Web Starts Here Academy
Learn the system. Launch with confidence.
Hands-on website training for growing teams and professionally built launch kits for business owners who want to build it themselves.
Learn from realistic projects. Build from proven starting points. Follow a clear path from idea to launch.
Choose your path
What are you here to accomplish?
Train Your Team
Learn the Web Starts Here process
Practice website planning, client interpretation, scope control, revisions, QA and launch using realistic simulated projects.
- Realistic client simulations
- Structured project requirements
- Revision exercises
- Competency assessments
- Reference implementations
- Measurable progress
Launch Your Own Website
Start with the hard part already built
Choose an industry website, start from the professionally built demonstration, and follow guided prompts and SOPs to customize it for your own business.
- Professionally built starting point
- Industry-specific structure
- Business-information checklist
- Guided customization prompts
- Launch SOPs
- QA checklist
Hands-on training
Learn how the work really happens.
Academy projects simulate the actual planning, build, revision and QA process behind professional website production — not passive video lessons.
- 01
Client Brief
Read a realistic client brief and work out what the business actually needs.
- 02
Project Scope
Define what is included in the engagement — and what is not.
- 03
Information Architecture
Plan the page structure, navigation and conversion paths before any build work.
- 04
Build Requirements
Turn the plan into concrete build requirements a developer can execute.
- 05
Revision Simulation
Handle client change requests and classify them without losing scope control.
- 06
Reference Build
Review the completed reference implementation and the reasoning behind it.
- 07
Assessment
Complete a competency assessment covering scope, accuracy and claim discipline.
Demo library
Realistic websites. Different industries. One system.
Explore the industry-specific websites used throughout Web Starts Here Academy. Every demonstration business is fictional and built to the same production standard.
Plumbing
Launch Kit plannedCopper Ridge Plumbing (Academy Training Co.)
Call-first conversion, clear service organisation and scope discipline for a locally owned plumber serving homes and light-commercial properties.
HVAC
Launch Kit plannedNorthline Heating & Air (Academy Training Co.)
Consolidated heating and cooling services, seasonal messaging without response-time promises, and scope discipline for a local HVAC company serving homes and light-commercial properties.
Electrical Contractor
Launch Kit plannedHorizon Electrical (Academy Training Co.)
Consolidated electrical services, safety-conscious positioning without fabricated credentials, and scope discipline for a local electrical contractor serving homes and light-commercial properties.
Roofing
Launch Kit plannedIronleaf Roofing (Academy Training Co.)
Consolidated roofing services, inspection-first credibility without fabricated credentials, honest storm/insurance messaging and project-imagery integrity for a local roofing contractor.
Pest Control
Launch Kit plannedCedar Line Pest Control (Academy Training Co.)
Consolidated pest services on one page, family-run credibility without invented facts, and disciplined chemical, regulatory, termite, mosquito and rodent claim control.
Lawn Care / Landscaping
Launch Kit plannedOakstrand Lawn & Landscape (Academy Training Co.)
Eight lawn and landscape services on one page, honest gallery and before/after labelling, and disciplined scheduling, chemical-treatment and scope control.
DIY Website Launch Kits
Don't start from a blank page.
Choose the professionally built starting point for your industry and follow a guided launch system designed to help you turn it into your business website.
- 01Choose Your Industry
- 02Preview the Website
- 03Remix Your Starting Point
- 04Add Your Business
- 05Follow the Prompt Guide
- 06Complete QA
- 07Connect Your Domain
- 08Launch
Need more help?
Prefer to have us build it for you?
The Academy gives you the tools to learn the process or launch from a proven starting point. If you'd rather have the entire strategy, design, development, integrations, QA and launch handled for you, Web Starts Here can build it.
Work With Web Starts HereYour next website starts here.
Whether you're learning how professional websites are built or launching one of your own, Web Starts Here Academy gives you a clear path forward.