Zero Handoff means the same person who frames the product in Figma ships the production build — in Next.js, Flutter, or WordPress depending on what the product needs. There is no translation layer between a design file and a developer ticket.
Most agencies split design and development across people or vendors. That creates a handoff gap: intent gets lost, components get rebuilt differently, and revision cycles double because feedback bounces between roles.
When one person owns both sides, decisions happen faster. A layout choice in Figma maps directly to a React component, Flutter widget, or WordPress template. Spacing, motion, and edge cases get resolved in the same brain that understood the user problem.
Agencies rarely offer this because their margin model depends on billable roles. A single senior designer-developer is harder to staff on a bench model and harder to sell in a line-item SOW.
Zero Handoff is not "designer who codes a bit." It is full ownership from discovery through deployment. You get one accountable person, one timeline, and one codebase that matches what was designed.
For founders, the practical benefit is fewer surprises at launch. What you approved in Figma is what ships. That is the entire point.