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Web Development · Miami, FL

Web development for Miami's freight forwarders, brokers and trade desks.

PortMiami is the busiest cruise port in the world, and trade runs through the airport too. The businesses around them still track a lot of it in email.

Miami's economy runs through two gateways. PortMiami is the busiest cruise port in the world by passengers and cruise lines, and trade cargo moving through the port and Miami International Airport is one of the region's core industries. Around them sit freight forwarders, customs brokers, charter operators and import firms. Many of them run multi-country operations on spreadsheets, WhatsApp threads and a shared inbox. That works until a client in Panama asks where a container is at 11 p.m.

That is where custom web applications earn their keep. A client portal that shows shipment status, a document center for bills of lading and customs paperwork, a quote request that collects everything your team needs on the first pass. We built a maritime operations platform for Blue Water Shipping along these lines, and the same thinking applies to a Doral freight forwarder or a Brickell property manager with hundreds of units.

Real estate and hospitality have their own versions: owner portals for condo rentals, booking tools for charters and tours, lead routing for agents who work in two languages. Web apps, portals and integrations start at $575 and are priced by complexity. Financing is available at 0% with 25% down for up to 12 months on any project. You deal with the developer who writes the code from the first call to launch, and the code is yours when it ships, not rented back to you.

What web development has to get right in Miami

  • Client portals that show shipment, booking or account status without a phone call.
  • Document centers for customs, shipping and compliance paperwork.
  • Multi-currency pricing and multilingual interfaces where clients are international.
  • Integrations with the accounting, CRM or booking platforms already in use.
  • Role-based access for staff, partners and clients in different countries.

Web apps and integrations from $575***

***Pricing depends on complexity. A fixed price once it is scoped.

Miami by the numbers

487,014

Population (July 1, 2024)

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 city estimates

+10.1%

Population growth, April 2020 to July 2024

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 city estimates

56.9%

Residents born outside the US (2024)

US Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year, via Census Reporter

$66,337

Median household income (2024)

US Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year, via Census Reporter

98,394

Employer establishments, Miami-Dade County (2023)

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023

70%

Miami-Dade establishments with fewer than 5 employees (2023)

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023

Businesses online

83% of US small businesses had a website in 2025, and 17% still had none. That is a national survey, not a Miami figure.

Clutch small business website survey, Aug 2025 (via Business Wire)

What runs Miami

International banking and financeCruise lines and tourismInternational trade and cargo through PortMiami and Miami International AirportSpanish-language media and music recordingHealthcare and medical researchReal estate and construction

Major employers

Jackson Health System · Royal Caribbean Group · Carnival Corporation · Lennar Corporation · Telemundo · Citadel

The Miami calendar

  • JanuaryOrange BowlOne of college football's oldest bowl games.
  • Early MarchMiami International Film FestivalAbout ten days of screenings.
  • MarchCalle Ocho FestivalLittle Havana's street festival, running since 1978 along SW 8th Street.
  • Early DecemberArt Basel Miami BeachThe international art fair across the bay, held since 2002.

Local color

Home teams

Miami Heat (NBA) · Miami Marlins (MLB) · Inter Miami CF (MLS) · Miami Dolphins (NFL, in nearby Miami Gardens) · Miami Hurricanes (University of Miami, in Coral Gables)

Hometown names

  • Sidney Poitier, Academy Award-winning actor, born in Miami in 1927
  • Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as US attorney general, born in Miami
  • Anya Taylor-Joy, actor, born in Miami in 1996
  • Trevor Ariza, NBA forward, born in Miami

Did you know? Miami is often noted as the only major US city founded by a woman: Julia Tuttle, a citrus grower remembered as the mother of Miami.

Sources for the facts on this page
  1. Miami (Wikipedia)
  2. Calle Ocho Festival (Wikipedia)
  3. Art Basel (Wikipedia)
  4. Sidney Poitier (Wikipedia)
  5. Janet Reno (Wikipedia)
  6. List of people from Miami (Wikipedia)

Web Development for Miami businesses

See your number in about a minute.

Pick what you need and the price appears on the spot. The developer follows up by phone, text or email — whichever you choose, whenever suits you.

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Web Development in Miami: questions we hear.

Can you build a portal our Latin American clients can use in Spanish or Portuguese?

Yes. Interfaces can be built multilingual from the start, which is much cheaper than retrofitting translation later.

We manage short-term rentals. Can you connect to our booking platform?

Usually. Most major booking and property management platforms offer an API. One custom third-party integration is included in every website package, and larger integrations are quoted separately.

How do you price custom development?

From $575, depending on complexity. We scope the work, give you a fixed quote and build in phases so you can start with the feature that saves the most time.

Web Development for Miami, priced in the open.

Fifteen minutes with the developer, a straight answer, and a number in writing.