They are already on a phone
If the button does not call, they hang up in their head.
TheCriners LLC · Ohio
Websites that help local businesses get the next call.
People already find you on their phones. We make the next step obvious: call, hours, directions, book or request an estimate when that is the real job. TheCriners Managed Website Service is $99 a month on a domain you own, after Website Setup & Launch. Your business content is yours from day one.
A preview is a one-screen demonstration, labeled as such. It is not your live site and not a claim that you are already a customer. Checkout is not live.
The problem
Customers search, tap a listing, and land on a page that does not call, does not show hours, and does not say what to do next. That is lost work, not a branding problem.
Hours and the door
If Saturday hours are buried, they drive to someone else.
The next step is vague
Book, estimate, order, or visit — one action, not a slogan.
What we build
A small, fast website for that specific business. Not a generic template farm, and not a 40-page agency rebuild.
On the public page
Mobile-first layout. Click to call. Hours and directions. Booking, estimate, or ordering when that is the real next step. Honest copy — no fake reviews or invented history.
After it is live
You can keep hours, phone, and services current. We host, maintain, and support that as a monthly service. The domain belongs to you. Your photos, hours, and copy belong to you. The website implementation stays with TheCriners until you purchase the remaining build balance.
How it works
We look
Public listing, phone, hours, and what customers are trying to do.
A preview
A lightweight, personalized page you can tap on your phone.
You decide
If the direction is right, we finish it. If not, you owe nothing for a cold preview.
We launch
On a domain you own. Not a thecriners.com demo as your live site.
We keep it current
Hosting, uptime, and hours/phone edits in the monthly. After the initial term you may continue month-to-month. Files transfer only on remaining buyout.
The full path · Previews are demonstrations until you say go.
Showcase
Finished-quality demonstrations built to show what TheCriners can design and ship. Fictional businesses. Not customers.
Mira Vale Atelier
Premium garden studio site: identity, services, gallery, quote path.
Open showcaseKinetic North
Simulated scheduler for a movement clinic. No real calendar.
Open showcaseDispatchboard
Owner console for a fictional trades shop. Jobs, pipeline, week view.
Open showcaseAll showcase and labs. We don’t just build the website. We can build the tools behind it.
Pricing
Current offer · experiment
$99 / month
TheCriners Managed Website Service. Website Setup & Launch is $500 once (earned go-live, not a buyout credit). Hosting and hours/phone/service edits included. Domain is yours. Hard 12-month Initial Term, then month-to-month. Files transfer only if you purchase the remaining build balance.
Checkout is not live. This is a sales experiment, not a locked catalog. Chris will confirm the numbers before an invoice.
What the monthly is for
The site staying up. Changing Saturday hours. Keeping the call button honest. Not a 20-hour redesign every month.
File cleanup, PDF extract, and public-page audits still exist as one-time work. They are not the homepage product. See file work.
Chris Criner
Twenty-five years making operations and technology keep running — call centers, CRM, messy migrations. He owns TheCriners LLC in Ohio and still writes the software. This is a small company, not a hidden staff of fifty.
How TheCriners builds
You do not need to understand the factory. If you care how we keep agents from overreaching, Company OS, grants, and receipts live on the technology pages.
Technology · Company OS · Papers
Want a preview of your shop?
Tell Chris the business name and town. You get a one-screen preview to tap on your phone. No automated email blast.