One fee, many doors
Capacity that can land on Build, Growth or Care without a new sales cycle each time.
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Retained Service.
A named monthly capacity across Build, Growth and Care. Individually, engagements add up. On retainer, you unlock the people who already know your stack — without buying each service as a one-off.
01The usual mess
Buying every service as a one-off gets expensive fast.
A lander this month. A shop tweak next. Analytics after that. Each engagement is fair on its own — and still adds up when the backlog never stops.
Retained Service is named monthly capacity drawn from Build, Growth and Care as the work needs — not a second pricing card bolted onto every service page.
02What we do
It’s cheaper to partner up.
From £5,500 a month you get dedicated engineering, a weekly shipping cadence, and a priority channel with people who already know your stack.
Individually, stacking engagements costs more. On retainer you unlock the studio’s services against one monthly fee — landers, catalogue work, instrumentation, SEO and care — sized to the capacity you bought.
03How the job runs
How a retained month runs.
- 01
Agree the capacity.
What “a month” means for your stack — hours, cover, and what sits outside.
- 02
Shared backlog.
Build, Growth and Care tickets in one list. You prioritise.
- 03
Weekly ship.
A named lead, a cadence, staging when it matters.
- 04
Use it and renew.
New work draws on the retainer instead of a fresh engagement quote every time. Rolling monthly. Thirty days’ notice. No drama.
04Who it is for
Who this is for.
Teams with a live product and a backlog that will not sit still — who would otherwise buy three or four one-off services a quarter.
Shops and sites that keep shipping
Teams after a build who need ongoing capacity
Clients who already know our stack
Anyone comparing stacked engagements to one monthly fee
05What changes
What you walk away with.
People who know the site
Named cover — not a ticket portal starting from zero.
Honest maths
Cheaper than buying the same work as separate engagements.
06Pricing
What this costs.
Named monthly capacity across the studio — three tiers so you unlock Build, Growth and Care without stacking one-offs.
01Most chosen
Retainer Lite.
From £3,500
per month
A lighter monthly slice — enough for steady shipping without a full studio seat.
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Retainer Core.
From £5,500
per month
It’s cheaper to partner up — dedicated capacity, weekly ships, priority cover.
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Retainer Plus.
From £8,500
per month
Heavier capacity and first call on the team when several workstreams move at once.
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Ticks are in the fee. Crosses are not. A higher plan keeps every tick from the plan to its left, then adds the rows below.
| Included | 01Retainer LiteFrom £3,500 | 02Retainer CoreFrom £5,500 | 03Retainer PlusFrom £8,500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | |||
| Dedicated engineering capacity each month | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Standard monthly slice | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Larger monthly slice | × | × | ✓ |
| Cadence | |||
| Fortnightly shipping cadence | ✓ | × | × |
| Weekly shipping cadence | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Build / Growth / Care against the month | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cover | |||
| Priority channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Named cover | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Named cover plus escalation path | × | × | ✓ |
| Ops | |||
| Hosting and ops on request | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Always | |||
| Cancel with 30 days’ notice | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Rolling monthly, cancel with 30 days’ notice. Scope is capacity — not an unlimited open ticket. Large new builds are still quoted as engagements when they exceed the month. Excludes VAT.
Next step
If the backlog is permanent, stop buying it as a project. Partner up.
Bring the backlog. We will say whether retainer beats one-offs.