There is a version of web design and build that auto repair shops buy off a shelf and quietly stop using inside a month. Then there's the version that's wired into your real workflow, owned by a person on your team, and still in use a year later. We only build the second one.
Web design and build that fits an auto repair shop's week, not the other way around.
Our goal is to give auto repair shops a three-day weekend, so people can spend more time with their families and the people they love :)
What web design and build actually does
Sites built to convert the traffic you already pay for, fast on the phone your buyer is actually holding, and editable by your team afterwards. Structure is usually what costs you the conversions, so that is where the work starts.
- 01 Conversion focused wireframes signed off before design
- 02 Build on a stack you can host cheaply and edit safely
- 03 Analytics and lead routing wired in from day one
- 04 Performance budget enforced at launch and after
Built on: Astro Cloudflare Pages Figma Claude Plausible
What you actually get
Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. This is what is in the box.
- A working pilot, in productionNot a prototype on someone's laptop. The first slice of web design and build runs against real work within weeks.
- Your data stays yoursIt runs on your accounts and your tools. If we part ways you keep the system and everything in it.
- The workflow mapped before codeWe write down what good looks like for auto repair shops first, so nobody is guessing at handover.
- Support after it landsThe people who built it stay reachable when the business changes shape around it.
How web design and build compares
The two things most businesses do instead, and where each one runs out.
| Hiring for it | An off-the-shelf tool | Kiwi Dynamics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit to how you work | Fits perfectly, costs a salary | You bend your process to suit the tool | Built around the workflow you already run |
| Time to something useful | Immediate, and permanent | Quick to switch on, slow to make fit | A working slice in weeks, then hardened |
| Who owns the data | You do | The vendor, on the vendor's terms | You do, in your own accounts |
| When it breaks | That person sorts it, if they are in | A support queue and a ticket number | The people who built it |
| What it costs | A salary, every year, forever | Per seat, forever, used or not | Scoped and quoted up front |
Auto repair shops need software built around their week, not against it.
- Mechanics quote from underneath a car and answer the phone from underneath a car, and one of those always loses.
- Booking, quoting, and parts follow-up are the admin layer that decides how many cars a workshop can turn over in a week.
How we build web design and build for auto repair shops.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for an auto repair shop business, so value lands before the build is finished. Sites built to convert.
Talk to usHow the work runs
- Find the one workflowWe look for the job costing auto repair shops the most hours or the most leads, and deliberately ignore the rest for now.
- Ship a working sliceA narrow version goes into production in weeks, against real work, so the value shows up before the build is finished.
- Prove it, then widenWe measure it against what the work cost before. If it does not pay for itself, we say so rather than scaling it.
- Harden and hand overLogging, fallbacks and a real handover, so it keeps running when we are not in the room.
The outcome for auto repair shops
The shape of the result for auto repair shops: The repository is yours, and hosting stays in your account. Built on Astro, hardened with the rest of the stack as it scales.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
FAQ
What's a typical engagement length for auto repair shops?
Six to twelve weeks for the build, then a short managed-services month while the system goes from "shipped" to "owned by your team". After that you keep us on retainer if you want, or take it from there yourself.
Do you do hourly billing or fixed price?
Fixed price for the pilot, every time. After that it's your call - fixed price per milestone or a small monthly retainer for ongoing iteration. We don't run open-ended T&M because it disincentivises us from finishing.
Do you have proof this works for auto repair shops?
Direct case study: The repository is yours, and hosting stays in your account. Happy to walk you through full numbers on a call.
Can you work with our existing systems?
Yes. The default web design and build stack we reach for is Astro, Cloudflare Pages, Figma, Claude, Plausible, but we'll bend it around whatever you already run - Xero, HubSpot, Shopify, Cin7, your own in-house apps. The discovery week maps every data source before any build starts.
Talk to us about this
Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it - no obligation.