Studio86 / 02 · Services

Three service lanes for websites, full-stack apps, and ongoing maintenance.

  1. 01

    Lane 01

    Custom websites

    A marketing site built in code we write, not a theme we bought. Designed against our own token system, deployed static behind Cloudflare, and fast because there is almost nothing in it to be slow. Starter builds begin at the base price below; complex sites scale up from there.

    STARTING FROM

    $1,000 USD

    Recent builds at this tier

    You get
    A finished site that we build, deploy, host, and keep patched, on a domain we register and renew. No server to meet, no certificate to remember, no registrar renewal notice landing in your inbox.
    Not included
    Ownership of the code or the domain. This is managed work: it runs on our infrastructure and it stays there. We would rather put that on this page than bury it in a contract.
    Quoted separately
    Logo design, photography, and paid stock or licences. We quote those on their own, or point you at someone who does them better than we do.

  2. 02

    Lane 02

    The application behind it

    For when the homepage stops being the only thing the site does. Accounts, payments, a database that has to stay correct, an API something else depends on. This is the work we do on our own products every week, so the patterns are ones we already run with our own money on the line.

    You get
    Schema, API, and deployment, plus a runbook that says how to restart it, where the logs are, and who to call. Stripe wired properly: webhooks verified, retries idempotent, receipts signed.
    Not included
    A rewrite of a system nobody has read yet. If you are inheriting something, we audit first and quote second, and the audit is its own small piece of work.

  3. 03

    Lane 03

    Keeping it running

    Launch week is the easy part. This lane is the year after it: the dependency that goes stale, the certificate that expires at 2am, the form that quietly stops sending. The plumbing most agencies stop doing once the invoice clears.

    You get
    Uptime checks every five minutes, dependency and security updates, and bug fixes on the code we shipped you.
    Not included
    A contractual SLA. Alerts reach a phone, not a staffed rota, and we answer during waking hours. We would rather promise that and keep it.
    Terms
    Month to month. Cancel anytime, and the cancellation stops future billing rather than triggering a call.

04 / How it actually goes

Six steps, and you can leave after the third.

  1. 01

    You describe the awkward part

    An email is enough. The thing you keep avoiding, the site you inherited, the feature the last developer called impossible. No discovery call required to get to a number.

  2. 02

    We read the actual thing

    The existing site, the existing code, the existing invoice. We audit before we quote, because a quote written without reading the code is a guess with a price on it.

  3. 03

    One page, one price

    Scope, deliverables, price, timeline. Free, and written in plain language. You sign or you don't, and nobody follows up three times to ask why.

  4. 04

    We build, you talk to the builder

    Questions and scope changes go to the person implementing them rather than through an account manager. That is the whole reason a studio this size is worth hiring.

  5. 05

    We launch it, and we keep the keys

    Said plainly, because it belongs on the page and not in clause fourteen: the site runs on our infrastructure, on a domain we registered. You are buying a site that works and stays working, not a repository and a registrar login. If owning the asset matters to you, say so in the first email and we will tell you we are the wrong studio.

  6. 06

    Then it is the year after launch

    Lane 03 above, month to month, for the monitoring and the fixes. Priced on its own rather than folded into a number you cannot see, and cancellable without a phone call.

05 / What we actually run

Not a list of everything we have ever touched. This is what is carrying the five products in production right now, which is the only version of a stack list worth reading. Anything outside it we will say so before quoting rather than after.

Sites

  • Astro
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind

Services

  • Node.js
  • Bun
  • Python / Django

Apps

  • Kotlin
  • Swift

Data & infra

  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
  • Cloudflare
  • Nginx

Money & mail

  • Stripe
  • Resend

06 / Questions

Asked before signing.

How much does a custom website cost?
Starter marketing sites begin at $1,000 USD. Complex sites and full applications scale up from there. Every project gets a written quote before any work starts, so the number you sign is the number you pay.
How does the quote process work?
Quotes are free and come in plain language: one page with scope, deliverables, price, and timeline. You sign or you don't. No discovery fees, no pressure follow-ups.
What does the codebase look like?
Plain, well-documented technology (Node, Postgres, plain HTML where possible), laid out so it is still maintainable in three years. We hold that line for a selfish reason: we are the ones maintaining it, so a shortcut taken this week becomes our problem in month eighteen rather than yours.
Do I own the site and the domain?
No, and we would rather answer that here than at signing. Studio86 builds, deploys, hosts, and maintains the site on a domain we register and renew, and it stays that way. You are buying a site that works and keeps working, not a repository and a registrar login. If owning the asset matters to you, tell us in the first email and we will say plainly that we are the wrong studio for that job.
Can you take over a site someone else built?
Yes. Inherited sites, half-finished builds, and the codebase you're afraid to touch are a normal starting point for us. We audit first, quote second.
What does maintenance cover?
Monitoring, updates, bug fixes, and ongoing performance work. The plumbing most agencies stop doing after launch week. Scoped month to month, cancel anytime.

07 / Start

Tell us about the awkward part.

Quotes are free and come in plain language. One page, scope, deliverables, price, timeline. You sign or you don't.

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