Approach

01 — Plan

Every strong project begins with strategy. We take time to understand your brand, audience, and objectives before anything is designed. This stage defines your story, your goals, and the best path to reach them. Planning isn’t paperwork—it’s the blueprint for creative confidence.

02 — Design

Ideas take form. Through exploration, collaboration, and refinement, we craft visuals and messaging that serve a clear purpose—communicating who you are and why it matters. From brand identity to user experience, design is where strategy becomes emotion.

03 — Build

This is where precision meets creativity. We develop fast, accessible, and future-ready websites using clean, scalable code. Every animation, interaction, and layout detail is built to enhance experience and strengthen your digital foundation.

04 — Grow

Launch isn’t the finish line — it’s the starting point. We help refine, update, expand, and maintain your site as your needs evolve. From performance tweaks and security updates to new features and content refreshes, we stay invested in your site’s success.

Frequently Asked Questions — Working with Studio Ancla

We work with clients who want more than just “a pretty website.” Our focus is on thoughtful, purposeful design and development: brand identity, digital storytelling, bespoke websites, and content creation grounded in meaning. Whether you’re a small business, an organisation, or a business of any size just looking for authenticity, if you care about clarity and purpose, we’re a great fit.

Every project has its own scope, so we don’t believe in one-size-fits-all pricing. For a base website or brand refresh, budgets often start in the $800 range. For more complex builds (custom integrations, multilingual tours, full content pipelines) we go higher. We’ll always review your brief and offer a clear ball-park, so you know early on what to expect.

Once we define scope and you’ve provided needed inputs, typical builds run around 5–8 weeks. Simpler projects may finish in 3–4 weeks, more complex ones can stretch to 16 weeks or more. The timeline depends on: your availability for decisions and content, integrations required, number of stakeholders, and third-party dependencies.

A well-prepared brief sets the tone for smooth workflow. We’ll ask you to articulate: your objectives, target audience, success metrics, favourite (and least favourite) examples, branding assets, content strategy and technical requirements. We’ll provide a brief template if needed. The clearer we are at the start, the fewer surprises later.

We deliver a digital proposal that outlines each phase of the project (Plan → Design → Build → Grow), key deliverables, timeline, investment, and collaborators. We discuss and refine it together before work begins. We believe the proposal is the first real step of the project.

Once the proposal is signed and deposit invoiced, we typically schedule start of the Plan phase within 2-4 days, depending on our current workload. If you’re ready to move quickly, we’ll do our best to prioritise your onboarding.

No. Our commitment is to bespoke work—design and development tailored to your story. We don’t simply apply pre-built themes; we customise every element to ensure alignment with your brand and long-term goals.

Absolutely — we regularly assist clients with fixes, updates, plugin management, security patches, backups, content edits, and ongoing WordPress care. Whether your site needs a small adjustment or regular monthly maintenance, we can support you in ways that fit your goals and budget.

At the end of the day, our approach is simple: build things that last, and stand by them.

Whether you’re starting from scratch, refining what already exists, or just need a steady hand to keep your WordPress site healthy and up to date, we meet you where you are. No unnecessary complexity, no pressure to “start over” — just thoughtful work, clear communication, and ongoing support designed to help your site serve its purpose well, today and as it grows.

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