THE AKYN — Miami web design
A web design agency in Miami and South Florida.
THE AKYN is a design and development studio based in Miami, Florida. We build custom websites, Shopify storefronts and brand systems for businesses here in South Florida and for clients across the United States. Most projects run three to six weeks and start at $1,000.
What's included
- Custom website design and build
- Shopify storefront design and development
- Amazon and Etsy marketplace setup
- Brand identity and systems
- On-page and technical SEO
- US LLC, domain and business email setup
Working with us
Local when it helps, remote by default.
We are based in Miami and can meet in person when a project genuinely benefits from it — early scoping, a product handling session, anything easier to do across a table than a call.
Everything else runs remotely, because that is what works. Design reviews, revisions and handover happen online, which means the same process serves a client in Coral Gables and a client in Denver without either being treated as the difficult one.
If you would rather never meet in person, that is entirely normal and costs you nothing.
Who we work with here
What Miami businesses tend to need.
Miami is a trading city before it is anything else, and that shapes the work. A large share of the businesses we speak to are selling into more than one market, often in more than one language, and frequently across more than one channel at the same time.
That has practical consequences for a build. Bilingual sites are a normal requirement rather than an exotic one. Marketplace presence tends to matter as much as the storefront. And businesses trading internationally need a site that reads as credible to someone who has never heard of them and is deciding from a different country.
- Product brands selling direct and on marketplaces
- Businesses needing English and Spanish sites
- Service firms whose site undersells the work
- Importers and trade businesses selling internationally
- Founders forming a US company and launching at once
Multilingual builds
Two languages, built in rather than bolted on.
Adding a second language after launch is usually more expensive than planning for it, because it touches structure rather than just copy — URLs, navigation, metadata, hreflang and how search engines are told which version belongs to whom.
We built SNP Mech as a multilingual corporate site presenting a long-established engineering contractor to international clients, and the same approach applies to a Miami business selling into Latin America or serving a bilingual local market.
What we build
The full range, from one studio.
Most clients need more than one of these, which is the reason they sit under one roof rather than being farmed out to three suppliers who never speak to each other.
Request an estimateHow we work
Scoped before it starts, yours when it ends.
We agree exactly what is being built and what it costs before any work begins, so the number at the end is the number you approved at the start. One round of revisions is included.
On delivery the site and its code are yours. It runs on your own accounts and your own domain, and you can hand it to another developer whenever you like. We do not hold anyone's website hostage as a retention strategy.
Common questions
Do you have an office in Miami?
We are a Miami-based studio and work remotely with clients. We can meet locally when a project calls for it, but we do not run a walk-in office and we would rather be straight about that than imply otherwise.
How much does web design cost in Miami?
Projects start at $1,000. A brochure site sits near the lower end; a custom Shopify build with brand work and integrations sits well above it. Miami pricing is broadly in line with the rest of the US market — you get a fixed scope and cost in writing before anything starts.
Do you only work with Miami businesses?
No. We are based in Miami and work with clients across the United States. Being local is convenient when it is useful and irrelevant the rest of the time.
Can you build the site in English and Spanish?
Yes. Bilingual builds are planned into the structure from the start — URLs, navigation, metadata and hreflang — rather than translated on afterwards, which is where most bilingual sites go wrong.
How long does a web design project take?
Most run three to six weeks from kick-off to launch depending on scope. You get a timeline with your estimate, before committing.
Do you work with businesses outside e-commerce?
Yes. Roughly half the work is storefronts and half is corporate and service-business websites — engineering firms, professional services, anyone whose site has to make them look as capable as they are.
Next step
Tell us what you are building.
Send us what the business does, what you need built and roughly when. We come back with an honest scope and a fixed cost. Based in Miami, working across the United States.
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