Website redesign for CNC machine shops.
Most CNC machine shops have websites built by a relative in 2014, a Wix template with a stock photo of a Haas mill, a generic "Capabilities" page, and a contact form that hasn't worked since 2019. Plant engineers searching ChatGPT for tight-tolerance prototype work cannot find them, and the shops that show up in those answers win the RFQ. We rebuild CNC shop websites to be cited.
Why most CNC machine shops websites fail
- No machine list. Buyers want to know if you have a 5-axis VMC or just 3-axis Bridgeports. Most shop sites bury this in a PDF or skip it.
- No materials capability table. Aluminum 6061, 304SS, 7075, Inconel, a procurement engineer scanning ten shops in five minutes can't find this on yours.
- No tolerance band published. ±0.0005" vs ±0.005" decides who gets the RFQ.
- No lead-time signal. "Quick turn" means nothing; "5-day standard, 48hr expedite available" gets quoted.
- No FAQ schema. ChatGPT and Perplexity cite shops whose capabilities page is in machine-readable JSON-LD; everyone else gets ignored.
What we build for CNC machine shops
- A capability spec page with machine inventory (make, model, axes, work envelope, spindle speed), front-loaded, scannable in 30 seconds.
- A materials matrix listing every alloy, plastic, and composite you cut, with typical tolerance bands per material.
- An RFQ form that doesn't bounce, properly wired to your inbox, with file upload for STEP/IGES drawings up to 25MB.
- AS9100 / ISO 9001 / ITAR badges in the hero (when applicable) so aerospace and defense buyers don't have to scroll.
- FAQPage + Service JSON-LD so ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews can quote your capabilities directly when a buyer asks.
- A live llms.txt at the root so AI training crawlers see your offer in plain English.
CNC machine shops we build for
- High-mix low-volume prototype shops (1–500 piece runs, lots of setups)
- Production shops (5,000+ piece runs, lights-out machining, palletized work)
- Aerospace/medical/defense-leaning shops (AS9100, ITAR, FDA registrations)
- Mom-and-pop one-spindle job shops doing local fab + repair work
FAQs
Why does my CNC shop need to show up in ChatGPT search?
Because procurement engineers and design engineers are using it. Sourcing a vendor used to mean a phone call and three quotes; now it starts with "ChatGPT, find me a 5-axis aluminum machining shop in the Midwest with AS9100." If your shop's capabilities aren't on a page ChatGPT can parse, you're not in the consideration set.
Will a new website actually win me RFQs?
Directly, sometimes. Indirectly, almost always. Buyers shortlist 3–5 shops; the ones whose website lets them confirm capability fit in 60 seconds make every shortlist. The ones whose website looks abandoned get cut. A redesign moves you from "cut on the first pass" to "called for a quote."
How much should a CNC shop website cost?
Rebuilt Studio quotes per scope; for a single-location shop, most rebuilds land between $1,000 and $5,000, we send a number after we've designed the site. Hosting is $9.99/mo, install bundled. Shops paying a local agency $8,000+ for a redesign are paying for the agency's overhead, not for outcomes.
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