Built to serve. Priced like a product. Owned by you.
Four13 Studios is a software studio working nationwide from Norman, OK. We build client sites the same way we build our own products, and we bill the way we'd want to be billed: one fixed number, invoiced directly, no mandatory retainer.
If that's how you'd want to work, tell us what you're building.
Fixed-price quotes
We quote a number and stick to it. Scope creep comes out of our margin, not your invoice — you know the cost before the work starts.
No mandatory retainer
Most agencies require a monthly retainer to cover their overhead. We don't. Pay per project — or choose a retainer for priority scheduling and a standing block of hours.
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.
Nationwide, rooted in Oklahoma
We work with clients across the country. Local ones get us in person across Norman, Moore, Edmond, and OKC — but you don't have to be nearby.
Why we work the way we work.
The way we work is shaped by a few 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 work we can quote, and no retainer you're required to keep. Hourly on a scopeable project is a soft form of extraction — the longer it takes, the more we make. We'd rather quote a real number, ship it, and have you come back because you want to, not because leaving is inconvenient.
- Honesty02
Honesty in scope
What's in scope, what's out, and where we're uncertain — in writing, before the invoice. If we're not the right shop for a build, we say so and point you to someone who is.
- Vocation03
Work as vocation
Writing software is a real vocation, not a means to other ends. A site that routes a real lead for an HVAC operator at midnight in July is good work on its own terms. We do it well because the work matters.
- Ownership04
Day-one ownership
On final payment you own the code, domain, analytics, and repo. No proprietary CMS, no vendor agreements. Fire us on Monday and run the site yourself — we'll help with the handoff. The answer to “can I take this with me?” is always yes.
Four13 Studios is Scott Capps.
One person writes the code, the quotes, and the notes on this blog — client work and the studio's own products, on the same stack. That's the point of a small studio: you talk to the person building the thing, and the number you're quoted comes from the person who has to deliver it.
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.