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Harborline Co.

Our process

Twelve steps, no surprises about who does what

Every project follows the same steps, whether it's a simple business site or a custom application. Each step below is tagged with who drives it — so you always know what's expected of you and what we're handling.

  1. 01You

    You submit your project information

    Tell us about your business and what you need through our quote form — the more detail you give us, the faster we can put together an accurate quote.

  2. 02Us

    We review your request

    Our team reads through what you submitted and figures out what it will take to build it well.

  3. 03Together

    We clarify scope and requirements

    If anything is unclear, we'll follow up by email or a short call to confirm exactly what's included before we quote a price.

  4. 04Us

    Jaxon approves the final scope and quote

    Our technical lead reviews the full scope and sets the final price, so the number you receive reflects what the build actually requires.

  5. 05You

    You approve a written agreement

    You'll get a written scope and price in plain language before anything is built. Nothing starts until you sign off on it.

  6. 06You

    Kickoff payment — 20%

    Once you approve the agreement, you pay the 20% kickoff milestone and work begins. You're only ever paying for scope you've already approved.

  7. 07Us

    We create your homepage and design direction

    We build the homepage first so you can see and approve the visual direction before we apply it across the rest of the site.

  8. 08Together

    We build the rest of the site — 30% milestone

    Once you approve the design direction, you pay the 30% milestone and we build out the remaining pages and features in the approved scope.

  9. 09Together

    Revision rounds

    You review the build and request changes within the revision rounds agreed to in your scope. We're not guessing at what you want — we're refining what you've already seen.

  10. 10You

    Final payment — 50%

    Once revisions are wrapped up and the site is ready to go live, you pay the final 50% milestone. We only ask for it once the work is done.

  11. 11Us

    Launch

    We publish the site to your domain and make sure everything works correctly in the live environment.

  12. 12You

    Optional ongoing maintenance

    If you'd like us to keep making updates, monitor uptime, and handle technical upkeep after launch, we offer maintenance plans — entirely optional and month-to-month.

Milestone payments

A safety feature for both sides

Splitting payment into three milestones means you never pay for work you haven't seen, and we never do extensive work without a commitment. Each payment lines up with an approval point.

  • 20%KickoffPaid after you approve the written scope. Work begins.
  • 30%Design direction approvalPaid after you approve the homepage and design direction.
  • 50%Before launchPaid after final revisions, before the site goes live.

If the scope needs to grow

Your written quote defines what's included. When you want something beyond it — more pages, a new feature, or an integration — we quote the addition first and begin work only after you approve the price and timeline. Small additions become change orders; large ones become their own project.

Payments, cancellation, and refunds in short

Payments are tied to phases of work: once a phase begins, its payment is earned; phases that haven't started aren't owed. You can cancel in writing at any time — you keep everything already built once earned balances are paid, and you're never charged for unstarted work. The full rules are in our Payment & Cancellation Policy and Refund Policy.

Ready for step one?

Submit your project information and we'll take it from there.

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