// 04 — about
Built to serve. Priced like a product. Owned like a craft.
Four Thirteen Studios is a software studio in Norman, OK. We build client websites and our own products on the same stack — and we bill the way we wish our own vendors would: a fixed number, direct invoice, no monthly retainer.
If that sounds like how you'd want to work with a studio, we'd love to hear what you're building.
Fixed-price quotes
We quote a number, we stick to it. Scope creep comes out of our margin, not your invoice. You always know what you're paying before the project starts.
No retainers
Most agencies lock you into monthly retainers to justify their overhead. We don't. Pay per project; come back for another when you need one.
Direct invoicing
No agency markup, no third-party billing platform taking 10%. You get an invoice direct from us, pay card or ACH, and own the relationship.
Based in Norman, OK
Local to Oklahoma — available for in-person meetings across Norman, Moore, Edmond, and OKC, and remote-friendly for clients nationwide.
// convictions
Why we work the way we work.
Four Thirteen Studios is a small software studio in Norman, OK. The way we work is shaped by a few specific convictions about how a studio should run. They're unusual enough in this industry to be worth stating up front.
- Stewardship01
Built to ship, not to bill
No hourly billing on projects we can quote concretely. No retainers that outlive the work. Hourly on a project the studio could scope is a soft form of extraction — the longer it takes, the more we get paid. Retainers that outlive the work are the same problem stretched over months. We'd rather quote a real number, ship the work, and let the relationship continue because the client wants to come back — not because an auto-renewal made it inconvenient to leave.
- Honesty02
Honesty in scope
We tell you what's in scope, what's out, and where we are uncertain — in writing, before the invoice. We tell you when we're not the right shop for a build and recommend someone who is. That standard isn't a marketing slogan; it's a real constraint on how we describe what we can and cannot do.
- Vocation03
Work as vocation
Writing software is a real vocation, not a means to other ends. A well-built site that helps an Oklahoma HVAC operator route real leads at midnight, in summer, with no AC, is itself good work. We try to do it well because the work itself matters.
- Ownership04
Day-one ownership
On final payment, you own the code, the domain, the analytics, the repo — everything. No proprietary CMS to keep you locked in. No vendor agreements. If you want to fire us and run the site yourself, you can do that on Monday, and we'll help with the handoff. The whole stack is designed so the answer to “can I take this with me?” is always yes.
Want to know how we actually work?
Our process page walks through the full five-stage delivery: kickoff, quote, invoice, weekly builds, launch. No mystery, no sales theater.