About ALTUS Access
Built by an operator who has sat on both sides of the build.
ALTUS Access has been in business since 2017. Since 2022 we've focused entirely on one thing: connecting web development partners with business owners who are qualified, scoped, and ready to move forward, a steady enough pipeline that our developers close 4 to 6 projects per month on average.
Our Story
ALTUS Access started in 2017 as a one-person web development and marketing shop in Washington, DC. For the first few years it was equal parts building websites and running marketing and communications work for small businesses across the DMV region, which is where we kept running into the same two problems from opposite directions.
Business owners knew they needed a website but had no idea where to start, what it should cost, or who to trust. Development agencies, us included, were exceptional at building but were burning margin on ads and cold outreach trying to find the next client.
In 2022 we made a deliberate decision to switch. We stopped running the build side and focused the company entirely on solving that gap from the other end: sourcing, qualifying, and scoping the clients so developers could just build. Every part of ALTUS Access since then, the institutional referral network, the client consultation process, the written Scope of Work standard, exists to serve that single purpose.
Timeline
2017
ALTUS Access founded as a one-person web development and marketing practice in Washington, DC, building sites and running campaigns for small businesses across the DMV region.
2022
Company refocuses entirely as a lead generation agency serving web development partners, building the consultation and Scope of Work process the model now runs on.
2026
The new ALTUS Access Partner Marketplace opens, giving partners direct access to scoped, budget-confirmed project inventory.
How We're Different
We meet with every client
No business owner enters our marketplace as a name and a phone number. We sit down with each one, work through their budget, expectations, and requirements, and produce a written Scope of Work they review before the project is ever listed.
We source through relationships, not advertising
Our pipeline comes from business lenders, Small Business Development Centers, thirty local chambers of commerce, SCORE mentors, and professional referral networks including CPAs, commercial real estate agents, and brand designers. We don't run ads to find clients and we don't buy directory data.
We focus on serious budgets
Our sourcing concentrates on projects of $5,000 and above: medical and dental practices, law firms, universities, and established service businesses where the budget is already allocated and the decision-maker is clear.
We're honest about risk
We do list smaller projects, and we label their risks plainly rather than pretending every lead carries the same odds.
Where We Operate
Washington, DC and the DMV region
Because our model is relationship-driven rather than ad-driven, opening a market means building real institutional partnerships there, not flipping on a new ad geography. We open a market only once the referral relationships in it can sustain real deal flow.
Enterprise Partnership
For 50+ person agencies chasing $30,000+ engagements, ALTUS runs a dedicated enterprise track. We originate and close enterprise clients in healthcare, legal, education, and real estate: large practices, multi-location operators, and institutional buyers, and hand the signed engagement to your team to deliver.
Enterprise deals move on longer cycles and higher stakes, so we handle the relationship from first referral through signed scope, then step out the same way we do on marketplace projects.
Enterprise track
- · $30K+ project budgets
- · Healthcare, legal, education, real estate
- · ALTUS closes on your behalf
- · Signed engagement handed off