Clean-beauty DTC
Westside skincare and cosmetics lines built on ingredient transparency, education-first product pages, and subscription on the replenishable essentials.
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§ · Los Angeles · every service
Agency for Los Angeles brands
Web, Shopify Plus, iOS apps and brand identity for Los Angeles operators , clean-beauty on the Westside, compliance-heavy cannabis retail, and Hollywood-adjacent DTC apparel. Pacific Time, served remote-first from our New York and Delhi HQ teams.
§ 01 · los angeles
How we work with Los Angeles
Digital Heroes is a remote-first studio. We do not staff a Los Angeles office and we will not invent one. LA brands are served by the same New York and Delhi HQ teams that have shipped for 2,000-plus brands across 55-plus countries since 2017, on the same six-week cadence: Discover, Design, Build, Launch, Optimize, with a written scope inside 48 hours of the first call and a recorded demo every Friday.
What LA changes is the brief, not the process. The work here skews mobile-first by default, Westside clean-beauty lines, licensed cannabis storefronts carrying real compliance weight, and Culver City to Silver Lake DTC apparel labels that expect a subscription engine and an iOS companion app paired to the storefront from day one. We scope to that reality rather than a generic retainer.
Pacific Time is an advantage, not a gap. Our New York book opens at 6 AM Los Angeles time, so your working morning overlaps the NY HQ directly, while the Delhi team has already moved the build overnight, LA founders tend to wake up to progress and spend the day reviewing it.
What Los Angeles brands build.
Legal-cannabis retail
Licensed storefronts where age-gating, state-restriction logic, and California compliance are designed into the checkout from the first wireframe.
Hollywood-adjacent DTC apparel
Founder-led apparel and lifestyle brands from Culver City to Silver Lake that pair a Shopify storefront with a creator-led, content-heavy launch engine.
Mobile-paired commerce
Subscription storefronts with a companion iOS app, the LA-typical default, sharing loyalty, account, and compliance logic across web and mobile.
§ 03 · the full catalog
Every service, for Los Angeles brands.
All 39 disciplines we ship, on one six-week cadence , Discover → Design → Build → Launch → Optimize. Every Los Angeles engagement returns a written scope within 48 hours of the first call. Open any service for the full detail.
Shopify 14
Shopify Development
Full theme + app + API work on Shopify. Headless or Liquid, B2B or DTC, single store or multi-region.
liquid
storefront API
checkout UI
Open service
Shopify Plus Agency
Plus-tier work: Shopify Flow, Launchpad, Scripts, B2B, multi-store, headless, for eight-figure-GMV brands.
flow
launchpad
multi-store
Open service
Shopify Migration
Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Salesforce, or custom, with URL parity, redirect maps, and SEO retention through cutover.
redirect maps
SEO parity
data ETL
Open service
Shopify Theme Customization
Dawn, Sense, Studio, Impulse, or custom. Section-based architecture, JSON templates, app blocks, performance budgets.
OS 2.0
JSON templates
app blocks
Open service
Shopify App Development
Public and private apps with Polaris UI, Admin API, GraphQL, and webhooks, built for the App Store review queue.
polaris
graphql
app review
Open service
Shopify Maintenance
Monthly retainer for theme updates, app-conflict resolution, BFCM readiness, and performance-regression watch.
retainer
BFCM ready
SLA-backed
Open service
Shopify Store Setup
First-time Shopify launch in five business days: theme configured, products imported, payments live, taxes set, basic SEO done.
fast launch
payments
tax setup
Open service
Shopify B2B Development
Wholesale + B2B on Shopify: company accounts, catalog + price-list rules, net terms, and gated buyer experiences.
company accounts
price lists
net terms
Open service
Shopify Checkout Extensibility
Checkout UI extensions, Functions, and branding, the post-checkout.liquid path to a compliant, custom checkout.
UI extensions
functions
branding API
Open service
Shopify Headless (Hydrogen)
Hydrogen + Oxygen headless storefronts with the Storefront API, for brands that have outgrown Liquid performance.
hydrogen
oxygen
storefront API
Open service
Shopify Speed Optimization
Core Web Vitals work: LCP/INP/CLS budgets, lazy media, app-script audits, and theme refactors for real field gains.
core web vitals
lighthouse
app audit
Open service
Shopify App Store Optimization
Listing, keywords, screenshots, and review strategy to rank and convert inside the Shopify App Store.
ASO
listing
conversion
Open service
Hire Shopify Experts
Embed senior Shopify engineers and designers into your team, vetted, Premier-Partner-grade talent on demand.
senior team
vetted
embedded
Open service
Hire Shopify by the Hour
Buy senior Shopify development time in flexible hour blocks, roll-over hours, no long-term lock-in.
hourly
roll-over
flexible
Open service
Web 11
Web Development
Custom marketing sites and product web apps, Next.js, TypeScript, Stripe-deep, Vercel- or Cloudflare-deployed.
next.js
typescript
stripe
Open service
Web Design
Editorial-quality design systems and accessible site builds, a Figma library handed off, not just comps.
design system
figma
WCAG
Open service
Custom Web Platform
Bespoke web platforms, portals, marketplaces, dashboards, with auth, roles, billing, and an admin layer.
portals
auth + roles
admin
Open service
Responsive Web Design
Mobile-first responsive builds that hold up from 320px to ultrawide, with real device QA.
mobile-first
fluid
device QA
Open service
Landing Page Design
High-conversion landing pages for launches and paid campaigns, fast, measured, A/B-ready.
conversion
A/B ready
fast
Open service
Website Redesign
Full redesign with SEO and content preserved through migration, no ranking cliff at relaunch.
SEO-safe
content migration
rebrand
Open service
Website Maintenance
Ongoing care: updates, security patches, uptime monitoring, content edits, and performance watch.
retainer
security
uptime
Open service
WordPress Development
Custom themes, blocks, and headless WordPress, clean, fast, and editor-friendly.
custom theme
blocks
headless
Open service
WooCommerce Development
WooCommerce stores and migrations, performance-tuned, with the right plugin and payment stack.
woo
payments
perf
Open service
Webflow Development
Webflow builds and CMS structures that designers can run themselves after handoff.
webflow
CMS
no-code handoff
Open service
Magento Development
Adobe Commerce / Magento builds, upgrades, and B2B catalogs, plus clean exits to Shopify when it's time.
adobe commerce
B2B
upgrades
Open service
SaaS & Software 3
SaaS Development
Production B2B SaaS: multi-tenant architecture, billing, RBAC, SOC 2-ready logging, and an analytics-native admin.
multi-tenant
billing
RBAC
Open service
SaaS MVP Development
Validate fast: a focused, real MVP shipped on the six-week cadence, not a throwaway prototype.
MVP
6-week
validate
Open service
Custom Software Development
Internal tools, integrations, and bespoke systems, APIs, automations, and the glue between your stack.
APIs
integrations
automation
Open service
Mobile 6
Mobile App Development
iOS, Android, and cross-platform, companion and commerce apps with offline, push, and deep-link support.
iOS + Android
push
deep links
Open service
iOS App Development
Native Swift / SwiftUI apps built for App Store review, with StoreKit and Apple-grade polish.
swift
swiftui
storekit
Open service
Android App Development
Native Kotlin / Jetpack Compose apps tuned for the Play Store and the Android device matrix.
kotlin
compose
play store
Open service
React Native Development
One React Native codebase shipping to both stores, fast iteration with native modules where needed.
react native
one codebase
native bridges
Open service
Flutter Development
Flutter apps with a single Dart codebase and pixel-consistent UI across iOS and Android.
flutter
dart
cross-platform
Open service
React Development
React engineering for complex front-ends, state, performance, design systems, and component libraries.
react
state
design system
Open service
Brand & Design 3
Brand Identity
Logo, type, color, motion, and voice, a full identity system with a Figma library handed off.
identity system
motion
voice
Open service
Logo Design
Distinctive, scalable logo systems, primary, secondary, and the full mark set with usage rules.
logo system
scalable
usage rules
Open service
UI/UX Design
Product design: research, flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI tied to a real component library.
research
flows
components
Open service
Growth 2
Growth Strategy
Lifecycle, retention, CRO, and roadmap, the strategy layer that turns a launch into compounding revenue.
CRO
retention
roadmap
Open service
Paid Acquisition
Performance media across Meta, Google, and TikTok, creative, measurement, and a real attribution model.
performance
creative
attribution
Open service
What makes Los Angeles distinct in 2026
Los Angeles is the rare market where beauty, regulated retail, and entertainment-adjacent commerce all run at scale in the same metro. Westside neighborhoods, Venice, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, anchor a deep clean-beauty cohort built on ingredient transparency and education-led product pages. Legal-cannabis storefronts add a layer almost no other US city demands at this density: age-gating, license-state restrictions, and California compliance baked into the checkout, not bolted on. And the Hollywood and Culver City orbit produces founder-led apparel and lifestyle brands that treat content velocity and creator distribution as core infrastructure.
These are the kinds of operator-led businesses Los Angeles runs on, the clean-beauty, cannabis, and apparel scene is the market context we design for, never a roster of our clients. Where it matters most is the build itself: LA operators expect a storefront and a paired iOS app to feel like one product, with subscription, loyalty, and compliance logic shared across both. That is the brief we scope to before a single contract is signed.
§ 05 · Los Angeles coverage
Across Los Angeles, on Pacific Time (PT).
Los Angeles runs three hours behind our New York HQ, so your 9 AM lands at the NY team's midday, a full working-morning overlap with the East Coast book. Delhi sits roughly twelve to thirteen hours ahead, which means the build advances overnight Pacific Time and is ready for your review when LA opens. We work remotely with Los Angeles brands from our New York and Delhi HQ teams , we do not staff a Los Angeles office and we will not invent one. Coverage spans Hollywood, Santa Monica, Venice, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Silver Lake, Downtown LA and Culver City.
- →Hollywood
- →Santa Monica
- →Venice
- →Beverly Hills
- →West Hollywood
- →Silver Lake
- →Downtown LA
- →Culver City
§ FAQ · questions
Los Angeles founders, answered.
Do you have an office in Los Angeles?
No. Digital Heroes is remote-first with two staffed HQs, New York and Delhi, plus smaller satellite teams in London, Sydney, and Lucknow. We do not staff a Los Angeles office, we have no LA address or Google Business Profile, and we will not invent one. LA brands are served by the NY and Delhi HQ teams on Pacific Time hours, with same-day response during the overlap window.
How does Pacific Time work for a remote LA engagement?
It works in your favor. Our New York book opens at 6 AM Los Angeles time, so your working morning overlaps the NY HQ directly, while the Delhi team moves the build overnight Pacific Time. You get a weekly Friday demo, a written scope within 48 hours of the first call, and progress waiting most mornings rather than a same-zone team you have to wait on.
What kinds of Los Angeles brands do you typically work with?
Operator-led brands across the scenes LA is known for, Westside clean-beauty DTC, compliance-heavy legal-cannabis retail, and Hollywood-adjacent apparel and lifestyle labels. The shared thread is a subscription model and a mobile-first build, often a storefront paired with an iOS app. We reference these as market context, not as a client list, the right fit is a real brand with a real growth roadmap and a named operator we can talk to weekly.
Can you handle California cannabis compliance and mobile-app builds?
Yes. Cannabis storefronts are scoped with age-gating, state-restriction logic, and California compliance designed into the checkout flow rather than added afterward. Subscription-and-iOS-app pairings are standard LA work for us, we build the storefront and companion app to share loyalty, account, and compliance logic so they behave like one product across web and mobile.
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§ · talk to us
Start your Los Angeles project.
Call our New York HQ or book a 30-minute intro call , we scope your Los Angeles build on the call and send a fixed quote within 48 hours.
Served remotely from Digital Heroes' New York + Delhi HQs · USD invoicing · NDA on request
