Website design FAQ: Cost, time and SEO, answered plainly

It depends on how many pages and features you need and how much content there is, so there’s no single price list. Start with a free audit and we’ll send a quote before any work begins.

It depends on the size of the site and how quickly content and feedback come in. You get a timeline with your quote, and an update at every step.

Yes. Your domain is registered in your name, and the website, its code and its content are yours from launch. If you ever want to leave, we hand over the code, the files and access to your domain, so any developer can take it from there. No lock-in.

We review your site’s speed, SEO, mobile experience and design, then send a short, prioritized list of the changes that would make the biggest difference.

No. Every website we build is written from scratch in modern code. There’s no WordPress, no page builder and no plugins, so there’s no public login page or plugin to exploit, and nothing that needs constant patching. Pages load faster too, and you can still edit your own text and photos through a simple, private editor.

A template website, usually built on WordPress with a theme and plugins, has a public login page, a database behind every page and plugins that need regular security updates. Those are the usual ways such sites get broken into. A custom-coded website is written from scratch for one business and served as pages built ahead of time, so it has no login page, database or plugins to attack. It also loads faster, and its design isn’t shared with other sites.

Every website we build includes SEO foundations: fast pages, clean structure, page titles and descriptions, and structured data for Google. Ongoing SEO, such as local SEO, new content and monthly reports, is available as a separate service.

Yes. We map your existing pages, keep or improve the content that already ranks, and set up redirects so visitors and search engines land in the right place.

Yes. Our managed hosting includes SSL, security updates, backups, monitoring and content changes, so we handle the technical side for you.

Yes. If you want to make changes yourself, we set up a simple editor for your text and photos. You sign in to it privately, not through a public login page like WordPress has, so it doesn’t open the site to attacks. Or just send us the change and we’ll make it.

In four steps. First we audit your current site (or your idea), your competitors and your goals, and send a written plan, quote and timeline. Then you review page designs for desktop and mobile and approve them. Next we build the site, connect your forms and tools, and set up SEO as we go. Finally we launch and host it, track how it performs on Google and keep improving it.

If you host with us, we keep the site running: hosting with SSL, security updates, backups and monitoring, and changes whenever you ask for them. We also track how the site performs on Google. With ongoing SEO, you get monthly reports showing where you rank and what we did.

Because visitors leave slow sites, and faster sites sell more. In a 2020 study by Deloitte and Google, retail sites got 8.4% more conversions when their mobile pages loaded just 0.1 seconds faster. We test every site in Google Lighthouse before launch, and each live site’s scores are on our Projects page.

Yes. We build websites for small businesses, startups and growing companies, and we explain every step in plain language.

Yes. Every project runs remotely, with regular calls and an update at every step, so you never need to visit an office.

Yes. Every site is designed for phones first and tested on phones, tablets and desktops, so it looks right and loads fast on any screen.