Based in Portland, Oregon · Serving the metro and nationwide
Portland Web Design & Development
Custom websites, ecommerce stores, product catalogs, and integrations for businesses that need more than a template. Forge combines design and engineering in one Portland studio.
What Forge can actually build.
Start with the business problem. The right solution might be a focused marketing site, a large product catalog, an ecommerce storefront, or a website that needs to connect to the rest of the operation.
Custom business websites
Fast, purpose-built sites structured around services, locations, content, lead generation, and the way the business actually sells.
Explore service → 02Ecommerce development
Custom storefronts, BigCommerce development, migrations, integrations, and UX work for businesses that need more than an off-the-shelf theme.
Explore service → 03Product catalogs
Structured product libraries with brands, materials, swatches, room scenes, filtering, search, and repeatable catalog updates.
Explore service → 04Automation & integrations
Forms, APIs, CRMs, product data, internal systems, and workflows connected so the website supports the operation instead of sitting beside it.
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See a working catalog, not a mockup.
Forge’s live catalog demo shows the kind of structured experience that becomes difficult with a generic brochure-site stack: organized brands and materials, product pages, swatches, room scenes, filtering, and a system designed to keep changing as the catalog changes.
- Useful product organization instead of flat galleries
- Reusable product data that can support SEO and discovery
- A foundation for vendor feeds and recurring catalog updates
Built around the kind of business you run.
The website should make the business easier to understand and easier to operate. That looks different depending on what you sell and how customers move from research to inquiry or purchase.
Service businesses
Clear service pages, strong location structure, lead-focused journeys, and a content system that can expand without turning into a mess.
Product-heavy businesses
Catalog architecture, useful filtering, product data, swatches, search, vendor content, and integrations that reduce manual upkeep.
Growing businesses
A technical foundation that can support new locations, services, campaigns, integrations, and functionality without rebuilding the site every few years.
How a project moves from problem to launch.
The process is documented and practical. Local meetings are available when they help, but the work does not depend on a calendar full of meetings.
Understand the business
Start with customers, goals, current systems, content, constraints, and what the website needs to accomplish. The scope comes from the business problem.
Structure the system
Plan information architecture, conversion paths, content models, local search structure, and integrations before visual polish makes expensive decisions harder to change.
Design and build together
Interface design and production engineering move together, so the finished experience is feasible, fast, accessible, and intentional rather than handed off between teams.
Launch and improve
After launch, use real traffic and business feedback to improve content, conversion paths, performance, local pages, integrations, and new functionality.
Based in Portland. Available across the metro.
Forge Web Designs is a Portland web design and development studio serving businesses throughout the region and across the United States. Portland-area projects can include local meetings when useful; most planning and production stays documented so projects keep moving.
Why businesses bring Forge the complicated parts.
These are structural differences in how the work gets done, not a list of agency adjectives.
Work directly with the developer
There is no account-manager relay between the business problem and the person responsible for the finished system.
Custom where it matters
The architecture follows the business instead of forcing the business into a theme, page builder, or generic agency process.
Design + technical ownership
UX, frontend, content structure, integrations, deployment, performance, and ongoing improvements can be handled as one system.
Support after launch
The site can keep changing with the company instead of slowly becoming another replacement project nobody wants to touch.
Questions worth answering before you reach out.
No pitch required. These are the practical questions that usually determine whether a project is a fit.
01 How much does a custom website cost?
Cost depends on what the website needs to do. A focused marketing site is a different project from an ecommerce store, a large product catalog, or a site with custom integrations. Forge scopes the work after understanding the current site, content, systems, and business goals so the proposal reflects the actual project rather than a generic package.
02 How long does a web design and development project take?
The timeline depends on scope, content readiness, integrations, and how quickly decisions can be made. A straightforward marketing site moves faster than a large catalog or ecommerce build. Forge defines the project stages and expected schedule before production begins so there is a clear path to launch.
03 Does Forge only work with businesses in Portland?
No. Forge is based in Portland and works with businesses throughout the metro area and across the United States. Local clients can meet in person when useful, while planning, design, development, and project documentation work well remotely too.
04 Can we meet in person about a Portland web project?
Yes. Portland-area project conversations can include an in-person meeting by appointment when it will help move the work forward. Most planning and production remains documented so the project is not dependent on meetings to make progress.
05 Can Forge improve an existing website instead of replacing it?
Often, yes. The right approach depends on the current platform and whether its structure can support the changes you need. Forge can improve UX, performance, content structure, conversion paths, integrations, and frontend implementation when the existing foundation is worth keeping; otherwise a rebuild may be more efficient.
06 Does Forge build ecommerce and BigCommerce websites?
Yes. Forge works on ecommerce storefronts, BigCommerce development, custom frontend work, migrations, product organization, integrations, and performance improvements. The focus is on making the storefront easier for customers to use and easier for the business to operate.
07 Can Forge handle a large product catalog?
Yes. Product-heavy websites are a core use case. Forge can structure brands, products, variants, swatches, room scenes, filters, search, vendor data, and recurring catalog updates so large catalogs remain usable for customers and maintainable for the business.
08 Do you provide support after the website launches?
Yes. Ongoing support can include content changes, new pages, local landing pages, analytics review, conversion improvements, performance work, integrations, catalog updates, and new functionality as the business changes.
Tell Forge what needs to work better.
Share the current website, the business problem, and what a better outcome would look like. Every inquiry gets a direct response within one business day.
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