Guides for anyone getting a website
The questions we are asked most, answered properly. Start wherever your question is.
- A cheap website is only cheap if work comes inWanting a cheap website is sensible. Here is what a low price actually buys, what it quietly costs you later, and how to tell which one you are being sold.
- Your own website, not a profile in someone else's appA profile in someone else's app is rented space. Your own website means your domain, your customers and your prices, with nobody taking a cut of your work.
- A simple website that still takes bookingsA simple website should be simple for the visitor and simple for you. Here is what that means in practice, and why simple does not have to mean thin.
- The website a service business actually needsA small business website has one job: turn a search into a booking. Services with prices, honest hours, contact that works and hosting we look after.
- A website with a booking system, live todayA website with a booking system that takes work in while you sleep: booking requests or real time slots, confirmations, and a clear view for your staff.
- Buy a website, or subscribe to one that keeps workingShould you buy a website outright or subscribe? Here is what an agency build includes, what it costs to keep, and when each option is the right call for you.
- A new website when the old one stopped workingSix signs your site needs replacing, how a new website gets built in an afternoon, and how your old text is read in so you are not starting from nothing.
- A professional website is fast, clear and answersA professional website is fast, clear and answers on a phone. Here is what actually creates that impression, and which of the usual decoration you can skip.
- Create a website by describing your businessCreate a website by describing your business in two sentences. Here is what to have to hand, what gets written for you, and how long publishing really takes.
- What does a website cost, honestly?What a website costs depends on the route you take. Here are four of them, the costs that stay hidden until later, and what yours ought to pay back.
- A WordPress alternative for service businessesWordPress can do anything, which is why keeping it running is your job. An honest comparison of the work involved, and when WordPress is still the right tool.
- Managed hosting included with every planManaged hosting means servers, updates, certificates and nightly backups are our job, not yours. Here is what is included and what you stop having to do.
- Take payments online when the booking is madeTake payments online when a booking is made or a quote is accepted, with the money going straight to your own account and far fewer missed appointments.
- Switch your website without starting overSwitching website provider sounds like a rebuild and rarely is. Here is how the move works, how your old content is read in, and why your domain stays put.