Built right.
Kept running.
A Texas studio that designs and builds websites and web apps for US small businesses — shipped on a clear timeline at 30–60% below agency prices, then quietly maintained so you can stop thinking about your tech stack.
From "got an idea" to live in 4 steps.
No discovery call required for our productized tiers. Pay deposit, complete a short brief, and we ship.
Pick or call
Pick a productized tier and pay deposit, or book a 30-min discovery call for custom builds. No sales calls, no pressure.
Brief & kickoff
Short intake form covers what we need: brand assets, copy direction, references. We send back a kickoff plan within 1 business day.
Design & build
You see progress in a private staging URL throughout. Two design rounds, then we build on Astro/Next.js with modern best practices.
Launch & maintain
We launch and roll into your maintenance plan automatically. Sentinel watches the site 24/7 — patches, backups, uptime, security.
Pick a tier, ship in weeks.
Four packages with fixed prices and clear timelines. No discovery call needed for tiers 1 and 2 — pay deposit, fill out a brief, we start.
Single-page site
A focused one-page site for product launches, events, or single-service businesses.
- → Custom one-page design
- → Mobile-responsive · Lighthouse 90+
- → Contact form · basic SEO
- → 30-day post-launch fixes
Business website
5–7 page custom site with blog, analytics, and CMS — for established small businesses.
- → Up to 7 unique pages
- → Blog · GA4 or Plausible
- → Free first month maintenance
- → 60-day post-launch fixes
Online store starter
Shopify or custom Stripe storefront, up to 25 products, ready to take orders.
- → Up to 25 products
- → Cart, checkout, receipts
- → Stripe or Shopify Payments
- → Merchant training included
Web app starter (MVP)
Next.js + Supabase web app with auth, database, and Stripe billing. Mobile-responsive, works on any device.
- → Auth + user accounts (email or social)
- → Up to 5 database tables
- → Stripe one-time or subscription billing
- → Admin view + email notifications
Bigger or custom? Quote-only projects from $7K (custom web app) to $80K (full custom platform).
After launch, we don't disappear.
Three maintenance tiers covering hosting, monitoring, security patches, and ongoing updates. Powered by Sentinel — uptime checks every 30 seconds, automatic security patching, real-time error tracking.
Essential
Keep the lights on. Required for any Lova-hosted site.
- ✓ Hosting + DNS + SSL
- ✓ Daily automated backups
- ✓ Weekly security patches
- ✓ Uptime monitoring · 5-min
- ✓ Monthly uptime report
- ✓ Email support · 2-day SLA
Active
Active monitoring + 1 hour of updates each month.
- ✓ Everything in Essential
- ✓ Real-time error tracking · Sentry
- ✓ 1 hour of updates / month
- ✓ Quarterly Lighthouse audit
- ✓ Form spam filtering
- ✓ Priority support · 1-day SLA
Managed
For revenue-critical sites. 3 hours of work, 24/7 escalation.
- ✓ Everything in Active
- ✓ 3 hours of work / month
- ✓ 24/7 SMS escalation
- ✓ Quarterly strategy call
- ✓ A/B testing setup
- ✓ 4-hour response SLA
Annual prepay · save 15% (≈ 2 months free)
Six reasons clients actually stay.
Talk to who builds it
You speak directly with the people writing the code — not an account manager, not a sales team, not a junior dev. Same hands every time.
Shipped fast, kept running
Productized work ships in 1–8 weeks. Then we run the site for you — patches, backups, monitoring, fixes.
Modern, future-proof stack
Astro, Next.js, Supabase, Tailwind. Your site won't need a ground-up rebuild in two years.
30–60% below agencies
Lean overhead means we charge half what agencies do without sacrificing quality. The work is the same — the bill isn't.
Plain English contracts
Fixed prices on productized work. Milestone billing on custom. No agency jargon, no surprise charges.
Built-in security
Every site we host runs through Sentinel — our 24/7 monitoring stack. Hacks, downtime, and broken builds don't stand a chance.
Built to actually be used.
Each project shipped on time, runs on Sentinel-monitored infrastructure, and is still in production today.
Northwind Roasters
5-page custom Astro site for a Brooklyn coffee roaster. Custom CMS for product drops, Plausible analytics, Cloudflare DNS.
Civicline
A Next.js + Supabase platform for grassroots civic tech. User accounts, real-time data, admin dashboard, Stripe donations.
More portfolio in progress. Recent and current projects will land here as we ship them. Want to see specific examples? Mention it in your project intake and we'll send relevant case studies.
We're operators first, designers second. Every project ships on a published timeline, gets quiet ongoing care after launch, and stays accountable to the people who built it.
Quietly accountable, by design.
Most agencies are middlemen. Most freelancers disappear after launch. Lova is built differently — the team that builds your site stays accountable for keeping it running.
We work with US-based small and growing businesses across most industries — fintech, retail, SaaS, professional services, healthcare, education. Clarity about what we do (and don't) is part of how we keep our promises.
Native iOS/Android apps, AAA games, enterprise SAP/Oracle/Salesforce work, hardware/IoT firmware, blockchain protocols, and AI/ML research. We'll happily refer you to specialists for any of these.
Common questions.
What's the difference between productized tiers and custom builds?
Productized tiers are fixed-price packages with set deliverables — you can order them online without a discovery call. Custom builds are scoped on a 30-minute call and quoted with milestone payments. Most clients fit a productized tier; if you have unusual needs (multi-tenant, complex integrations, real-time features), we go custom.
How are you so much cheaper than agencies?
Lean overhead. Agencies have account managers, project managers, sales teams, and offices — all billable to you. Lova is a tight team doing the work directly. Same code quality, fewer middlemen. The trade-off is we cap at a small number of active projects, so we won't take everyone.
Do I have to use your maintenance plan?
For Lova-hosted sites, yes — Essential is required because we cover hosting and security through it. If you'd rather host the site yourself, we deliver it as a complete codebase you can deploy anywhere. We just don't do post-launch support without a maintenance plan in place.
What if my site goes down at 2am?
Sentinel — our monitoring system — notices in under 30 seconds. For Active and Managed clients, automated failover triggers immediately. Managed clients also get SMS escalation to Ray's phone for critical incidents. Most issues are resolved before clients even notice.
Do you only work with US clients?
Yes — Lova is a Texas LLC serving US-based businesses. This keeps our legal, tax, and timezone overhead low so we can pass those savings to you. If you're outside the US, we recommend a regional studio that understands your tax and privacy framework.
What technologies do you use?
Astro for marketing sites. Next.js for web apps. Supabase for databases and auth. Tailwind CSS throughout. Stripe for payments. Cloudflare for DNS. All modern, all maintained, all unlikely to need a ground-up rebuild in 2–3 years.
Can I see a contract before paying?
Always. Every productized order includes a Statement of Work with deliverables, timeline, and acceptance criteria — sent before the first dollar moves. Custom builds get a full Master Services Agreement. Plain English, no agency jargon.
Ready when you are.
Tell us what you're building. We'll send a quote within 3 business days, or set up a 30-minute call if your project needs more discovery.
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