Packstring — Custom Websites for Montana Outfitters

The Problem

A $5,000 experience from a $50 website.

A family in Connecticut is planning next summer right now. They're comparing three outfitters on their phones. Same price range. Same trip type. One site loads fast, shows real photos, and lets them send an inquiry at midnight. The other two look like they were built during the Obama administration.

Which one do they book?

Most outfitter websites were built on WordPress five or ten years ago. The nav is a maze. The photos are slow. There's no way to check availability or send an inquiry without calling. On a phone, it barely works. Meanwhile, you're running a $5,000 experience out of a $50 website.

What Packstring Is

A website built for how outfitters actually work.

Packstring is a custom-built website package for Montana hunting and fishing outfitters. Not a template. Not a page builder. Not a marketplace that takes a cut of your bookings.

Your site. Your brand. Your bookings.

A fast, mobile-first website

Custom-built, not a theme. Loads in under two seconds. Looks as good on a phone as it does on a desktop. Because that's where your clients are browsing.

Trip pages with real pricing

Every trip type gets its own section with photos, descriptions, what's included, duration, and pricing. No burying the rates three clicks deep. Tourists comparing guides book the one who makes it easy.

A seasonal availability calendar

Your clients can see what's open before they call. Open, limited, or booked — color-coded, by trip type, by day. Click an open date and it drops them into the inquiry form with the trip and date already filled in.

An inquiry form that works at midnight

Trip type, dates, party size, experience level, message. You wake up to qualified leads instead of voicemails you can't return from the river. Auto-reply sends your gear list while they wait.

Stripe deposit collection

Take a $500 deposit online when you confirm a trip. No reading credit card numbers over the phone. No chasing checks. Professional for you, easy for the client. No commissions — you keep every dollar.

Google visibility

Structured data, local SEO, and Google Business Profile optimization so you show up when someone searches "Helena fishing guide" or "Montana elk outfitter."

Pricing

Less than one day's guide fee.

$500 to build. $35 a month.

That covers hosting, SSL, DNS, unlimited content updates, and direct access to the developer who built your site. No contracts. Month to month.

One extra booking per season pays for your website for the entire year.

Add-ons

Stripe deposits

+$250 build · no additional monthly

Availability calendar