04 /About
Luxury isn't a price tag —
it's a posture.
Most studios charging $20,000 deliver overhead, not luxury. Most $200 templates can't deliver craft. Tivy sits in the rare middle: bespoke work, made carefully, priced for the businesses that actually need it.
The word
Tivy.
tiv-ee · adverb · archaic
"With great speed."
The word comes from tantivy — the cry of a hunting horn at full gallop, sounded across English fields in the seventeenth century. It was a word for elegant velocity. For motion, made beautifully.
"Tivy, tivy, tivy, we mount and we fly..." — John Dryden, 1670
We build the same way. Sites that move quickly through the work — not because we cut corners, but because we know how. The careful kind of fast.
Our philosophy
Four principles. No exceptions.
01
Made by hand,
not by template.
not by template.
Every site is designed and coded from scratch. No drag-and-drop builders, no recycled themes. Your business is unique — your website should be too.
02
Considered,
not committee'd.
not committee'd.
You'll work directly with the person designing your site. No account managers, no layers of approval. One conversation, one designer, one result you'll love.
03
Fast,
but never rushed.
but never rushed.
Most projects ship in two to three weeks. We move quickly because we work efficiently — not because we cut corners. The careful kind of fast.
04
Priced for the
businesses we love.
businesses we love.
Family roofers. Local studios. New ventures with bold ideas. We built our pricing for the businesses that need great work without spending $15,000 to get it.
Why it matters
The case for a website that works.
94%
of first impressions of a business are based on website design alone.
ResearchGate / Forbes
81%
of consumers research a business online before making a purchase.
Invoca / Zippia
75%
of consumers judge a company's credibility by its website.
Stanford Web Credibility
0.05s
is all it takes for a visitor to form an opinion about your design.
Behaviour & IT Journal
Common questions
Things people ask before they hire us.
How long does a project actually take?
Most Essential sites ship in one to two weeks. Signature sites take two to three. Bespoke projects depend on scope, but we'll give you a firm timeline before we start.
How can your prices be so much lower than other studios?
We're a small studio with low overhead. No office. No account managers. No sales team. The money you'd otherwise pay for that infrastructure goes straight into the craft.
Do you build online stores?
Not at the moment. We focus on brochure sites, service businesses, portfolios, and lead-generation websites — which is what most of our clients actually need.
Will I be able to update the site myself?
Yes — Signature and Bespoke tiers come with a content management system so you can update pages, add posts, and swap images. We'll walk you through it on a training call you'll have forever.
Why not just use Wix or Squarespace?
If you have a weekend and a small budget, those tools are great. But templates look like templates, and they make your brand look like everyone else's. If your brand has its own voice, you deserve something built around your business — not around a tool's constraints.
What if I don't love it?
Every project includes three revision rounds at the design stage. In practice, this almost never gets to the limit — we get alignment up front. We'd rather build the right thing than push the wrong thing across the finish line.