Services

One senior team. End-to-end.

Websites, business systems and the brand around them — designed, built and shipped by the same small team. No handoffs to a junior offshore squad. No surprises in the invoice.

Disciplines

Where we go deep.

The capabilities we actively staff and ship from. Each is a full studio practice, not a side line.

01 · Discipline

Websites & web design

Marketing sites and product surfaces that earn the click.

From a one-page launch site to a full marketing system, we design and build sites that load fast, look unmistakable and convert. Headless CMS so your team can edit without engineering tickets, and Lighthouse 100s as the baseline.

  • Brand & identity systems
  • Marketing sites & landing pages
  • Headless CMS (Sanity, Payload, Contentful)
  • Lighthouse 100 / Core Web Vitals tuning

02 · Discipline

Digital marketing

Growth without the agency theatre.

Performance campaigns, SEO that compounds, content that ranks and lifecycle email that opens. We measure what matters, kill what doesn't, and report in a single dashboard you actually open.

  • Paid acquisition (Google, Meta, LinkedIn)
  • SEO & content programs
  • Lifecycle & transactional email
  • Analytics, attribution & weekly reporting
Process

How a project actually flows.

Six steps from first call to launch — then we keep running it for you. Weekly cadence, monthly invoices, no surprises.

  1. 0130 min

    Discovery call

    We figure out what you actually need vs what someone tried to sell you. Free, no pitch deck.

    • Goals + constraints
    • Scope sketch
    • Rough budget range
  2. 02Week 0

    Scope & price

    We write down what's in scope, what's not, and what it costs. You sign one page, not 27.

    • Fixed-price quote
    • Milestone schedule
    • Statement of work
  3. 03Week 1

    Design & data

    Flows, layouts and data shapes on paper before any production code. You see the system before it exists.

    • Wireframes
    • DB schema
    • API contract
  4. 04Weeks 2–N

    Build sprints

    Working software at the end of week one, then weekly demos. You're never more than 7 days from the next milestone.

    • Weekly demo
    • Staging URL
    • Async progress notes
  5. 05Final week

    Launch

    We ship to production, train your team on the admin side, and make sure everything runs clean on day one.

    • Production launch
    • Owner training
    • Launch checklist
  6. 06Ongoing

    Managed care

    We host, monitor, update and support your system for a small monthly fee. You run the business; we keep it online, fast and secure.

    • Hosting & monitoring
    • Updates & security
    • Direct support line
What's included

Everything, handled.

Your monthly plan covers everything below. We build it, host it and keep it running — your data is always yours, and you can leave with 2 weeks' notice.

Premium design

Screens, components and a design system built for your brand.

Custom build

A clean, version-controlled codebase maintained by our team.

Database & backups

Postgres database — monitored, maintained and backed up daily.

Managed hosting

Fast, secure hosting set up and monitored by us, end to end.

Auth & security

Sign-in, roles, patches and security updates — handled continuously.

Payments

Stripe / PayFast wired, tested and kept working.

Your data, always

Full export of your data whenever you ask — no lock-in.

Direct support

A direct line to the team that built it — no ticket queues.

Open for engagements

Let's build something better.

Book a 30-minute call and tell us what you're trying to ship. We'll come back with a fixed price and a one-week plan to get you a working demo.

support@octava.co.za

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