Websites
Trips, times and what you offer, laid out for a visitor on a phone, with a short form or a booking that works from the dock.
Ketchikan from the air. Photo by Alaska DOT&PF, CC BY 2.0
Website design for Ketchikan businesses
Elyisius is based in Soldotna, and we work online with businesses in Ketchikan. In summer your waterfront fills with ships and the questions never stop. We build websites that answer them and take the booking, so you can stay with the customer in front of you.
Call (907) 953-7384 or use the form below.
What we help with
Marketing and SEO
People search for Misty Fjords flights, fishing or a gift shop downtown. We build your pages around what they actually type.
Business Systems
Bookings and questions from your website land in one list, so a day with several ships in port doesn't bury anything.
Doing business in Ketchikan
Ketchikan is the first Alaska stop on the state ferry's mainline and the first port of call for a lot of cruise ships. The airport sits across Tongass Narrows on Gravina Island, a short ferry ride from town. Local radio reported over 1.6 million cruise passengers expected in 2026, a record for the town.
That's a huge summer, and most of those visitors have a few hours. Floatplanes and boats take them out to Misty Fjords National Monument, with the flightseeing season peaking from May to August. And when the ships are gone, Ketchikan keeps working, from fishing and seafood processing to the shipyard and the marine trades. So your website has to sell a short trip fast in summer and still serve the people who need you all year.
Websites we've built
Pick one and see the work live.
How we build it
We meet over video first
We look at your website, your Google Business Profile, your social media and how bookings and questions come in, then go over what's working and what isn't.
We plan for ship days and the rest of the year
What a visitor asks before a short excursion, and what a local customer needs in February. We plan pages for each.
We build the site and the booking
The design, the words, the booking forms and the reply that goes out when someone asks, tied into the tools you already use.
We keep it current
Schedules and prices change every season, and we keep them right. It's your site, in your own accounts.
What Ketchikan owners ask about website design
Can you build a website for my Ketchikan business without being there
Yes, we can build a website for your Ketchikan business without being there. Elyisius is based in Soldotna, and most of the work happens online, over video calls and in your own accounts. If the work really needs us there, we plan a trip for it. Website design is one part of what we do, along with branding, marketing and lead follow up.
Can my website book excursions for cruise visitors
Yes, your website can book excursions for cruise visitors. They look at their port day ahead of time and want to know how long it takes and where to meet. Your site answers that, takes the booking and sends them what they need.
Does a marine or trade business in Ketchikan need a website
A marine or trade business in Ketchikan gets a lot out of a website, because boat owners and contractors look you up before they call. A clear site says what you work on, how to reach you and how soon you can help, and every request lands with you.
Can my website handle several ships in port at once
Yes, your website can handle several ships in port at once. It answers the same questions all day, like your hours and how to book, and keeps every request in one place, so your staff can stay with the people at the counter.
Do you work with businesses near Ketchikan
Yes, we work online with businesses in Ketchikan and across Southeast, including Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Haines and Skagway. We're based in Soldotna, with Kenai and Nikiski close by on the peninsula.
Can we meet in person
Yes, we can meet in person. We can meet you at your business, or we can get on a video call.
How much does it cost
What it costs depends on what your business needs, and there are a lot of options, which is why every job starts with discovery and a system evaluation. We build the smallest thing that removes the problem, and it's measured against what that problem already costs you every month. That way you can weigh the work against the time and money you're already losing to it. We're glad to give you some price ranges if that helps. Even better, if you let us know what you'd like to spend and what you need done, we'll put together the best options we can for that.
How long before we see something working
You'll see something working once the first process is built, because we start with the issues that are costing you time, money and frustration. Starting small means you're not waiting on a big project to finish before anything changes. You get to watch it work on your real messages before we build the second one, and if something needs adjusting, that's when we find out.
Contact us
Tell us where to reach you. We reply personally.