Independent design & engineering studio — working worldwide

Look like the company you're becoming.

We design brands, websites, and automation for owner-led businesses that compete on quality. Fewer clicks, faster pages, more booked work.

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Trusted by owner-led businesses in 11 countries

Diamond Shine Pro Grove Timberworks Kebabji Meridian Law Group Harbor Property Co. Alder Kitchen Northline Consulting Fernwood Clinic Diamond Shine Pro Grove Timberworks Kebabji Meridian Law Group Harbor Property Co. Alder Kitchen Northline Consulting Fernwood Clinic

Everything a growing
business needs. Nothing it doesn't.

(01) — Services

01

Brand identity

Naming, logo, and a visual system your competitors can't copy. Built to work on a truck door as well as a screen.

02

Websites

Design and development — WordPress or headless. Fast, findable, and written to convert the customer you actually want.

03

Custom web apps

Client portals, booking systems, quoting tools, dashboards. Software shaped around how your business already runs.

04

SEO & local growth

Local, technical, and content SEO. Rank where your customers actually search — including AI answers, not just Google's ten blue links.

05

AI & automation

Intake, follow-up, reviews, scheduling. The unglamorous work handled automatically, so calls get answered and leads stop going cold.

06

Care & performance

Hosting, maintenance, analytics, conversion optimization. A monthly partner, not a vendor who disappears after launch.

Work that pays
for itself.

(02) — Selected work

diamondshinepro.co
Diamond Shine® ServicesPricingReviewsFree quote

Residential · Commercial · Bellingham, WA

Nothing less
than perfection.

Free estimate Licensed & insured
100% satisfaction guarantee

Diamond Shine Pro

Home services

Quote requests up 64% in the first quarter. Identity, site, and instant-estimate booking flow.

Grove BID DESK DW

Pipeline YTD

$1.2M

Win rate

64%

Hillside residenceWON
Orchard barn rebuildWON
Lakehouse additionBIDDING

Grove Timberworks

Construction

From referral-only to $1.2M in inbound bids the first year. Custom bid-management web app, portfolio site, SEO.

kebabji.com

Fresh off the grill · Est. 2025

KEBABJI

Not just kebab. It's Kebabji.

Order now → See the menu

Kebabji

Restaurant

Brand identity and a cinematic single-page site built around fire, patience, and craft since 1987.

harborproperty.co
Harbor BuySellAgentsBook a valuation

Coastal homes · Est. 2003

Homes on
the water.

NEW LISTING
Saltwind House $1.84M

Harbor Property Co.

Real estate

Average days-on-market cut from 46 to 19. Identity, listings site, and automated enquiry-to-viewing flow.

We measure our work the way you do.

(03) — Results, first 12 months

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Average organic traffic growth across client sites, year one

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More qualified leads after relaunch, median across projects

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Median largest-contentful-paint across everything we ship

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Average Lighthouse performance score at launch

One partner, first sketch
to steady growth.

(04) — Process

01 — Diagnose

Diagnose

A short discovery sprint: your numbers, your customers, your competition. We find where the business leaks money online before anyone opens a design tool.

02 — Design

Design

Brand and interface built around one job — making the right customer choose you. Weekly reviews, real copy from day one, no lorem ipsum theater.

03 — Build

Build

Hand-coded, accessible, and fast. WordPress when it serves you, custom when it doesn't. Shipped with analytics, structured data, and targets attached.

04 — Grow

Grow

SEO, automation, and conversion work on a monthly rhythm. We report in revenue terms — leads, bookings, bids — not vanity metrics.

(05) — We know your Tuesday problems

Medical & dental. Construction & trades. Restaurants & hospitality. Law firms. Real estate. Consultants & creators. If your customers compare you online before they call — that's our lane.

Why owners
stay with us.

(06) — The difference

Business first, pixels second.

Every engagement starts with your margins and your market, not a moodboard. If a decision doesn't help the business, it doesn't ship.

Senior people, no handoffs.

The people you meet on the first call design and build your project. Nothing gets passed down a chain and diluted.

Built to be measured.

Every project launches with analytics, targets, and a reporting rhythm. You'll never wonder whether the website is working.

The word
gets around.

(07) — Clients, in their own words · hover to read

GT
"They asked about our margins before they showed us a single mockup. Six months later, the website is our best salesperson."
— Owner — Grove Timberworks
DS
"Clients tell us they booked because the site felt as careful as the clean itself. That's exactly the standard we wanted."
— Founder — Diamond Shine Pro
NC
"We stopped explaining what we do on sales calls. The site does it better than we ever did."
— Founder — Northline Consulting
ML
"The booking automation paid for the whole project in the first quarter. That's not a figure of speech — we did the math."
— Partner — Meridian Law Group
HP
"Weekly reviews meant zero surprises. We launched on the date they named on the first call."
— Owner — Harbor Property Co.
AK
"Our old site was a brochure. This one is an employee — it answers, qualifies, and books while we cook."
— Chef-owner — Alder Kitchen

(08) — Fair questions

Asked by every owner
we've worked with.

Brand sites begin at $6,000 and typically land between $8–15k. Larger builds — e-commerce, portals, custom applications — are scoped after a short discovery call. You'll always know the number before we start.

Most brand and website projects launch in 6–10 weeks. We work in weekly milestones, so you see real progress every Friday — not a big reveal at the end.

Yes — we're remote-first and work across time zones and languages, including multilingual sites. Weekly milestone reviews run the same wherever you are.

Launch is the midpoint, not the finish. Care plans cover hosting, maintenance, analytics reviews, and ongoing SEO — most clients stay on one, because the site keeps earning after day one.

We audit first. Sometimes 20% of the site is causing 80% of the leaks and a focused fix wins. If the foundation is the problem, we'll say so — with the math that justifies a rebuild.

(09) — No pitch decks. Just a conversation.

Your next customer is comparing you to someone right now.

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