Agencies
Agencies want a signed scope before they'll start, then bill change orders when reality moves.
Design and development on subscription
Bring us a problem, not a spec.
Shipcraft turns half-formed ideas into sequenced, shippable work — then builds it. Something new live every 48 hours, for a flat monthly fee.
No contracts. Cancel anytime.
flat, monthly
at a time
delivered in
The problem
You've already tried the other options
Freelancers
Freelancers are affordable right up until they go quiet mid-sprint.
Hiring
Hiring takes three months and $150,000 a year — and you still need someone to decide what they should build.
All three assume you arrive knowing exactly what you want. Usually you don't. You have a business problem and a rough sense of the answer. That's the point we're built to start from.
Process
How it works
We learn your business first
Before we write any code, we spend time understanding what you sell, who buys it, and what's actually in the way. You get a written brief back in our words — so you can see we've understood you — plus your backlog sequenced into tasks. Then we set up your repository, environments, and design system. All inside your first month.
Queue whatever you need
Add requests as they occur to you. There's no limit and no approval process. Reorder the queue whenever priorities shift.
Something ships every 48 hours
We take one task at a time. You get a live preview link and a short walkthrough — no meetings, no status calls. Approve it, or queue a change and we'll handle it next.
Task sizing
What counts as one task
You can queue as much as you like. We work on one task at a time and deliver it within 48 hours — so the only question that really matters is how big a task is. Here's the honest answer.
These are each one task:
- Add commenting to your blog posts — database, API, and interface
- Take payments on your pricing page
- A searchable, sortable table of your orders
- Email customers automatically before their trial ends
- Let people sign in with Google
- The design for a three-step signup flow
- Turn your manual CSV export into a scheduled report
These are bigger — so we split them:
What you'd tell usWhat we'd ship
"I want customers to be able to buy from my site"
- Product catalogue
- cart
- checkout and payments
- confirmation emails
- order management for you.
Five tasks, about two weeks.
"My users need somewhere to see their account"
- Layout and navigation
- usage summary
- billing history
- team members
- settings.
Five tasks.
"The app looks dated, I want it refreshed"
- The design system first
- then screen by screen.
Forty-eight hours is our limit, not our average — most tasks land sooner.
If something needs designing, the design is its own task. You approve it, then we build it.
Changes go in the queue like anything else. Ask for a different layout, extra fields, a new state — it's the next task, delivered in 48 hours. If we shipped something that doesn't work as agreed, that's not a revision, that's us finishing the job. We fix it right away and it doesn't touch your queue.
You'll never have to guess which category your request falls into — we work out the sequence during onboarding and show it to you before anything starts.
Scope
What we handle
- Web apps and dashboards
- Marketing sites and landing pages
- Interface design and design systems
- Databases and schema design
- Authentication and permissions
- Payments and subscriptions
- Third-party integrations and APIs
- Email and notifications
- Performance and accessibility
- Bug fixes and ongoing maintenance
Engagement
Two ways to work with us
Managed
We build it, host it, and keep improving it. You get a working product and someone who owns the whole web side of your business — design through database. Best for founders and teams without an engineering department.
Delivered
We build it our way, then hand you everything: repository, documentation, deployment guide. Run it on your own infrastructure, in React, Angular, or Next.js. Reviews happen as tasks like anything else. Best for teams with existing infrastructure or internal requirements about where code lives.
Either way, you own every line of what we write. No licences, no lock-in.
Pricing
Pricing
One plan. No hourly billing, no change orders, no setup fees.
Managed
$3,995/month
- Unlimited requests in your queue
- One task in progress, delivered in 48 hours
- Design, frontend, backend, and database — all included
- Requirements written and sequenced for you
- Discovery and setup included in your first month
- We host and run it, or hand you the keys
- Cancel anytime
Custom
let's talk
For teams who need the code delivered to their own infrastructure, a specific framework, or a scoped build with a defined end date.
- Built in React, Angular, or Next.js — your call
- Full handover: repo, documentation, deployment
- You own everything, no lock-in
- NDAs, security review, and invoicing accommodated
What it replaces.
A senior full-stack engineer costs $150,000+ a year before benefits, recruiting, and the three months it takes to hire one. For reference, the best-known design subscription charges $5,995/month for design alone.
Try it for a week.
Cancel within 7 days and we'll refund half your first month — no questions.
Work
See the whole process on two projects
We run every project the same way, and two of them are written up in full: the vague starting idea, the brief we wrote, the roadmap we sequenced, and what shipped on day two, day four, day six — with a working product at the end, and the parts where we were wrong left in.
FAQ
Questions
What counts as one task?
A complete, working piece of your product — a feature, a page, a design, an integration. Not "build my dashboard," but "add the billing history table to my dashboard." If what you ask for is bigger than that, we split it and show you the sequence before starting. There's a full breakdown with real examples above.
What if I don't know what I need yet?
That's the normal case, and it's what we're built for. Tell us the business problem — customers can't pay you, signups drop off, your team is doing something by hand that software should handle. We'll write the brief, work out what to build, and sequence it.
Do revisions count as tasks?
Yes — a change is a task and moves through the queue like anything else. There's no limit on how many you can request, and nothing gets bumped to make room. Bugs are different: if something we delivered doesn't work as agreed, we fix it right away and it doesn't use a slot.
Is 48 hours realistic?
It's our limit, not our average — most tasks land sooner. The trade-off is that we work on one task at a time. That's what makes the promise keepable.
What don't you do?
Native mobile apps, brand identity and logo design, copywriting, SEO campaigns, data science, and legacy stacks like WordPress and PHP. If you're not sure whether something fits, ask on the call — we'll tell you early if we're not the right people.
What do you build with?
Modern, well-supported technology — React and Next.js on the front end, Postgres behind it, hosted on infrastructure that scales without you thinking about it. If you have a preference or an existing stack, we'll talk about it on the call. Mostly this is the part you get to stop worrying about.
Do I own the code?
Completely. Every line we write is yours, in your repository, with no licences and nothing to buy out. If you leave, you leave with everything, including the brief and roadmap.
Can you work on an app we already have?
Usually yes, if it's built on something current. We'll look at the codebase before you commit to anything and tell you honestly whether we can move fast in it.
Who does the work?
Senior people only. Nothing gets handed to juniors and nothing is outsourced. You'll be working directly with whoever is building your product.
How do we communicate?
Through your board, plus Slack or email if you prefer. Every delivery comes with a live preview link and a short walkthrough. No standups, no status meetings, no calls unless you want one.
How does cancelling work?
Cancel any time from your account — no call, no notice period. You stay subscribed until the end of the billing period you've already paid for, and then it stops. Nothing renews.
What if it's not working out?
Cancel within the first 7 days and we'll refund 50% of your first month. After that you can cancel any time before renewal. Anything we've built is yours either way.
Will you sign an NDA?
Yes, yours or ours. We treat every project as confidential regardless.
Book a call
Tell us the problem
Fifteen minutes, no pitch. We'll tell you whether this is a fit — and if it isn't, we'll say so.
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