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Website design · Watches, jewelry & leather goods

Watch and jewelry websites that show the work up close.

People spend more on a watch, a ring or a bag when they can see the craft: the setting, the stitching, the finish. We design and build the site so that detail carries the sale, with checkout on your own site.

The short answer

Ascenta Studio designs, builds and hosts custom websites for watch, jewelry and leather goods brands. With an online store it's $1,500 to launch and $300 a month; without a store it's $500 and $100 a month. Hosting, the domain, security and monthly changes are included, and your site is live in under 48 hours once we have your material.

01The work

Live builds you can open right now.

Every build here is a concept brand we designed and built end to end, so no real company's products are used as a sample. The sites aren't mockups: they're live, and it's the same standard we ship. Open them on your phone.

Meridian, a 41 mm Swiss automatic watch read on the wrist
Meridian, watch brand concept Open the live site ↗
Maison Roux, a tan calfskin bag lit in a single shaft of light
Maison Roux, leather goods concept Open the live site ↗
Ascenta Parfumerie, an amber flacon in molten gold
Ascenta Parfumerie, fragrance store concept Open the live site ↗
02What it takes

What a high-ticket product site has to get right.

Detail you can get close to

Sharp, large images that hold up when someone zooms in on a clasp or a dial. At this price the close-up is what closes the sale.

The craft, step by step

Meridian tells the setting of 812 stones by one setter; Maison Roux walks through fourteen hours of work in the order they happen. Showing the hours is how a price starts to make sense.

Specs that answer the collector

Case size, caliber, metal, stones, leather, water resistance. Meridian even publishes its rate sheet in seconds per day.

Numbered and limited pieces

A numbered run, a name on every piece, a waitlist when it's gone. Meridian's first three hundred carry their number on the caseback.

Trust at a higher price

Shipping, returns, care and who's behind the brand, easy to find from every product. A big order needs more reassurance than a small one.

Options without a phone call

Metal, size or strap as options on the product, each with its own price and stock, and the checkout in your look through to payment.

03Price

Two prices. Published, not quoted.

Website with online store

$1,500

USD to launch, then $300 USD/month

It's your own store: product pages, bag, delivery and payment, all on your site.

  • Design and build of every page, on desktop and phone
  • Hosting and domain, set up, secured and maintained
  • Monthly changes: new products, photos, prices and copy
  • Month to month, cancel any time
  • Fixed buyout: $6,000, published from day one

Website, no online store

$500

USD to launch, then $100 USD/month

It's a site of your own without checkout: who you are, what you offer and how to reach or book you. Anything you sell elsewhere is one tap away.

You'll get the contract and invoice from La Factoria LLC, a company registered in Delaware, USA.

04How it works

Three steps. No meetings.

  1. 01

    Tell us about your brand

    What you sell and where. We'll reply by email within 24 hours with the plan and a link to start.

    5 minutes
  2. 02

    Send your material

    Pay the setup and send your logo, photos and anything you want said. No photos yet? We work with what you have.

    Same day
  3. 03

    Go live

    You review the site before it's public. Once you approve it, it goes live on your domain. Changes after that are one message away.

    Under 48 hours
05Questions

What founders ask first.

How much does a website for a watch or jewelry brand cost?

$1,500 to launch and $300 a month with an online store. If you sell somewhere else and only need the site, it's $500 and $100 a month. Hosting, the domain, security, backups and monthly changes are included in both, and if you ever want to own the site outright the buyout is $6,000, published from day one.

Can customers choose metal, size or engraving?

Yes. Metal, size and strap are options on the product, each with its own price and stock, and engraving can be a text field on the product page.

Two of the examples don't open on my phone. Why?

Meridian and Maison Roux are long scroll films made for a big screen, so they open on a laptop or desktop. Your own site is built for the phone first.

I already sell on Shopify. Do I have to leave it?

No. If you want your orders, stock and customers to stay in Shopify, the new site connects to it and Shopify keeps handling checkout. If you'd rather not pay for Shopify, the store runs on Stripe instead and the money goes straight to your account.

How long until the site is live?

Under 48 hours from when we have your material: logo, product photos and anything you want said. You review the site before it's public, and it only goes live on your domain once you approve it.

06Start

Tell us about your brand.

A few lines is enough. We'll reply by email within 24 hours with the plan and a link to start. Prefer Instagram? Message @ascenta.studio.