Pilcrow
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Your branddeserves a world.

Custom-built, immersive, expansive. The kind of site people remember.

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I · Recent work

Worlds we've built.

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II · How we work

No sales calls, no proposal decks. You start, we run a focused discovery, we build your world, we launch. A clear path from first yes to live site.

01

Discovery.

You start with a few details, then a focused discovery to get the full picture of your business. No call to schedule, no proposal to wait on.

02

Build.

We design and build the full site around your business, then share the real thing. Almost everyone refines something, and that's the point.

03

Launch.

Live in five to seven days. Half up front, half on launch. The code and the hosting are yours.

Most sites get visited. The ones we build get inhabited.

From our clients

“I had a half-finished Squarespace page I'd been sitting on for a year. They sent me a real site out of nowhere. I said yes.”

Domino

Musician, Portland, OR

“The site they built matched what was in my head better than what I would've described. We barely changed anything.”

RU

World-Class Martial Artist

“Three other studios wanted a discovery call and a deposit just to start talking. Pilcrow just built it.”

House of Pipes

Shop, Portland, OR

III · Why Pilcrow

We build worlds, not webpages. Every one is designed by hand, custom to a single brand. Not a template. Not a system.

Most shops are running a site they built fast, meant to redo, and never got around to. The cost isn't the redesign. It's the customers who landed on it and left. We close that gap in five days, for less than what a bad site costs you in a slow month.

Everyone else

  • ×Discovery call first
  • ×Proposal + contract
  • ×Months of back-and-forth
  • ×Monthly retainer

Pilcrow

  • +Design first, always
  • +Built around your business
  • +5–7 days start to ship
  • +Pay once, own it forever

We're a small studio. We make websites the way editors make paragraphs. One decision at a time, with the reader in mind. The judgment is ours. The code is yours.

FAQ

Common questions.

Send us a message. We'll look at your business and current online presence, then reach out with what we'd recommend. Direct conversation, nothing more.

Three tiers, priced by scope. Standard runs $2,000 to $3,500 for a clean, custom site. Expanded is $3,500 to $6,000 for more pages and custom features. Buyout is $6,000 to $12,000 for a full custom build owned outright. Our flagship World build runs $10,000 to $20,000 for a fully custom, immersive site. A full SEO package is $2,000 to $3,000 on any tier. Every build is half up front, half on launch. Ongoing retainer starts at $4,500, then $900 per month.

We build a full working version of your site and share the link. That gives both of us something real to react to, not a mockup or a wireframe. Almost everyone refines something at this stage, and that's the point.

$20 per month if you want us to manage it. Free if you take the code and run it yourself. Either way, the code is yours.

Five to seven days from yes to live. From first conversation to a finished site in under two weeks.

One round of revisions is included in every build. Additional rounds are $200 each. For ongoing monthly changes, the retainer plan covers unlimited small edits for $900 per month, with a two-month minimum.

IV · Pricing

Four ways to work together.

$2,000 to $3,500

Standard

  • +Up to 5 pages.
  • +Copy + photo refinements.
  • +Typography + layout polish.
  • +One round of revisions.
  • +GitHub repo. You own it all.

$3,500 to $6,000

Expanded

  • +Up to 8 pages.
  • +New sections or custom features.
  • +Booking or commerce integration.
  • +Custom photography.
  • +Two rounds of revisions.

$6,000 to $12,000

Buyout

  • +Everything in Expanded.
  • +Full custom build, no ceiling.
  • +SEO-ready foundation + sitemap.
  • +Google Business profile audit.
  • +3 months of updates included.

The flagship

World

$10,000 to $20,000

A fully custom, immersive world. Bespoke design, motion, and custom-built experiences, the way we built CMD+Z as an entire Mac OS with 90+ apps and games. For brands people should live inside, not just visit.

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SEO add-on

$2,000 to $3,000

Keyword research, on-page optimization, local listings, and the technical setup to get you found. Add it to any tier.

Ongoing partnership

$4,500 + $900/mo

Full build included. Monthly SEO, site edits, analytics. 3 month minimum, then month-to-month.

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Half up front, half on launch. Additional revisions $200 each. Full pricing →

Get in touch

Let's build something
worth keeping.

Tell us about your business and what you're after. We'll come back within one business day with what we'd recommend.

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Or email us at keenan@pilcrowstudio.design

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