Freelancer, agency, or a small studio?
We are a six-person studio, so we have an interest here. What follows is still the honest version, including the cases where you should not hire us.
The real trade-off is what happens in month seven.
A freelancer is usually cheapest and often excellent, and the risk is not quality, it is availability: one person takes a full-time job, gets ill, or moves on, and your site has nobody. An agency has depth and process, and charges for both, and your build is frequently not staffed by the people who sold it. A small studio sits between: more than one person who knows your build, and the same people who quoted it.
When you should hire a freelancer instead.
If you need one page, you have your copy and photos ready, and you are comfortable handling hosting yourself, a good freelancer will do it for less than we will. We would rather say that than take the work. Where the calculation changes is anything that has to keep running: bookings, payments, or a site that matters enough that a week of silence would cost you.
See what each package includes, or look at what we have built.
Questions people ask.
How big is your team, really?
Six. One owner, four co-founders and a client success specialist. They are named with photographs on the about page rather than described as a headcount.
Will the person I talk to be the person who builds it?
Yes. There is no account manager between you and the people making your site.
What if you get too busy?
The delivery date is fixed in writing before you pay a deposit. If we cannot hit it, we tell you before you commit rather than after.
Tell us what you need built.
Send us the business and the scope and we'll come back with a fixed price and a delivery date. No hourly rates, and you never pay more than half before you see the work.
Flat price • Fixed scope • You deal with the same six people throughout