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 a $1,500 audit or discovery sprint, a $1,800 landing page, and $149 a month to keep a site looked after, so a first project does not have to be a five-figure 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
( floors, not quotes — the number below which we decline the work )
How much does a website cost?
A landing or conversion page starts at $1,800, a full marketing site at $5,500, and an award-tier motion build at $8,000. Those are floors, not quotes: the fixed price is set after one call and put in writing before anything starts.
How much does a brand identity cost?
A brand and identity system starts at $8,000, a guidelines and asset kit at $2,000, and a design audit or discovery sprint at $1,500. Identity work covers strategy and positioning, wordmarks, packaging, and the deck and social systems that have to survive contact with real life.
How much does it cost to build an app?
A native iOS build starts at $35,000, product design at $8,000, and an app-store launch pipeline at $4,000. Cross-platform work in React Native or Flutter is quoted the same way, and the price covers the release, not a handoff.
What does a web app, dashboard or internal tool cost?
Tools and platforms start at $18,000 for a web app or dashboard, $6,000 for a design system, and $4,000 for a Supabase backend. Automations are cheaper and start at $2,500 for a workflow, $3,500 for LLM features inside an existing product, and $8,000 for a custom AI agent.
What is the cheapest way to start working with you?
A $1,500 audit or discovery sprint, or a $1,800 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.
Are those prices fixed?
No — they are floors, and the fixed price comes after one call, in writing, before any work begins. Publishing the floor means a stranger does not have to guess whether this is a $2,000 shop or a $40,000 one, because the wrong guess costs both sides a call.
Do you offer ongoing monthly support?
Yes, in three tiers: $149 a month keeps a site looked after, $349 a month adds a page or a campaign each month, and $2,500 a month covers care for a live app or platform. Embedded support is $6,000 per week when a team needs someone inside it.
Floors, not quotes. 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 $149 a month for a site through to $2,500 a month for 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. Automation work starts at $2,500 and custom agents at $8,000.
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.