About GSTECH
GSTECH is a small software studio in South Carolina. We design, build and host websites, online stores, booking systems and custom apps for small businesses, and we keep them running after launch.
The studio was founded by Greg Smith, a systems administrator by trade — identity, security, the infrastructure that has to work every day. That background is why every GSTECH project ships with backups, monitoring and a runbook, not just a design. We work with clients anywhere in the US.
Every project ships with
- Nightly backups, and a restore that has been run and timed
- No public ports on the server; traffic only through a protected edge network
- A verify gate — lint, types, tests, secret scan — before anything deploys
- Database changes as migrations, never by hand on a live site
- A one-page runbook: deploy, roll back, restore, who to contact
- Your domain, your content and your accounts in your name
How a job goes
- Day 0A callTwenty minutes. What you do, what you need, what you have now. No slides.
- Day 1A written priceOne page. What is included, what is not, what it costs, when it is done.
- The buildA link you can watchYou get a link in the first days and watch it grow. Changes happen while we talk, not in a ticket queue.
- LaunchLive on your domainBackups running, uptime check on, a one-page runbook in your hands, and a walkthrough of the admin.
How we build
Modern, well-supported tools: a fast front end, an admin you can actually use, a database that gets backed up. Sites run behind a protected edge network on servers with no public ports open. Every change goes through a check — lint, types, tests, a secret scan — before it deploys, and it deploys with one command that can be rolled back with one command.
What you own
Your domain, your content, your accounts, all in your name from day one. If you buy, the code is yours and can go to any host. If you lease, it is yours after 24 months. Either way, nothing about your business is locked inside ours.