Burbank
Web design and custom software in Burbank
Client portals for the post houses around Burbank's studio lots, and simple sites for Magnolia Park's shops, with a deliverables portal sketched out.
Updated October 21, 2026
What does a studio vendor's website need in Burbank?
A studio vendor in Burbank needs a site that shows its credits and rooms to the producers who check it after a referral, and often a portal for deliverables and invoices. The shops of Magnolia Park need less, mostly their hours and new stock on a fast page. Either is priced in writing after a short call, and the work starts with a meeting off the lot.
Key facts
The Economic Census found 124 teleproduction and other postproduction establishments in Burbank in 2022, out of 506 in motion pictures and video.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census: Information, Burbank city, California (motion picture and video industries), checked October 17, 2026
Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena created the authority that owns and runs Hollywood Burbank Airport in 1977, and its nine commissioners come three from each city.
Source: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, Commissioners & Staff, checked October 17, 2026
Burbank asks a business with premises in the city to post its business tax certificate or license there, and one with no fixed location to carry a copy.
Source: City of Burbank, Business Tax, checked October 17, 2026
How we work with businesses in Burbank
In short
We meet where you work, which for a studio vendor is often off the lot.
Getting a visitor onto a studio lot takes a pass arranged ahead of time, so a vendor who works on one usually meets us at its own shop or office, or at a table nearby. A shop in Magnolia Park or Downtown Burbank meets us at the counter at a quiet hour. Those meetings come once the deposit clears; before them, a short call and the written plan with its price.
Post-production runs on delivery dates, so the calendar in the plan bends around yours and no review lands in the week of a big delivery. The work sits on a preview link, and an editor can check it at whatever hour they finally have free.
- Meetings
- In person in Burbank, and over shared screens between visits
- Time zone
- Pacific Time
The business mix
In short
Burbank is a studio town with a busy airport, and its shopping streets serve the people who work at both.
The Media District along Olive Avenue holds the big studio lots, and around them sit the vendors a production needs: post-production houses, equipment rental, costume and prop shops, caterers and payroll services. Magnolia Park, along Magnolia Boulevard, is known for vintage shops and small cafes. Downtown Burbank centers on San Fernando Boulevard, with restaurants and national chains, and the airport on the city's north side brings travel and parking businesses with it.
The Census Bureau counted about 559 million dollars in transportation and warehousing receipts in Burbank in 2022. Next to the studio work, the city moves people and goods, and the businesses that serve travelers need sites that answer them quickly on a phone.
- Studio lots and their vendors
- Post-production houses
- Vintage shops in Magnolia Park
- Restaurants and retail downtown
- Airport travel services
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts: Burbank city, California (2022 Economic Census), read October 17, 2026.
Local platforms and directories
In short
Every business working in Burbank registers with the city, and the chamber and the Magnolia Park merchants each speak for their members.
The City of Burbank asks every business that does business in the city, whether it is located there or not, to register for a business tax and license account.
The Burbank Chamber of Commerce offers support to small businesses across the city, and the Magnolia Park Merchants Association promotes the shops and cafes along Magnolia Boulevard.
- City of Burbank business tax and license
the account every business working in Burbank registers for
- Burbank Chamber of Commerce
the citywide chamber of commerce
- Magnolia Park Merchants Association
the merchants of the Magnolia Park district
What a site and back office look like for a post-production vendor
In short
A post-production vendor's site wins the first call with its credits and its rooms, and its back office moves files and invoices without a chain of emails.
Producers hire post houses and vendors on referral, and the site is where a referral checks you out: the work you have delivered and the rooms or gear you offer. It has to load fast on a phone on set and say plainly what you do.
Behind the edit rooms, the lost hours sit in the handoffs: cuts travel by download links that expire, and invoices chase producers who have moved on to the next show. A client portal puts each project's files and invoices behind one login per production.
A worked example (hypothetical)
Say an invented post-production house near the Media District, with three edit rooms and a mix stage, sends deliverables through download links and bills from its accounting software. Producers keep asking which version is final and whether an invoice went out.
That fits the smallest kind of app build, a focused tool: a portal with a login per production, where each deliverable shows its version and its approval, and each invoice from the accounting software shows whether it is paid. Invoicing itself stays in the accounting software, which keeps the portal at that size.
At this size it is paid in three stages, under the terms the written plan sets out. Hosting and file storage run on the house's own accounts from the first day, so the monthly costs are theirs to see.
Services in Burbank
Beyond the post houses, a vintage shop in Magnolia Park might want its new stock online with a way to hold a piece, and a studio caterer might want orders and invoices in one place.
- Websites that show your credits and your rooms
- Custom apps for booking edit rooms and gear
- CRM for producers who come back show after show
- Ordering for studio catering and rentals
- Client portals for deliverables and approvals
- Automations between your accounting and your inbox
- GEO, so answer engines list you among local vendors
- Care plans for sites that change with every season
The trades we have written up for Burbank
Common questions
Can a Burbank post house share large files through a client portal?
Yes. The portal hands out links to files kept in your own storage account, with the version and the approval beside each one, so the portal never slows down a big file. The written plan names the storage and who pays for it.
Do you work with vendors who are based on a studio lot?
Yes. We usually meet off the lot, at your shop or a table nearby, since a visitor pass takes arranging. After that the work runs on a preview link that anyone on your team can open from the lot.
Is a client portal worth it for a small post-production team in Burbank?
It is when the same two questions eat your week: which cut is final, and whether the invoice went out. If those come up a few times a month, a shared folder does the job, and the plan will say so.
Do Magnolia Park shops need more than a simple site?
Often not. A vintage shop needs its hours right and its new stock on the page. A Launch site of three to five pages covers that, our smallest build, and care after launch is optional. Ordering with pickup can come later if customers ask for it.
Who owns the portal and the files once it is built?
You do. The code sits in your repository and the files in your storage account from the first day, and the license to the work vests on full payment, as the terms in the written plan say.
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.