Conflare is a Seattle-based, black-owned creative studio. Since 2004, our objective has been to shine a light on the great services, products, and values that drive our clients’ businesses and keep their customers coming back for more. From logo and identity design to digital strategy and web development, we elevate brands, engage customers, and grow businesses through the synthesis of beautiful and brainy digital experiences.
For nearly two decades, our studio has brought passion and a forward-thinking perspective to the creation of successful digital brands. The key to our longevity in a fast-changing industry is our ability to maintain an agile, inclusive culture that is at once innovative and disciplined, forward-looking and pragmatic, and always focused on the needs of our clients and their customers.
We’ve been an intentionally diverse outfit since our inception. From founders to kickass interns, our team has always been a richly appointed crew of diverse and highly empathetic folk.
We love DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) because it is who we are. Because it is who our clients are. And aside from just sheer creative prowess, our motley crew is what makes us a co-creative force. Diverse perspectives lead to innovative solutions. Diverse perspectives reach broader audiences and clear the path to success. For everyone.
At Conflare, we are as unrelenting as our beloved and ever-changing tech industry. Stagnation is not an option. With each project and each client, we answer the call to learn, engage, create, and evolve. It is a spirit of integrative learning and co-creation that enables us to build websites that not only work but imbue each brand with the ability to scale and maintain market relevance into the foreseeable—and indisputably—digital future.
Conflare.com | Ideas over egos
Min project size
$5,000+
Hourly rate
$100 - $149 / hr
Employees
10 - 49
Locations
Seattle, WA
Year founded
Founded 2004
2 Locations
Seattle , WA
Seattle , WA
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Pricing Snapshot
Min. project size
$5,000+
Avg. hourly rate
$100 - $149
/hr
Rating for cost
4.8
/5
What Clients Have Said
Conflare's project costs range from $26,000 to $40,000, offering good value for high-quality website development and branding. Clients appreciate their strong communication and project management, highlighting ongoing support and customization as key benefits.
Clients valued Conflare’s proactive approach and responsiveness. The team’s willingness to step in at any point and address client needs promptly was highlighted as a key strength, contributing to smooth project execution.
Creativity and Design Excellence
Conflare’s creative team received accolades for their innovative designs and ability to capture client visions. Their work on branding and visual aesthetics was noted as impressive, providing clients with unique and modern digital presences.
Areas for Improvement in Resource Allocation
One client suggested that Conflare could benefit from better marketing themselves and expanding their team of creatives to handle more projects simultaneously. This would help them manage growing client demands more effectively.
Trustworthy and Honest Partner
Conflare was commended for their honesty and transparency in client interactions. Clients appreciated their upfront communication regarding project approaches and potential challenges, fostering trust and long-term partnerships.
Strong Project Management
Clients frequently praised Conflare’s project management skills, highlighting their clear communication, adherence to timelines, and organized approach. Dedicated project managers and leaders were effective in maintaining project momentum and ensuring timely deliverables.
Effective Website Development
Conflare has demonstrated strong capabilities in developing and customizing websites for various industries. Clients noted improvements in bounce rates, content management, and overall site engagement. Their custom HTML and WordPress solutions were particularly appreciated.
Website Development for Property Management Company
Web Development
$10,000 to $49,999
June 2020 - Ongoing
5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Willing to Refer
5.0
‘‘They did a wonderful job working with us in this partnership.’’
May 18, 2021
Director of Marketing, Columbia Hospitality
Jill Shinn
Hospitality & leisure
Seattle, Washington
1,001-5,000 Employees
Phone Interview
Verified
Conflare was hired by a property management company to provide web development services. The efforts involve ongoing website customization and splash page development for properties that are opening for sale.
Conflare has improved the content and bounce rates of the client’s company through the sites they develop. The client outstands the rapidness of the turnaround times, getting their deliverables even before they’re needed. The team’s commitment is also key for a successful partnership.
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this
client over the phone. Below is an edited
transcript.
BACKGROUND
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the director of marketing for Columbia Hospitality, which is a property management company based out of Seattle. We have over 50 properties, mostly in the pacific northwest but also in Montana.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What challenge were you trying to address with Conflare?
We needed help in developing a website for our company.
SOLUTION
What was the scope of their involvement?
We work with them on a retainer basis for the website development in terms of changes and customization we want to do. They’ve also created splash pages for new properties that are about to open, as well as design development that they later hand off to us.
In terms of technology, the website they’re maintaining for us is a custom HTML site, and the splash pages are built on WordPress.
What is the team composition?
We’ve been working with around seven people around the core of the project. I work with Randy (Principal), Timeca (Creative Director), and some other web development interns. For the project-based stuff like the splash pages, we work with their designers, developers, project managers, and account managers.
How did you come to work with Conflare?
They were highly recommended to us.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent $35,000–$40,000 with them so far.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working with them in June 2020, and the engagement is ongoing.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We have Google Analytics set up currently to measure how many people are going into the page and how far to the bottom they’re getting. We don’t have any system for conversion tracking yet because we don’t have the booking engine setup for the property since we’re still a few months away from opening the property. But we’re seeing great engagement on the splash page, as well as in the other websites that they’ve been managing for us. We’ve seen improvements in bounce rates and content management throughout the sites.
How did Conflare perform from a project management standpoint?
We have a dedicated project manager and a couple of leaders involved in the ongoing maintenance of the sites. They’re not afraid of stepping in at any point in the project, and they’re wonderful with communication. They also hit all the deadlines, so they’re great to work with from a timeline perspective.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They got the site launched far ahead of the actual property launch, and for us, that was a success as it is.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I don’t think there’s anything they can improve on. They did a wonderful job working with us in this partnership.
Any advice for potential customers?
Have open and frank communication at all times. I’ve worked in both the agency and the client side, so I understand how it is on both sides of the coin; keeping that perspective and offering that to the relationship will create a true partnership.
RATINGS
5.0
Quality
5.0
Service & Deliverables
Schedule
5.0
On time / deadlines
Cost
5.0
Value / within estimates
Willing to Refer
5.0
NPS
Web Dev and Custom Features for Online Jeweler
Web Development
$10,000 to $49,999
July 2016 - Ongoing
5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Willing to Refer
5.0
"Everyone is impressed with the site."
Sep 19, 2017
Co-Founder, Bashford Jewelry
Neil Stephens
Consumer Products
Seattle, Washington
1-10 Employees
Phone Interview
Verified
Conflare gave branding counsel and built a jewelry retail website from scratch. The team custom-coded a complex design-your-own-ring feature and now provides ongoing site updates and product adds.
Feedback on Conflare’s deliverables has been unanimously and enthusiastically positive. The team’s work leaves little room for improvement, with on-time delivery at an impressive price. Their honesty, strong work ethic, and proactive communication make them a reliable partner for the long haul.
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this
client over the phone. Below is an edited
transcript.
BACKGROUND
Introduce your business and what you do there.
Bashford Jewelry is an online jewelry business. I’m the co-founder.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What challenge were you trying to address with Conflare?
We needed a website built. We’d been in business for a couple of years, and had built our own website on Shopify. The site wasn’t up to par, so we hired Conflare.
SOLUTION
What was the scope of their involvement?
In addition to building our website, the Conflare team custom-coded a design-your-own ring feature. Users can pick the kind of gold, setting, diamonds, etc., that they want for their ring. It was a difficult feature.
They helped my wife with our branding as well.
What is the team dynamic?
There were five people working on our project at various times.
How did you come to work with Conflare?
My sister works with them occasionally, and we were aware of their reputation before hiring them.
How much have you invested with them?
We spent $26,000 on the site.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working with them in July 2016, and the relationship is ongoing. We’ve noticed some things that we’d like to change, and we’ll continue to update the site and add products.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We’ve gotten great feedback. Everyone is impressed with the site. Conflare did a wonderful job for a wonderful price.
How did Conflare perform from a project management standpoint?
We get together for in-person meetings.
They communicate really well and work hard. They’re very organized and punctual. They ask a question, take our answer into account, and have the work done by the end of the day.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They’re honest. They’ve proved to be a very trustworthy partner, both initially and over the length of the project. They’re upfront with how they tackle the work. Before they implement anything, they tell us the good points and bad points of a given approach.
They give a lot of great suggestions, which is really helpful.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I have no complaints.
RATINGS
5.0
"I don’t have a single complaint. Everything has been wonderful."
Quality
5.0
Service & Deliverables
Schedule
5.0
On time / deadlines
"They always tell us when things will be done and they stick to it. They’ve even completed tasks quicker than we imagined sometimes."
Cost
5.0
Value / within estimates
"We got amazing value for our money, especially for the challenging ring builder feature. Even if they had charged us more, I would still feel we got a good deal."
Willing to Refer
5.0
NPS
Web Development, Design & Branding for Aerospace Firm
Web Development
$10,000 to $49,999
Feb. - Aug. 2017
5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
4.5
Cost
5.0
Willing to Refer
5.0
“Their overall creativity is impressive.”
Sep 12, 2017
President, Lafarge & Egge
Bryan Luttrell
Manufacturing
Lynnwood, Washington
11-50 Employees
Phone Interview
Verified
Conflare assisted an aerospace firm with their design, web development, and brand messaging. They collected data, built a modern WordPress site, and created new color palettes and templates.
Stakeholders and partners appreciated the new site's fluid layout, effective SEO strategy, and polished, professional appearance. Conflare also earned praise for their fresh creativity and clear process explanations. Their organization and deep industry knowledge helped them tell a compelling story.
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this
client over the phone. Below is an edited
transcript.
BACKGROUND
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the president of Lafarge & Egge. We are a mid-market aerospace manufacturer based in the Pacific Northwest. We primarily build hydraulic plumbing assemblies for aircraft and we also do a couple of service operations for larger companies such as machining and specialized aerospace welding.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What challenge were you trying to address with Conflare?
I work for a private equity company. They had three different companies under the same parent company and there was no direction in terms of integrating those companies. Conflare was brought in to do a digital facelift on the company and rebrand it into one identity. Part of our goal was to grow outside of the aerospace industry as a company.
SOLUTION
What was the scope of their involvement?
We used Conflare for development, design of the website and the brand, and messaging and guidance for the brand. They started from the ground up and collaborated with us to collect data. They used WordPress and a custom CSS template. It’s HTML. We tasked Conflare with changing our presence to capture the legacy of aerospace but to also appeal to other industries. They helped by changing the color scheme from traditional aerospace blue and darker colors to a more light, bright, modern feel for the company. We challenged Conflare to hold onto both of those elements. We provided guidance about who we were and we let Timeca [Principal/Designer, Conflare] tell the story.
What is the team dynamic?
There were up to six team members working with us at any given time. They had developers, designers, and database folks.
How did you come to work with Conflare?
They built my wife’s website for her company. We chose them because we liked their work and we wanted to be unique. There are a lot of companies that do aerospace websites and they can do them faster than Conflare. However, they’re more standard templates, and we wanted something different. So we went outside of our industry space and chose Conflare because they are a well-established boutique firm.
How much have you invested with them?
We have invested $30,000, including photography.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in February 2017 until August 2017. They continue to provide support in terms of training to turn it over to us completely so we can eventually be autonomous users. There’s a chance of us contracting with them down the road for changes to the website. We would always go back to them.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We really like their work. One of my internal team members sent me a note and said that it was very pleasant to see the company starting to look like one. Prior to Conflare, I was trying to get three companies to work together. It was hard when they couldn’t visualize themselves doing it. Once we created a web presence to integrate them, the feedback was fantastic. They did a great job of shocking everybody with a different color scheme. The feedback from our internal stakeholders has been very pleasant. We’ve received comments on how smoothly the website functions and the seamless page-to-page transition. Our ownership group appreciated the SEO focus on some of the material grades worksheets. All feedback has been very positive.
How did Conflare perform from a project management standpoint?
Overall, I’d give them an A- in project management with the need for improvement that everybody has. They’re very easy to work with. They utilize both onsite and digital meetings. Usually, we started the kickoff meetings onsite. We discussed the scope and intent of the project and agreed on deliverables and timelines. They formed a whole project plan based on that timeline. We worked off the project plan and checked in weekly. They were very clear on what the dependency was for each particular milestone to be complete; everything was in sequence to the plan. The plan made our lives easier because we based all of our internal planning off of their milestones.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Their overall creativity is impressive. We only had to tell the story once, and they understood the business, industry concepts, and jargon, which really helped with copywriting. We received strong value for what we paid for on both the development side and the marketing side. I can certainly build a strong digital presence from my encounters with their design team.
Are there any areas they could improve?
They could market themselves a little better and grow their customer base to allow them to grow the number of resources they have. The creatives at the company are the force and they don’t have enough of them.
RATINGS
5.0
Quality
5.0
Service & Deliverables
"They’re very quick to address concerns and feel them out completely before passing judgment or before making any decisions. They were very responsive."
Schedule
4.5
On time / deadlines
"We slightly veered off a couple of times, but nothing significant that would have impacted a major milestone."
Cost
5.0
Value / within estimates
"We got a great brand from a minimal budget."
Willing to Refer
5.0
NPS
Ground-Up Web Dev & Design for Law Firm
Web Development
Confidential
July - Nov. 2016
5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
4.0
Willing to Refer
5.0
"They did good work, were responsive and respectful, and were excited about the project."
Aug 30, 2017
Associate Attorney, Law Firm
Anonymous
Legal
San Francisco, California
11-50 Employees
Phone Interview
Verified
Conflare developed a WordPress website for a law firm. They ran photoshoots, contacted clients for testimonials, and provided designs.
The new accessible layout was a large improvement on the firm's previous website. Conflare excelled at explaining their process, managing tasks, and handling difficult situations. Their optimistic, professional attitude kept the project running smoothly.
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this
client over the phone. Below is an edited
transcript.
BACKGROUND
Introduce your business and what you do there.
At the time I worked with Conflare, I was an Associate Attorney for a law firm. I oversaw various operational elements, such as IT, marketing, the website and internal operations related to technology deployment and personnel.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What challenge were you trying to address with Conflare?
We had an embarrassingly-bad website and it was extremely out-of-date, in terms of style and user expectations.
SOLUTION
What was the scope of their involvement?
Conflare developed a new WordPress site for us from the ground up. They handled everything from client outreach for testimonials to graphics and photo shoots, selecting the photos that would work well on the site.
We’re a law firm, so this wasn’t a functionality-rich project. There is only so much we could or would want to do on the website—it didn’t need to be interactive, other than having a contact form. We also have a blog feature, which is nice and is something we didn’t have before. Our menus have a hierarchical structure, and there is social media integration.
They interviewed us in order to get to know our team, firm and culture to help us draft the website. Conflare worked with us through design iterations and came up with something we liked. We had business cards and letterheads set on a blue foundation prior to the engagement with them, however, Conflare worked with us to come up with a palette for the site around that nucleus.
What is the team dynamic?
We worked with around 4 people in total.
How did you come to work with Conflare?
They had designed a website we really liked for another law firm. I shopped around for a few different options, and the firm decided that going the high-end route, with a premium design team was worth it.
What is the status of this engagement?
The work started around July 2016 and the project ended in mid-November. There was a trickle of small things to address after that, but the bulk of the project was completed.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We like the site. It is a huge improvement over what we had before, which was clearly not a modern website.
How did Conflare perform from a project management standpoint?
I enjoyed working with them as people. Conflare brought a lot of enthusiasm and positivity. They’re experts at working with clients, and at understanding that they’re working with people who don’t necessarily want to be doing a website, as this is not something we have any particular expertise in. It’s essential to our marketing, but it’s outside our core competency. Conflare understood not only this but the fact that we’re busy. It was good to work with a team who got this. We weren’t an easy group to work with, but they were very patient and communicative.
There was a project management tool in place. It was useful initially, but it went through a version change, and I didn’t like it anymore. We communicated by email, and also had a staging platform on which we could make comments and edits to copy, as well as give feedback.
What did you find most impressive about them?
From my perspective, Conflare delivered more than agreed to and handled us as a difficult client well. They did good work, were responsive and respectful, and were excited about the project. It felt like Conflare was willing to do more because they liked the project and working with us.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I wasn’t thrilled with how the blog functionality was rolled out. It was a little clunky and barely readable at first. It needed to be tweaked. They were responsive in setting up different views and texts, and I think the blog is better now. In general, the website is very good and puts a positive polish on our firm.
RATINGS
5.0
"We were a difficult client, from a business perspective, but I enjoyed working with them very much and would completely recommend them."
Quality
5.0
Service & Deliverables
"Everything they did was high-end, flexible and responsive to our needs."
Schedule
5.0
On time / deadlines
"We gave them an unrealistic project timeline, and Conflare was upfront about meeting it. They were willing to deliver something in the time we needed by tiering the deliverables."
Cost
4.0
Value / within estimates
"We could have hired someone to get us somewhere close, for 20-30% less. We received a great service, and I don’t know what the copy would have been like if someone else was directing it."
Willing to Refer
5.0
NPS
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