A new paragraph
for your business.
We make considered websites for independent businesses — the kind of place that has a person behind the counter who knows your name. Designed with intention, built in days.
How we work
We're a small boutique studio. We build one site at a time, with one goal — that it looks like you, works the way you need, and holds up for years.
Design first, always.
We start with the actual work — a full site built around your business, your space, and your customers. No discovery calls, no proposals.
You shape it.
Almost everyone refines something. Having a real site in front of you makes the feedback specific and fast — not abstract back-and-forth.
We ship in five to seven days.
From yes to live. The code is yours. The hosting is yours. We don't bill you next month.
Recent work
Built by Pilcrow.
See all →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 preview 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
Why Pilcrow
We're a boutique studio. Every site is built by hand, around the specific business — not adapted from a template library or assembled from prefab blocks.
Most independent businesses are running a site they meant to redo and never got around to. The cost isn't the redesign — it's the customers who land on it and leave. We close that gap in five days.
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.
Pricing
Three ways to work together.
$1,500
Standard
- —Up to 5 pages.
- —Copy + photo refinements.
- —Typography + layout polish.
- —One round of revisions.
- —GitHub repo — you own it all.
$3,000
Expanded
- —Up to 8 pages.
- —New sections or custom features.
- —Booking widget integration.
- —Custom photography (Portland metro).
- —Two rounds of revisions.
$5,000
Buyout
- —Everything in Expanded.
- —Full SEO setup + sitemap.
- —Google Business profile audit.
- —3 months of updates included.
- —Priority turnaround.
Ongoing partnership
$3,500 + $750/mo
Full build included. Monthly SEO, unlimited small edits, analytics. 2 month minimum, then month-to-month.
Half up front, half on delivery. Additional revisions $150 each. Full pricing →
Get in touch
Get your free preview.
Drop us a line. We'll build the first version and send it before we ask for a thing.
Or email us at keenan@pilcrowstudio.design