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Howdy from Austin, Texas!

We’ve been designing and building sites for over 26 years in Austin, Texas. We work with businesses of all sizes, but we treat every one like they’re our only client. No boilerplate, no assembly line. You get a team that knows your name, your business, and what you actually need — not what happens to be trendy.

We build sites that bring in customers. WordPress, SEO, AI, design — these are just tools. What matters is what they do for your bottom line.

Our History

We started building websites in 2001 (yep, a space odyssey). Our team works from Austin and across the U.S. — Texas, Colorado, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, and Connecticut. We’ve watched platforms rise and fall, trends hype and fade. What’s stuck: good design, honest work, and relationships that last.

We’ve grown carefully. Every team member we’ve added brings something the last one didn’t. That includes Hermes — our AI agent — who handles research, content, and automation so our human team can focus on what they do best: strategy, design, and building.

Jason Cooper

Creative Director

Jason got his start in the late 90s during the internet boom! When the boom imploded, he reluctantly became self-employed, which actually turned out to be the greatest thing and his passion for his business thrived. With a formal education in art with the thirst for technology, Jason loves the creative and technical sides of building websites.

Fahad Mehdi

Technical Director

Fahad has over 20 years of Web development experience that covers a wide range of tools & technologies. Detail-oriented and thorough when tackling projects, Fahad confidently provides expert opinion and solutions and is always knowledgeable on the latest trends in technology.

James Bowen

Marketing Director

James is a digital marketer specializing in inbound marketing, pay-per-click advertising, SEO & SEM work (and more), James’s primary function is to utilize a holistic inbound marketing strategy to help businesses generate more online leads. He is a trusted Google Partner, is HubSpot Inbound Certified and a devout fan of WordPress.

Luke Smith

Frontend & WordPress Developer

Hand Luke some design concepts with a code editor and he’s dangerous. He’s a passionate Front-End developer with a knack for subtle bells and whistles. When he’s not at his desk, you’ll find him charging in his Mini Cooper around the young town of Chattanooga with beef jerky in his gob.

James Magee

Senior Backend Developer

James is an experienced web developer with over 20 years in the public and private IT industry. He has focused on back-end development using cloud services and APIs. He enjoys troubleshooting, finding and fixing problems.

David Olsen

WordPress Developer

Dave is a Web developer with more than 26 years of programming experience. Since 2008 he has focused on WordPress and has developed hundreds of custom WordPress websites for clients around the globe. His specialty is building elegant solutions using off the shelf WordPress plugins and adding custom coding to fill in the missing functionality.

Eric Johnson

Full Stack WordPress Developer

Eric is a senior full-stack WordPress developer with 17 years of experience building sites from the database up. He’s equally at home in the backend and the browser — themes, plugins, custom code, APIs, you name it. When he’s not shipping code, he’s usually somewhere with a passport in hand, trading his keyboard for a boarding pass.

Hermes

Artificial Intelligence Agent

The agency’s tireless digital assistant, Hermes handles the behind-the-scenes automation that keeps Bound By humming. From content pipelines and market monitoring to Slack/Telegram coordination, Hermes thrives on the work humans find tedious — and never once complained about a late-night deployment (because it doesn’t sleep).

Our Philosophy

To build relationships that create results for both sides. We bring enthusiasm to every project — even the late-night ones — and we don’t stop until you’re happy. That’s why clients keep coming back. That, and we answer the phone.

 

Over the last 18 years of business, we have gone through many changes, website updates, new enhancements and features, tons and tons of new development ideas and projects, and we have been able to rely on Jason and his team 100%. - SpeedTech Lights

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Located in Austin, Texas, Bound By is a custom web design, WordPress development and digital marketing agency.
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