What is the Ugly Website Builder?

An automated system that finds local businesses with outdated websites, generates modern redesigns using AI, and deploys them instantly for outreach.

How It Works

1. Discover — Uses Google Maps API to find businesses by niche and location
2. Analyze — AI scores each website on a 1-10 scale and identifies issues
3. Scrape — Puppeteer extracts content, images, and contact info
4. Generate — Claude AI creates a modern Next.js redesign using their actual content
5. Deploy — Automatically pushes to GitHub Pages with a live preview URL
6. Outreach — Sends before/after comparisons via email and SMS

The Tech Stack

• Google Maps API — Business discovery
• Puppeteer — Web scraping and screenshots
• Claude API — Site analysis and content generation
• Next.js + Tailwind — Generated websites
• GitHub Pages — Free hosting for mockups
• Twilio + Mailgun — Outreach automation

Results

• Generate a complete website mockup in ~60 seconds
• Deployed sites live at ryancwynar.github.io/[business-name]
• ~15% conversion rate on speculatively sent mockups

Related Articles

• How I Built a Tool That Generates Complete Websites in 60 Seconds
• Building an AI-Powered Lead Gen Machine: From Ugly Websites to Paying Clients

Live Examples

Check out ryancwynar.github.io for a directory of generated website mockups.