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Cost guides, honestly.

What a Shopify build, a custom ecommerce platform, a SaaS MVP, or a mobile app actually costs in 2026. Scope drivers, the categories most projects under-budget, and the discovery work that prices the bucket before you sign.

What does a build actually cost?

Four cost guides for the project categories we're most asked to scope: a Shopify build, a custom ecommerce platform, a SaaS MVP, and a mobile app. Each guide names the scope drivers (the variables that move the number 5x), the categories most projects under-budget (discovery, redirect maps, post-launch optimization), and the bucket-floor work that prices the engagement before you commit. No teaser numbers; the ranges are honest.

Why we publish ranges, not prices.

The honest answer to "how much does X cost" is always "what's the scope." Two Shopify builds with identical headlines can be 4x apart in price depending on data complexity, custom-app surface area, integration density, and post-launch retainer expectations. Publishing a single number would either misrepresent the work or scare off the right buyers.

What each cost guide gives you is the band — the floor where good work happens, the ceiling above which complexity becomes its own line item, and the variables that move you up or down. The intent: by the end of the page, you can ballpark a scoped quote without us telling you the answer, then we can confirm in 30 minutes whether your situation matches what we'd quote.

We run a paid 2-week discovery before quoting any project above the brackets in the guides. The discovery fee is set against the project if you proceed; it's set against the savings if you find a different agency. The reason: every project we've taken on without paid discovery went 30% over budget or 6 weeks over schedule. Skipping discovery is the most expensive thing we can do for you.

Want a scoped quote?

30-minute scoping call. Bring your category, your budget bracket, and what you're trying to ship. Quote inside 48 hours of the call. No discovery fee for the first conversation.

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