*01 — ABOUT US

Common sense isn't common.

That's the whole pitch. We build websites the way artists build a body of work — deliberately, obsessively, and without a template in sight.

The Common Sense brain — thumbs up
*02 — THE STORY — EST. ON A FRUSTRATION

Most agencies sell you a template, a stack of plugins, and a prayer. It works — right up until you grow. Then it's a house of cards with your revenue on top.

So we built the agency we couldn't find: one platform, tailored to your brand, that adapts as you grow. Twenty-plus years of engineering under the interesting-looking thing.

*03 — WHAT WE BELIEVE
NO. 01

Boring-strong underneath

Infrastructure first, always.
Nothing interesting survives on a shaky stack.

NO. 02

Interesting on top

Websites that get mistaken for art.
Taste comes free; templates never enter the building.

NO. 03

Partners, not hostage-takers

A partner who stops thinking about you isn't one.
We stay in the room; you own everything; leave whenever — nobody does.

*04 — WHO YOU'RE ACTUALLY HIRING

Two principals who keep up, and a network we vouch for.

FOUNDER

Leighton Cross

40+ years of software development, solution design and hard problem-solving.
Started the agency he couldn't find anywhere else.

SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

Jason Cross

20+ years across mobile apps, web platforms, ecommerce and a few startups.
Turns messy requirements into systems that don't fall over.

*PLUS A TRUSTED NETWORK — DESIGN, DATA MIGRATION, NATIVE APPS — PEOPLE WE'VE WORKED WITH FOR YEARS. YOU DEAL WITH US; NOBODY GETS HANDED TO A STRANGER.
*05 — FOR THE PERSON SIGNING THE CONTRACT

The bigger the build, the more the question stops being 'are they any good?' and starts being 'what happens if this goes wrong?' So here's our answer, in writing, before you ask.

NO. 01

You own everything, from day one

Code, accounts, domains and docs — in your name, not ours, from the first commit.
Walk away whenever you like and you keep trading. Nothing is ever held hostage.

NO. 02

No single point of failure

Two principals and a vetted network mean no build ever rides on one person's calendar.
Documented as we go, so your team is never dependent on ours to keep the lights on.

NO. 03

No surprise invoices

Two ways to buy: a fixed price locked before we start, or a scoped estimate billed as time and materials — your call.
Either way, every change is quoted and signed off first. The bill never ambushes you.

*AUSTRALIAN REGISTERED PTY LTD · PUBLIC LIABILITY + PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURED · CLIENT REFERENCES ON REQUEST
60+
YEARS OF SOFTWARE BETWEEN THE TWO OF US
30
YEARS — OUR LONGEST CLIENT RELATIONSHIP, STILL ONGOING
$6M+
ANNUAL CLIENT REVENUE RUNNING ON PLATFORMS WE BUILT