We build the brand, the site, and the store.
A San Diego design studio for founders in health, e-commerce, fintech and the trades. Fixed prices, real timelines, and you own every file when we are done.
Brand Kits from $695 · Websites from $1,997 · Care Plans $199/mo
Logos · Websites · Online stores · Product renders · Labels & packaging · Print collateral
Feels like an app. No app store.
Thumb-reachable bottom action bars (Call / Text / Quote). One-tap contact. Instant loads. Nothing to install.
- Call / Text / Quote always in reach
- One-tap contact
- Instant loads
- Nothing to install
Flat pricing. No surprises.
For local service and trade businesses ready to look legit online and stop losing leads. Fixed scope, fixed price, live in a week.
Note: product companies and funded startups (fintech, telehealth, SaaS, luxury e-commerce) are custom engagements — request a quote.
Look legitimate in the field.
- Logo suite in every format you'll need (full color, reverse/white for dark backgrounds, mono black, icon-only, transparent PNG)
- Business card front and back
- Door hanger
- Logo suite in every format you'll need (full color, reverse/white for dark backgrounds, mono black, icon-only, transparent PNG)
- Business card front and back
- Door hanger
- One-page flyer
- Custom QR codes that route to your website
- Print-ready PDFs (CMYK, full bleed) any print shop accepts as-is
- 2 rounds of revisions
- Delivered in 5 business days
Fee credited toward a website build.
Pay 50% deposit or in full →A website that actually captures leads.
- Custom multi-page website up to 6 pages designed for your business, never a template
- Fully responsive on phone, tablet and desktop
- AI assistant that qualifies visitors and asks the right questions 24/7
- Custom multi-page website up to 6 pages designed for your business, never a template
- Fully responsive on phone, tablet and desktop
- AI assistant that qualifies visitors and asks the right questions 24/7
- Smart intake form — only name, phone and email required so you never lose a lead
- Automatic branded welcome email sent to every lead
- Full lead summary emailed to you with everything they submitted, readable in 20 seconds
- Local SEO with dedicated service pages, schema markup, Google-ready
- Business email on your own domain
- Domain connection and SSL certificate
- Photo galleries and before/after sliders
- Live in 7 days
- 2 rounds of revisions
- 30 days of post-launch support
Keep it fast, secure, and current.
- Hosting, SSL and domain management
- Content edits and updates up to 1 hour per month
- Security monitoring, malware scanning and daily backups
- Hosting, SSL and domain management
- Content edits and updates up to 1 hour per month
- Security monitoring, malware scanning and daily backups
- Software and dependency updates
- Uptime monitoring
- Monthly report covering traffic, leads and performance
- Priority support with same-day response
No contract. Cancel anytime.
Pay 50% deposit or in full →Zelle and PayPal accepted.
Pay 50% or in full by Zelle. Confirmed personally within a few hours.
Custom apps, e-commerce platforms, and fintech builds are scoped individually — from $25,000. Tell us what you're building.
You're losing jobs because your website can't capture a lead.
Contractors, cleaning & janitorial, property preservation, restoration, landscaping, roofing, HVAC, field services — the whole system as one package, live in a week.
Prices in USD for local service & trade businesses in the US. 50% to start, 50% at launch. Custom apps, SaaS, fintech, and premium product builds are quoted separately.
Everything under one roof.
Brand, web, e-commerce, apps and ongoing care — each one has its own page with the full scope.
Website Design
A fast, mobile-first marketing site written to convert and launched in weeks.
See details →E-commerce Development
Product pages, real checkout and payments wired to how you actually take money.
App Development
Custom apps and SaaS with real auth, real data and real infrastructure behind them.
Website Care Plans
Hosting, updates, backups and edits handled monthly so the site keeps earning.
See details →RUO Peptide Brand Kit
Vial labels, product renders and a storefront for research-use-only brands.
Real products, live in the wild.
Fintech, telehealth, SaaS, luxury commerce, wellness, ventures, and fitness. One flagship case study below; the rest live on the work page.
Distressed Property Investments
Bay Area · Property preservation & loss mitigation
A full-stack rebrand and product build for a 20-year Bay Area field-services operator. Website, AI intake, branded email systems, and a complete print kit — shipped as one cohesive brand.
- Full custom website with interactive 9-county coverage map
- Before/after property sliders
- Local SEO with dedicated service pages
- AI lead-qualifying assistant with photo uploads
- Smart intake form
- Automated branded welcome + lead-summary email system
- Custom business email on their own domain
- Complete print brand kit
Sonoma · Napa · Solano · Marin · Contra Costa · Alameda · San Francisco · San Mateo · Santa Clara
Seven live sites, licensable templates, and the full case study.
The print system, matched to the site.
Business cards, door hangers, and field flyers — one design language, one QR flow back to the live site. From the DPI system.
See brand kits
Four steps, no mystery.
Same process on every project, whether it is a brand kit or a full app build.
Tell us what you need
Send the scope in plain words. No forms full of jargon.
We send a fixed quote and a timeline
A real number and real dates, before any work starts.
We build and you review
You see the work as it goes and give notes in each round.
We ship and hand over every source file
Launch day, then you own the files outright.
Real apps. In your hand.
Drag a device. Tilt it. Scroll. Every screen below is a product we designed, engineered, and shipped — checkout flows with real payments, membership platforms, and AI features that actually run in production.
Answers, up front.
Ten honest answers to what founders and local operators ask before they hire us. If something isn't here, ask us on the contact form — Evan replies personally.
- Our flat-fee $1,997 website is live in 7 business days from the moment you approve the direction and hand over content. Bigger scopes with custom apps, e-commerce, or integrations run 3–6 weeks depending on complexity. We give you a firm timeline in your quote — not a range that slides.
- A custom multi-page website up to 6 pages designed for your business, an AI assistant that qualifies visitors 24/7, a smart intake form, automated branded welcome + lead-summary emails, local SEO with dedicated service pages and schema markup, business email on your own domain, SSL, domain hookup, photo galleries and before/after sliders, 2 rounds of revisions and 30 days of post-launch support. See the full list on the Web Design page.
- Yes. You own the code, the design files, the domain, the logo, the copy, and the email accounts on your domain. Nothing is licensed back to us and nothing is held hostage. If you ever want to move off our care plan you get a clean handoff.
- Hosting is included in the $199/month Care Plan along with SSL renewal, monitoring, backups, edits and updates. If you don't want a care plan you can host it yourself on any modern host — we'll walk you through the handoff at no extra charge.
- Logo suite (full color, reverse for dark backgrounds, mono black, icon-only, transparent PNG), business card front and back, one door hanger, one flyer, custom QR codes that route to your site, and print-ready CMYK PDFs any local print shop will accept. Two rounds of revisions, delivered in 5 business days.
- Yes. The Brand Kit is a standalone $695 package designed for crews and operators who need to look legitimate in the field right now. If you later add a website with us, the $695 you paid is credited toward the website build.
- Hosting, SSL, domain management, security monitoring, malware scanning, daily backups, software and dependency updates, uptime monitoring, a monthly performance and lead report, and up to one hour per month of content edits (new photos, copy changes, service updates, new team members). Edits over an hour are billed at a flat hourly rate we'll agree on in advance.
- Both, and we make it easy either way. Most clients send us bullet points, an old brochure, or a 10-minute voice memo about what they do — we turn that into finished web copy. If you already have copy written we use it. We don't charge extra for copywriting on the $1,997 package.
- We build the technical SEO foundation properly: clean semantic HTML, unique meta tags per page, schema markup, a real sitemap, fast load times, and mobile-first layout. That's the part we can control. Actually ranking for competitive terms depends on your content, your reviews, your local citations, and time — usually 3–6 months of consistent activity before you see meaningful movement. We tell every client this up front because anyone promising overnight rankings is lying.
- Custom apps, e-commerce platforms with unusual checkout flows, membership sites, and fintech builds are scoped individually and start at $25,000. We've shipped fintech (REYES), telehealth commerce (CandyRX), luxury commerce (858 Vintage), and property-services platforms (DPI). Tell us what you're building on the contact form and we'll come back with scope, timeline and a flat number.
Small design studio, serious craft.
Phantom Era is built by Evan Valdes in San Diego. You work directly with the people building your product. No account managers and no handoffs.
Let's build something real.
Tell us what you're building. Evan reads every inquiry personally and replies within 24 hours with scope, timeline, and a flat quote.
La Jolla, CA 92037