One desktop.
The whole
agency loop.
Every solo operator running a website agency stitches together seven disconnected tools — then spends every week reconciling the gaps. BE1st is one desktop application that runs the entire loop: build, pitch, close, collaborate, ship. Your LLC, your Stripe, your domain. Claude wired into every step.
One closed client pays for ~6 months of the all-in monthly run.
before any savings argument: this is what closing a single standard build returns.
Standard build sells all-in for year one: site, admin, native payments and bookings, hosting, domain, on-call updates. Complex builds scope up. Year 2 recurring runs $1,500–$2,500/yr. One sale = ~6 months of your combined $499/mo fixed cost paid in full.
The Claude Max subscription is mandatory — every generation, edit, and audit runs through your own CLI. You pay Claude $100/mo directly, not BE1st. BE1st annual prepay returns ~1–2 months of credit value, effectively covering 1–2 months of your Claude bill.
An integrated operating loop, not feature soup.
Pitch with a working site, not a Figma frame. Close with auto-generated agreements named to your LLC. Collaborate through a client portal, not an email thread. Ship through a one-click pre-launch sweep.
Command Center — a playbook with audit gates.
Every project ships through the same eight-step playbook. Right pane is an AI command palette with buttons labeled Inward Method, Latest practices, Wiring audit, A11y pass — visible standards no other platform has named.
A cold email with a working site inside it.
Form on the left, fully rendered email + working site preview on the right, debounced 300ms. Type the rate — offer line re-renders. The follow-up portal-invite composes itself when they reply.
One modal composes email, Stripe link, and legal agreement.
Same modal generates the offer email, the Stripe checkout link, AND the build agreement — your real LLC name, mailing address, payment schedule, late-payment clause. Installment tracker auto-syncs from Stripe via webhook.
The client gets a product surface, not an email thread.
Client side: private portal with "tell your team" wishes (⚡ badges route to the agent), live preview, conversation. Your side: 3-pane consultant copilot — project files, deliverable viewer with versioning, embedded Claude terminal. Plus a 23-item industry-aware deliverable library Claude-composes per engagement.
Before-flip discipline as buttons.
Pre-launch sweep: Security · SEO · A11y · Wiring · Run Full Sweep. Deploy lane: Stage / Prod / Custom with one-click promote. Sources include Pull from Instagram. Custom domain configured on signing day.
Not just the site. The business around it.
HeadStart is the consulting accelerator that runs alongside the build. One engagement produces ~40 research-validated deliverables — the strategy, money and paperwork a founder actually needs — each grounded in live Perplexity research, not filler.
delivered as physical, shareable pages in a client portal — polish for the client, ship with one link.
Named work, in production.
current accounts — what the operator is running today across industries where the work has shipped or is shipping.
The whole business on one screen.
every lead, build, pitch, and client — a live pipeline, not a spreadsheet.
Real sites. Real clients. In production.
not templates — fully generated React sites, branded per engagement, live on their own domains.
Pitch with a working site. Pay for hosting only after they sign.
the structural cost advantage every competitor structurally lacks.
Every BE1st-generated site renders on an always-on cloud instance and is served at a stable public URL the prospect opens from their phone in the cold pitch email — live 24/7, no laptop required. No per-site deploy. No Vercel. No Railway. $0 marginal hosting cost per prospect.
Webflow requires hosting from minute one. Squarespace requires an active sub for live preview. BE1st pitches with a real working URL from one flat instance that serves unlimited previews. Railway provisioning only happens after the client closes — and the cost moves to their recurring tier. The operator never pays per-prospect infrastructure for a lead that never converts.
Replace the stack you already pay for.
the revenue argument is the point. the cost argument is a tax refund. both apply.
Seven disconnected tools.
One desktop. All integrated.
$399 a month. Cancel anytime. Sites you've sold keep running.
Thirty minutes. You drive.
Open the platform live with you on the call. Pick any business you know — we generate their full site in seconds, brand it, elevate it in the AI editor, and look at the math at your client volume.