Built for Businesses That Deserve to Be Taken Seriously
Your business has already earned its reputation. Your website should reflect it.
I'm Ryan Salsberry, founder of ForgeWeb-1 and a lifelong Orange County local.
I started ForgeWeb-1 after noticing something that bothered me: some of the best small businesses in my community — the plumbers, contractors, service professionals, and local shop owners people genuinely trust — were losing potential customers online to businesses that simply had a better digital presence.
The quality of their work wasn't the problem.
How that quality was being presented online was.
That's the problem ForgeWeb-1 was built to solve.
Experience Beyond Just Building Websites
Before starting ForgeWeb-1, I spent seven years working in the service industry. That experience taught me something you can't learn from simply designing websites: trust is everything.
I understand what it means to earn a customer's confidence, answer their questions, deliver on a promise, and create an experience that makes someone comfortable choosing your business.
Your website should do the same thing — before a customer ever picks up the phone.
I also designed and developed RentSimple, an application published on the Apple App Store. Building and launching a real product gave me experience far beyond making something look good. It meant thinking through design, development, user experience, functionality, and the entire journey from an idea to something people can actually use.
I bring that same mindset to every website I build.
Local Roots. Real Work. Direct Communication.
I'm proud to be rooted in Orange County — from St. Catherine's, to Mater Dei, to CSUF.
Today, I build websites for businesses throughout Orange County and beyond, with a simple philosophy:
Your website shouldn't just exist. It should work for your business.
When you work with ForgeWeb-1, you're not passed from a salesperson to an account manager and then to someone you've never met.
You work directly with me.
From the first conversation and initial ideas to design, development, and launch, I stay involved throughout the process.
Because your business is personal to you.
Your website should be built that way, too.
ForgeWeb-1
I built ForgeWeb-1 to help good businesses present themselves online with the same level of professionalism, trust, and care they've already earned offline.
You built the business. I'll help build the digital presence it deserves.