Most agencies bill by the hour. On paper it sounds fair: you pay for exactly the time spent. In practice it creates a strange incentive, because the slower and less efficient the team is, the more it gets paid. We think that is backwards.
The problem with hourly billing
When your invoice is tied to hours logged, every improvement in the agency's process, from better tooling to reusable components to simple experience, quietly works against your budget. You end up hoping your agency does not get too good at its job, and you spend energy watching a clock instead of the work.
How fixed pricing works instead
Before we write any code, we scope the project properly: pages, features, integrations, content, and rounds of revisions. That scope becomes one fixed price. If something takes us longer than we estimated, that is our problem, not yours. If we finish faster because we are efficient, the price you agreed to does not change.
What happens when the scope changes
Projects evolve, and that is fine. If you want to add something that was not in the original scope, we tell you what it costs before we start it, and you decide. Nothing gets added to an invoice silently, and nothing gets cut without a conversation.
What this means for you
You know the full cost before you commit, with no surprise invoices and no incentive misalignment. Fixed pricing also forces both sides to think clearly at the start, which produces a sharper brief and, in our experience, a better product.
