Your New York Customers Are Leaving Before Your Site Loads
If you're a New York founder watching competitors rank while your agency-built site crawls, you've hit the architecture ceiling.
Fast websites that win business. We build revenue-driving web applications for New York City companies on modern architecture that's built to perform.
Your deploy ships to Vercel at 11 PM. The Next.js build finishes in 90 seconds. Your product pages now render server-side in under 400ms--Google's crawler hits them before your old WordPress install would've finished loading the header. This is what modern web development fixes: the gap between your marketing promises and what your infrastructure can actually deliver. Most NYC agencies still build on monolithic CMS platforms that cap out at 60 Lighthouse scores and require a developer for every content change. We architect headless stacks--Next.js frontends, Sanity or Contentful backends, API layers connecting your Stripe, HubSpot, and Shopify--so your team ships campaigns without bottlenecks and your pages convert mobile traffic instead of bleeding it. The difference shows up in your analytics within two weeks.
What is holding your current website back?
Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.
What Your Website Could Look Like
Custom-designed for your industry. No templates. No stock photos.
How We Build This Right
Every safeguard, built in from Day 1.
Performance Engineering
Sub-second load times through static generation, edge caching, and optimized asset delivery. Every page hits 95+ on Google Lighthouse.
ADA / WCAG Compliance
Full WCAG 2.1 AA compliance built into every project. Automated and manual accessibility audits protect you from litigation risk.
SEO Architecture
Semantic HTML, structured data, programmatic meta tags, and Core Web Vitals optimization. Built for Google from the ground up.
Headless CMS Integration
Content editors get a clean, intuitive dashboard. Developers get full control over the frontend. No compromises on either side.
Security-First Deployment
No exposed servers. Static output served from a global CDN with DDoS protection, automated SSL, and zero-trust architecture.
Analytics & Conversion Tracking
Privacy-respecting analytics, event tracking, and conversion attribution configured at launch. Know exactly what's working.
What We Build
Purpose-built features for your industry.
Build Next.js applications with server rendering and static generation for sub-second page loads
Your pages score 95+ on Lighthouse and rank higher in Google's Core Web Vitals assessment
Configure headless CMS platforms with custom content models and real-time preview environments
Your marketing team updates content in Sanity without waiting on developer availability
Architect e-commerce storefronts on Shopify Hydrogen or Saleor with frictionless checkout flows
Your checkout flow converts 22% more mobile traffic with optimized product page rendering
Design custom API integrations connecting your CRM, payment processors, and third-party tools
Your backend systems sync in real time through GraphQL APIs instead of breaking silently
Migrate legacy WordPress or Drupal sites to Jamstack with zero downtime and full SEO preservation
Your site ships on modern infrastructure with 10x faster builds and no vendor lock-in
Provide monthly retainer support covering updates, performance monitoring, and priority bug fixes
Your bugs get fixed within 48 hours and security patches deploy automatically each month
Built on a Modern, Secure Stack
New York City-specific delivery
New York City market context
NYC's web development market is dense with fintech startups around Hudson Yards and FiDi, DTC brands in Soho and Brooklyn, and established enterprises in Midtown. The competitive landscape pushes performance expectations higher: sub-3s page loads aren't optional when your Series A investors check mobile Lighthouse scores. GDPR compliance matters for European customer bases, and Stripe/Plaid integrations are table stakes for financial products. The city's AWS us-east-1 proximity means low-latency database queries, which we leverage for real-time dashboards and trading interfaces. Buyer profiles skew technical: CTOs and product leads who've worked at FAANG companies and expect production-grade infrastructure from day one.
How we work with New York City
We've shipped 30+ NYC client projects with full EST overlap -- standup calls at 10am Eastern, Linear updates by EOD, Loom walkthroughs for async reviews. While we don't have a Manhattan office, our London HQ team stays online until 7pm GMT (2pm EST) daily, and LA studio handles West Coast hours. Slack response time averages under 2 hours during your business day. For critical launch weeks, we've done in-person sprints in Brooklyn and FiDi co-working spaces. Communication runs through Slack, Linear for tickets, Figma for design reviews, and Vercel preview deploys for stakeholder sign-off.
Eldridge Capital Partners
venture capitalMid-stage VC firm needed a fund marketing site that didn't look like a Webflow template. Their investor relations team was manually updating portfolio company logos in a CMS that broke responsive layouts. We built a Next.js 14 App Router site with Sanity headless CMS, MDX for thought leadership content, and a custom portfolio grid that pulls live funding data from their internal Airtable base via API. Deployed on Vercel with ISR for sub-200ms TTFB. The IR team now updates portfolio entries in 90 seconds instead of opening support tickets.
Lighthouse mobile score went from 38 (old WordPress + WP Rocket) to 98. Desktop First Contentful Paint dropped to 0.4s. Their fundraising deck now links to the live site instead of a PDF, and the Sanity workflow eliminated 6 hours/week of developer time for content updates.
See the related solution →Budget context for New York City projects
NYC project budgets reflect the city's technical talent costs and speed expectations. A typical 8-12 page marketing site with headless CMS starts around $18k-$28k USD; SaaS dashboard MVPs with Supabase auth and Stripe billing run $35k-$65k depending on API complexity. Enterprise migrations from legacy WordPress or Drupal to Next.js usually land in the $50k-$95k range for 3-4 month timelines. We don't do $5k Wix rebuilds -- our client floor is startups post-Seed or established businesses treating their website as a revenue driver, not a brochure. Payment terms are milestone-based: 40% upfront, 30% at design approval, 30% at launch.
Our Development Process
From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.
Discovery & Architecture
Week 1We audit your current site, map business goals to technical requirements, and define the architecture. You get a detailed scope document and timeline before anything starts.
Design & Prototyping
Week 2–3High-fidelity designs in Figma with interactive prototypes. Mobile-first layouts validated against your brand guidelines and conversion goals.
Development & CMS Build
Week 3–6Component-driven development in Next.js with headless CMS integration. Daily deploys to a staging environment you can review in real time.
QA, Performance & Launch
Week 7Cross-browser testing, accessibility audit, Lighthouse optimization, and structured data validation. We handle DNS cutover and go live.
Post-Launch Support
Week 8+30 days of included support covering bug fixes, content tweaks, and performance tuning. Optional retainer for ongoing development after that.
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