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Web Design in Newport Beach, CA
Web design · Newport Beach, CA
The Clay Media designs and builds websites for Newport Beach businesses, and has done it for Orange County companies since 2009. Every site is built to bring in calls and quote requests, with SEO set up at launch rather than added later.
Founded2009, Huntington Beach
Based inLong Beach, CA
ServingNewport Beach and Orange County
Start withA free homepage mockup
You searched for a web designer in Newport Beach and got a page of directories and agencies that all say the same thing. Fair. Here is what we do, how it works and what it costs, so you can decide in a few minutes. Before you pay for anything, we build a free mockup of your homepage so you can see the work first.
See your new homepage before you pay us anything.
Get a free mockupWhat a Newport Beach website has to do
A Newport Beach customer has options. A buyer in Corona del Mar or Newport Center will open three or four sites before calling anyone. The site that loads fast, says what you do in one line and makes the next step obvious gets the call. Not the one with the best animation.
Not a brochure. A site that gets the phone to ring.
So we build around four things:
Speed on a phone
Most local searches start on one. If it is slow there, the visit is over.
Local search from day one
Service pages, location signals, schema and a Google Business Profile that matches the site.
A form that works
We test every form before launch. A site that does not deliver leads is a brochure.
What we build
New website
Custom design and build on WordPress, mobile-first, with SEO set up at launch.
Redesign
A rebuild of a site that looks dated or is not producing leads, with the pages that already rank protected.
Local SEO
Service and location pages, Google Business Profile, citations and schema.
Google Ads
Campaigns that send traffic to pages built to convert it.
Website management
Updates, backups, security and speed, monthly.
AI search visibility
Structure and content so ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI answers can cite you.
Who we work with in Newport Beach
Newport Beach is a market of professional firms, real estate and property businesses, medical and wellness practices, marine and hospitality companies, and owner-run service businesses. The buyer is usually informed and comparing. That raises the bar for trust: a clear offer, real proof, and a site that looks like it belongs in front of that customer.
We serve businesses across Newport Beach, including Corona del Mar, Newport Center, Lido Marina Village, Balboa Island and the Airport Area, and across the rest of Orange County.
Where we are, and how we work with you
The Clay Media was founded in 2009 in Huntington Beach and is now based in Long Beach. We do not have a Newport Beach storefront, and we will not pretend to. What you get is a team that has been building and managing Orange County websites for sixteen years, and one point of contact from first call to launch.
Our work is not limited to local brochure sites. We built a customer quote portal for Patton’s Corp that replaced a spreadsheet-and-email quoting process. See the case studies for the full account.
What it costs
Price depends on page count, custom functionality and whether you need e-commerce or booking. We publish our reasoning rather than hide it: read what a website costs in 2026 and what it costs in Orange County. Ongoing care is covered in website management cost. After a short call you get a written quote with the scope itemized.
Questions Newport Beach owners ask
Why is the mockup free?
Because roughly half the businesses we show a mockup to end up hiring us, so it is a sales cost we are happy to absorb. There is no obligation either way.
Do I need an agency in Newport Beach itself?
No. Rankings and leads depend on how the site is built and what it says, not where the designer sits. What matters is that the people building it understand the local market and that you can reach them. If you want to meet in person, say so on the call.
Can you redesign my site without losing my Google rankings?
Yes. We check which pages already earn traffic before touching anything, keep their URLs, and redirect anything that has to move.
Do you also handle SEO and ads?
Yes. Design, SEO, Google Ads and ongoing management come from the same team, so nobody is passing blame between vendors.
See your new homepage before you pay us anything
Send us your site address. We will build a mockup of your homepage and walk you through it, free, no obligation. We do it because roughly half the businesses we show a mockup to end up hiring us, so we treat it as a sales cost worth absorbing.
If we do not think we can improve what you have, we will tell you that too.
No contract, no card, no pitch deck. One designer, one homepage, yours to keep.The Clay Media has built websites and custom systems for Southern California businesses since 2009. See our case studies.