Remote Web Development for Chicago Businesses

ThatDeveloperGuy serves Chicago-area businesses remotely from a Northwest Arkansas base. We are not local to the Loop, the North Shore, or the South Side. We do not pretend to be. We work with clients across the United States by video discovery, asynchronous design review, and Square invoicing.

The Chicago market we typically serve

Chicago has more agency competition than almost any other US market. We do not try to win the downtown branded campaigns. We win when the engagement is:

• Suburban Cook County or collar county small businesses (Naperville, Schaumburg, Oak Park) whose Chicago marketing options price too high
• Federal subcontracting in the Chicago region under SDVOSB participation plans
• North Side neighborhood service businesses that lose to Yelp and ServiceTitan-funded competitors
• Cook County nonprofits whose mission cannot afford Loop agency rates

What Chicago search looks like in our work

Chicago search is dominated by national chains and AdWords floors that price small businesses out. The opportunity is in neighborhood-specific search (“plumber Lincoln Park,” “dog walker Logan Square”) where Yelp has the click-through but does not have schema and AI surface depth. We engineer for that gap.

Pricing and engagement

Production builds from $997. Full Visibility Stack from $397/month. Discovery is a 60-minute video call. Launch and ongoing maintenance on self-hosted infrastructure in Cassville, Missouri. No travel to Chicago unless the project specifically requires it and the client covers travel.

Chicago FAQ

Can you compete with Chicago agencies on branded work?

No. Chicago has world-class branded agencies (Leo Burnett, FCB, DDB) we do not pretend to compete with. We compete on technical SEO and AI search work where the production budget is bounded.

Do you cover Chicago suburbs?

Yes. Suburban Cook County, DuPage, Lake, Will, and McHenry county businesses are our typical Chicago-area engagement profile.