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Our Story

PixelMakers began as a generalist web agency with a simple belief: high-quality digital work should not take forever to ship. Over five years and hundreds of projects, we learned how to turn complex ideas into polished, dependable products without the usual agency delays. A period of deep focus on travel sharpened our ability to build demanding platforms, automate complicated workflows, and support products long after launch.

From freelancer to technology partner

PixelMakers started with a developer, a laptop, and a simple belief: good digital work should not take forever to ship or fall apart after launch.

Before founding PixelMakers, Mihai Ungureanu worked across full-stack development projects for clients in different industries. He saw the same problems repeatedly. Projects moved slowly, communication passed through layers of people, and agencies often disappeared as soon as the final invoice was paid. Clients were left with products they could not maintain and technology they did not fully control.

PixelMakers was created to offer a different kind of partnership.

From the beginning, we combined strategy, design, development, and ongoing support within one focused team. Clients worked directly with the people making the product, progress stayed visible, and responsibility did not end when the project went live.

Our early work covered a wide range of digital projects. We built Webflow websites, Shopify stores, SaaS experiences, custom applications, internal dashboards, and integrations for companies across industries. Each project helped us improve the same core capability: turning complicated requirements into polished products quickly.

Along the way, we developed deep experience in travel technology.

Travel projects pushed us to solve particularly demanding problems: booking integrations, complex inventories, multilingual and multi-currency platforms, operational automations, and systems that needed to remain dependable around the clock. That period of specialization strengthened the way we approach architecture, usability, performance, and long-term support.

But the skills we developed were never limited to one industry.

Today, PixelMakers works with ambitious companies that need a capable team to move an important digital project forward. We design and build websites, ecommerce experiences, applications, internal tools, automations, and AI-powered products using Webflow, Shopify, Sanity, Astro, Next.js, and modern JavaScript-based technology.

Our work has expanded, but the principle behind it has stayed the same:

Move quickly. Communicate directly. Build it properly. Stay involved.

That is how PixelMakers started, and it is still how we work today.

Small team. Senior people.

We're deliberately lean. When you work with PixelMakers, you're not handed off to a junior account manager who relays messages to a developer you'll never meet. You work directly with the people building your platform.

Mihai Ungureanu

Mihai Ungureanu

Founder & CEO

Technical strategy, architecture, and the person who understands both the business and the engineering.

Oana Cazan — Administrator

Oana Cazan

Administrator

Operations, client coordination, and everything behind the scenes that keeps projects running smoothly.

Andreea Ivan — Design Lead

Andreea Ivan

Design Lead

From wireframes to polished interfaces, every visual decision on every project goes through her.

Ionut Saftoiu — Web Developer

Ionut Saftoiu

Web Developer

Front-end builds, component systems, and the person who makes sure designs ship exactly as intended.

Gabriel Pirpiliu

Gabriel Pirpiliu

Full-Stack Developer

Back-end systems, API integrations, and the logic that keeps products running reliably. Gabriel turns complex requirements into clean, maintainable code.

What it's actually like to work with us

01

Direct access to the team

You work directly with the people designing and building your product. Questions get answered quickly and decisions stay clear.

02

Clear scope and pricing

Every project starts with a defined scope, timeline, and price. Any changes are discussed and agreed before work continues.

03

Your product, your ownership

Your code, data, designs, and accounts remain yours. We avoid unnecessary lock-in and document what we build.

04

The right technology for the project

We choose the stack based on the product and its long-term needs. We often prefer custom solutions when they offer better flexibility and value.

05

One partner from idea to improvement

We can handle strategy, design, development, launch, and ongoing support. You do not need to coordinate multiple suppliers.

06

Visible progress and honest communication

You see working progress throughout the project. We raise risks early, communicate clearly, and avoid last-minute surprises.

Our technology stack

Voyant

AI-powered platform for travel businesses, bringing bookings, itineraries, suppliers, and finance into one place.

Webflow

Visual development for marketing-focused sites editable by non-technical teams.

Shopify

E-commerce platform for travel merchandise, gift cards, and ancillary revenue.

PayloadCMS

Headless CMS for complex content models and custom admin interfaces.

Sanity

Collaborative CMS for larger marketing teams: real-time multi-editor workflows and flexible content modelling.

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Cloudflare

CDN, DNS, edge computing, and global performance layer.

Google Cloud Platform

Compute, managed databases, and cloud functions for backend workloads.

Neon

Serverless Postgres for scalable, branching-friendly databases.

Twilio

SMS, WhatsApp, and voice APIs for booking confirmations and guest communication.

Resend

Transactional email delivery for booking confirmations and notifications.

Our values

Ownership

If we built it, we stand behind it. If we host it, we monitor it. If something breaks, we fix it.

Speed

We work fast because your business moves fast. Internal tooling and tight processes, not bureaucracy.

Partnership

We'd rather have 20 clients who trust us deeply than 200 who see us as interchangeable.

Clarity

We explain things in plain language. Our clients are smart people who happen to not be technical.

What clients say about working with us

Your next big move starts with a solid foundation

Whether you need a new app, a website redesign, or a long-term technology partner, we’re ready to talk.