We build digital systems that drive growth.
Websites, local search and automation, built as one connected system instead of five disconnected invoices — for service businesses that want more customers and less admin.
Five questions. We reply with a written review of what we would fix first — no charge, no obligation.
Built fast. Built properly.
Most builds go live in days, not months.
Two founders. You talk to the people building it.
Typical time to live
Measured from the day we have everything we need from you.
Complex integrations and delayed approvals take longer — we tell you which yours is before you pay anything.
A new website is rarely the actual problem.
Between someone searching for what you sell and someone paying you, there are six places it can go wrong. A redesign only touches one of them.
- 01
Attention
Search, maps, ads, word of mouth
You are not in the map pack for the searches that actually bring buyers.
- 02
Site
The page they land on
It loads slowly on a phone, or the number is not tappable.
- 03
Conversion
Call, form, booking
Booking takes six steps. They give up and call the next shop.
- 04
Response
How fast someone replies
The enquiry sits for four hours. By then it is booked elsewhere.
- 05
Customer
The job, done
No-shows and forgotten quotes eat the margin you just earned.
- 06
Repeat
Reviews, referrals, return visits
Nobody asks for the review, so the next customer never finds you.
Most agencies sell you stage 02 and call it a strategy. We measure all six, fix the one costing you most, and show you the number it moved.
One live business. Four concepts. Nothing invented.
Three things we lead with.
One live
business.
Four concepts.
Zero invented
results.
We started recently. Rather than pad a portfolio with logos we never worked with and percentages with no baseline attached, this is exactly what exists — and everything is labelled for what it is.
Where we have no data yet, the site says so. That is unusual enough in this industry to be worth something on its own.
One of us builds the system. The other finds the business problem worth solving.
Builds the system.
Ahmed Niazi
Technology
Electrical and information engineering, with a computer science and AI background before that. Writes the code that ships: backend, frontend, infrastructure, integrations, and the automation that keeps running after launch. Every line of client work goes through here, which is why the timelines are short and the answers are specific.
Finds the problem worth solving.
Ahmed Khalil
Growth
Mechanical engineering, and the owner of Fixbulance — a mobile device repair business working the Chicago southwest suburbs. Runs a real local service operation every day: missed calls, no-shows, review chasing, slow quotes. That is why the advice on this site tends to survive contact with an actual shop floor.
Eight steps. No mystery in any of them.
The same sequence for a $699 site and a $6,000 automation build. The steps just take longer at the top end.
- 01
Audit
We look before we propose. Written, specific, free.
- 02
Discovery
Thirty minutes on your numbers, not our services.
- 03
Proposal
One package. Fixed price. What is not included, in writing.
- 04
Build
Preview link from day one. No reveal at the end.
- 05
QA
We break it before you see it.
- 06
Launch
Live, tracked, indexed, in your name.
- 07
Measure
Thirty days, then a report against the baseline.
- 08End
Grow
Retainer, or not. Your call, made on data.
We will not promise you a number.
Not a lead count, not a ranking position, not a revenue figure. Nobody controls what your competitors do or what Google changes next quarter.
What we do guarantee: the scope in your proposal, a tested and tracked launch, honest reporting including when the numbers are bad, and a reply within one business day.
The questions we get asked first
Straight answers, including the ones that are not flattering. If something here is missing, ask — the reply comes from a founder, not a form.
What does Ahulir do?
Ahulir is a two-founder technology and growth studio in Chicago that builds conversion-focused websites, local search presence, and the automation that connects them. The work covers the whole path from someone searching to someone booking, rather than handing off between a designer, an SEO agency and an automation consultant.
How much does a small business website cost in Chicago?
A Chicago small business website typically runs $1,500 to $6,000 from an agency, with cheap template builds below that and custom platforms far above. Ahulir starts at $699 fixed for a Foundation site and $1,199 for Growth, where most projects land between $1,600 and $2,400.
How long does it take to build a website?
Most Ahulir builds go live in days rather than months. A Foundation site can be live within a week of receiving content. Complex integrations, custom booking logic and slow content or approval cycles take longer, and the realistic timeline is stated before anything is paid.
Who is Ahulir for?
Ahulir works with local service businesses in and around Chicago — barbers and salons, auto repair shops, trades and home services, restaurants, clinics and professional practices. The common factor is a business where a phone call, booking or quote request is the sale, not an ecommerce checkout.
Do you work with businesses outside Chicago?
Yes. Ahulir is based in Chicago and most clients are in Chicagoland, but the work is delivered remotely and location is not a constraint for websites, search or automation. On-site photography and video are the only services that genuinely require being in the same city.
What makes Ahulir different from other web design agencies?
Most agencies sell one layer — a site, or SEO, or a CRM setup — and the handoffs between them leak. Ahulir builds the website, the search presence and the automation as one system and measures the whole line, so it is clear which stage is actually losing the enquiries.
The audit
Let's find the leak.
Five questions, about a minute. We look at your website, your local search presence and the path a customer actually takes — then send you the three biggest opportunities in writing.
No charge, no obligation, and you get it whether or not you ever hire us.