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French Press Labs

Custom Web Development

Websites built like software, not brochures.

We build what we run. Our own sites - French Press Custom, the Command Center, this one - are the same stack we deliver. 100/100 Lighthouse, < 1s LCP, accessible, measured, and easy to evolve.

Trusted by teams at

DisneyGoogleSpotifyUFCAmazonNikeAdidasWarner

Print + digital work across 15 years. Logos shown reflect parent brand relationships.

Our take

WordPress is a liability at this point

Security holes, plugin rot, slow admin, painful deploys. We migrate clients off WP onto modern Jamstack (Next.js + headless CMS) and they stop paying for "maintenance retainers" forever.

Capabilities

What we actually do.

Not a services page bingo card. The real work that ships.

Discovery + strategy

Sitemap, user stories, component inventory, tech selection.

Design systems

Figma → code. Tokenized palette, typography, components.

Next.js build

App Router, Server Components, Tailwind, TypeScript if you want it.

Headless CMS

Sanity, Contentful, Supabase, or nothing - your choice.

Ecommerce

Shopify Hydrogen, Stripe, BigCommerce, Supabase-based custom stacks.

Performance + a11y

95+ Lighthouse guaranteed. WCAG 2.1 AA by default.

How we work

Four phases. Clear exits.

Nothing theatrical. You'll know every Friday what shipped that week.

01

Discovery

Business + audience + competitive scan. You get a detailed proposal with scope, timeline, and deliverables.

02

Design

Wireframes, visual design, prototype. We iterate until every page feels right before we write code.

03

Build

Next.js + Tailwind + Vercel. Weekly sprints, Friday demos, staging environment you can watch live.

04

Launch + Support

QA, SEO verification, smooth cutover. 90-day warranty plus ongoing support if you want it.

What you get

Outcomes, not outputs.

The specific things you walk away with - measurable, shippable, yours to keep.

Sub-second page load times (< 1s LCP target)

SSL + security headers + WAF built-in

Analytics + conversion tracking wired in

95+ Lighthouse on all four axes

Headless CMS so your team can update without us

Clean code your engineers can evolve for years

Deliverables

What you actually get.

  • Figma design system
  • Full custom build on Next.js
  • CMS setup + training
  • Vercel deployment + CI/CD
  • 90-day warranty
  • Documentation you can actually read

FAQ

Custom Web Development - questions we get.

Timeline?+

4–10 weeks depending on scope. Marketing sites: 4–6. Ecom: 6–10. Custom apps: quote.

Do we own the code?+

Yes. Pushed to your GitHub, deployed to your Vercel. We work inside your accounts.

What if we have an in-house dev team?+

Often ideal - we hand off cleanly. We can do strategy + design + initial build, then transition.

Can you migrate from WordPress/Squarespace/Webflow?+

Yes. We've done dozens. 301 redirects preserve SEO equity.

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