WE GOT SICK OF WATCHING
GOOD BUSINESSES GET RIPPED OFF.

So we built something different. A studio that delivers real websites, at a real price, in real time. No fluff. No five-figure invoices. Just results.

50+
Sites Launched
5–7
Day Turnaround
100%
Happy Clients
$250
Flat Rate
HERE'S THE THING.

We didn't start By Rocket because we love building websites. We started it because we couldn't stand what the industry had become.

Every week we'd see the same story. A new café owner, a personal trainer, a freelance designer — someone with talent, hustle, and a real business — getting quoted $5,000, $10,000, sometimes $15,000 for a website. A website that should've cost a fraction of that.

The agencies knew these people didn't have a frame of reference. They didn't know what a website should cost. So the agencies charged whatever they could get away with. Discovery phases. Strategy workshops. Content audits. Three months of smoke and mirrors to deliver something you could build in a week.

We thought: what if we just... didn't do that?

What if we stripped out the bloat? Killed the project managers, the account executives, the "brand strategists" who add zero value but double the price? What if we just sat down, designed the thing, coded the thing, and shipped the thing?

That's By Rocket. One price. One week. One beautiful website. And we do it because we actually give a damn about the people who are building something from nothing.

Modern workspace with code on a dark monitor — the kind of clean development environment we work in // Auckland, NZ
OUR CODE OF
CONDUCT.

These aren't buzzwords on a wall. They're the decisions we make every single day when we're building your site.

01

TRANSPARENCY FIRST

$250. That's the price. No discovery fees, no "custom quotes" that triple the cost. You know exactly what you're paying before we write a single line of code.

02

SPEED IS RESPECT

Your time matters more than our billable hours. We don't stretch projects to justify a bigger invoice. Five to seven days from brief to launch. That's the standard.

03

QUALITY ISN'T OPTIONAL

Affordable doesn't mean cutting corners. Every site gets clean code, responsive design, SEO foundations, and our full attention. No exceptions. No excuses.

04

YOUR SITE, YOUR CODE

You own everything we build. No proprietary lock-in, no monthly ransom to keep your site live. It's yours to host, modify, and grow however you want.

SMALL TEAM.
BIG OUTPUT.

We keep the team lean on purpose. Fewer people means faster decisions, tighter quality, and nobody passing the buck.

JD

JESSE DEAN

Founder & Lead Dev

Designs, codes, and ships. The person you'll actually talk to. No middlemen, no gatekeepers.

MK

MIA KIM

Designer

Turns your brief into a visual identity that feels premium, polished, and unmistakably on-brand.

TR

TOM RATA

Dev & Support

Handles maintenance, updates, and makes sure nothing breaks at 2am so you don't have to worry about it.

YOUR SITE COULD BE
LIVE IN 7 DAYS.

Tell us what you're building. We'll show you what $250 and one week can do.

Start Your Project