Ten steps, on a clock.
Websites, web apps and games follow the same ten steps, on a clock that starts the moment you do.
Spec to live, on a clock.
Every stage has a number, and the clock starts the moment you do.
- Full quote and proposal: 1010 minutes (about 17 hours) — from your spec landing — A fixed, itemised quote and written proposal. Every line is priced, so you can keep or drop each one.
- Working MVP preview: 1010 minutes (about 17 hours) — from your discovery call and content — A clickable preview of your real product, ready for your feedback.
- Live: 10 days & 10 hours (about 250 hours) — from your mvp preview — Refining the preview, connecting integrations, securing it and launching.
- The clock runs on our side of the work. It pauses while we wait on you for information, media, content or access to a third-party system. Anything that depends on someone else, like an app store review or a payment gateway approval, runs on their clock.
Every website and web app runs the same ten steps.
- Before step 1: Spec it — 5 minutes — Tell us what you need on the spec form.
- Before step 1: Fixed quote — 1010 minutes — Itemised quote and proposal, about 17 hours.
- Before step 1: Deposit — you approve — Accept the quote and pay the deposit.
- 1 Discovery call — 1–2 hours — One to two hours on your business, your goals and your content.
- 2 MVP build — We build the working core of the real thing on MegaPixel.
- 3 MVP review call — Click through it and tell us what to change before the final draft.
- 4 Final draft — Your feedback built in and the rest of the content loaded.
- 5 Revisions & alterations — The last changes, made before anything goes live.
- 6 Security & bug testing — Tested on real devices, secured and reviewed.
- 7 Domain — Your address registered or connected, in your name.
- 8 SEO + search engine submission — Meta, sitemap and structured data, then submitted to the search engines.
- 9 Documentation, handover & launch — It goes live on your address and the keys are yours.
- 10 The loop — On to 1 Stop Media for marketing, and monthly 1010 services to keep it growing.
- The clock runs on our side of the work. It pauses while we wait on you for information, media, content or access to a third-party system. Anything that depends on someone else, like an app store review or a payment gateway approval, runs on their clock.
Since we own the workshop, we can show you.
MegaPixel, our full-stack agency in your pocket, tab by tab: the same tabs your project gets. Every screenshot is real.
- Chat — You describe it in plain language. Pixel, the build agent, writes the code, wires the database and shows the result in the preview beside it.
- Self-testing — Before anything is called done, Pixel opens the build in a real browser, clicks through it, fills in its forms and fixes what it finds.
- Database & admin — Every build has its own database and an admin behind it: orders, revenue, subscriptions and stock, live while you watch.
- Design — Labels, posters and brand marks, designed from the build’s own colours and content, edited by hand and exported for print.
- Video — Reels and promos on a timeline, made from the build’s pictures and brand, sized for each platform.
- Email & calendar — Designed emails and a month of social posts, drafted in the same project and sent or scheduled by a person.
- Sources — Your price list, menu or brand guide goes into the project once, and the build reads it from there.
- Publish — Live on your own domain, with separate test and live databases, so a change made while you watch never touches your customers’ data.
Why you get to watch
We don’t hide our process, because we own our process.
Every layer is ours: the platform underneath, the code on top, the portal in between. So you see all of it. You watch the build as it happens, the quote is itemised line by line, the clock is published with the caveat that pauses it, and the code leaves with you at the end.
- You watch it build — A live preview from day one, updated as we build.
- Every line priced — A fixed, itemised quote. Keep or drop any line.
- The caveat is printed — The clock pauses while we wait on you, and we print that beside the promise.
- The code is yours — Documented and versioned. Host it with us or take it anywhere.
The words that come up, one line each
- Spec — Your description of what you want built. Our form turns it into one.
- Quote — The price, line by line. Fixed once you accept it.
- Scope — Our written understanding of what is in and what is out.
- Deposit — The part paid up front to start the build. The amount is on your quote.
- Preview — Your real website or app running at a private link, before it is finished.
- MVP — Minimum viable product — the first working version with the core of what you asked for.
- Go live — Putting the finished build on its real address where the public can reach it.
- Portal — Your login on this site: quotes, invoices, services, statement and support in one place.
- Ticket — A request or a problem you log in your portal, with a status you can follow.
- Retainer — A monthly plan: hosting, upkeep and a set number of hours for changes.
- Domain — Your address on the internet — yourbusiness.co.za. Always registered in your name.
- Hosting — The computer your website lives on, kept running, backed up and updated.
- SSL — The padlock in the browser. Included with our hosting.
- DNS — The settings that point your domain at your website and your email.
- CMS — The admin screen where you edit your own text and pictures.
- Web app — Software that runs in the browser behind a login — a booking system, a portal.
- Mobile app — Installed from the App Store or Play Store. Often a web app is enough.
- Integration — Connecting your site to another system so nothing is retyped.
- Backup — An automatic saved copy, so a mistake or a failure can be undone.
- Source of truth — The one place a fact lives. For our clients, the live build.
How it runs, answered
- How long does a project take?
- A quote and proposal within 1010 minutes (about 17 hours) of your spec. A clickable MVP preview within 1010 minutes (about 17 hours) of your discovery call, once your deposit is paid and your content is in. Then 10 days and 10 hours (about 250 hours) to live. The clock pauses while we wait on you for content, media or access to a third-party system. Anything that depends on someone else, like an app store review or a payment gateway approval, runs on their clock.
- How can a quote possibly come back that fast?
- The spec form does the hard part. It tells us what you are building, what it must do, where it runs and your rough budget, so we price a defined scope. And because we build on MegaPixel, we quote against familiar work.
- What happens in the 10 days and 10 hours?
- About 250 hours, covering steps 4 to 9: the final draft with your feedback and content, revisions, security and bug testing on real devices, your domain, SEO and search-engine submission, then documentation, handover and launch. You watch each step get ticked off in your portal.
- Do I own the code?
- Yes. Once the project is paid in full, the code is yours. Host it with us or take it to another team.
- What happens after launch?
- The loop starts: launch is the beginning. Every package continues with monthly hosting and maintenance: managed hosting, SSL, backups and updates. To keep building, add a retainer: a Forward Deployed Engineer, the same person every month, for the hours you choose. Raise changes as tickets in your portal and watch each one go live.
- Can you take over a site somebody else built?
- Often, yes. We audit it first and recommend maintaining or rebuilding, whichever costs less over a year.
- Do you work outside Bloemfontein?
- Yes. We are based in Bloemfontein and work with clients across South Africa. Spec, preview and sign-off all run online. On-site work further afield adds travel per kilometre as its own quote line.