Bespoke websites, built to last.

Chevis Zhou. He founded Aethr Design in Fairfax, Virginia, in 2021, and he leads every project from the first call to launch. He designs each site and builds it himself.

Most projects need nobody else. When one calls for a specialist, such as a 3D animator, Chevis brings one in from his network. You still deal with him, and the result is still his responsibility.

A working website is easy to get now, and for a simple one you may not need us. What an AI builder won’t do is work out what your buyers need to see before they trust you. It also hands the setup back to you.

We use AI too, mostly to speed up production. Every decision that matters is Chevis’s, and he checks everything before it ships.

If your site needs work every week, a hire might make sense. Most businesses need one strong build and a few changes a year, which isn’t a full-time job.

A designer who can also build is a hard hire. Here you get both for one fixed price, and you can come back whenever there’s more to do, with a fixed price for each task, estimated at $75 an hour.

Whatever suits how you’ll run the site after launch. We start from code by default: it’s fast, and it can grow into a client portal or a web app when you need one.

If your team wants to edit pages visually, we build in Framer. Chevis is a verified Framer Expert, so that’s a full option, not a fallback.

We’ll recommend one on the first call. You decide.

Yes, the technical side of both. Titles, descriptions, structured data and a sitemap are in place before launch, along with fast load times and the accessibility basics.

That way search engines can rank the site from day one, and AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity can read it and understand what you do.

Ranking well over time takes ongoing content and links. That’s separate work and isn’t in the project price.

Work we can’t do well. If your project needs something beyond Chevis and his network, you’ll hear it on the first call.

Size alone isn’t a reason to say no. New websites start at $1,550, and smaller jobs, like a fix on a site you already have, are taken on when the schedule allows. For a new site on a smaller budget, we’ll point you to a template-based option.

Between $1,550 and $3,500. A focused landing page starts at $1,550. A multi-page site with a full design direction sits near the top.

You get a fixed quote after the discovery call, before any work starts. Final copy, or a clear sense of the look you want, brings it down. Extras such as an online store are listed on the pricing page.

In under four weeks, on average. Your proposal sets the exact timeline, and it starts two business days after the deposit arrives.

Feedback moves the date more than anything else. The schedule assumes you reply to each round within three business days.

Two revision rounds cover changes within the agreed scope. New pages, new features or a change of direction get a separate written quote, and that work starts only after you approve and pay it.

Nothing is added to your bill without your yes.

The deposit is the one payment you can’t get back. It holds your place in the schedule and covers the thinking that goes into your project before any design is shown.

Every payment after that is tied to a milestone. If you’re not happy with a stage, you don’t pay for it, and you can end the project at any time.

Through your private client portal. Your proposal, agreement and payments are there, and so are your messages with Chevis. Email works too.

The site goes up on a staging link as it’s built, so you see every page before anyone else does. Your domain switches over once you sign off.

You get a handover with a walkthrough and full edit access, then a week of support for fixes and questions. At six months and again at a year, you get a free technical check-in.

A check-in covers upkeep: security and dependency updates, and fixing broken links. New content, new pages and design changes get a fixed price before work starts, estimated at $75 an hour.

No. Once the final invoice is paid, the design and the code made for your site are yours. Anything we reuse from our own toolkit comes with a permanent license to use and change it.

Your domain stays in your name. If you’d rather work with someone else after launch, the site goes with you.

Yes. Book a free call with Chevis and tell him what the site needs to do.

If we’re not the right fit, you’ll hear that on the call.