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Numbers,before the call.

Every project is quoted properly, but you shouldn't have to sit through a discovery call to find out whether we're in your range. These are the real starting numbers — and what moves them.

48 hrsTurnaround on a written quote

Three ways to work with us

Pick the honest one
Fixed price · 4—16 weeks

Fixed-scope build

from $8,000

A defined website, store, or app with a fixed price and a fixed date. Milestone billing: 40% to start, 30% at design sign-off, 30% at launch.

Monthly · rolling, 30 days notice

Retainer & care plan

from $1,400/mo

A named developer, a set number of hours, and everything that keeps a site alive — updates, backups, security, monitoring, and the next improvement.

Fixed price · 1—3 weeks

Rescue & speed audit

from $2,500

A short engagement on something slow, broken, or losing rankings. Findings and fixes on the same invoice, not a deck recommending phase two.

Starting prices by service

Typical, not capped
WordPress developmentCustom theme, block library, migration5—7 weeksfrom $9,000WooCommerceCatalogue, checkout, payments, migration6—10 weeksfrom $14,000Web apps & SaaSAccounts, dashboard, and billing included12—20 weeksfrom $32,000Website designTwo directions, block system, templates3—5 weeksfrom $8,000SEOTechnical audit with fixes estimated1—2 weeksfrom $2,500Brand & graphic designAsset set from one master template3—7 daysfrom $1,200

Prices in USD, excluding tax · Hourly rate for out-of-scope work: $95—$140 depending on discipline

What moves the number

Up, and down
Pushes it up
+Integrations with systems that have no documentation
+Content migration from a CMS that fought the last team
+Multiple languages, regions, or brands in one install
+Compliance work — accessibility audits, SOC2, HIPAA
+More than three approval stakeholders
Brings it down
−Content ready before the build starts
−One decision-maker who can sign off
−Two or more services bought together
−An existing design system we can build from
−Flexibility on the launch date

In every price

Not upsells. If we quote a build, these are in it.

A named lead you speak to directly, not an account manager
Weekly staging deploys you can click
Your own repository, your own hosting account
Editor documentation and a walkthrough recording
Two weeks of post-launch monitoring and fixes
Every source file, handed over at the end

Questions we get asked

Answered plainly

Because the alternative wastes both our time. If $9,000 is impossible for you, you should know that in ten seconds rather than after two calls and a proposal.

They're the honest floor for a project we'd be happy to put our name on. Most engagements land within 30% of the starting figure; the ones that don't are usually integration-heavy, and we flag that in the first conversation.

Yes — a landing page, an asset set, or a fix list are all real engagements for us. Below about $1,200 it's usually cheaper for you to find a freelancer, and we'll say so.

40% to start, 30% at design sign-off, 30% at launch for fixed-scope work. Retainers are billed monthly in advance. Net 14 on everything.

We write a change note with a price and a date impact before doing the work, and you approve it. No surprise line items at the end.

Effectively yes — design and build bought together costs less than the two separately, because the handover overhead disappears. It's priced into the quote rather than discounted off it.

Send us the brief. You'll have a written number in 48 hours.

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