Island Lake, IL

Tip the Scales Design

Reach 16PageRanker 665 signed

Tip the Scales Design is a web design company based in Island Lake, IL. Its own home page scored 59 for mobile speed and 90 for access in our lab test on October 24, 2026, faster than 234 of the 450 firm sites we tested. We found its footer credit on 5 live business websites. Its websbz Score is 54.2 out of 100. Its Reach, a separate score, is 16.

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Home page of Tip the Scales Design at tipthescalesdesign.com

Our Read

Tip the Scales Design is a Lake County, Illinois team of designers, developers and SEO staff. It builds WordPress and Shopify sites and adds photo, video and drone work.

What sets them apart. Offers in house drone, photo and video work alongside websites.

Best for. Chicago area small businesses.

Services

Website designSEOBrand managementReputation managementDrone videoPhotographyVideographyHosting

Industries

Auto repairLocksmith

Our Lab Test of tipthescalesdesign.com

Mobile emulation, tested October 24, 2026. One run from our desk. Field data from real visitors can differ.

59Performance

90Accessibility

100Best Practices

100SEO Basics

Largest paint: 7.6 seconds
First paint: 2.3 seconds
Blocking time: 271 ms
Layout shift: 0.000
Page weight: 4.8 MB
Requests: 132

Proof of Work

AW Auto & TireLive client site carrying their footer credit
Roselle Auto ClinicLive client site carrying their footer credit
Shotwell Auto BodyLive client site carrying their footer credit

Work

5 live client sites carry a Tip the Scales Design credit when we load them ourselves. Checked October 24, 2026.

Signed Work

live business websites carry a Tip the Scales Design footer credit

#54of 456 firms

Found in our 2026 read of more than 40,000 local business footers. By trade, auto repair 4, locksmith 1. A signed site is the strongest proof a studio can give, because the client kept the name on it.

Search Authority

PageRanker Score, link authority from 0 to 100

Search services they sell

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websbz 2025 Look Back

Rank 183 with a Look Back score of 13.8 out of 100. Scored in October 2026 from 2025 archived copies of each firm’s site. It is a separate list and does not change the 2026 websbz Score.

Proof 0 of 30, openness 9 of 20, tenure 0 of 15, scaled to 100. Home page copy saved June 14, 2025. See the 2025 copy. Read the Look Back.

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websbz Score

54.2websbz Score

Own Site QualityOur lab test of the firm’s own home page. Speed counts most, then access, then build and search basics.28.2/35
Proof of WorkNamed projects, named clients and awards the firm lists, plus live client sites we found carrying its credit.17/30
OpennessDoes the firm publish a street address, a phone, its founding year, its team size and a starting price.9/20
TenureYears in business, from a founding year the firm states. Twenty years earns the full share.0/15

How the score works

Reach

out of 100. How far the work reaches, kept apart from the websbz Score

Verified client sites13.5/405 verified client sites
Named clients0/10not published
Client scale0/10not published
Offices2.5/101 office
Countries0/101 country
Team size0/12not published
Years0/8not published

How Reach works. A fact the firm does not publish counts as zero.

Facts

Website: tipthescalesdesign.com
Headquarters: Island Lake, IL
Country: United States
Address: 27990 N Converse Rd., Island Lake, IL 60042
Phone: 815-615-9299
Platforms: WordPress and Shopify

Where They Rank

Best Web Designers in the United States#135 of 282
Best Web Design Companies in the World#248 of 450
Best Website Designers for Auto Repair Shops#16 of 32
Best SEO Firms#127 of 244
Best AEO Firms#12 of 33

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Where This Came From

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The Tip the Scales Design Award, in Hand

How the Noted award looks off the screen. Made to order for winners, ask about one from the contact form.

Framed certificate
A signed certificate in a black frame for the studio wall.
Acrylic award
A clear block with the seal etched in, for a desk or a shelf.
Wall plaque
Brushed champagne metal on walnut, engraved with the award.
Window decal
A round seal for the front door or the office glass.