Just 5.6 miles from Melbourne, Palm Shores shares customers, commuters and competitors with a much larger city. For Palm Shores businesses that need a website, Aria’s plan costs $89 a month with domain, business email and hosting, and the first payment only comes after you approve the site.
No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.
Website design Palm Shores: start with the customer
87.8% of Palm Shores households are homeowners (67.6% statewide). Homeowners hire contractors, landscapers, cleaners and insurance agents, and many look them up online first.
Broadband is nearly universal in Palm Shores, at 93.5% of households. Online research comes before the phone call.
Palm Shores in figures
There are 588 households, and 87.8% of them own their home.
Where Palm Shores customers come from
Palm Shores’s nearest neighbors are Satellite Beach (3.8 miles, pop. 11,365), Indian Harbour Beach (4.3 miles, pop. 8,914), Melbourne (5.6 miles, pop. 87,097) and Melbourne Village (7.2 miles, pop. 679). With 2,015 residents per square mile on 0.6 square miles of land, Palm Shores is moderately dense by Florida standards. Titusville, seat of Brevard County, lies 28 miles to the north. A service area page that lists the towns you cover, from Palm Shores to Melbourne and Melbourne Village, answers the first question many customers have: do you come to me?
Palm Shores is one of 16 municipalities in Brevard County, a county of 663,982 people.
Palm Shores since the 2020 Census
Census estimates put Palm Shores at 1,201 in 2020 and 1,209 in 2025, a stable town. Statewide, the change was +8.9%. A steady town rewards the business people can find and trust quickly.
Local competition in Palm Shores
The Census counted 1,296 establishments with employees in 2023 in ZIP code 32935, which includes Palm Shores and its surroundings. Some of the businesses behind that number:
- Electrical contractors: 25. Their website should show residential and commercial work on separate pages, photos of real jobs and an easy way to ask for an estimate.
- Engineering firms: 20. Their website should show your disciplines, project examples and a contact form for owners and contractors.
- Spas and other personal care businesses: 12. Their website should show the treatments, the team and a contact form for appointment requests.
- Full-service restaurants: 38. Their website should show the menu, hours, location and photos of the food, easy to read on a phone.
- Dental offices: 30. Their website should show the treatments you offer, a map to the office and a contact form, written in plain words for nervous patients.
Brevard County as a whole had 15,510 employer establishments in 2023 and another 56,807 nonemployer businesses, the one-person shops and independent contractors that often have no website at all. By number of employer establishments, professional, scientific and technical services leads in Brevard County (13.3%), followed by retail trade (13.2%) and health care and social assistance (12.1%). Among Palm Shores residents who work, the largest fields are education, health care and social assistance (16.2%) and manufacturing (14.5%).
Running a website from Palm Shores: the Florida rules
A few rules apply to any Palm Shores business that sells or advertises online:
- Florida’s state sales tax is 6%, and Brevard County adds a 1.0% surtax in 2026, for 7.0% on most taxable sales. DR-15DSS (2026)
- The name on your website and your sign has to be either your legal name or a registered fictitious name. Section 865.09, Florida Statutes
- Newsletters and promotions sent from your business email must include a working way to unsubscribe (16 CFR Part 316). 16 CFR Part 316
- Brevard County and the Town of Palm Shores may each charge a local business tax; ask both before you open. Sections 205.032 (counties) and 205.042 (municipalities), Florida Statutes
This is general information, not legal advice; check with the Florida agencies, Brevard County, the town of Palm Shores or an attorney.
A web designer for Palm Shores businesses, working online
Based in Curitiba, Brazil, Aria has been building business websites since 2008. Everything is done online, so businesses in Palm Shores get exactly the same plan as anyone else.
- You sign up in about 5 minutes and email us your logo, photos and anything you want on the site.
- We build it with your brand on a proven professional template and send a temporary link within 5 business days.
- Only after you approve do you pay the first monthly fee; then the site is published on your domain.
Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates are on us, and content changes you send by email are included.
- Business website or online store, same price
- Your domain, registered and renewed by us (or the one you already have)
- Business email on your domain: 5 GB, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 5 business days on a temporary link
Questions we hear about websites in Palm Shores
Is a website worth it for a business in a town of 1,209 people?
Your market is bigger than the town: Brevard County has 56,807 nonemployer businesses and 15,510 with employees (2023), and customers search across the whole area. A website is how people outside Palm Shores find you.
Can the website be an online store?
Yes. The plan can be an online store with a catalog, shopping cart and online payment, for the same $89 a month. Collecting sales tax is your responsibility: in Brevard County the 2026 rate on most taxable sales is 7.0% (state plus county surtax).
Will someone from Aria visit my business in Palm Shores?
No. Aria is based in Curitiba, Brazil, and works with every client online: material, change requests and questions go by email, and you review the website on a temporary link before it goes live.
Is there a setup fee?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. There is no lock-in contract either: you can end the service whenever you need.
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A professional website for your Palm Shores business
No setup fee, no lock-in contract: you see the finished website first and pay the first month only if you approve it.
- U.S. Census Bureau: Vintage 2025 population estimates; American Community Survey 2020-2024 (5-year); ZIP Code and County Business Patterns 2023; Nonemployer Statistics 2023; 2025 Gazetteer (straight-line distances).
- County seats: USGS National Atlas. State rules: the official Florida sources linked above, checked on October 30, 2026.