Some businesses need a page, some need a store, and some are the software. Our first job is to tell you which one you are — and then build exactly that, in accounts that belong to you from day one.
These are a path, not a menu of upsells. Most new businesses should start one size smaller than they think.
You need to exist online and look legitimate
A fast, clean site that says who you are, what you do, and how to reach you — on a domain and email address that belong to you.
You need to take orders and get paid
Products, payments, taxes, and shipping — on Shopify or a Stripe-backed store, whichever honestly fits what you sell.
The software is the business
Customer accounts, real workflows, payments, and an upgrade path — built like something people will rely on, because they will.
Getting a business online has a short real checklist and a long imaginary one. This is the real one:
Domain, hosting, email, and payment accounts registered to you, billed to your card. We're a collaborator you can remove, never a landlord.
Fixed, quoted pricing on sites and storefronts. Running costs are a few hundred dollars a year, paid by you directly — no markup, no surprise renewals.
If a site builder honestly covers what you need, that's the advice you'll get. We'd rather be the shop you come back to when you've outgrown it.
Boring, portable tools from day one, so a site can grow a store and a store can become a real application without starting over.
A free conversation about the business, not the website. What you sell, to whom, and how they'll find you decides everything else.
Site, storefront, or application — we recommend the smallest one that does the job, with a fixed quote and a date.
Domain, email, and accounts in your name first, then the build — with something to look at along the way, not a reveal at the end.
Live, documented, and yours — with a short walkthrough of the few things you'll touch, and optional support if you'd rather never think about it.
No — before you have spent money is the cheapest time to get the plan right. We will tell you what you actually need on day one (usually a domain, real email, and one good page) and what can safely wait until you have customers.
Sometimes, and when that is the right answer we will say so — a site builder is a fine start for many businesses. Where we earn our fee is when you don't have the time, when the builder can't do what you need, or when you have outgrown it and want something that is actually yours.
You do, from the first day. Domain registrar, hosting, email, payment processor — all in accounts registered to you, paid on your card, with us as an invited collaborator you can remove at any time.
A simple site is a fixed, quoted price and usually a week or two of work. A storefront is more, a production application is a project. In every case you get the number before you commit, and the ongoing costs (domain, hosting, email) are a few hundred dollars a year billed to you directly, not marked up through us.
The tiers are a path, not a wall. A simple site can grow a storefront; a storefront that takes off can become a real application — without starting over, because we picked boring, portable tools on day one.
Almost nothing, by design: plain screens and a short written walkthrough for the few things you will touch. If you would rather never think about it, hosting, updates, and monitoring can sit on a small monthly retainer.
Tell us the idea and we'll tell you the smallest way to get it online — and what that costs.
