About — Design Finished

Hi, I'm Tim Nickerson.

I've been building websites for 30 years and working in sales and marketing for 25 years. I'm a professional in web design, graphic design, front-end and back-end development, e-commerce, databases, the whole stack. I've built for doctors' offices, dental practices, and trades businesses, mostly from inside agencies that charged a lot and moved slow. Design Finished is what I built instead: one person, direct access, no agency in between.

I live in Portland, Maine with my wife and our two daughters, and I run this business the same way I'd want someone to run it for my own family's business: honestly, and fast.

Why I started this

I watched agencies charge a fortune and still make clients wait.

$5,000–$25,000, Then More

That's what I watched agencies charge local businesses just to get a working website live, before the monthly fees and the "extra" charges for changing a photo or adding a page even started.

Simple Changes, Long Waits

With so many clients funneling through the same agency staff, a simple text or photo change could sit in a queue for weeks before it ever reached my desk to actually fix.

A Different Face Every Time

With so many people working at the same agency, the salesperson who sold you isn't the one building your site, and neither one is who answers when something breaks. You end up re-explaining your business to someone new every time you call.

I Knew I Could Do Better

Thirty years of doing the actual work meant I didn't need a company between me and the client. I started Design Finished to prove a local business could get a great website without the markup or the wait.

What that means for you

You're not hiring an agency. You're hiring the person who builds it.

See It Before You Buy

I build your free preview first. You only pay once you've seen the real thing and decide it's worth it.

You Talk Directly To Me

No account manager, no support ticket, no handoff between departments. When you ask for a change, I'm the one making it.

Built To Bring You Business

Thirty years of hands-on design, development, and marketing means every site is built to actually generate calls and leads, not just look nice.

One Person. Thirty Years. No Middleman.