We build your website first. You decide after.
Towpath makes fast, good-looking websites for local shops, trades and restaurants. Tell us about your business and we'll send you a working homepage before you spend a dollar.
A real website without the runaround
See it before you pay
We build a demo of your homepage using your name, hours and services. If you don't like it, you owe nothing.
Live in about a week
AI tools do the heavy lifting and a person reviews every page, so most sites launch within 5 to 7 business days of your go-ahead.
Local and reachable
We're based in Ohio and work with Coshocton County businesses. Changes are a message away, not a support ticket.
If people search for you, you need to be there
Most of our customers have a domain they never used, a Facebook page doing all the work, or a site from 2012 that doesn't load on a phone.
Shops and storefronts
Hours, directions, what you carry, and a map link that works.
Trades and contractors
Service areas, photos of past jobs, and a quote form that lands in your inbox.
Restaurants and cafés
A menu people can read on a phone, plus specials you can update yourself.
Rentals and real estate
Available units, application links and property photos in one place.
What we do
Everything a small business needs to show up online, handled start to finish.
New websites
Multi-page sites built for phones first.
- Home, about, services, contact and more
- Your logo, colors and photos
- Contact or quote form that emails you
- Google Maps directions link
Website rebuilds
Already have a site that's slow or dated? We rebuild it on modern code and keep your domain.
- Same address, new site
- Old content moved over
- Redirects so Google doesn't lose you
Domains
We'll help you register a domain in your name, or connect the one you already own.
- Domain search and registration help
- DNS setup for your website
- The domain always stays in your name
Hosting and care
We host the site, keep it secure and make your updates.
- SSL certificate included
- Daily backups
- Text and photo updates each month
Local search basics
Help customers find you on Google.
- Google Business Profile setup help (you complete Google's owner verification)
- Page titles and descriptions
- Consistent name, address and phone
Simple add-ons
Small features that save you phone calls.
- Booking link to your own scheduling account
- Menu or price list pages
- Photo galleries
Flat prices, no surprises
You pay after you've approved your demo. Hosting is month to month and you can cancel anytime.
Starter
- Up to 5 pages
- Mobile-friendly design
- Contact form that emails you
- Launch in about a week
Main Street
- Up to 10 pages
- Menu, gallery or service-area pages
- Quote form that emails you
- Google Business Profile setup help
Care Plan
- Hosting and SSL
- Daily backups
- Up to 1 hour of updates each month
- Cancel anytime
Estimate your project
Pick what you need. The estimate updates as you go.
Four locks from idea to launch
Canal boats climbed hills one lock at a time. Your website gets built the same way, and you don't pay until you've seen it.
- LOCK1
Tell us about your business
Fill out the short form with your business name, what you do, and any site or domain you already have.
About 5 minutes - LOCK2
Get your free demo
We build a working homepage with your details and send you a private link to look it over on your phone.
Within 2 business days - LOCK3
Approve and fill it out
Like what you see? Pick a plan, send photos and edits, and we build out the rest of the pages.
3 to 5 business days - LOCK4
Launch on your domain
We connect your domain, turn on SSL, and walk you through updating it. Then it's live.
Launch day
Named for the path that pulled Coshocton forward
In the 1830s the Ohio & Erie Canal brought trade through Coshocton County. Mules walked the towpath beside the water and pulled the boats along. It was steady, unglamorous work, and it moved everything.
We think a small business website should work the same way. It doesn't need to be flashy. It needs to load fast, answer the questions customers call about, and keep pulling for you every day.
Towpath is run by an IT professional with years of experience running servers, networks and infrastructure for local businesses. We use AI to build sites quickly and keep prices low, and a person checks every page before it goes live.
- Based in
- Central Ohio, serving Coshocton County and the 740
- Builds
- Hand-checked, mobile-first websites
- Demo
- Free, with no obligation
- Turnaround
- About one week from approval to launch
- You keep
- Your domain, your content and your photos, always
Tell us about your business
We'll reply within one business day, and your demo follows within two.