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N 40°41′ · W 73°59′Brooklyn HQ · five boroughs Est. 2024Independent studio Prototyping site #41 — Bed-Stuy

Websites that earn their keep.

A Brooklyn studio for the cafés, tailors, florists and repair shops of New York. We hand-code sites that send the phone ringingfirst prototype on your desk in 24 hours, live in a week.

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01The Premise

We build the one website your business will ever need.

Every small business deserves a website that fits them — not a Squarespace lookalike, not a Wix shell, not a $12,000 agency project that takes six months. Just a sharp, fast, honest page that does the work of a good shopfront.

Our team sits down, looks at your reviews, your photos, your story. We send you a first prototype within 24 hours. Once you're in, we hand-code the rest in Next.js and ship the full site inside a week.

Real photography. Real reviews. Real performance. If a customer Googles you tonight, your business should be the obvious choice by morning.

01 · Design

Bespoke palette

Custom design system per business. Your tailor and the bodega on the corner shouldn't share the same template.

02 · Build

Hand-coded Next.js

No drag-and-drop. No bloated builders. Sub-second load times, perfect Lighthouse scores, zero ongoing fees.

03 · Earn

Built to convert

Phone tap, map tap, hours, menu, reviews — front and centre. Every section asks for the booking.

03Full Archive · 2024–2026

Forty-one sites, forty-one palettes.

The full scroll. Every recent build, each designed around the actual business — its photography, its customers, the way the owner talks. Click any tile to visit the live site.

Nº 028 · CaféYorkvilleVisit site
Krave Café & Deli
Krave Cafe & DeliCafé · MN
Nº 027 · CoffeeVisit site
Coffee Cloud
Coffee CloudCoffee · QN
Nº 026 · BarberVisit site
L.E.S. Barbers
Lower East Side BarbersBarber · MN
Nº 025 · FloristVisit site
Emely Flower
Emely Flower ShopFlorist · MN
Nº 024 · FloristVisit site
Verdure
Verdure FloristFlorist · BK
Nº 023 · WatchmakerChelseaVisit site
Chelsea Watch & Jewelry
Chelsea Watch & Jewelry RepairWatchmaker · MN
Nº 022 · CycleVisit site
The Bike Shop
The Bike ShopBike repair · MN
Nº 021 · LocksmithFlushingVisit site
Maspeth Lock & Safe
Maspeth Lock & Safe CoLocksmith · QN
Nº 020 · FramingVisit site
Picture Framing
Picture Framing OutletFraming · MN
Nº 019 · CarpenterVisit site
Rudolph Carpentry
Carpentry by RudolphCarpenter · BK
Nº 018 · Nail salonVisit site
TD Nails Lounge
TD Nails LoungeNail salon · BX
Nº 017 · BraidingVisit site
Harlem African Braiding
Harlem African Hair BraidingBraiding · MN
04The Receipts

Boring numbers, loud results.

First prototype 0hours flat

The differentiator. You see a real, clickable prototype of your site by the next business day. Not a mockup. The actual thing.

Full rollout 0days to live

Once you're in, we hand-code the build, polish it, deploy, and connect your domain — all within the week.

Flat rate $0

One invoice. Hosting, domain help, twelve months of small edits — included. Nothing recurring.

Sites shipped 0

Across all five boroughs — Brooklyn to the Bronx, Inwood to Coney Island. Soon Hoboken.

Hour 1Brief30-minute call. We look at your shop, your reviews, your photos, your competition. Same day, no waiting room.
Hour 24PrototypeA real, clickable prototype lands in your inbox by the next business day. This is what makes us different.
Days 2–4BuildOnce you're in, the team hand-codes the full site in Next.js. Real photography, mobile-first, fast.
Days 5–6PolishAccessibility, schema, sitemap, the contact form, the tap-to-call, the map embed. Loading times that compete.
Day 7LiveDeploy to Vercel. Connect your domain. Hand over the keys. You start receiving calls before the week is out.
05Who We Build For

The trades. The shopfronts. The five-star unGoogleables.

Tailors Bakeries Florists Bike repair shops Trattorias Cobblers Wine bars Fishmongers Roasters Record shops Tailors Bakeries Florists
Locksmiths · Bodegas · Pasta makers · Cheesemongers · Watchmakers · Barbershops · Antique dealers · Print shops · Cocktail bars · Locksmiths · Bodegas · Pasta makers · Cheesemongers · Watchmakers · Barbershops · Antique dealers · Print shops · Cocktail bars ·
06A Note From a Client

We used to lose customers to the new place around the corner. Now we're the place around the corner that everyone finds first. The site paid for itself in the first month.

Maria · Owner, Rosewater & Crumb · Williamsburg

+38% bookings

Average uplift across the first 90 days, measured by reservation platform and inbound calls. We don't publish numbers we haven't earned.

07The Money

$0.
One off.
No catch.

Either you pay $200 a month for a Wix site forever, or $5,000 upfront from a freelance agency. We do better, one invoice, hand-coded, yours to keep.

If after the first prototype you don't love it, you pay nothing. No invoice, no kill fee, no follow-ups. We'll wish you well and move on.

Included

  • Custom design system
  • Hand-built Next.js site
  • Real photography from your sources
  • Five to seven content sections
  • Contact form & map embed
  • Mobile-first responsive build
  • Deploy & host on Vercel
  • Domain connection help
  • One year of small content edits
  • One revision round in price

Quoted separately

  • Online booking & reservations
  • E-commerce / Stripe checkout
  • Custom illustration & photography
  • Ongoing redesigns & maintenance
08Things People Ask

Straight answers. No upsells.

01
Why $499? That sounds suspicious.
Because most of a small business website is solved. The expensive part of agencies is the meetings, the project managers, the rounds of revisions. We removed all of that. A focused team designs, builds and ships. No middlemen. That's the entire price.
02
What if I don't have photos?
We pull what's already out there — your Google reviews, your Instagram, your existing photography. Most shops have more visual material than they realise. If we genuinely can't find enough, we'll tell you upfront, not after the invoice.
03
Hosting? Subscriptions? Hidden fees?
None. We deploy to Vercel's free tier and connect your domain. You own everything. There's no monthly anything. The only recurring cost is your domain — around $12/year, paid directly to your registrar.
04
Can I see the code?
Yes. Every site lives in a Git repository you own from day one. If we ever vanish, your business doesn't. Any half-decent Next.js developer can pick up where we left off.
05
What if I want changes a year from now?
First twelve months: minor edits are included — new menu, new hours, new photo on the homepage. After that we charge by the hour. We'd rather you not need us much, frankly.
06
Do you do e-commerce?
Quoted separately. Stripe + an inventory page is straightforward. A full multi-product shop with shipping rules is a different conversation. We'll always tell you whether $499 is realistic for your case before you commit.
— Brooklyn HQ · five boroughs · since 2024 —

Let's build the one good one.

Three slots open in May. Reply by Friday to secure one.

pedro@bragistudio.com
24h First prototype
$499 Flat, one off
7 days To go live