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faq — asked before the call

Questions.

( the things people ask on the first call, answered here instead, so the first call can be about your project )

01 — what we do

What we do

( the short version, before the money )

What does Kott Studio do?

Kott Studio designs and builds websites, apps, tools, automations and brands. It is one small, senior team that takes a project from the first sketch through to a live domain or an app-store release. The drawing and the shipping are one engagement.

Do you design only, or do you build it too?

Both, and by the same team. Every line on the menu covers the design and the code, so there is nothing to hand over in the middle: the people who drew the thing are the people who build it.

Do you work with small businesses and early-stage startups?

Yes — that is most of the work. The smallest real engagements are an audit or discovery sprint, a single landing page, and monthly care for a site that is already live, so a first project does not have to be a large commitment.

Where is Kott Studio based, and who do you work with?

The studio has been running since 2020 and works with clients across the United States and Europe, remotely. The team is spread over Los Angeles, New York, Istanbul, Zurich, Kyiv and San Juan, so there is usually an overlapping working day either side of the Atlantic.

What industries have you worked in?

Wellness technology, media and production, hospitality, healthcare, professional services, and HR and education technology. The shipped work includes brand systems, marketing sites, a font-pairing product, a yacht-charter booking site, and eight apps live in the App Store.

02 — what it costs

What it costs

( what the number depends on, and when you get it in writing )

How much does a website cost?

It depends on how much site there is. A single conversion page, a full marketing site and an award-tier motion build are three different jobs, and the number follows the scope rather than a list. The price is set after one call and put in writing before anything starts.

How much does a brand identity cost?

By how far the system has to reach. A wordmark and a core kit is one job; strategy and positioning, packaging, and the deck and social systems that have to survive contact with real life is a larger one. One call is enough to tell which you need, and the price is fixed in writing after it.

How much does it cost to build an app?

By the size of the build, and by what has to be in the first release. Cross-platform work in React Native or Flutter is quoted the same way as native, and the quote covers getting it into the store rather than handing over a document. Apps are the largest thing on the menu.

What does a web app, dashboard or internal tool cost?

Tools are priced on surface area: how many screens, how much backend, and whether there is a design system to build or one to work inside. Automations sit at the cheaper end of the same work, because a workflow or an LLM feature inside a product you already have is a smaller thing than a platform.

What is the cheapest way to start working with you?

An audit or discovery sprint, or a single landing page. Both are real engagements with a written scope, and both are a reasonable way to find out how the studio works before committing to a larger build.

Is the price fixed?

Yes, once it is set. The quote comes after one call, goes in writing before any work begins, and does not move unless the scope does. There is no hourly meter running underneath it. The studio does not publish a price list, so there is no figure sitting on the site to be held to before anyone has described the job.

Do you offer ongoing monthly support?

Yes, in three tiers: keeping a site looked after, the same plus a page or a campaign each month, and care for a live app or platform. Embedded support is available by the week when a team needs someone inside it.

Fixed price after one call, in writing, before anything starts — the full menu.

03 — how it runs

How it runs

( no secret sauce )

How does a project actually run?

Four steps: discover, plan, ship, handoff. The studio reads the code, the roadmap and the room before promising anything, writes a short backlog with honest dates, releases incrementally from week one, and leaves documentation and clean repositories behind.

How long does a project take?

Dates are set in the plan, after discovery, because the honest answer depends on scope. What is fixed is that releases start in week one and keep coming in reviewable slices, so you can see where a project stands the whole way through instead of waiting for one delivery at the end.

What do you need from me to get started?

A few honest lines about where you are headed, sent to hello@kott.studio or through the form at kott.studio/contact. The studio replies with what the project needs, usually within two days, and the call after that is where scope and the fixed price get settled.

Can you take over a project someone else started?

Yes — that is what the rescue and support line is for. It covers stalled roadmaps, code and design review, and picking work up in the messy middle, which is a different job from starting clean and is scoped as one.

04 — working together

Working together

( the parts people ask about after the money )

What do you build with?

Websites and web apps in Next.js and React, mobile in Swift and Kotlin natively or React Native and Flutter cross-platform, and backends on Supabase and custom APIs. The stack is chosen per project rather than by habit, and everything ships to a real domain or a real store listing.

Who owns the work when the project is finished?

Ownership of the work product is set out in the written agreement or proposal for each engagement, alongside scope, deliverables, timelines and fees. It is settled in writing before the work starts, when it is still easy to settle.

What happens after launch?

The studio does not disappear at launch. Ongoing care runs from a site looked after month to month through to a live app or platform, and covers maintenance, art direction and the small, constant work that keeps a launched thing from drifting.

Do you build AI features and automations?

Yes — AI agents and assistants, LLM features inside an existing product, workflow automation, and the integrations between the CRM, billing and auth systems a company already pays for.

Is the studio big enough to handle a large build?

The team is small and senior with no agency layers, so the people briefed are the people working. Engineering capacity is extended through the studio's delivery partner EchoPersona when a build needs more hands than the studio has, and you are told so at the start.

Still wondering?

ask it directly. a few honest lines about where you're headed, and we'll answer with what it needs, usually within two days.

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