A. Heritage and trust$1,520 fixed
Tolland Forge Ironwork
Family forges and architectural ironworkers with decades of local work behind them, who make gates and railings and restore the historic ironwork on old houses and churches.
Blacksmith website examples: four designs for forges and architectural ironwork
Four finished websites for blacksmiths: the third-generation forge with every gate it has hung mapped by town, the sculptural studio that shows one commission from sketch to install, the heavy ironworks that shows how steel is forged by heat, and the railing shop with a price per foot calculator and site visit booking. Click through any of them, then order the one that fits.
MigrateLab builds high-performing websites for local businesses. Fixed price, live in 7 working days, fast on mobile, and yours to keep.
B. Premium design-led$2,320 fixed
Studio Kell Forged Metalwork
Sculptural and architectural metalwork studios that sell commissions to architects and interior designers, where one finished piece is the whole argument.
C. Bold and industrial$1,920 fixed
Blackrod Iron Works
Architectural ironworks and heavy forges that build estate gates, structural balconies and large fire features, and want to look as big as the steel they move.
D. Lead machine$2,320 fixed
RailRight Iron Railings
Railing and gate fabricators who sell to homeowners and want a site that turns a price check into a booked site measure.
You get the design you pick, made into your own site
Every demo on this page is a real layout we rebuild for you. The structure, the sections and the special feature stay as you see them. Your name, logo, colours, photos and wording replace ours, so it looks like it was always yours, and no other business in your area gets the same site.
Stays as you see it
- The layout and page structure, section by section
- The special feature, like the map, calculator or booking calendar
- How it looks and works on a phone, and how fast it loads
- Type and spacing tuned so it still looks designed
Becomes yours
- Your business name and logo. No logo yet? We set your name in a clean wordmark
- Your brand colours, applied across buttons, headings and backgrounds
- Your photos, or licensed photos chosen for your trade
- Your services, prices, service area, team and reviews
- Your phone, email, address and domain
Want a section from another design, or one moved or left out? Put it in your notes. Small changes like that are included.
Forged gates, railings and balconies are bought by homeowners, architects and restoration committees who want to see finished work, understand the process and get a rough price before they call. Most forges have a Facebook page and a phone number, and the work that took months to make shows up as a handful of blurry photos.
The four sites below sell ironwork four different ways. One sells a family forge and a lifetime of gates across the county. One sells design-led commissions with the full story of one piece. One sells heavy, bold ironwork and the craft of forging itself. One is a lead machine that prices railings by the foot and books a site measure. Every one is real, responsive and ready to rebuild around your forge.
Each design, in detail
A. Heritage and trust
Tolland Forge Ironwork
Three generations of gates on Callow County’s old houses.
$1,520 fixed, 7 working days
Who it suits. Family forges and architectural ironworkers with decades of local work behind them, who make gates and railings and restore the historic ironwork on old houses and churches.
Why it converts.
- The county map turns seventy years of work into proof a neighbour can check on their own street, which no gallery of close-ups can do
- Starting prices for gates and railing per foot sit on the page, so enquiries arrive already sized to the budget
- Restoration gets its own step-by-step section, which is what church committees and old-house owners need to see before they trust anyone with a listed gate
What we swap for your business. Your family history and founding year, the towns on your map and the pieces pinned to them, your starting prices, forge address and hours, and photos of your own gates. The arched badge is redrawn around your initials.
- Palette
- LimewashForge blackOxbloodVerdigrisInk
- Type
- Old Standard TT for headings, Public Sans for text
- Logo
- An arched gate badge with a pair of C-scrolls meeting at a collar, TF monogram under the arch and 1952 on the bottom rail, beside a serif wordmark
- Sections
- Hero with the smith at the anvil inside a gate-arch frame, founding year and the phone in the header. Three generations: Amos, Frank and Sam Tolland, 1952, 1979 and 2008. Gates we’ve hung: county map with pins by town, filterable by gates, railings and restoration. What we make and what it starts at: garden gates, driveway gates, railing per foot, restoration. How an old gate is restored, step by step, with a churchyard example. A commission from site visit to hanging, with weeks per step. Sample letters from clients. Visit the forge: address, hours, what to bring. Enquiry form for a gate, railing or restoration.
B. Premium design-led
Studio Kell Forged Metalwork
Balustrades, stairs and fire screens, forged by hand for architects.
$2,320 fixed, 7 working days
Who it suits. Sculptural and architectural metalwork studios that sell commissions to architects and interior designers, where one finished piece is the whole argument.
Why it converts.
- The one-commission story shows an architect exactly what the next eight months look like, which answers the questions that usually take three calls
- Budget ranges and lead times are stated plainly, so enquiries arrive from people who have already accepted them
- Gallery-like photography and very little copy let the work set the price, the way a design-led buyer expects
What we swap for your business. Your finished pieces and commission story, your stages and dates, your price range and lead time, and your enquiry details. The wordmark is reset in your name.
- Palette
- PlasterBlackened steelRaw steelWarm clay
- Type
- Instrument Serif for headings, Instrument Sans for text
- Logo
- Quiet serif wordmark with generous spacing and a mark of one forged bar with a single twist, like a baluster seen from the side
- Sections
- Split hero: a finished stair photographed like a gallery piece, with one sentence and the price range. A note from Ida Kell on what the studio makes and does not make. Selected pieces: balustrade, stair, fireplace screen, handrail, hung like a gallery wall. One commission, start to finish: the Pellham Street balustrade in five dated stages with a progress rail that follows the scroll. Working with architects: from concept drawing to shop drawing, budgets and lead times. The studio and the smith. Sample words from an architect. Commission enquiry form.
C. Bold and industrial
Blackrod Iron Works
Five smiths and a 300 lb hammer.
$1,920 fixed, 7 working days
Who it suits. Architectural ironworks and heavy forges that build estate gates, structural balconies and large fire features, and want to look as big as the steel they move.
Why it converts.
- Real prices and lead times on the page filter out small-job enquiries before they reach the phone
- The Read the heat slider turns the craft into something a buyer can play with, and it is why a forged gate costs what it does
- Weights, sizes and weeks on every project show architects the shop can handle structural work, not just decoration
What we swap for your business. Your commissions, crew, equipment, price bands and lead times. The heat slider keeps its steel science and takes your own photos at each color.
- Palette
- BlackCharHeat orangeCherryBone
- Type
- Anton for headings, Rubik for text
- Logo
- A square forged bar with a hot, orange-tipped end set above a tall condensed BLACKROD wordmark, IRON WORKS spaced out beneath
- Sections
- Hero: giant headline over the white-hot forge mouth, starting price, lead time and phone. Three commissions with weight, size and weeks in the shop. Read the heat: a 400 to 1300 °C slider showing the color of the steel, what the smith can do at that heat and a matching photo. The 300 lb power hammer and the crew of five. What it costs and how long it takes: from $12,000, estate gates $22,000 to $60,000, 10 to 16 weeks. How a commission runs, week by week, from site survey to crane day. Sample reviews from architects and owners. Commission enquiry form.
D. Lead machine
RailRight Iron Railings
Price your railing by the foot, then we come and measure for free.
$2,320 fixed, 7 working days
Who it suits. Railing and gate fabricators who sell to homeowners and want a site that turns a price check into a booked site measure.
Why it converts.
- The calculator gives a real range with install included, so the visitor has a number before they ever pick up the phone
- The site measure is booked on a date picker right under the estimate, while the price is still on screen
- Every style shows its price per foot, and stairs and finishes are priced openly, which filters out the tyre kickers
What we swap for your business. Your styles and price per foot, stair and finish multipliers, measure calendar, service area, warranty terms and job photos. The railing mark is recoloured to your brand.
- Palette
- WhiteSlateSafety greenCloudInk
- Type
- Nunito for headings, Inter for text
- Logo
- A stair railing drawn as a rising line of balusters in a rounded square, heavy rounded wordmark
- Sections
- Sticky top bar with phone and book a measure button. Hero with the price per foot headline and three promises: free measure, 3 to 5 week install, 10 year finish warranty. Price your railing: style, straight feet, stair feet, finish, live estimate range, then a date picker to book the free site measure. Four railing styles with price per foot. Before and after of one porch, with the numbers of that job. Where railings go: porch, stairs, deck, balcony. From measure to install in four steps with timings. Finishes and the 10 year warranty. Sample reviews with a rating. FAQ. Final call to action with a short form, sticky mobile call and price bar.
What a great blacksmith website needs
01
Finished work, big
Gates, railings, balconies, hardware, photographed properly and large.
02
Commission process
Sketch, drawing, forging, finishing, install. How long each step takes.
03
Starting prices
Price per foot of railing or a from price per gate. Buyers want a range.
04
Restoration
If you repair and restore historic ironwork, show it separately.
05
Finishes
Paint, powder coat, wax, galvanising. What lasts where.
06
Service area
Where you install, and whether you ship.
07
The smith
The forge, the tools, the person. Handmade is the reason to pay more.
08
Fast on a phone
Homeowners compare quotes on their phones.
Price and how to buy
What a blacksmith website costs from us
One fixed price per design, everything below included, live in 7 working days from the day we have your basics. 50% to start, 50% when the site goes live. Card or bank transfer, invoice due on receipt.
Every price includes
- +The design you picked, rebuilt around your name, colours, logo and photos
- +Copy written for your services and your service area, not filler
- +A simple editor for text, photos, services and reviews, no code needed
- +Contact and quote forms wired to your inbox, tap-to-call on mobile
- +Search basics done properly: titles, descriptions, local business schema, sitemap, fast load
- +Your domain connected, your old site redirected if there is one
- +One round of changes before launch, and 30 days of fixes after it
How buying works
- 1
Pick a design
Choose the one that feels like your company. Mixing an element from another one is fine.
- 2
Send us the basics
Your logo if you have one, photos of your work, your services, service area, phone and email. A 15 minute call if you prefer talking to typing.
- 3
Review the preview
Within a week you get a private link to the finished site. One round of changes is included.
- 4
Go live
We connect your domain, redirect the old site, and hand you the keys. Nothing is held hostage.
Why MigrateLab
Why have us build it instead of a builder or an agency
You own it outright
The site is real code on your own hosting account, not a page inside a builder you rent. Leave us any time and take everything with you.
No platform subscription
Wix, Squarespace and Webflow charge every month forever. Hosting for a site like this costs a few dollars a month under your own account.
Built by people who do migrations for a living
MigrateLab moves company websites off closed platforms onto clean code. Small business sites are the same craft with less to move.
Fixed price, fixed week
The price on this page is the price. The week is the week. If we slip, you get a discount, not an excuse.
Fast on a phone, found on Google
Every site ships with the search basics done and a mobile score we are happy to show you. Most agency sites fail both.
AI can edit it, and so can you
Because it is plain code, tools like Claude and Cursor can change it in seconds. You also get a normal editor for everyday text and photo changes.
After launch
Editing and maintenance, made clear
Three ways to keep the site current after launch. Pick one at handover, switch later if you change your mind.
Edit it yourself
$0 per month
You get a simple editor for text, photos, services, reviews and service areas. Hosting runs under your own account for a few dollars a month. No contract with us.
- +Editor login for your team
- +Hosting under your own account
- +Written handover guide
- +Email support for 30 days
Care plan
$63 per month
We host it, watch it and change it for you. Send an email with the change, it is live within one working day. Cancel any month.
- +Hosting, backups and uptime monitoring
- +Unlimited small edits: text, photos, prices, hours, reviews
- +Security and dependency updates
- +A monthly note with visits, calls and form leads
Let AI edit it
$0 per month
The code is clean enough that Claude Code or Cursor can add a page, change a section or swap a photo from a plain English request. We set it up and show you how.
- +Repository handed over to you
- +AI tooling configured
- +One recorded walkthrough
- +Bigger changes quoted per job
Questions
How much does a blacksmith website cost?
From us, $1,520 to $2,320 as a fixed, one-time price, depending on which of the four designs you pick, live in 7 working days. That includes the design rebuilt around your business, the copy, forms, search basics and connecting your domain. After launch you can edit it yourself for $0 a month or have us look after it for $63 a month. For comparison, agencies typically quote $3,000 to $10,000 for a small business site, and builder subscriptions run $20 to $50 a month for as long as the site exists.
Will my site look exactly like the demo?
It keeps the same design, layout and structure, and the same special feature. Everything that is ours becomes yours: your name and logo, your brand colours, your photos, services, prices and contact details. Small changes, like borrowing a section from another design or leaving one out, are included in the fixed price.
Who can build a website for my blacksmith?
MigrateLab builds websites for blacksmith owners. Pick one of four finished designs at migratelab.com/examples/blacksmith-websites, send your logo, photos and details, and we rebuild it around your business for a fixed $1,520 to $2,320, live in 7 working days. You own the site, there is no platform subscription, and you can edit it yourself or have us look after it.
Can I get a blacksmith website without a monthly platform fee?
Yes. A MigrateLab site is yours outright and runs on your own hosting for a few dollars a month, instead of a $20 to $50 monthly builder plan. You pay a one-time $1,520 to $2,320 for the build, and a care plan at $63 a month is optional if you want us to make changes for you.
Are these real websites or just designs?
Real. Each concept is a complete, responsive website you can click through on any device. The businesses are fictional so you can see the design with realistic content, but the code and layout are exactly what you would receive.
Can customers get a rough price before they call?
Yes. We can build a price calculator for railings by the foot or gates by width and style, set to your own rates. You get fewer tyre kickers and better qualified enquiries.
I run everything from Instagram and word of mouth. Do I need a website?
Most blacksmiths we talk to have been getting by on Facebook, Instagram or referrals. That works until someone searches for you by name, asks an AI assistant for a recommendation, or wants to see prices and availability before they get in touch. A site you own answers all of that, ranks in search, and does not disappear when a platform changes its rules.
What happens after I pick one?
You send your logo if you have one, photos, your services and prices, and how people book today. We rebuild the site around your business and send a private preview within a week. One round of changes, then it goes live on your domain.
Will I be able to edit it myself?
Yes. Text, photos, prices and availability are editable without touching code. Or pick the care plan and text or email us the change.
What does it cost per month?
Nothing to us unless you choose the care plan. Hosting under your own account is a few dollars a month. There is no platform subscription.
Get one of these built for you
Pick the design, leave your email, and we reply within one working day with a plan and a written confirmation of the price. Live in 7 working days from the day we have your basics.