Your LA Site is Losing You Customers Before They Click
If you're running a DTC brand in Los Angeles and your Shopify store takes 4.2 seconds to load, you're already invisible in Google's AI Overviews.
Full-stack web development for LA startups, DTC brands, and enterprises. Bilingual EN/ES. Transparent fixed-fee pricing. Ship faster on the modern stack.
Your site goes live on Vercel with Next.js Server Components streaming the first paint in under 400ms -- no client waterfalls, no render-blocking scripts. Supabase handles your auth, database, and realtime syncs from a Postgres instance that scales without you touching infrastructure. Add a headless CMS and your marketing team updates content without filing dev tickets. For DTC brands, SaaS platforms, and enterprise sites serving LA's bilingual market, this isn't a nice-to-have stack -- it's the difference between a 92 Lighthouse score and a 64 that bleeds traffic every week. We build in LA, bill transparently in USD, and ship sites that don't collapse when your product drop hits the front page of Reddit.
What is holding your current website back?
Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.
How We Build This Right
Every safeguard, built in from Day 1.
Bilingual EN/ES Architecture
Native i18n routing in Next.js with structured multilingual content models in your headless CMS. Not auto-translated -- properly localized by native speakers for the LA market.
Edge-First Deployment
Every project deploys to Vercel's global edge network with ISR caching. Your LA customers get sub-100ms TTFB. So does your international audience.
Supabase Backend
PostgreSQL database, row-level security, realtime subscriptions, and auth -- all managed. No vendor lock-in. You own your data and can self-host anytime.
Headless CMS Integration
We integrate Sanity, Payload, Storyblok, or whichever CMS fits your workflow. Your marketing team edits content visually. Your dev team works with clean, typed APIs.
Transparent Fixed-Fee Pricing
Every project is scoped upfront with a fixed USD price. No hourly surprises. Milestone payments tie directly to deliverables you can actually verify.
Performance Monitoring
Vercel Analytics and custom Supabase dashboards track Core Web Vitals, conversion funnels, and realtime user behavior from day one.
What We Build
Purpose-built features for your industry.
Stream pages with Server Components and parallel routes that eliminate client-side data waterfalls
Your pages load in under 1 second and pass Core Web Vitals on mobile -- Google stops filtering you
Deploy auth with Supabase RLS policies that enforce row-level security at the database layer
Your marketing team edits content in a headless CMS without waiting on dev cycles -- launches ship on time
Build headless Shopify Hydrogen or custom storefronts with dynamic pricing and inventory sync
Your checkout scales to 10x traffic without crashing during product drops -- every sale completes
Ship realtime dashboards and live inventory updates using Postgres change streams
Your LA customers browse in Spanish or English with i18n routing -- you stop losing 40% of the metro market
Migrate with 301 maps and structured data preservation so rankings survive the cutover intact
Your agency bills fixed-price with transparent scope -- no surprise invoices that kill your cash flow
Review every change on Vercel preview URLs before merge -- no staging servers to maintain
Your data lives in Postgres with full export access -- you're never locked into a vendor's pricing escalator
Built on a Modern, Secure Stack
Los Angeles-specific delivery
Los Angeles market context
LA's web development market spans entertainment tech, DTC brands, creative studios, and health/wellness startups concentrated in Santa Monica and Venice. The city's emphasis on visual storytelling and mobile-first experiences means clients here expect polished design alongside technical performance. Competition is fierce -- agencies range from Hollywood production shops adding digital services to serious engineering teams. GDPR compliance matters less than CCPA here, and many clients need content-heavy architectures that handle video, rich media, and editorial workflows. AWS us-west-2 latency is a non-issue. Buyers often come from creative backgrounds and care deeply about brand expression through code.
How we work with Los Angeles
Our LA studio is at 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, and we're available for in-person kickoffs, design sprints, or monthly check-ins if you prefer face-to-face. Most delivery happens remotely via Slack, Linear for tickets, and Loom for async walkthroughs -- same workflow as our London HQ. PST presence means real-time overlap with West Coast clients and decent morning coverage for APAC partners. We'll typically suggest one in-person session at project start, then remote cadence with video standups twice weekly.
Westside Wellness Collective
wellness studioMulti-location yoga and pilates studio needed a booking system that didn't rely on Mindbody's clunky iframe embed. We built a headless Next.js site pulling class schedules from Supabase, integrated Stripe for memberships and drop-in passes, and connected their existing Mindbody API read-only for instructor bios. Astro for the marketing pages kept build times under 12 seconds. Gave their team a custom CMS (Sanity) to update blog content and class descriptions without touching code. The old WordPress site had mobile Lighthouse scores in the low 40s.
Lighthouse mobile score jumped from 41 to 94, and checkout drop-off fell noticeably in the first month. Their marketing manager now publishes new blog posts in under 5 minutes instead of waiting on their old dev contractor. Class bookings moved smoothly without the Mindbody UI frustration customers complained about.
See the related solution →Budget context for Los Angeles projects
LA web projects for early-stage startups and small studios typically range $18k–$45k USD for a full build -- that's MVP product landing pages, DTC Shopify headless, or a booking/scheduling system with payments. Enterprise work (multi-market content platforms, video-heavy editorial sites) runs $60k–$150k+. If you're a creative studio or agency adding technical delivery, expect mid-range. Venice/Santa Monica DTC brands with VC backing often budget toward the higher end. Hourly support retainers start around $180/hr USD for ongoing dev work after launch.
Our Development Process
From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.
Discovery & Scope
Week 1We audit your current stack, define bilingual content requirements, map user flows, and deliver a fixed-fee proposal with a detailed technical spec. No ambiguity.
Architecture & CMS Setup
Week 2We set up your Next.js project, configure Supabase -- auth, database schemas, RLS policies -- and model your headless CMS content types for EN/ES.
Build & Integrate
Weeks 3–5Component development, API integrations, ecommerce or SaaS feature buildout, and bilingual content population. Preview deploys keep feedback continuous.
QA, Performance & Launch
Week 6Lighthouse optimization, cross-browser testing, accessibility audit, SEO redirect verification, and production deployment to Vercel's edge network.
Post-Launch Support
Weeks 7–10Thirty days of bug fixes, performance monitoring, and CMS training for your team. Optional retainer available for ongoing feature development.
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