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Lean premium websites, custom software, and automation systems. That ranges from a fast starter site, to a full business website, to custom apps with accounts, dashboards, data, admin workflows, and integrations. Not every project needs an app. If a polished website solves the problem, we keep it lean. A custom app makes sense when you need logins, data, or workflows a static site cannot handle.

Pricing depends on scope, not on guesswork. You send a current website or rough idea, your goal, a budget range, and a timeline, and you get a clear fixed quote before any work begins. Small projects can run on a simple agreed payment schedule. Larger projects usually work best with a deposit before the build and the remaining balance before final handoff.

Not everything is a full build. Small, well-defined tasks — adding shipping to a store, a pre-launch review, content updates, or bug fixes — get a flat quote up front. Open-ended work runs at $45/hr with a one-hour minimum, and questions after launch are free for the first two weeks, then hourly or a $50/mo care plan. The common ones are listed on the pricing page.

Starter sites usually take 5 to 7 days. Business websites often take 1 to 2 weeks. Interface prototypes take 2 to 3 weeks. Custom systems generally start around 3 to 6 weeks depending on complexity. You get a timeline with your quote so there are no moving targets.

You do. Once the project is paid for, the finished project files belong to you outright. There is no lock-in and no monthly fee just to keep your own site. We can also help deploy it and explain how future updates work.

Yes, when you want it. We can set up hosting on platforms like GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel, or another host that fits the project, and a project can launch for free on GitHub Pages first. A custom domain can be added later when you are ready to pay for one. For ongoing work, optional care plans cover updates, fixes, and future improvements.

Every scope includes a clear revision pass covering content, layout, mobile behavior, and launch details. That is enough to get the project right for most clients. Extra rounds or major scope changes are simple to quote separately so the cost stays predictable.

A rough description of the business, your preferred contact method, any existing logo or brand assets, page content if you have it, and a few examples of sites or apps you like. You do not need a perfect brief. A current website, a goal, a budget range, and a timeline are enough to get moving.

Yes. Everything runs over email and your preferred contact method, so location is not a constraint. You get clear written updates, review links you can open anywhere, and handoff notes at the end. The studio email for everything is aphelionsystems.dev@gmail.com.

Template builders give you a generic layout and a recurring bill to keep it. You get code you own, built around your business instead of a stock theme. The work is responsive and accessible by default, with readable spacing, labels, alt text, keyboard-friendly navigation, and clear calls to action. And when a website is not enough, the same studio can build the custom software behind it, so you are not stitching together vendors.

The launch checklist covers mobile review, forms, metadata, sitemap, deployment, and handoff notes, plus setup for contact forms, payment links, Search Console readiness, and analytics once you have the right accounts. After that you own the project. An optional care plan can cover ongoing updates whenever you want a hand.