web design & development
Web design and development for a site your team can actually run.
Most websites don't fail at launch. They fail six months later, when the one person who knew how to edit them has moved on. We design and build sites your own staff updates without calling a developer, engineered to stay fast long after launch day.
why sites stop working for you
Every edit is a ticket
If changing a sentence means emailing a developer, the site goes stale, and a stale site quietly tells visitors you've stopped paying attention. We model the CMS around how your team actually works, then hand it over with training.
The template ceiling
Template builders are fine until you need them to take a payment, gate a resource, or connect to the tools you already use. Then someone starts doing it by hand. We build the part the template can't.
Slow, inaccessible, invisible
Speed and accessibility are cheap to build in and expensive to retrofit. We test both during the build, not after it, so they're part of what you're paying for rather than a later project.
this is for you if
- Your site looks like you built it yourself, and it's costing you trust.
- You've outgrown a template builder and keep hitting what it can't do.
- Your team needs to publish without waiting on a developer.
- You want one accountable team from design through launch, not a relay between a designer, a developer and an SEO.
it's not the right fit if
- You need one simple page and nothing more. A template builder is cheaper and faster, and we'll say so.
- Your site mostly works and just needs fixing. Start with a Fix Sprint instead of a rebuild.
how to start
Three build sizes, each quoted at a fixed price after a short call.
2-3 weeks
Launch System
For when your site looks like you built it yourself, because you did.
Fixed quote
quoted after a short call, fixed scope, fixed price
4-6 weeks
Growth System
A site your team runs, not one you wait on a developer to change.
Fixed quote
quoted after a short call, fixed scope, fixed price
Scoped per project
Platform System
When a brochure site with a donate button bolted on is not enough.
Fixed quote
quoted after a short call, fixed scope, fixed price
sites we've shipped
Morehouse Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center
miecenter.org →Every change to a 20-year-old WordPress site went through a developer. We rebuilt it so staff create and edit every page themselves, and covered the old site with path-preserving 301 redirects down to the legacy slugs.
- ~38 pages rebuilt
- 100% of pages edited by staff in the CMS
- 26 page-builder blocks, so staff build new pages without a developer
Fairway Tax Solutions
fairwaytaxsolutions.com →A Houston tax firm's Wix site couldn't sell a single download. Now publishing a product creates the payment, the order and a gated download, with nobody fulfilling anything by hand.
- 0 accessibility violations across 228 automated checks
- 100% of orders fulfilled automatically
- 4 silent failures caught and fixed before launch
Civic League of Greater New Brunswick
civicleaguenb.com →An 80-year-old nonprofit moved off Wix onto a site it runs itself, with Stripe donations and newsletter signups flowing to Mailchimp automatically.
- 22 legacy URLs preserved through 16 managed 301 redirects
- 100% of pages client-editable
- 3 integrated systems: Stripe, Mailchimp, an admin dashboard
common questions
What platform will you build on?
The one that fits the job. Most of our recent builds run on Astro with a Sanity CMS on Cloudflare, because they're fast and easy for a team to edit. We also build on WordPress, Shopify and Webflow when that's the better fit, and we'll tell you why.
Can our team edit the site after launch?
That's the point. Every build is handed over with training, and on our recent builds staff edit every page themselves, with no developer in the loop.
How long does a build take?
A Launch System takes two to three weeks and a Growth System four to six. A Platform System is scoped per project. You get the timeline in writing with the quote.
What does it cost?
Every build is quoted at a fixed price after a short call, so you know the number before you commit. If you'd rather start small, the $197 Site & Stack Teardown tells you whether you need a rebuild at all, and it's credited toward the build.
Related: Website redesign & replatforming / Website care plans / All case studies
start the conversation
Ready for a site your team can run?
Tell us what you're working with. You'll hear back within one business day, with the right next step, even if that's not hiring us. Prefer to talk? book a call instead.