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TL;DR: Launch Your Web Design Business by Melissa Lunt is a 10-module fast track built to take complete beginners from zero to a live Showit design studio in roughly two weeks. Includes 11+ templates, contracts, pricing guides, and a first-client pitch workflow.
What You Get Inside Launch Your Web Design Business
The course ships as 10 structured modules and a stack of done-for-you assets. The product title says two weeks, but Melissa built Launch Your Web Design Business as a 10-day sprint. Most students pace it across 2 to 4 weeks of real life.
Deliverables include 2 Showit contract templates, a mood board template, an onboarding packet, a copywriting guide, a client questionnaire, a pricing guide, an offboarding packet, a proposal template, a set of Canva Instagram templates, a Showit web designer website template, and a client starter template. That is the paperwork most new designers skip and then regret skipping.
Real Student Reactions
Early reactions from inside the program lean qualitative, not numeric. Ritu Riedweg calls it “the best no-fluff training I’ve seen in a while.” Kristine Schulman says she is “really enjoying the course so far.” Annabel Holmes notes, “Every module has so much information, they’re like 7 individual courses.”
No six-figure screenshots here. The honest read on Launch Your Web Design Business is that students go from zero design skill to a live Showit studio with pricing, contracts, and a first-client pitch inside a focused work window.
The 10-Day Fast Track Curriculum
Inside the curriculum, each module maps to one working day.
- Laying the Foundation – niche, business name, and core branding decisions.
- Setting Up Your Website – Showit account, template install, and starter copy.
- Designing in Showit – builder basics, homepage layout, and first client concepts.
- Showit Advanced Features – animations, blogging, forms, and ecommerce add-ons.
- Client Process and Workflow – contracts, onboarding, and project management.
- Building Your Portfolio – mock projects that pass as real work for a first pitch.
- Pricing and Customization – pricing tiers, upsells, and Canva brand templates.
- Booking Your First Clients – pitch scripts, Facebook groups, and cold outreach.
- Social Media Marketing – content pillars for Instagram and Pinterest.
- Launching Your Business – final checks, publication, and launch-day plan.
Who This Course Is Built For
Launch Your Web Design Business fits complete beginners with no design skill, burnt-out service providers pivoting into a creative business, stay-at-home parents chasing flexible income, multi-passionate creatives who need a structured path, recent graduates, and self-taught designers missing a client workflow. Showit’s drag-and-drop builder means no code is required.
Who it is not for: if you already have 3+ paying clients and want to scale to agency, this is too foundational. It is built for the zero-client, zero-experience starting line. The U.S. SBA guidance on small service business planning is a useful companion read in 2026.
About Melissa Lunt
Melissa Lunt is the founder of Superhero Design (superherodesign.co) with 10+ years in design. She reports running a six-figure Showit template business, which is the exact model Launch Your Web Design Business teaches students to build. She positions it as “the course I wish existed when I was starting out,” and the curation bias shows: heavy on templates, contracts, and pricing, light on design theory.
Launch Your Web Design Business vs Other Paths
Whitney Rose’s One Week Web Designer is aimed at designers who already have clients and want a faster delivery process. Launch Your Web Design Business assumes the opposite starting point: no clients, no skill, no pricing set. Becca Luna’s Wealthy Web Designer covers broader scope at a higher price. Josh Hall’s Web Designer Pro leans WordPress and more advanced. Flux Academy teaches Figma craft, not business launch. Free YouTube Showit tutorials give you builder skills but no contracts or client workflow. Melissa’s lane is narrow and clear: Showit-only, beginner-first, ship-a-studio-in-two-weeks.
Launch Your Web Design Business: Common Questions Answered
What is this course?
A 10-day fast track by Melissa Lunt of Superhero Design that teaches complete beginners how to start a Showit-based web design studio, covering niche, builder, workflow, pricing, and first-client acquisition.
Who is it for?
Complete beginners, burnt-out service providers pivoting careers, stay-at-home parents, multi-passionate creatives, recent graduates, and self-taught designers who want a structured business-launch path instead of craft-only training.
Is it worth it?
Yes for beginners who want a Showit-specific, business-first path with contracts, pricing, and client templates baked in. Melissa teaches the same model behind her Superhero Design template shop, and early students describe the training as no-fluff — a natural on-ramp before tackling a studio growth stage later on.
Is it legit?
Yes. Melissa runs Superhero Design, a public Showit template business, and has 10+ years in design. The 10 modules and named templates are published on her sales page.
How long does it take?
Structured as a 10-day fast track despite the two-week title. Self-paced students typically finish across 2 to 4 weeks of real-life effort.
Do I need design experience first?
No. Module 3 starts at Showit basics. The drag-and-drop builder removes the need for code, and the templates give you a head start on layout.
