We're Different.

We're not the cheapest company to hire. We're not the most expensive, either. What we are is incredibly effective, dollar for dollar. Our work often goes head to head with projects that cost an order of magnitude more, and our clients appreciate the high end results and midrange budgets.

We've been here since 1993, so we've seen a lot of web shops come and go. Here's how Empty Street is different from most of the other guys out there:

Experience.

A lot of clients tell us that it's extremely important that we've been in business a long, long time. Longer than pretty much anyone else in the world. We've literally built hundreds of websites and web applications, so we know what works.

Cutting edge.

We've always been ahead of our time. For instance, we produced the first rock concert on the web, back in 1993. It starred Blues Traveler, Matthew Sweet, Moist and Hootie & The Blowfish. We did the first ever live web newscast, too.

We've been playing with virtual reality and QuickTimeVR since it existed, for clients like Major League Baseball, Apple Computer and Sprite.

We've been using Flash since it was called FutureSplash.

Personalized web applications, ecommerce, online auction systems, custom dna product creation and ordering systems (yeah, for real), wikis, blogs, podcasts, 3d, video? Yup. Done it. Probably a dozen times.

We play well with others.

We're not 'yes-people'. We're always honest with our clients. But we listen. And we work with you to create the best web presence for you. Your story is the important thing. We help you tell it.

Standards based design.

A lot of clients worry that the money they spend on their website and especially their web applications is gone forever if they need feature changes. That's true with a lot of companies. It's not true with us.

When we build a web application for a client we build it using industry standards. You want to add global positioning and maps to your online store locator? No problem. We just build a component that talks to your existing code.

When you're spending tens of thousands of dollars it's good to know your investment has a future.

In-house design and programming.

We're not anti-globalists. But we do know that while it's a little more expensive to have a real staff in the USA it's better for our clients. We don't ever outsource to other countries. And that's one of the reasons why we're known for our...

World class customer service.

You can reach us, we're responsive. And you're not just an account number here. Many of our clients have been with us for almost 10 years. And we have a better-than-90% project success rate, while the industry standard success rate is more along the lines of 10%.

Our clients say nice things about working with us.

"The Children's Museum of Los Angeles wants to congratulate Emptystreet for all the great work performed while updating and re-designing the Museum's website.

Personally, I also want to mention that we were very unhappy with a previous web company, But Emptystreet's professional personnel worked with us, listened to us, and created a successful project, which we are very proud to share around the world."

Alex Dousdebes
IT Manager/ Office Manager
Children 's Museum of Los Angeles

"We have worked with Emptystreet for over 5 years and knew that when we requested a new website for "Team Biotene" that they would deliver. We wanted a new look and something that would standout. We were so impressed with the first design mockup, that we decided to continue full speed ahead. We have received many compliments on our new site and are very happy with the services Emptystreet provides. "

Dale Lauterback
CVO/CIO
Laclede, Inc.