Currently shipping for Matey · Brisbane HQ, partners in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Seoul, Chennai

We build the thing.

Product, design and engineering for teams across Australia and New Zealand. Two senior people who stay across every job, with a trusted partner network when a project needs more hands.

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The Studio

Small on purpose.

Jamie & Barry, Brisbane

Pivot Labs is a two person senior product studio led by Jamie and Barry, with trusted delivery partners in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Seoul and Chennai. The two of us stay across every job. Our partner network lets us scale design, engineering and content when a project needs more hands, without the overhead of a big agency.

Between us we have shipped product inside crypto exchanges, telcos, marketplaces and supply chain platforms, and we build and run our own products with our own money. That changes how we work: we feel every decision the way an owner does.

Experience across

SwyftxKotahiSparkTheMarketZenditCarusoBeBridgeMatey

How We Work

Four rules we don't break.

Progress you can click

Real software on a real link every week, not a slide deck about software.

The people you talk to do the work

No account managers. No juniors learning on your budget.

Skin in the game

We run our own products, so we treat your numbers like ours.

No lock in, ever

Clean code and clear documentation. Your next hire will thank us.

What We Do

Four things, done properly.

Product

Strategy, roadmaps and specs. Working out what to build and in what order, so you stop burning money on the wrong features. Discovery, prioritisation, delivery planning and the hard calls, run by people who have done it inside serious product companies.

Design

Brand, UX and UI. Brands, websites and app screens that look the part and get people to act. Everything we design we can also build, so nothing gets lost in handover and estimates stay honest.

Engineering

Build and ship. Modern web stacks: React, TypeScript, Supabase, and AI where it earns its keep. First version live in weeks, architected so it does not fall over when you grow.

Marketing

Content, social and growth. Content engines, social pipelines, email and ads that actually bring in work. We set the system up, get it running, then hand you the keys or keep driving it for you.

Selected Work

Proof, not promises.

Built and run by us

Matey - usemately.com

Invoicing and job management for Australian tradies: quotes, payments, voice job capture and automatic payment chasing. Designed, coded, launched and marketed entirely in house. It is the clearest proof of what we do end to end.

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Crypto exchange, AU

Swyftx

Product work inside one of Australia's biggest crypto exchanges. Fast moving, heavily regulated, zero room for error.

Freight & supply chain, NZ

Kotahi

New Zealand's largest freight and supply chain collaboration. Enterprise platform product at national scale.

Telecommunications, NZ

Spark

New Zealand's biggest telco. Digital product delivery for millions of customers.

Marketplace, NZ

TheMarket

Online marketplace backed by The Warehouse Group. Merchandising, discovery and conversion.

Early stage, AU

Zendit

Product foundations from zero: shaping the core experience through to launch.

Property investment, NZ

Caruso

Investment platform flows where trust is everything, for investors and fund managers.

Also: BeBridge (bebridge.finance) and further work under NDA. Live links and case walkthroughs available on a call.

Pricing · AUD & NZD

Straight answers on cost.

Every job is scoped and fixed before we start, so there are no surprise invoices. The figures below are honest starting points based on typical engagements. All prices exclude GST.

Engagement

What you get

AUD

NZD

Website design & build

Design, copy, build, launch. Fast, modern, yours.

from $7,500

from $8,200

Brand & identity

Logo, colours, type, templates and usage guide.

from $4,500

from $4,900

Product strategy sprint

Two weeks. Roadmap, specs and a build ready plan.

$9,500

$10,400

MVP product build

Design and engineering of a working first version.

from $35,000

from $38,500

Fractional product team

Ongoing product, design and dev, monthly.

from $6,000/mo

from $6,600/mo

Content & social engine

Monthly content production and channel management.

from $2,500/mo

from $2,750/mo

Day rate

Senior hands on your problem, any discipline.

$1,400/day

$1,550/day

Bigger or unusual project? We quote fixed within a week of a first call. Not for profit sports clubs and early stage founders: ask about reduced rates.

How It Starts

From hello to live.

Week 0

First call

Thirty minutes. You talk, we listen, and we tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.

Week 1

Fixed scope & quote

A short plan in plain English: what we will build, what it costs, when it lands.

Weeks 2+

Build in the open

Weekly progress on a live link. You see it grow, you steer as we go.

Launch

Live, and yours

We ship it, wire up the domain and analytics, and hand over clean code and docs.