— 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
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 CMS will fix your homepage.
Custom-built ·
Mobile-first ·
SEO included ·
No templates ·
Real photography ·
Real copy ·
Plain-English contracts ·
§ 01
— What we build
— 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.
— 02 / Service
The booking.
A site that converts. Online bookings, payments, automated reminders, and a CMS your team can actually use.
- Pages 6–12
- Timeline 4–6 wk
- CMS 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
— 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 90-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.
§ 03
— Sample treatments
— Sample treatments
The visual language.
A small studio just opening its doors. The case studies are still in the kiln; until they’re ready, here’s the design vocabulary we work in.
The storefront
For a neighborhood business that wants a homepage people actually read. Tight type, real copy, fast on a phone.
The booking
For a service practice that wants the schedule full. Online intake, calendar sync, payments, and a tone that puts people at ease.
The shopfront
For a maker with a small inventory and a clear point of view. Custom Shopify, real product photography, no theme clutter.
First clients welcome
Booking calendars open. If you’ve been putting off a real website for the third year running, this is your sign.
§ 04 — A note from the studio
April 2026
Oakland, CA
Year one
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
§ 05
— Engagements
— 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
— 02 / Booking · Recommended
Service site.
— 4–6 weeks
- Everything in Storefront
- Online booking + calendar sync
- Payments & deposits
- Email + SMS reminders
- CMS your team can use
- 60 days of post-launch tweaks
— 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
§ 06
— Common questions
— Common questions
You’re probably wondering.
A few things that come up in every first call.
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.