Websites for Carbondale businesses
Carbondale is the Jackson County city built around Southern Illinois University. Wild Card works with businesses downtown, near campus, and in the towns along Illinois Route 13.
Carbondale businesses
The university sets the calendar. The rest of town is shops, restaurants, trades, and offices that serve students and people who stay year-round.
Southern Illinois University
The Carbondale campus is the reason a lot of people know the city. Shops and services feel the semester, then the quieter months.
Downtown Illinois Avenue
Illinois Avenue is the downtown spine, including the blocks near campus that locals call the Strip.
Route 13 and the hills
Illinois Route 13 runs east through Carterville to Marion, and west to Murphysboro. Giant City State Park is in the hills south of town.
From a simple page to a full store
Sites, search, video, booking, and care. Software and custom apps when you need them.
Home services & trades
A clear site for the work you do.
Events
Dates, place, and how to sign up.
Nonprofits
Mission, membership, and ways to help.
Custom stores
Products and a simple checkout.
Payments
Invoices and a clear way to pay.
Booking & forms
Appointments and requests, ready to send.
Local search
Show up when neighbors look for you.
Promo videos
Edited to make the business look great.
Care & hosting
The site stays up and looked after.
AI automation
Follow-up, chat, and workflows that run.
Software & custom apps
Product sites and tools built to fit.
Simple starting prices
Every project gets a real quote before work starts. Care plans and hosting are separate, month to month.
Same prices in every town.
One-Page Site
starting at
$299
Info Site
starting at
$499
Business Site
starting at
$2,400
Custom & Online Store
starting at
$3,900
What the work looks like
Event sites, nonprofits, local services, shops, and restaurants.
From first call to launch
Four stages with clear reviews and deliverables at each one.
Consultation
We review goals, audience, and constraints, then outline scope, timeline, and budget.
Design
Layouts, content structure, and brand direction come first. You approve before development begins.
Build
We develop the site, connect your content, and share progress as we go.
Launch
Testing, go-live support, and handoff of domain, hosting, and codebase.
Carbondale questions
Do you work with Carbondale businesses?
Yes. Wild Card works with businesses in Carbondale and the Southern Illinois towns around it. The quote form is how a project starts.
Campus shop or a company across town. Does that change the page?
It changes the story. A place on Illinois Avenue and a crew that covers Murphysboro and Carterville need different pages. The price list stays the same.
Can the site mention the university?
A short line is fine when your customers come from campus. We will not imply the university runs your business.
We also serve Marion and Murphysboro. Can the page say so?
Yes. Lead with Carbondale, then name the other towns you actually cover.
What if we need the site before students are back?
One-page and info sites go out within a week once we have your logo, text, and photos. Put the date in the quote form and we will say if it fits.
Nearby towns
Many Carbondale businesses also serve the next town over.
A site for your Carbondale business
Tell us what you do and which towns you serve. We will follow up with next steps, timing, and a real quote.