Web Design  •  WordPress  •  Shopify

We build the site, then stay on to run it.

Custom WordPress and Shopify builds for small and mid-sized businesses, plus the care plans that keep them fast, updated, and edited after launch. Two things, done properly, by the same people all the way through.

What we do

Two things, done properly

Build the site, then keep it running. Take either on its own — a care plan works on a site we didn't build.

01 / The build

Web

A custom site that loads fast, says the thing on the first screen, and can be updated by someone who isn't a developer.

  • Design & build 6–9 wks
  • WordPress or Shopify Included
  • Mobile responsive Included
  • On-page SEO Included
  • Analytics & tracking Included
  • Copywriting Add-on
02 / After launch

Care

Hosting, updates, backups, and the small edits that pile up. Three plans, month to month, cancel any time.

  • Managed hosting Monthly
  • Updates & backups Monthly
  • Security monitoring Monthly
  • Content edits Monthly
  • Support & response Monthly
  • Works on any site Yes

How it goes

The route

A typical build runs six to nine weeks. You'll know what's happening in every one of them.

Week 01

Trailhead

We learn the business before we open a design file — customers, margins, sales calls, the objections you hear every week. You get a written read of where the money actually comes from.

Week 02

The map

A sitemap and page-by-page plan that argues for the sale, plus the content list we'll need from you. One round of decisions, made together, so nothing gets relitigated in week seven.

Week 03–08

Build

Design and build run together in WordPress or Shopify. You see real pages in the browser every Friday, not a deck of mockups at the end.

Week 09 →

Ridgeline

Launch, then the part most studios hand off: hosting, updates, backups, and the edits that pile up, handled monthly on a care plan. Optional — plenty of clients stop at launch.

The studio

Bear West is a studio on the West Coast. We build custom WordPress and Shopify sites for small and mid-sized businesses, and we look after them once they're live.

No account managers and no offshore build team. The people you meet in week one are the people doing the work in month twelve.

  • Based Los Angeles, CA
  • Working Nationwide, remote
  • Clients at once Four
  • Typical build 6–9 weeks
  • Platforms WordPress, Shopify
  • Care plans Month to month
  • Typical project $3.5k–$8k

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