Faunsdale, AL is a town of 82 people in Marengo County. Web design for a Faunsdale business starts with the basics: what you do, where you are, how to reach you. Aria builds small business websites for Faunsdale companies for $89 a month, with the domain, business email and hosting included, and you only pay after you approve the website.
No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.
Who your website talks to in Faunsdale
Marengo County had 18,311 residents in 2025 and 8 incorporated municipalities. Census estimates for a town this size carry a wide margin of error, so the county is the better guide: the median household income is $43,825 and the median age is 41.4. Broadband reaches 78.0% of homes, and 27.6% of households are online only through a phone plan. 70.2% of households own their home.
The town of Faunsdale in numbers
Getting to and around Faunsdale
Nearby incorporated places: Uniontown (6.3 miles), Dayton (7.9 miles) and Newbern (9.9 miles). Marengo County’s county seat is Linden, 16 miles to the southwest. 11 municipalities lie within 25 miles, each with its own customers. Faunsdale covers 0.3 square miles of land, about 296 residents per square mile. For big-city shopping and services, Tuscaloosa (114,316 residents) is 54 miles away. List the towns you actually serve, such as Thomaston and Dayton, on your website; customers outside Faunsdale want to know before they call.
The nearest NOAA station with 1991-2020 climate normals, Greensboro, is 16 miles from Faunsdale. It records an average high of 90°F in July and an average low of 36°F in January. About 55 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a normal year. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 39 times a year. Wet seasons mean leaks, flooding and mold calls, and customers search right after the storm. Plan the website around your busy season: a short email with the new text is all it takes.
The businesses that compete for customers in Faunsdale
Across Marengo County, County Business Patterns counts, among others:
- 20 quick-service restaurants: today’s hours, the menu and photos that look like what customers get.
- 6 home health care agencies: the services and areas you cover, how families start care and a contact form that reaches the office.
- 5 hardware stores: departments, store hours and services such as key cutting or rentals.
- 6 site preparation contractors: the equipment you run, the kinds of jobs you take and a contact form for builders and owners.
Marengo County as a whole had 446 employer establishments in 2023 and another 1,151 nonemployer businesses, the one-person shops and independent contractors that often have no website at all. One sector stands out in Marengo County: banks and lenders, with 24 establishments and 2.6 times the national share. What their websites need: branch hours, services and the required disclosures. The county also has a strong cluster of religious, civic and membership organizations (30 establishments, 1.8 times the national share). For any of them, a clear website is the difference between being compared and being skipped.
What happens after you sign up
Aria is a web design company from Curitiba, Brazil, working since 2008. Everything is done online, so businesses in Faunsdale get exactly the same plan as anyone else.
- Fill in the sign-up form (about 5 minutes) and send your logo, photos and texts by email.
- Review the website on a temporary link, ready within 5 business days, and request any changes by email.
- Only after you approve do you pay the first monthly fee; then the site is published on your domain.
Once the site is live, the technical side stay with Aria, and content changes 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
Alabama and federal rules for small business websites
A website doesn’t need a special license, but the business behind it follows the same Alabama rules as any other.
- If you send marketing email from your new business address, the CAN-SPAM rules (16 CFR Part 316) apply, including an easy way for people to opt out. 16 CFR Part 316
- Alabama’s state sales and use tax rate on general merchandise is 4%, with a reduced 2% rate on food and groceries since September 1, 2025; cities and counties add their own rates. Alabama Department of Revenue
- Alabama business privilege licenses are issued at county level; the state Department of Revenue coordinates state and county business privilege licenses, and the county probate office issues them. In Faunsdale, that means asking Marengo County and the Town of Faunsdale. Official source
General information, not legal advice: confirm the details with the agency that handles each item.
Questions from Faunsdale business owners
Will someone from Aria visit my business in Faunsdale?
No. Everything happens online and by email, from Curitiba, Brazil; you see the whole website on a temporary link before approving it.
Does a small business in Faunsdale need a website?
Your market is bigger than the town: Marengo County has 1,151 nonemployer businesses and 446 with employees (2023), and customers search across the whole area. A website is how people outside Faunsdale find you.
Can the website mention Providence, Uniontown and the other towns I cover?
Yes. The website can carry a service area section naming Providence, Uniontown, Thomaston and any other town you cover; you send the list by email.
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.
Get your Faunsdale business online for $89 a month
About 5 minutes to sign up, a temporary link within 5 business days, and no payment until you approve.
- Numbers for Faunsdale come from the U.S. Census Bureau: the Vintage 2025 population estimates, the 2020-2024 American Community Survey (5-year), county figures where the town estimate is too uncertain, County and ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and the 2025 Gazetteer (distances in a straight line).
- Climate: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (station USC00013511).
- Rules for Alabama businesses: official sources linked above, checked on October 30, 2026. County seat: USGS National Atlas.
