Managed
Choose Managed if you want PLATFORM STUDIO DESIGNS to handle more of the hosting, infrastructure, maintenance, security, updates, and technical environment.
Explore ManagedOUR PROCESS
Built Around Your Business From the Start.
Every PLATFORM STUDIO DESIGNS project begins with understanding how your business works, what you need your website to accomplish, and how your connected business system should support your day-to-day operations.
The process is designed to identify the right service model, website scope, business workflows, optional add-ons, and payment approach before the project is finalized.
Start a ProjectUNDERSTANDING THE BASICS
What Is a Website — and Why Does Your Business Need One?
A website is your business’s professional home on the internet.
It gives customers a place to learn who you are, what you offer, how to contact you, and why they should consider doing business with you.
For many businesses, a website is also the starting point for much more. It can capture leads, accept appointment requests, connect customers to your business, provide access to documents or payments, support marketing, and connect directly to the systems you use to run the business.
Who Needs a Website?
A professional website can be valuable for:
- Small businesses
- Startups
- Mom-and-pop businesses
- Solopreneurs
- Home-service companies
- Professional-service businesses
- Appointment-based businesses
- Local service businesses
- Growing companies
- Businesses that currently depend mostly on social media, referrals, or third-party directories
- Businesses with an existing website that no longer represents the company well
Not every business needs the same type of website.
A small service business may primarily need a professional presence, clear services, contact information, and lead capture.
Another business may need booking, customer accounts, accounting, project management, payments, communications, or a much larger website.
The website should match what the business actually needs.
Why Does a Website Matter?
Some business owners know they have been told they “need a website” but may not know why.
A professional website can help your business:
- Establish credibility
- Explain what you do
- Show customers how to contact or hire you
- Generate leads
- Give customers a reliable source of information about your business
- Present your brand professionally
- Support search visibility
- Reduce dependence on social-media platforms and third-party directories
- Connect customers directly to booking, payments, documents, or other services
- Create a foundation that can grow with the business
Your website is something your business controls.
Social-media pages, marketplace profiles, and directory listings can be useful, but they exist on someone else’s platform. Your website gives your business its own professional destination.
ALREADY HAVE A WEBSITE?
You Do Not Have to Start Over Just Because You Already Have a Site.
PLATFORM STUDIO DESIGNS also works with businesses that already have a website.
You may be considering a change because your current website:
- Looks outdated
- No longer represents your business accurately
- Is difficult to update or manage
- Does not generate useful leads
- Is not mobile-friendly
- Is disconnected from the systems you use to run your business
- Was built from a template that no longer fits
- Has become difficult or expensive to maintain
- Is hosted or managed somewhere you no longer want to remain
- Needs to grow beyond its current capabilities
We can discuss whether it makes sense to redesign your existing website, rebuild it on the PLATFORM STUDIO DESIGNS platform, or move the business to a new connected website and business-system foundation.
Website Review & Migration Consultation
If you already have a website and are considering a redesign, replacement, or move to PLATFORM STUDIO DESIGNS, we can review your current situation with you.
The consultation can help determine:
- What is currently working
- What needs improvement
- What should be preserved
- What should be rebuilt
- What information or content can carry forward
- What new capabilities your business needs
- Whether Managed or Owner Self-Managed is the better fit
- What website scope and page count are appropriate
- Whether moving to the PLATFORM STUDIO DESIGNS platform makes sense for your business
01 — START WITH YOUR BUSINESS
Tell Us What You Need the Platform to Accomplish.
The process begins with the project inquiry form.
We use that information to understand your:
- Business and services
- Industry or business type
- Customers
- Goals
- Existing website or systems
- Lead process
- Customer journey
- Booking or appointment needs
- Projects and workflows
- Accounting needs
- Communications
- Branding
- Website scope
- Other operational requirements
The goal is not to force your business into a predefined setup.
The goal is to understand the business first.
02 — CHOOSE YOUR SERVICE MODEL
Managed or Owner Self-Managed.
Both service models use the same professional 100% custom website and connected business-system foundation.
Owner Self-Managed
Choose Owner Self-Managed if you want a more hands-on role, greater platform responsibility, and the additional ownership and transfer rights associated with that service model.
Explore Owner Self-ManagedThe difference is responsibility and control — not the quality of the core platform.
03 — DEFINE YOUR WEBSITE SCOPE
Determine the Pages and Capabilities Your Business Needs.
Every standard website includes:
- Up to 7 primary navigation pages
- Up to 10 additional website pages
- Up to 17 total included pages
If you need more pages, that is identified before the project is finalized.
Additional Custom Pages
$500 one-time
Add up to 10 additional custom content pages beyond the standard 17, for a website of up to 27 pages.
Larger websites are available up to 100 total pages by consultation.
This is also where we identify any optional add-ons your project requires.
04 — CONFIGURE THE BUSINESS SYSTEM
Build Around the Way Your Business Actually Operates.
The website is only one part of the platform.
The connected business system can be configured around:
- CRM and lead management
- Lead capture
- Industry and business classification
- Tags and segments
- Classification rules
- Customer management
- Project management
- Booking
- Customer portal
- Built-In Accounting Software
- Tasks
- Appointments
- Documents
- Transactional email
- Automation and notifications
- Business settings
- Branding controls
- SEO and marketing
- Business Knowledgebase
Different businesses can use different workflows and terminology.
The system is configured around the way your business works.
05 — ADD WHAT YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS
Optional Capabilities Are Defined Before the Project Is Finalized.
Custom Image Package
$250 one-time
10 custom images created specifically for your website and brand.
Custom Logo + Favicon Design Package
$250 one-time
Custom logo and favicon creation.
Native E-Commerce Store
$14/month
60-day free trial.
SMS Messaging
Starting at $29/month
60-day free trial.
Additional Custom Pages
$500 one-time
Up to 10 additional custom pages beyond the standard 17.
MMS is not currently available and is planned for release 90 days after the next public launch.
06 — CHOOSE YOUR PAYMENT APPROACH
Pay in Full or Use In-House Financing.
You can pay the build cost in full or spread it across monthly payments using PLATFORM STUDIO DESIGNS in-house financing.
In-House Financing
- $150 fixed finance charge
- $75 down payment
- Remaining $75 finance charge added to the final build payment
- 10–36 month payment term
- No traditional credit check
The applicable ongoing hosting/service relationship continues separately from the build payment.
Learn About Pricing & Financing07 — BUILD THE PLATFORM
The Website and Business System Come Together.
Once the project scope is established, PLATFORM STUDIO DESIGNS builds the custom website and configures the connected business system around the approved business requirements.
The project can include:
- Visual design
- Branding
- Content structure
- Forms
- Website pages
- Business configuration
- CRM workflows
- Booking
- Accounting workflows
- Customer experience
- Automation
- Integrations
- Testing
The website and system are built together so the customer-facing experience and the business operations behind it remain connected.
08 — LAUNCH
Put the Platform to Work.
After the website and connected business system are built and tested, the platform moves into its live hosted environment.
The ongoing service can include:
- Hosting
- SSL
- Domain service while subscribed
- Maintenance
- Technical platform support
- Phone support 7 days/week
09 — AFTER LAUNCH
Launch Is the Beginning of the Ongoing Relationship.
PLATFORM STUDIO DESIGNS does not treat launch as the end of the project relationship.
While hosted on our servers, clients continue to receive the ongoing hosting, maintenance, platform support, and service associated with their selected model.
Both Managed and Owner Self-Managed clients receive 100% U.S.-based phone support 7 days/week while hosted on PLATFORM STUDIO DESIGNS servers.
Explore ServicesREADY TO GET STARTED?
Start With Your Business. We’ll Build From There.
Tell us how your business works, what your current website or systems are missing, and what you need your connected platform to accomplish.