Development partnerships
Your ongoing development team, white-label if you need it.
StudioRav works as a development partner for agencies, software teams and growing businesses that need dependable engineering capacity. We can deliver white-label under your brand, provide ongoing support and improvement, or add dedicated developer time. Requests are briefed, estimated, built on staging and handed over with documentation.
Who it suits
Who is a development partnership for?
Anyone who needs accountable engineering capacity more often than a one-off project, but does not want to carry a full in-house team.
Digital and creative agencies
Add WordPress, Shopify and custom engineering without hiring, and keep the client relationship with you.
Ecommerce businesses
Steady improvement of a store: fixes, new features, integrations and performance work, planned rather than ad hoc.
Teams with complex WordPress
Large or heavily customised sites that need someone who knows the code and looks after it properly.
Software teams short on capacity
Extra engineering time on a defined backlog, working inside your tools and review process.
New to working with an external team? Read how our delivery process works first, or see the custom development we take on.
Money saved
How does a development partner save you money?
A development partner lets you sell engineering you do not employ. You pay for the work you need, when you need it, with no idle time, then resell it to your clients at a price you set.
No hiring overhead
Salaries, recruitment fees, equipment, holiday and sickness cover stay with us, not on your payroll.
Pay for work, not idle time
Capacity moves with your pipeline, so you are not paying a developer to wait for the next project.
A whole team, not one hire
WordPress, Shopify and custom engineering sit in one team, so you do not need a separate specialist for each.
A wide range of experience
We bring experience from many projects across WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce and custom builds, so we have usually solved your client's problem before.
Comparing options? See how our delivery process works and what a website management retainer covers.
Potential markup
How much can you mark up our work?
Because we work white-label, the price your client sees is yours to set. What you charge above our price to you is your margin. How much that is depends on your market and your clients, and we will talk it through with you.
Set your own resale price for every piece of work
Keep the client relationship, and the margin, with you
Quote with confidence, because estimates are agreed before work starts
Add services you do not have in-house, without carrying the cost
Grow revenue without adding headcount
Ready to talk numbers? Contact us and we will agree rates in writing.
Who we partner with
Businesses that resell our work
Signage companies adding websites and online ordering to their print and fabrication work
Accountancy firms offering websites and online tools to their clients
IT providers adding web development to their managed services
Design, marketing and other agencies that need extra engineering
Any service business whose clients keep asking for a website
Engagement types
How can we work with you?
Three ways to engage. They can be combined, and we agree the shape of each one with you before starting.
Best for agencies
White-label delivery
Work done under your brand for your client. We stay behind the scenes, communicate the way you prefer and never approach your client directly.
Best for live sites
Support and continuous improvement
A regular rhythm of fixes, updates, monitoring and small improvements for a site or store we know well.
Best for product teams
Dedicated engineering capacity
An agreed amount of developer time each month, applied to your backlog in priority order.
How it works
How does a request move from brief to delivery?
The same six steps apply whether the request is a small fix or a larger piece of work.
1
Request
You send a request in whatever form you have: a ticket, an email, a call. It is logged on the shared board.
Triage
We turn it into a short written brief, agree its priority with you and confirm the scope.
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3
Estimate
You receive an estimate and an approach before any work starts. Nothing is built without your approval.
Build on staging
Work is done on staging with version control, in small reviewable pieces.
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5
Release
You review, we fix what needs fixing, then release on a planned date with a rollback ready.
Report
Documentation is updated, and a short summary shows what was done and what is next.
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What's included
What does a partnership include?
The exact scope is written down for each engagement, so both sides know what is covered and what is chargeable extra.
Planned development against an agreed backlog
Bug fixes and urgent-issue handling
Monitoring, updates and security patching
Performance and technical optimisation
Integrations with your other systems
Technical advice and architecture review
Need a one-off build instead? Start with WordPress development, Shopify development or integrations and APIs.
No surprises
Agreed in writing for each partnership
Priority levels and what each one means
Response and resolution targets, set per engagement
Working hours and cover for urgent issues
How requests are approved, tracked and reported
What is out of scope and how extras are quoted
Related services
What we can build and look after for you
WordPress Development
Custom themes, plugins and WooCommerce builds for sites that have outgrown templates.
Learn more
Shopify Development
Theme development, custom apps and store builds, from first launch to multi-market setups.
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Custom Development
Bespoke applications, portals and internal tools where off-the-shelf software does not fit.
Learn more
Integrations & APIs
Connect your website, store, CRM, ERP and accounting tools so data moves without re-keying.
Learn more
FAQs
Development partnership questions, answered
What is a development partnership?
It is an ongoing arrangement where StudioRav provides engineering capacity for your websites, stores or software, instead of one-off projects. The scope, priorities and ways of working are agreed up front and written down for each engagement, so both sides know what is covered and what is chargeable extra.
Can you work white-label for our agency?
Yes. We can work under your brand, communicate the way you prefer and keep the client relationship with you. We stay behind the scenes and never approach your client directly. You set your own resale price, and we agree the ground rules before the first request.
How are requests prioritised and tracked?
Each request is logged on a shared board, turned into a short written brief, then estimated and approved by you before any work starts, so you can always see its status. We agree priority levels with you at the outset, and what each one means is written down.
Do you offer SLAs?
Response and resolution targets can be agreed per engagement, depending on the platform and the support you need, along with working hours and cover for urgent issues. We do not publish a one-size-fits-all SLA, because what is sensible differs from one engagement to the next.
How is pricing worked out?
Pricing depends on the engagement type and the capacity you need, so it is agreed with you in writing rather than published as a fixed rate card. If you resell our work, you set your own resale price. Contact us to discuss it.
Can you work inside our tools and processes?
Yes. We can use your repositories, project tracker and review process, or set up shared ones if you do not have them. Work is done on staging with version control, in small reviewable pieces, and released on a planned date with a rollback ready.
Discuss an ongoing partnership.
Tell us what you build, what you need and how you like to work. The team will reply with honest next steps.