// white-label web development vs. design

White-label web development vs. white-label web design

Same partnership, different words. Agencies search both ways for the same thing: an outside team that builds a client's website and lets you sell it and deliver it under your own name. The difference that actually matters is whether you get a live, coded site or a set of files someone still has to build.

$ diff white-label-web-development white-label-web-design

Definition

"White-label web design" and "white-label web development" describe the same arrangement in how agencies actually use the terms: an outside team does the work, your agency keeps the client relationship, the invoice, and the credit. Design is the look; development is the code that makes the look load in a browser. A white-label partner that only does design still leaves you needing someone to build it.

Synopsis

same partner, same brand, one of them ships a live site

See also

the full service, pricing, faq

// the actual difference

What "design" gets you, and what's still missing

If you are searching for white-label web design, the harder part is often already solved: you have the brand, the client, sometimes even the Figma file. What is missing is someone who turns that into a working page a browser can render, on a domain the client controls, without a page-builder theme fighting the design at every step.

Design-only

Files, mockups, a style guide. Someone else still has to build it, test it on mobile, and make it load fast.

Development-only

Code without direction can be technically fine and still look wrong for the client's brand. Needs a design to build from.

What we deliver

Both. We build to your design if you have one, or work from your brief if you don't, and hand over a live, coded, working site either way.

// process

How the partnership works

step 1

You send the brief

A Loom, a Figma file, or a one-page form. We confirm the tier and the delivery date before you commit to your client.

step 2

We build

Custom code on our stack: React, Next.js, Shopify, Webflow. Half the fee starts the clock.

step 3

You review

A private staging link, seen by you before your client. Up to three revision rounds before anything ships; the one-page starter includes one consolidated round.

step 4

You deliver

The site goes live on your client's domain under your brand. You get the code and the access, and we disappear from the story.

// how we quote

A written quote, not a price list

We price each project on a short call, once we know the pages, the platform, the features and what is excluded. You get the amount and the delivery date in writing before anything starts, and nothing is added to the invoice afterward. What you charge your client stays your decision; we never see it.

Scope first

Page count, platform, catalogue size, integrations, languages. The quote covers exactly that scope, in writing, so the number you give your client holds.

The price, on a call

Fifteen minutes with the people who build the site. You leave with an amount and a date, both agreed before you commit to your client.

Always included

Checks on phones and computers, a working form or test checkout, every access handed over, and 30 days of fixes for faults in the delivered work. Hosting, domains and subscriptions are separate and disclosed before you agree.

// proof

Demo builds you can click

Partner work ships under our partners' brands, so it stays off this page. These demos are our own, plus one live client site.

demo build

VERSO

A 3D condo tower that assembles itself as you scroll. The Scroll Story premium ceiling.

demo build

RIVAGE

Twelve months of a construction site as a scroll-driven film, 320 frames.

demo build

Nordvia

A 2D scroll story for a fictional Nordic travel brand. The entry point of the tier.

demo build

Service business and a live client

A kitchen renovation mockup in the CMS range, and Maison Brut, a site we built that is live today.

// faq

Questions agencies actually ask

Is white-label web design different from white-label web development?

In practice, agencies use the two terms for the same arrangement: an outside team builds a website your agency sells and delivers under its own brand. "Design" is closer to the words people type into a search box; "development" is the more precise term for what has to happen, because a design still needs code before a client can see it live.

If I only need design, not a full build, can I still hire you?

We deliver finished, live websites, not design files. If your agency has finished Figma files and needs someone to code them, that is exactly what we do: we build to your design, pixel for pixel, and you present the live site as yours.

// next step

Talk to the people who write the code

A 15-minute call to see if the numbers work for your agency. Prefer async? Email us instead.