to the deep — Saltwater Studio brand motif

Travis, founder.

Saltwater Studio is a web design studio founded in 2025 by Travis on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The studio builds websites and search presence for service businesses across the United States — the kind of foundation that doesn't need to be rebuilt in two years.

The work is schema-first, tracking-first, and specific: structured data validated before launch, analytics live from day one, and one canonical fact set that Google and AI search can quote. Most competitors skip those steps. Saltwater doesn't.

Remote, nationwide, out of the Florida Panhandle. Every engagement is personal — no account managers, no handoffs.

Full story

Depth, by design.

Ready to build something that lasts?

One strategy call. No pressure. You leave with a clear picture of what the site needs — and what it'll take to rank.

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