Issue 001 · Oakland, CA · Est. 2026 Now booking · First clients welcome

Honest websites,
made by hand,
shipped by Friday.

A two-person studio in Oakland, building beautiful, custom sites for small businesses. We don’t use templates. We don’t drag our feet. We don’t pretend a fancy editor will fix your homepage.

Custom-built · Mobile-first · SEO included · No templates · Real photography · Real copy · Plain-English contracts ·
§ 01
— What we build

Three kinds of sites,
done well.

Most small businesses don’t need a re-platform. They need a site that loads fast, says the right thing, and doesn’t break on a phone.

— 01 / Marketing

The storefront.

A 4–8 page site that earns trust and books appointments. Real copy, real photography, search-ready out of the box.

  • Pages 4–8
  • Timeline 3–4 wk
  • Mobile-first always
— 02 / Service

The booking.

A site that converts. Online bookings, payments, automated reminders, and a simple way for your team to update pages without code.

  • Pages 6–12
  • Timeline 4–6 wk
  • Page editor included
— 03 / Commerce

The shopfront.

Shopify done right. Custom theme, fast checkout, abandoned-cart flows, and analytics that don’t lie to you.

  • Products 10–500
  • Timeline 5–7 wk
  • Analytics real
§ 02
— How we work

Four weeks, four conversations.

No agency theater. No 60-page proposals. We talk on Monday, ship by month-end, and you own everything when we’re done.

Week 01Mon–Fri

Listen & plan.

One 20-minute call. We learn your business, your customers, and what makes you not the competition. You get a one-page brief.

Week 02Mon–Fri

Write & shape.

Real copy, real wireframes, real photography direction. We send you the site as a written document before any pixel is pushed.

Week 03Mon–Fri

Design & build.

Hand-built, mobile-first, hand-coded. You see progress every Friday. No surprises, no big reveals at the end.

Week 04Mon–Fri

Ship & own it.

We launch on Friday. You get the keys, the source, the analytics, and a 30-minute call to show you how to update it yourself.

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§ 03 — A note from the studio
April 2026
Oakland, CA
Year one

Most small-business websites fail in the same boring ways. We started byteberry because we’d rather make ten honest sites that load in a second than fifty bloated ones that don’t.

Galen & Ada
— byteberry, Oakland
§ 04
— Engagements

Three ways to work together.

Fixed-fee, paid in halves, no retainers. We quote per project once we’ve heard about yours; that way the price reflects the work, not a guess.

— 01 / Storefront

Marketing site.

— 3–4 weeks
  • 4–8 hand-built pages
  • Mobile-first, accessible by default
  • Copywriting included
  • SEO & local schema
  • Hosted & deployed by us
  • 30 days of post-launch tweaks
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— 03 / Shopfront

Commerce site.

— 5–7 weeks
  • Custom Shopify theme
  • Fast PDP & checkout
  • Abandoned-cart flows
  • Real analytics setup
  • Inventory & shipping
  • 90 days of post-launch tweaks
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§ 05
— Common questions

You’re probably wondering.

A few things that come up in every first call.

01

Do I own the website when we’re done?

Yes. You own the code, the content, the domain, the hosting account, the analytics: everything. We don’t lock you in.

02

What if I need changes after launch?

You get 30–90 days of free tweaks depending on tier. After that, we offer a small monthly retainer or hourly work. No pressure.

03

Do you write the copy too?

Yes, and we’d really prefer to. Most small-business websites fail because the writing is bad, not because the design is.

04

Can I update the site myself?

Yes. We set up a simple editor so you can change text and photos without writing code. Plus a 30-minute walkthrough at launch.

All 18 questions →

Got a website
that needs shipping?

Tell us about your business. We’ll send back a quote, a timeline, and a calendar link, usually within a day.