# Website Design for Startups: Designed, Built and Live in 3–4 Weeks > Happy Pizza Studio designs and builds startup marketing websites for a fixed $12,000. Up to six pages in Next.js, live in three weeks, or four if we're doing the brand too. Dan and Luke do all of it. ## What's in the $12,000 - Up to six pages in Next.js, in a repo you own - A lightweight CMS built into the site, with your blog or changelog in Markdown files - Responsive layouts and motion - SEO basics, analytics, forms wired into your CRM - A `.md` twin of every page and an `llms.txt`, for AI search - 30 days of support after launch Not included: long-form copy, illustration, migrations and web apps. ## How the weeks run 1. **Week 1.** Sitemap and wireframes, signed off before anything gets styled. 2. **Week 2.** Full pages in your brand, desktop and mobile. Revisions happen here. 3. **Week 3.** Build, the built-in CMS, analytics and forms, then live on your domain. Doing the brand too? Add a week, so the site is designed in it rather than retrofitted. ## What do you build it in? Next.js, in a repo you own. Copy and posts live in Markdown and JSON files, so anyone comfortable editing a text file can change a page or publish a post without a third-party platform. Your engineers get a codebase they can extend. ## Website design packages and pricing - **Website:** $12,000, 3 weeks. Up to six pages with a built-in CMS. - **Landing page:** $6,000, 1–2 weeks. One page for a launch or a waitlist. [More on landing pages](https://happypizza.studio/landing-page-design-agency). - **Brand + website:** $25,000, about four weeks. Essentials plus the site, instead of $27,000 separately. [More on startup branding](https://happypizza.studio/startup-branding-agency). - **Extra pages:** about $1,000–1,500 each. ## What a startup website actually needs Most seed-stage sites have too many pages and not enough on the homepage. **What we'd push for, whoever builds it** - **A first screen a stranger understands.** One sentence and one button. - **The real product on screen.** Screenshots or a short loop, not abstract gradients. - **Proof near the top.** Logos, or a quote with a real name on it. - **Somewhere that changes.** A blog or changelog you'll actually update. - **Fewer pages.** Home, product, pricing, about, blog, contact. Six covers most companies to Series A. ## This is for you if - You've raised and the site still looks like the weekend you launched. - You've got a brand, or are getting one from us, and need a site built in it. - There's a launch date and the site has to be live before it. - Your engineers keep getting pulled off the product to fix the marketing site. ## It's not for you if - You need a web app, a dashboard or a 40-page migration. We build marketing sites. - You want a $500 template. The template marketplaces are right there. ## What clients say about our brand work > "Dan and team did a phenomenal job giving Hacktron AI a modern logo. I posted on Twitter 2 weeks ago that we needed a new logo. Happy Pizza Studio delivered!" > > Zayne Zhang, CEO, Hacktron > "Absolute goats. Unbelievable design work!" > > Daniil Bekirov, Founder, Sparkles ## Packages - **Website**: $12,000, 3 weeks (4 alongside a brand project). Up to six pages in Next.js, built by the two people who designed them. - **Landing Page**: $6,000, 1–2 weeks. Ideal for a launch, a waitlist or a product that needs its own pitch. - **Essentials + Website**: $25,000, 4 weeks. The brand and the site in one go, so the site gets built on the system instead of bolted on after. $2,000 less than buying them separately. Full breakdown: [services](https://happypizza.studio/services). ## Questions **How much does a startup website cost?** $12,000 fixed for up to six pages. Extra pages are about $1,000–1,500 each. A landing page is $6,000, brand plus website $25,000. **How long does it take?** Three weeks on an existing brand, four with the brand. A landing page takes 1–2 weeks. **What do you build the site in?** Next.js, in a repo you own. Your engineers can extend it without learning a platform, and the content sits in plain files. **Do we get a CMS?** Yes, a custom one built into the Next.js site. Content lives in Markdown and JSON files in your repo, so you, or anyone comfortable editing a text file, can change copy and publish posts without a third-party platform. **Who edits the site after launch?** You do. Copy and posts are files in your repo, and we're on hand for 30 days after launch. **We already have a site. Is this a redesign or a new build?** A new site either way. Migrating the old content isn't included, so flag a big archive on the call. **Do you write the copy?** Long-form copy isn't included. We set the page structure with you in week one. **Are you a branding agency or a web design agency?** Both. We started as a startup branding studio and have shipped 20+ brands. The website offer is for founders who want both from the same two people. ## Also from the studio - [SaaS Website Design](https://happypizza.studio/saas-website-design-agency) - [Landing Page Design](https://happypizza.studio/landing-page-design-agency) - [Startup Branding](https://happypizza.studio/startup-branding-agency) - [Launch Campaigns](https://happypizza.studio/launch-campaigns) [Book a discovery call](https://happypizza.studio/book): 15 minutes, no brief required. --- Happy Pizza Studio, LLC · Austin, Texas · [dan@happypizza.studio](mailto:dan@happypizza.studio) Machine-readable index: [llms.txt](https://happypizza.studio/llms.txt) · [sitemap.xml](https://happypizza.studio/sitemap.xml) · [API catalog](https://happypizza.studio/.well-known/api-catalog) Every page on this site also answers to `Accept: text/markdown`, or the same path with a `.md` suffix.