Web & app design agencyEst. 2026
Websites that define your business.
Rift Designs is an elite web and app design agency. We design and build fast custom websites, online stores and apps for small businesses that need them to do real work: bring in inquiries, sell products, take bookings, run the day-to-day.
- Fixed price
- Reply in 1 working day
- You own the code
- 62%average lift in inquiries
- < 1spage load target · every build
- 1 dayto reply to any brief (working days)
- 100%client-owned code
Ref. 00 · The short answerAbout the agency
Rift Designs is an elite web and app design agency. We design and build fast, good-looking websites and apps for businesses that need them to do real work: bring in inquiries, sell products, take bookings, run the day-to-day. Fixed prices, a reply within one working day, and you own everything we make from the first commit.
Cite: riftdesigns.net · updated 2026-10 · free to quote
- Agency
- Rift Designs · Est. 2026
- Based
- United States · remote-first
- Stack
- Laravel · WordPress · Shopify
- Typical build
- Custom sites · 3 – 5 weeks
- Pricing
- Fixed · from $250
- Support
- Care plan · reply in 1 working day
- Ownership
- Yours from day one
- Team
- Senior only · no juniors
Your business6 kinds
What kind of business are you?
Restaurant
Harbor & Vine
One brand, four restaurants, a single site with reservations that work.
BRANDING · WEB DESIGN Read the case study → Live demo · Restaurant site · online ordering · deliveryRift Order
The restaurant's own site with ordering for pickup and delivery, no marketplace commission. A kitchen board chimes on new orders and the customer watches the driver on a map.
Open the demo → Starter · 1 – 2 weeks From $950A small business that needs a proper site with a few pages.
Build an estimate →Trades & services
Ridgeline Builders
A portfolio site for a custom home builder, made to win the next client.
WEB DESIGN · PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTION Read the case study → Live demo · CRM · contacts · pipeline · salesRift CRM
Contacts, companies and a drag-and-drop deal pipeline for a sales team, with tasks, a timeline of every call and email, and a quote form that drops web leads straight in.
Open the demo → Starter · 1 – 2 weeks From $950A small business that needs a proper site with a few pages.
Build an estimate →Clinic & health
Lumen Clinic
A calm, accessible site for a physiotherapy clinic, with online booking.
WEB DESIGN · DEVELOPMENT · ACCESSIBILITY Read the case study → Live demo · Dental practiceClearview Dental
One giant typographic word as the hero, no photography at all. A dental practice homepage built to book a visit.
Open the demo → Business · 3 – 4 weeks From $2,500A custom site built to bring in inquiries.
Build an estimate →Retail & store
Northwind Outfitters
An outdoor-gear store rebuilt for mobile, with a checkout that finally converts.
E-COMMERCE · WEB DESIGN · DEVELOPMENT Read the case study → Live demo · Online store · e-commerce · shopRift Store
A complete shop: catalog with variants, basket, checkout with Stripe or Square, and order tracking. The owner gets a page builder, SEO tools and built-in analytics.
Open the demo → Store · 4 – 6 weeks From $6,000Selling products online.
Build an estimate →Professional services
Startup & app
Kestrel Analytics
A marketing site and product dashboard for a data start-up.
WEB APP · WEB DESIGN Read the case study → Live demo · SaaS productNorthbeam
Clean, confident, product-first. A B2B analytics tool's marketing homepage built to get a trial signup.
Open the demo → Custom build · 6 – 12 weeks From $8,000Web apps, portals and anything that runs part of the business.
Build an estimate →01 ServicesFixed pricing · no surprises
Everything a site or app needs, priced up front.
Website design
Custom website design, built around what your customers come to do, not around a template.
DISCOVERY CALL AND A WRITTEN BRIEF · CUSTOM DESIGN, DESKTOP AND MOBILE from $2,500 → PerformanceDevelopment
Custom development that is fast, accessible and easy to update. Built on Laravel or WordPress, and it runs on any decent host.
LOADS IN UNDER A SECOND · MEETS WCAG AA ACCESSIBILITY from $3,500 → Web & mobileApp design
Web apps for your customers or your staff, simple enough to use without a manual. We prototype and test first, then build.
CLICKABLE PROTOTYPE FIRST · DESIGNED FOR PHONE AND DESKTOP from $8,000 → SellsE-commerce
An online store people enjoy buying from, with checkout, shipping and taxes sorted before launch.
PRODUCT CATALOG AND FILTERS · CHECKOUT TUNED FOR MOBILE from $6,000 → IdentityBranding
A logo, colors and type that hold up everywhere, from a browser tab to a storefront sign.
LOGO AND WORDMARK · COLOR AND TYPE SYSTEM from $1,800 →Care plan Ongoing
Monthly website maintenance: updates, backups, security patches and small changes, so the site is one less thing to think about.
Also: Landing pages · Site audits · Hosting migrations. Small jobs, quoted within one working day.Talk to a designer →
02 Products9 live demos · sample data resets hourly
Systems that run the shop.
Not mock-ups. Each one is a working Laravel app with the owner's own back office behind it, where products, prices, staff, rules and branding are all theirs to change. Open any of them and use it.
Every demo has an owner's back office behind it.See what the client controls →
03 Work3 of 6 projects
Sites that do a job.
04 SpeedEvery site we ship is measured
Fast is a feature.
Run the numbers.
Illustrative · the Rift figures are the targets every build is tested against before launch; the typical-site figures are for comparison only
05 ProcessFive stages · one point of contact
No surprises, from brief to launch.
Listen
A call about your business, your customers and what the site has to achieve. You get a written brief and a fixed quote.
Design
Sketches first, then a full design for desktop and mobile. You see it early and often, and your revision rounds are in the price.
Build
Clean, fast code with an admin you can use. We test on real phones, slow connections and screen readers.
Launch
We handle hosting, domain, analytics and search set-up, then hand over with a short training session.
Grow
An optional care plan covers updates, backups and small changes each month, so the site keeps earning.
06 ReachOne agency · every time zone
Based in the US.
Working everywhere.
07 ClientsUnedited
In their words.
//01“They asked better questions than any agency we had talked to, and the site they built has paid for itself several times over.”
//02“Four sites became one, and for the first time our online presence looks like the restaurants feel.”
//03“Patients tell us the site is the easiest booking they have ever done. That was the whole brief, and they delivered it.”
01How long does a website take?
A one-page Basic site goes live in five business days, and a Starter site in one to two weeks. A custom business site takes three to five weeks from brief to launch, a store four to six, and a web app six to twelve, depending on scope. You get a schedule with the quote.
02What does it cost?
A one-page Basic site is $250. Most custom business sites land between $2,500 and $12,000, and hosting starts at $12 a month. Every quote is fixed-price and itemized before any work starts.
03Can I update the site myself?
Yes. Every site comes with a simple admin and a short training session. If you would rather not, the care plan covers changes.
04Do you work with clients outside your area?
Yes. Most of our clients are remote. Calls, screen shares and a shared project board keep everything moving.
05Who owns the site?
You do. Code, design files, domain and hosting accounts are all in your name from day one.
Start hereReply within one working day
Have a project in mind?
Tell us what the site needs to do. You get questions, a plan and a fixed price back, not a sales call.