Black River
Webworks

Small-business digital studio · Lorain, Ohio

Drawn up in Lorain.
Built to work.

Websites, professional email, and custom tools for small businesses. Planned like a blueprint, built by a real person, and looked after once they're live.

Drawn by
AI
Checked by
You
Status
Open for business
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Measure twice. Launch once.

Drawn around your workSpecs in plain EnglishSupported after launch
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As-built

Live, local,
and built to be used.

Use “Show lower page” to explore a preview, or open the live site. Every one of these is live right now, built and hosted by Black River Webworks.

Site survey

A city of different lives. Businesses with different needs.

Black River Webworks was founded in a city where neighbors bring different histories, skills, cultures, and ambitions to the same streets. That is a good reminder that a small business should never be handed a one-size-fits-all solution.

Every project starts with a site survey. We listen for what makes your work distinct, then draw up a plan that makes that difference obvious to the people you want to reach.

International flags along Black River Landing in Lorain

Parts list

Everything your
business needs online.

Start with the part that makes the biggest difference right now. Add the rest when it earns its place on the plan.

01

Websites

Informational sites, stores, booking, payments, and forms people can actually use.

02

Professional email

Inboxes on your own domain, clean migrations, and steady upkeep across every device your team uses.

03

Custom apps

Purpose-built tools for routes, job tracking, scheduling, customer portals, and the workflow only your business has.

3days to launch a simple site
$100to start a focused website
1business day to hear back
20years of IT experience
Lakeview Park in Lorain

Drafting tools

AI does the drafting. A person signs off.

We use AI where it speeds things up: first drafts, cleaner organization, and useful tools. Then a real person checks every line against your customers and your voice before anything ships.

Build sequence

From first sketch
to opening day.

No technical homework and no surprises. Here's the whole build, start to finish.

Build sequenceFive steps: a free consultation, a plain-language scope, the build in as little as three days, launch, and ongoing support. 01Free consultA real conversation 02Plain scopeSpecs you can read 03The buildAs little as 3 days 04LaunchLive on your domain 05Ongoing supportFrom $30 a month
  1. Free consultA real conversation
  2. Plain scopeSpecs you can read
  3. The buildAs little as 3 days
  4. LaunchLive on your domain
  5. Ongoing supportFrom $30 a month

Field notes

From the drafting table.

New projects, local connections, and what we're building next.

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  3. Email at your own domain: what it actually takes

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Your website should bring in work. Not make more of it. Black River Webworks makes websites, professional email, and custom tools for small businesses. Planned like a blueprint, built by a real person, and looked after once you're live. Drawn up in Lorain. Built to work. Tell us what needs to work better: blackriverwebworks.com

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To everyone who served, and to the soldiers Eli served with: thank you. Eli, the founder of Black River Webworks, is a veteran too. He spent seven years in the U.S. Army, working in signal and IT. He served with the 10th Mountain Division, and his Army assignments took him to New York, Germany, and Iraq before he came home to Lorain. Music: "Climb to Glory" by John S. Fraser, performed by the 10th Mountain Division (LI) Band. No endorsement by the U.S. Army is implied.

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Who's your favorite Lorain small business? Tell us in the comments. On Small Business Saturday, November 28, we'll shout out a few of your picks.

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needs to work better.

You'll hear back within one business day. The first conversation is free and simply maps out the project.

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