Why Hire Shep?
You get me. Plus the agents I built.
I'm Jon Sheppard. I build websites for local service businesses and write the agents that handle the boring weekly parts, so you do not pay two grand a month to an agency.
That is me
Why hire me instead of the alternatives?
Three other paths usually come up. Here is the honest comparison.
Instead of
A marketing agency
$2,000 to $5,000 a month for a junior account manager, a slide deck, and offshored work.
With me: you email the founder. The price is a fraction because the markup is gone.
Instead of
Doing it yourself
You can absolutely run a site on Squarespace plus ChatGPT. But will you, every week, after the first month?
With me: the work happens on a schedule whether you remember or not.
Instead of
A solo freelancer
Freelancers ghost. Their site goes down on a Sunday and you cannot find them.
With me: the agents do not sleep, and I read every email myself.
How this started
I'm a product manager, building software for other people's businesses. Along the way I've watched friends, family, and clients try to run small service businesses and drown in the side work. A site they could not update. A blog they meant to write. Leads they missed because nobody saw the form go off at 9pm.
When AI agents got actually useful, I started writing them to do that work. The agents do most of the volume, which is how I can charge $99 a month for Handled by Shep and build a site for fifteen hundred bucks instead of fifteen thousand.
Shep is from my last name. It's personal on purpose. When something breaks, you email me. I read every one.
Want to talk?
Chat with Shep about your business anytime. When you want a human, email me and I'll reply the same business day, Monday through Saturday.