Mining Wells Marketing Agency
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Website design for Montecito businesses.

We'll design your website preview for free. If you don't like it, you don't pay.

We design websites across industries.

Retail, restaurant and architecture websites. Tap one to see an example.

Folkgoods, a sample retail website by Mining Wells, on a laptop
Folkgoods, the same sample website on a phone
Retail

Case Studies

Romeé

We took Romeé from idea to a real brand. We designed the custom website, can artwork and logo, and built an integrated Shopify store.

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The Method of Beauty website on a laptop
The Method of Beauty website on a phone

Method of Beauty

We redesigned a website for a medical practice. New patients tripled in 4 months.

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★★★★★Google review
“Our experience was absolutely AAA and Mining Wells gave my already experienced team much deeper insights and strategies that we employ today. A totally game changing and top level experience.”
John Sung Kim

John Sung Kim

CEO at JetBridgeFounder of Five9 and DoctorBase, now part of Tebra

We never offshore web design.

Everything is made with in California.

Meet the founders

Our founders work directly with you.

Ben Wells

Ben Wells

CEO and Co-Founder

4x founder and former college athlete who understands business from the inside out. He manages client accounts, structures deals and partnerships, and oversees finance and operations. He designs email campaigns and shapes creative direction. At Body Juice, the Costa Mesa juice bar that drew celebrities, he was COO and Co-Founder: he raised the investor funding, and when the customer base grew 600%, his operation absorbed it.
Jessica Wells

Jessica Wells

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

5x founder and veteran growth strategist. Former Booz Allen Hamilton consultant and restaurateur who took her own juice bar viral, bringing in celebrities. She codes software and websites, directs ad strategy and video, and builds custom AI automations. She grew one client from $5 million to $20 million in annual revenue and made a brand-new AI startup the #1 recommendation in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini for its category.

HQ: Orange County, CA

How it works

We know letting someone you've never met design your website is like going on a blind date. That's why we're offering to design your website preview for free. If you don't like it, you don't pay.

  1. 1

    Tell us about your project

    Your business, what you offer and the website you want.

  2. 2

    We review it

    If it's a fit, we reach out to chat.

  3. 3

    Your free website preview

    After our first discovery call with the founders, we design a preview of your website and send you a private link. It stays live for 14 days.

  4. 4

    You decide

    Love the preview? Then you pay and we start the work.

  5. 5

    Kickoff and website delivery

    Websites can be delivered in as little as 7 days but can take 30 days, depending on how many rounds of revisions and changes are needed.

  6. Your site goes live

What's included in your custom website

  • A custom website, up to 15 pages
  • Built for desktop, tablet and mobile
  • SEO setup for Google and AI search
  • Page titles, descriptions and clean web addresses
  • Business details marked up for Google
  • Fast loading and compressed images
  • Contact form, booking link and analytics
  • Three rounds of changes

Each person is unique. Your marketing should be too.

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Don't need a website? We offer other services

  • Paid Advertising
  • Web Design
  • SEO & AI Search
  • AI Automations
  • Branding and Design
  • Email Marketing
  • Direct Mail & Print
  • Strategy

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you work with Montecito businesses?

Yes. We work from our Irvine office by video, phone and email. Our founders, Jessica and Ben Wells, handle the project themselves.

Should a boutique website sell online?

Only if you can keep it stocked and shipped well. For many Montecito boutiques, a site that shows new arrivals and invites people in, or to call and hold a piece, works better than a half-stocked online store.

What makes a website feel high end?

Strong photography, restrained typography, useful space and fast pages. The site should make the work easy to see and the next step easy to understand without adding unnecessary copy.

How do people find my Montecito business?

Ask clients to review the service they actually hired you for and keep your Google Business Profile photos current. If you serve hillside homes as well as Coast Village Road, spell out the service area where it's true.

What should a Montecito website show before someone calls?

Clients hiring for a hillside home or shopping along Coast Village Road have little reason to dig through vague copy. Show the work or offering, explain how you work and make a real person easy to reach.

What does the website package include?

A custom website of up to 15 pages, built for desktop, tablet and mobile. SEO setup for Google and AI search, page titles, descriptions and clean web addresses, business details marked up for Google, fast loading and compressed images, a contact form, booking link and analytics, and three rounds of changes. More pages are quoted before we start. Hosting and monthly care are separate.

Does SEO-optimized mean you guarantee rankings?

No. We build your site so Google and AI search tools can understand your business clearly. Nobody can honestly guarantee rankings.

Why is the website preview free?

We'd rather show you what we can do than ask you to imagine it from a proposal. We take on 3 to 5 previews a week, after we review each project.

How many rounds of changes do I get?

Three full rounds of changes on your finished pages before launch. Typos and small fixes never count as a round. If you want more rounds, we quote them before we start.

Who will I work with?

Our founders, Jessica and Ben Wells. You talk to the people building your site, not an account manager.

Just down the coast, we also serve Santa Barbara, Summerland and Carpinteria. See every city we design websites for

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