The R&D Dept. is a Webflow Expert Partner based in Costa Mesa. We design and build fast, accessible Webflow websites for Orange County businesses, set them up so your team can update them without a developer, and make sure Google and AI search can find you.
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What we build
For law firms, real estate, insurance, coaching and other businesses that sell on trust. Clear positioning, fast pages and one obvious next step.
No plugins to patch and no PHP to babysit. We move your content, keep your rankings with proper redirects, and hand you a site that's easier to run.
If your brand needs work too, we do both in one project, so the site launches with positioning and an identity that fit.
See it: Hangar 24
Every site launches with structured data, clean page structure and local search basics, so Google, ChatGPT and Perplexity can find you and recommend you.
Leads shouldn't sit in an inbox. We connect your site to the tools you already use so every inquiry reaches the right person fast.
How we do it: CRM and notifications
For e-commerce we build on Shopify instead, with the same team and the same standards for speed, accessibility and search.
See it: Aroma Crafters
How a project works
You work directly with Stewart, not an account manager. AI speeds up the research, drafts and testing. A person makes every call that matters.
A working session on your customers, competitors and goals. We agree on the pages, the message and what success looks like before any design starts.
Custom design in your brand, not a template, reviewed with you page by page before anything gets built.
A fast, accessible Webflow build with the CMS set up so your team can change text, photos and posts on their own.
Redirects, analytics and an AI visibility check at launch, then ongoing help with content, search and automations if you want it.
How we work
What AI does
What people do
We'd rather own a piece of your growth than bill you for hours. Here's how it works.
Brand strategy, identity and your first Webflow website, priced at our cost or cost plus a small margin. You get senior work without the agency markup.
We stay on as your growth team: AI visibility, content, campaigns and site improvements, measured against real revenue, not deliverables.
Our compensation is tied to your results through revenue share, profit share, equity, or a combination we agree on up front.
It's not for every business. We partner with founder-led companies that have a proven offer and room to grow, and we're selective about who we take on. Prefer a fixed-fee project? We do those too.
Questions
No. We're based in Costa Mesa and work with clients across Orange County and around the country. Local clients can meet with us in person.
Webflow hosts and secures your site, so there are no plugins or PHP to patch. Pages load fast, search basics are built in, and your team edits the site visually.
Yes. The R&D Dept. is in the Webflow Expert Partner Program, and our work has been featured by Webflow.
Yes. We set up the Webflow CMS and editor so you can change text, images, blog posts and team pages without a developer, and we show you how.
It depends on the number of pages, custom features and whether you need brand work too. We give you a fixed quote after a short call. For the right businesses, we build at cost and get paid on results instead.
Yes. We move your pages and blog, set up redirects so you keep your search rankings, and train your team on the new site.
