Atlanta
Websites and custom software for Atlanta small businesses
A Los Angeles team working remotely with Atlanta businesses, three hours behind them, from barbershops and salons to the vendors that serve film sets.
Updated September 24, 2026
In short
For Atlanta small businesses, we design websites and build custom software remotely, from Los Angeles. Atlanta is three hours ahead, so calls fall between noon and 5 p.m. Eastern. The worked example below is a three-chair barbershop that keeps its booking app and adds a site and a monthly membership around it.
How we work with Atlanta businesses
In short
Calls fit the Atlanta afternoon, and everything between them is written down, since the work runs remotely from Los Angeles.
Atlanta keeps Eastern time, so the hours both sides are at work run from noon to 5 p.m. there. A barber with a full chair all afternoon may prefer to talk before opening, which is too early for Los Angeles, so that part runs on written notes instead.
Reviews happen on a preview link that opens on a phone between clients. Notes left there are read with the next round of work, and anything that needs a decision waits for the next call.
| Pacific | Eastern |
|---|---|
| 9 a.m. | Noon |
| 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. |
| 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. |
| Noon | 3 p.m. |
| 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. |
| 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. |
- Meetings
- By video from Los Angeles, and in writing between calls
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- Shared hours
- Atlanta runs three hours ahead: noon to 5 p.m. there is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Los Angeles.
The business mix
In short
Atlanta pairs a large film and television trade with neighborhood businesses, and barbershops and salons are a fixture of every part of town.
Film and television production grew into a large industry in Georgia after the state's production tax credit, and a trade of vendors formed around the studios, renting equipment and feeding crews. Logistics firms cluster near the airport, and real estate keeps pace with a growing metro.
Midtown and Buckhead hold offices and shops. The Old Fourth Ward and the West End have filled with restaurants, and Little Five Points is known for its independent stores. Beyond the city limits, Decatur, Marietta and Sandy Springs each keep a town center of their own.
The SBA Office of Advocacy's 2025 profile of the Atlanta metro area counts 111,961 small businesses in other services, the census group that includes barbershops and salons.
- Barbershops and salons
- Film and television vendors
- Restaurants
- Logistics near the airport
- Real estate
Source: SBA Office of Advocacy, 2025 Small Business Profile: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, read September 24, 2026.
Local platforms and directories
In short
A business inside the city limits gets an occupational tax certificate, the city's business license, from the Office of Revenue, and corporations and LLCs also register with the Georgia Secretary of State.
The Corporations Division of the Georgia Secretary of State registers corporations, LLCs and limited partnerships. Inside the city limits, the City of Atlanta's Office of Revenue issues the occupational tax certificate and handles its renewal.
The Metro Atlanta Chamber is the business group for the region. A shop in Decatur or Marietta is outside the City of Atlanta, so it deals with its own city hall for a license.
- Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division
where Georgia corporations and LLCs register
- City of Atlanta Office of Revenue
the city office that issues the occupational tax certificate, Atlanta's business license
- Metro Atlanta Chamber
the chamber of commerce for the Atlanta region
What a site and back office look like for a barbershop
In short
A barbershop's site lets a client pick a barber and a time, and its back office keeps regulars coming back on schedule.
Clients book the barber, not the shop, so each barber needs a page with photos of their work and the hours they cut, and booking should start from that page. Walk-ins still matter, so the site should say plainly when the shop takes them.
Most shops already book through an app that holds the calendar and the payments. What it may not handle the way the shop wants is membership: a monthly plan with a set number of cuts that charges on the same day each month and pauses when a client travels.
A worked example (hypothetical)
Say an invented barbershop in the West End has three chairs and a booking app it likes. The owner wants a proper site and a monthly membership, two cuts a month for one price, with a page on the site to sign up.
A Starter site, $6,400, covers the pages: one per barber with a booking link into the app, and one for the membership. The membership itself, a monthly charge through the shop's payment processor that tells the booking app who is a member, is the job of an automation sprint at $3,800, run on an automation account the shop owns.
With the small Built by link left in the footer, the site costs $500 less. The Keep care plan, $169 a month, covers updates and backups once the site is live.
Services in Atlanta
A production vendor in Midtown and a restaurant in the Old Fourth Ward would pick different services from this list.
- Websites that let a client pick a barber and a time
- Custom apps for production vendors and their rentals
- CRM notes on each client's usual cut
- Ordering for pickup from a busy lunch counter
- Client portals for members and their monthly plans
- Automations for rebooking reminders after each visit
- GEO, so answer engines describe your shop and its barbers correctly
- Care plans that keep booking links from breaking
Common questions
Can a three-chair Atlanta barbershop sell monthly memberships online?
Yes. A client signs up on the site and the payment processor charges the plan each month, while the booking app is told who is a member. Pausing or canceling works from a link in the monthly receipt.
Can clients still book a specific barber?
Yes. Each barber's page links straight to that barber's calendar in the booking app, so a regular never has to hunt for the right chair.
Which license does a business in Atlanta need from the city?
An occupational tax certificate from the City of Atlanta's Office of Revenue, which serves as the city's business license. Corporations and LLCs also register with the Georgia Secretary of State.
Do you work with film and television vendors in Atlanta?
Yes. A vendor site needs a clear list of what it rents or supplies, and a quote form that asks for the shoot dates first. The back office often needs a calendar of what is out and when it comes back.
Should a barbershop take deposits on bookings?
Only if no-shows cost you real money. A deposit or a card on file cuts no-shows, but it can also put off regulars who are used to booking freely, so a shop might ask for one only on its longest services.
Start with a written plan
Tell us about the business and what you need. We reply with questions, then a written plan that lists the work and its price, and nothing starts until you have read it.