West Coast • California
Los Angeles runs several distinct economies in parallel: the studio and streaming ecosystem, a creator economy that professionalized into real media businesses, a dense direct-to-consumer brand scene rooted in the apparel and fashion district, and the San Pedro Bay port complex, the busiest container gateway in the Western Hemisphere. Aerospace never left either; SpaceX in Hawthorne and the El Segundo corridor keep a serious engineering base in the region.
11
Apps shipped
3 to 8 weeks
Typical timeline
$2,000 - $10,000
Price range
24hr
Quote turnaround
// THE MARKET
The common thread across LA's industries is rights, inventory, and deal flow managed in spreadsheets. Production companies track licensing terms and royalty obligations manually. Creator businesses juggle brand deals, deliverables, and payment schedules across email threads. DTC brands outgrow Shopify's data model the moment their catalog or wholesale channel gets complicated. Each of these is a bounded, high-ROI custom build, and the local agency market is oriented toward campaigns and brand sites, not operational software.
// LOCAL CONTEXT
Media licensing is the sharpest example. A mid-size production or media company managing dozens of licensing agreements in spreadsheets has real financial exposure: missed renewal dates, unenforced territory restrictions, royalty terms nobody is reconciling. A licensing tracker with deadlines, obligations, and an audit trail is a few weeks of work and directly protects revenue.
// WHAT I BUILD
Custom e-commerce that actually converts. Not Shopify themes. Built for your specific product catalog, pricing model, and customer journey.
// WHY MGT
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Not demos. Real apps running with real users. Regal Title, eXp Black Lion, InflexTech, 2K Service Plug, and more.
24hr
Tell me what you need. I send back a full scope and fixed price within 24 hours. No lengthy discovery phases before you see a number.
Fixed
One price. Agreed upfront. No scope creep invoices or "additional hours" surprises. If the scope changes, I talk to you before any additional work starts.
Stack for this service
// PROCESS
15 to 30 minutes. You tell me what you need. I tell you if I can build it, how long it takes, and what it costs. No pitch.
I write a clear scope document: what's included, what isn't, timeline, and fixed price. One document. No surprises.
I build in focused sprints with real progress updates. You see working software, not status reports.
Deploy to production. 30 days of post-launch support. Most issues resolved same day.
// FAQ
Shopify works until it does not. Custom stores win when you need pricing models Shopify cannot handle, integrations that require server-side logic, or performance that Shopify themes cannot deliver. If Shopify fits your needs, I will tell you.
Stripe handles all card data. Your server never touches raw card numbers. PCI compliance is handled at the Stripe layer. I implement Stripe's recommended security practices including idempotency keys and webhook signature verification.
Yes. Stripe Connect handles multi-party payments with automatic splits and seller payouts. I have built marketplace systems before and know the edge cases around payout timing, refunds, and dispute handling.
Yes. Most of my client work is fully remote. I'm based in Virginia and serve clients across West Coast. Everything is async-friendly: scoping, updates, and delivery all happen over documented channels so you always know where things stand. Same-day responses during business hours.
Tell me what you need. I'll send back a full scope and fixed price within 24 hours. No agency overhead. No middlemen.
New launches and build logs, ~2 per month. No spam.