Straight answers to the questions clients actually ask us before they sign anything — what a project costs, what a filing involves, and where the money usually goes. No sales pitch, just what we have learned building websites, brands and apps from our offices in Houston, London, Karachi and Box Hill.
Quotes for the same brief can differ by a factor of ten, and the reason is almost never that one agency is greedy. This breaks down what actually drives the price — page count, custom design versus template, ecommerce, integrations — and the post-launch costs that thin quotes leave out entirely.
USPTO filing fees, the surcharges that catch people out, when you genuinely need an attorney, and what renewal costs years down the line. Written for founders deciding whether to protect a name before or after they launch it.
Why app quotes range from $15,000 to $500,000, which features genuinely move the number, and the recurring costs — store accounts, commissions, maintenance at 15–20% of build cost a year — that almost never appear in a proposal. Includes the question worth asking first: do you need an app at all?
Quotes for a logo run from $50 to $50,000, so this sets out what each tier of designer charges, what you should actually receive for the money, and a worked example of where a $900 budget goes hour by hour. Plus the contract terms — files, revisions, ownership — that decide whether a cheap logo was a bargain or a liability.
About four and a half months until an examiner looks at your application, and roughly ten months on average to an outcome. This walks through every stage in order — search, filing basis, examination, office actions, the 30-day opposition window and intent-to-use deadlines — and which delays are actually in your control.
Typing your name into the USPTO search box and seeing no exact match proves very little. This shows how to search the way an examiner thinks — sound-alikes, related classes, logo design codes and unregistered businesses — and how to sort the results into clear, worth a second look and stop.
Register the name, the logo, or both? This explains what a word mark protects that a logo mark does not, then walks through the USPTO drawing rules, the color decision most people get wrong, the written description and the specimen — plus the mistakes that force you to file again.
The guides above are the background reading. If you already know what you need, the service pages have the detail: website design and development, logo and brand identity, mobile app development, digital marketing and trademark registration support. Businesses in Texas can also read about working with our Houston web design team, and businesses in Pakistan about our Karachi web design studio. UK businesses can read how our London web design service handles trading disclosures, cookie consent and accessibility, and how UK trade mark registration with the UKIPO differs from a US filing. Businesses registering a brand in Pakistan can read how trademark registration with IPO Pakistan works, including why each class needs its own application. Anyone planning to sell online can start with ecommerce website design.
Package pricing is listed on the pricing page, finished work is in the portfolio, and if you would rather just ask a person, get in touch or call +1 (469) 737-9498.