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AI Consulting · We eat our own cooking

From a Wix template to a platform that sells

How our own team went from a generic Wix template — with no frontend or design expertise — to a modern, SEO-optimized Next.js site that drives organic inbound leads, built entirely with Claude Code and zero outside help.

OneWave AI
Industry
AI Consulting
Location
Florida
Built with
Claude Code
Outside devs
Zero
The outcome

A site that ranks, and sells

Two years, three redesigns, no agency — proof of exactly what we tell clients they can do themselves.

$50K+
Saved on design & dev
No agency, no contractors, no bootcamps
3
Major redesigns
Wix → Replit → Claude Code, each closer to the vision
0
Outside developers
A team with no prior frontend or design expertise
Organic
Lead source
Inbound from search and AI-powered search engines
Built on
Claude CodeNext.jsVercel
The current OneWave AI website, built with Claude Code
The site you're on now — built from scratch with Claude Code and deployed on Vercel.
The challenge

An AI firm with a template website

We launched on a Wix template thousands of other tech firms were using. Generic copy, no SEO, a quick Canva logo. We were an AI-savvy team with strong dev and operations chops — but nobody specialized in frontend, web design, or graphic design. The site worked, but it never felt like us, and it drove zero organic leads.

What we did

Build it ourselves with Claude Code

Instead of hiring an agency, we used Claude Code to build a fully custom Next.js application from scratch — design system, content, and SEO included — and deployed it on Vercel. Each redesign moved us closer to a site that actually represents the work.

How it happened

Two years from a generic template to a platform that generates leads.

01
Phase 01 · 2024

The template era

A Wix template used by thousands of firms — generic copy, no SEO strategy, a Canva logo. It shipped, but it never felt like us.

02
Phase 02 · Early 2025

First attempts at custom

We moved to Replit to push past Wix's limits. Better, but we were still fighting the tools instead of building what we wanted.

03
Phase 03 · Mid–Late 2025

Finding Claude Code

We rebuilt from scratch as a custom Next.js app with Claude Code and deployed it on Vercel — finally building exactly what we envisioned.

04
Phase 04 · 2026

Editorial redesign + organic leads

An editorial redesign, real case studies, and an SEO/GEO strategy. The site now ranks on page one, gets cited by LLMs, and drives inbound leads.

What changed

Retired
×
A Wix template used by thousands of firms
×
Canva-quick branding
×
No SEO or content strategy
×
Zero organic inbound leads
Generic, and invisible to search
Built with OneWave
A custom Next.js site, built with Claude Code
An editorial design system that's ours
Case studies cited by LLMs; posts on page one
A pipeline of organic inbound leads
Owned, custom, and ranking

We built this ourselves. So can you.

If an AI consultancy can build its own platform with no design team, your business can too. Start with a short conversation.