— Launch · branding + websites
A real brand.
A fast website.
Live in a week.
Fixed-bid branding and custom Astro websites for founders and small businesses. You own the code. From $1,500.
- ★★★★★
- 5.0 · 20 reviews
- 200+
- projects since 2007
- <1s
- load · Lighthouse 95+
Made by hand.
Shipped fast.
Small-batch goods from a studio that cares about details.
Shop the collection01 — Pricing
Two tiers.
Pick what fits.
Brand kit + a 1-page site that ships in a week.
Best for — Solopreneurs, side-businesses, MVP startups. You need a brand and a real site live before next month, without an agency markup.
What's included
- Logo (1 primary concept + 2 refinements)
- Color palette + typography pairing
- 1-page Astro site, fully responsive
- Custom domain setup (you bring the domain)
- Contact form wired to your email
- Lighthouse 95+ performance baseline
- Basic SEO meta + sitemap + Schema.org
- You own the repo + the brand files — handed off in GitHub
- 14 days of post-launch tweaks included
Full brand system + 5–10 page site with a CMS your team edits.
Best for — Small businesses + pre-Series A startups ready to scale content. You need a real brand system, multiple pages, and your team editing without filing tickets.
What's included
- Brand system: logo, palette, typography, voice, usage guide
- 5–10 page Astro site (home, about, services, contact, pricing, etc.)
- Headless CMS (Sanity or Payload) for editable content
- Basic copy direction + structure (not full copywriting)
- Analytics (GA4) + Search Console wired
- Schema.org markup + on-page SEO baseline
- Custom domain + email forwarding setup
- Lighthouse 95+ across all pages
- You own the repo + brand files, day one
- 30 days of post-launch tweaks included
02 — The math
Versus the
alternatives.
Squarespace · Wix Stack Renew
Launch & Grow Traditional agency
Local studio
03 — Process
A week,
day by day.
- 01 Day 0
Scoping call
15 minutes to lock scope, pick a tier, set the start date. Fixed-bid SOW the same day.
- 02 Day 1–3
Brand concept
Logo, palette, typography, voice — direction Wednesday. Two revision rounds included.
- 03 Day 3–5
Site build
Astro static site, your brand applied, fully responsive. Live preview on a staging URL.
- 04 Day 5–7
Launch
DNS cutover, analytics wired, repo in your GitHub. 14–30 days of post-launch tweaks.
04 — Configure
Build it.
Watch the price.
Pick a tier, toggle the add-ons. Estimate updates live. No email required.
Configure your build.
Pick a tier, toggle the add-ons you actually need. Estimate updates live. No email required.
Fixed-bid after a 15-min scoping call.
05 — In their words
"We'd been on Squarespace for three years and were embarrassed every time we sent the link. Stack Renew rebuilt the whole thing in four weeks — six pages, our own CMS, the brand finally looks like our shop feels. Our store manager publishes blog posts in plain English now. Mobile Lighthouse went from 39 to 98."
Brian C. · Owner
Hollowbrook Cycles · Portland, OR Grow tier · 2026
06 — FAQ
The questions
everyone asks.
Why is this so much cheaper than your other engagements?
Scope. The Launch and Grow tiers are productized — fixed deliverables, fixed timeline, fixed price. They lean on AI-assisted scaffolding and our existing Astro starter kit. Our SaaS-replacement and custom-software work is full custom engineering against your specific business model, which is a different product entirely.
Do I really own the code and brand files?
Yes, day one. The repo is in your GitHub from the first commit. The brand files (Figma source, vector logos, color tokens) live in a shared folder you keep when the engagement ends. No DK control plane, no per-seat licence, no "we host it for you" lock-in.
What does the timeline actually look like?
Launch tier: kickoff Monday, brand concept Wednesday, site preview Friday, refinements over the weekend, live by end of week 2 at the latest. Grow tier: week 1 brand + sitemap, weeks 2–3 design + build, week 4 content + refinement, week 5 launch. We hold to these or refund the difference.
What if I want changes after launch?
Launch tier includes 14 days of post-launch tweaks; Grow includes 30 days. Most teams then edit content themselves — the Grow tier ships with a headless CMS so you write copy like Google Docs, no code. If you need bigger changes later, send us a quick brief and we'll quote a fixed bid for it.
Can I edit the site myself after launch?
Launch tier: content lives in code (single page, simple to edit if you're comfortable with text files; or we make changes for you). Grow tier: a headless CMS (Sanity or Payload) means your team edits like Google Docs — no code touched.
— Talk to us
Brand + site.
Live in a week.
Fixed-bid estimate in two minutes. Real engineer responds in six hours, weekdays.