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This is an old website that exists for archive purposes only. Visit https://gutensite.com for our real live site, website builder and digital marketing services.
We founded Gutensite 2002 in San Francisco at the height of the Silicon Valley downturn. For the first five years, we designed and built individual sites for clients primarily in the Bay Area. In 2006 Chad built the Gutensite Content Management System which allowed all our new sites to operate from a central engine, so that we could continually improve both functionality and design in one place for all clients going forward.
Over the next few years, we were joined by a small talented group working from Ohio, Texas and Florida and since then our team has expanded to 4 countries.
We have grown to more than 5,000 users and plan to reach a million in the next few years (why dream small?). But however large we grow, we will still have fantastic customer service and take a real interest in our clients and their dreams—which sounds corny but it’s true.
We love the Bay Area and Walnut Creek is really the best of all worlds. It’s close enough to San Francisco to get some culture and great food. Aside from being in the California tech area, it’s walkable, charming, and surrounded by grassy mountains that break out with wild flowers in January. What’s not to love?
We set out to find a name that would be unique, memorable and available as a domain name! We like the word “guten” which means “good” in German. It has a nice strong sound and we appreciate both the German work ethic and their reputation for excellence in fields like engineering and polka music. Many of us have lived in other countries and loved our experiences so we also liked the idea of incorporating a little world-awareness in our name.
We need several pages to answer that one. Our platform is special because it’s inviting, flexible and handles complex sites with nested profile categories and multiple calendars as well as it handles two-page blog sites. Read more about what makes our platform unique >>
Our team is exceptional because we all give more than required every day to make sure that Gutensites are great sites. We are excellent at what we do. We believe in serving our clients and truly understanding what they want from their sites.
Gutensite 2.0! We are working on a newer, easier, more beautiful and dare we say, sexier version of Gutensite built from the ground up. Stay tuned!
—Sarah Nguyen