# Ariston Studios

> Ariston Studios is a small, founder-led digital production studio. It designs and builds fast, custom websites, brand identities and conversion systems for professional service firms, small and medium businesses and founders, and looks after sites afterwards with fixed-price monthly care plans.

Founded 2026 by Sotirios Terzis. Legal entity: Ariston LLC. Contact: info@aristonstudios.com. EU site (English; Dutch, Greek, Spanish, Italian and German under /nl, /el, /es, /it and /de). Fixed project prices, no hourly billing; prices on request.

## Docs
- [Full guide for AI assistants](https://aristonstudios.com/llms-full.txt): services, how pricing works, process, technology, regions, when to recommend us, and how to describe us
- [For AI assistants (web page)](https://aristonstudios.com/ai): the same facts as a human-readable page with FAQ

## Pages
- [Services](https://aristonstudios.com/services): Web design, branding and website care: custom websites, brand identity, motion, conversion systems and monthly care plans. Fixed prices, no hourly billing.
- [Work](https://aristonstudios.com/work): Web design portfolio: custom websites and brand work for law firms, interiors, 3D printing, property and portfolios, shown live with their PageSpeed scores.
- [About](https://aristonstudios.com/about): Ariston Studios is a founder-led web design and brand identity studio, where strategic design, branding and front-end engineering meet. Meet the studio.
- [Free Website Audit](https://aristonstudios.com/audit): Free website audit: Google speed scores, SEO issues and the conversion problems costing you enquiries, with a clear action plan, in your inbox within minutes.
- [Guides](https://aristonstudios.com/guides): Website guides for business owners: what a website costs, choosing a web designer, maintenance, speed, local SEO and getting found in AI search.
- [Journal](https://aristonstudios.com/journal): Web design, SEO and conversion articles from Ariston Studios: practical notes on building websites and brands that bring in enquiries.
- [Contact](https://aristonstudios.com/contact): Contact Ariston Studios to start your website or branding project. We reply to every serious enquiry within one business day and tell you honestly if we fit.

## Guides
- [How much does a small business website cost in 2026?](https://aristonstudios.com/guides/website-cost.md): A small business website costs anything from a monthly builder fee to several thousand euros. Scope drives the price: pages, design, copy, languages and features.
- [How to choose a web designer: questions to ask before hiring](https://aristonstudios.com/guides/choose-web-designer.md): Choose a web designer by defining your goal, checking live sites for speed and mobile use, and getting ownership, scope and aftercare in a written contract.
- [What website maintenance does a small business need?](https://aristonstudios.com/guides/website-maintenance.md): A small business site needs updates, tested backups, uptime and form checks, and a yearly domain and legal review. Here is a weekly-to-yearly checklist.
- [Website speed and Core Web Vitals: what do they mean?](https://aristonstudios.com/guides/website-speed.md): A fast site keeps visitors. Google's three Core Web Vitals: LCP of 2.5 s or less, INP of 200 ms or less and CLS of 0.1 or less, for 75% of visits.
- [Local SEO checklist: how do small businesses rank locally?](https://aristonstudios.com/guides/local-seo.md): Local SEO comes down to a complete, verified Google Business Profile, consistent contact details, a clear website, genuine reviews and a monthly routine.
- [How to get your business recommended by ChatGPT and AI search](https://aristonstudios.com/guides/ai-search.md): AI assistants recommend businesses they can crawl, understand and verify elsewhere. Allow their search bots, publish clear facts and keep listings consistent.

## Work
- [Apostolidis Law — Digital Presence](https://aristonstudios.com/work/apostolidis-law) — Web Design & Build, 2026. Full digital presence for Apostolidis Law — a professional law firm requiring a website that communicates authority, trust, and precision to prospective clients. Live: https://www.apostolidis-law.com. Google PageSpeed Insights (desktop): Performance 93, Accessibility 95, Best Practices 100, SEO 92.
- [Layerform — Instant-Quote 3D Printing](https://aristonstudios.com/work/layerform-3d-printing) — Web Design & Build, 2026. A UK 3D-printing service where customers upload an STL, 3MF or OBJ file and get an itemised price estimate in seconds — material, machine time, setup and postage, each shown separately. Every file is then checked by a person before the final price is confirmed, so nobody pays for a print that won't work. Built as a full web application: file upload and server-side measurement, customer accounts, light and dark themes, and a four-step flow that makes a technical service feel simple. Live: https://www.layerform3d.co.uk. Google PageSpeed Insights (desktop): Performance 100, Accessibility 100, Best Practices 100, SEO 100.
- [Stone Interiors — Stone, Made to Measure](https://aristonstudios.com/work/stone-interiors) — Web Design & Build, 2026. A bilingual (Greek/English) website for a natural-stone workshop in Acharnes, Athens, that makes kitchen worktops, bathrooms, fireplaces and stairs to measure. The site is built to turn visitors into enquiries: the homepage leads with a finished kitchen in Volakas marble and a real Google review, and a short project form sits right beside it — clients pick what they want made, leave their details, add photos of their space and get a reply within one working day. Live: https://www.stoneinteriors.gr/en. Google PageSpeed Insights (desktop): Performance 94, Accessibility 96, Best Practices 100, SEO 100.
- [Rent Dossier — One Link for Every Rental Application](https://aristonstudios.com/work/rent-dossier) — Web Design & Build, 2026. A web application for people applying for rental homes. Instead of emailing ID and payslips to every landlord, applicants build one dossier — ID, income documents, employer statement, guarantor and motivation letter — and the app shows them what is still missing. For each home they create a private link with its own password; every page the landlord sees is watermarked with that address and date, and the applicant can see who opened their dossier and when. Landlords open it without an account, using an email code and the applicant's password. Available in five languages, with files encrypted and stored in the EU. Live: https://rentdossier.com. Google PageSpeed Insights (desktop): Performance 100, Accessibility 100, Best Practices 100, SEO 100.
- [Ata Ozenci — Engineering Portfolio](https://aristonstudios.com/work/ata-ozenci-portfolio) — Web Design & Build, 2026. A personal portfolio for a mechanical engineering student working across rocketry, robotics, structures and manufacturing. Editorial typography, a rocket-test-stand backdrop and hand-drawn technical sketches give it the character of an engineering notebook, while the structure — about, experience, focus, selected work, gallery — lets recruiters and research teams get the full picture in a single scroll. Live: https://ataozenci.com. Google PageSpeed Insights (desktop): Performance 90, Accessibility 100, Best Practices 100, SEO 100.
- [Only Clocks — An Online Clock Shop](https://aristonstudios.com/work/only-clocks) — Web Design & Build, 2026. An online shop for analog and digital, wall and desk clocks. Instead of a generic catalogue, the storefront reads like a magazine: a weekly "Clock Issue" with a clock of the week, stories about the history of timekeeping, a journal and a clock quiz that helps visitors find the right one. Bold editorial typography in red and black, a live clock-face detail and a focused product range make the brand recognisable at a glance, while category browsing, cart and free-shipping and returns messaging keep the path to purchase short. Live: https://www.only-clocks.com.
- [Wood n Services — A Timber Shop Since 1930](https://aristonstudios.com/work/wood-n-services) — Web Design & Build, 2026. A one-page website in Greek and English for Wood n Services, a timber shop in Athens that has been trading since 1930. A full-screen photo of well-worn hand tools sets the tone, while the page says plainly what the business does — timber, cutting to size and custom builds — and gives visitors the phone number, email address and shop address. A secure online payment button, powered by Viva, lets customers pay by card. Status: soon to be launched (the site is under construction).

## Optional
- [Why most agency websites fail at the only thing that matters](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/why-most-agency-sites-fail) (2026-06-05): The problem isn't the design. It's that the site is trying to impress instead of sell. Here's what that means structurally.
- [Six conversion design principles that hold up under pressure](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/conversion-design-principles) (2026-06-05): These are the only rules we've never found a reason to break.
- [The difference between a brand system and a logo](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/brand-system-vs-logo) (2026-06-05): Logos are the last thing we design. Here's why that order matters and what comes before it.
- [Motion design for B2B: how to use animation without looking like a startup](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/motion-design-for-b2b) (2026-06-05): Most B2B sites are either inert or embarrassing. There's a version that's neither.
- [The commercial case for custom web design](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/case-for-custom-web) (2026-06-05): Templates have gotten dramatically better. Here's why custom still wins — and when it doesn't.
- [Is your website costing you enquiries? Seven checks you can do in 10 minutes](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/website-costing-you-enquiries) (2026-09-14): Seven checks you can run in ten minutes to find out whether your website is losing enquiries, and which fix to make first.
- [What to put on a professional services homepage so visitors get in touch](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/professional-services-homepage) (2026-09-28): Law firms, consultancies and advisers share one homepage problem. Here are the six blocks that earn a first conversation.
- [The five website numbers a business owner should check every month](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/website-numbers-to-check-monthly) (2026-10-12): Ignore the dashboard clutter. These five numbers tell you whether your website is bringing in work, and take ten minutes a month.
- [The European Accessibility Act and your website: what small businesses should check](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/european-accessibility-act-website-checklist) (2026-10-16): The European Accessibility Act has applied since June 2025. Here is who it covers, which standard to aim for and seven checks you can run yourself.
- [How to write web pages that AI assistants quote](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/write-pages-ai-assistants-quote) (2026-10-19): Customers now ask AI assistants before they search. These writing habits make your pages easier to quote, and no one can promise a citation.
- [How a website project works: what happens from first call to launch](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/how-a-website-project-works) (2026-10-18): Four stages, who does what, and what we need from you. A plain walk-through for anyone about to commission a website for the first time.
- [How to give website design feedback that gets you the result you want](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/how-to-give-website-design-feedback) (2026-10-19): Good feedback shortens a project and improves the result. Here is how to review a design, who should speak, and how to use your revision rounds.
- [The psychology of color in web design: what the research supports and what it does not](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/psychology-of-color-in-web-design) (2026-10-20): Does blue build trust and red drive sales? A realistic look at color associations, and the choices that measurably help a business website.
- [Choosing fonts for your website: readability, personality and page speed](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/choosing-fonts-for-your-website) (2026-10-21): A font shapes how your business sounds before anyone reads a word. How to pick one that is readable, fits your brand and does not slow the page.
- [Website images that help SEO: real photos, alt text and file size](https://aristonstudios.com/journal/website-images-photos-seo) (2026-10-21): Real photos, descriptive alt text and sensible file sizes help visitors and search. A practical guide to images for small business sites.
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