Your build checklist: a website
One page. What we'd build, when you shouldn't, and the three questions to answer first.
What we'd usually build
A site that answers the question people arrived with: what you do, whether it's for them, and how to start. Often five to eight pages: home, what you do, who it's for, proof, about, contact. Written first, designed second. Fast on a phone, readable by everyone, and wired so you can see what visitors actually do. Your domain, your hosting, your code.
When a ready-made app does the job (and we'll say so)
If you need one page with your hours, a phone number and a map, a site builder does that for a small monthly fee, and you can set it up in an afternoon. We'll tell you if that's you. A custom site earns its cost when the site has a job: explaining something that isn't obvious, taking bookings or orders, or bringing in work you can measure.
Three questions to answer before anyone builds
- What is the one thing a stranger should do on this site: call, book, order, or ask?
- What do people ask you on the phone that the site should answer first?
- Who will change the words and photos after launch, and how often?
What it looks like to work with us
A 30-minute call, or a few lines by email. Then a project assessment: what to build, what to buy, what to skip. Then a written proposal with the scope, one fixed price and the schedule, before any work starts. We build it, show you as it takes shape, and hand over your code and your accounts. The assessment is yours whether or not you hire us.
One thing we can show you
This site. It's the one we can show you end to end: written, built, hosted and looked after by the two of us. The content pages of the Barista Plus Coffee store were built the same way.
Want us to look at yours?
Tell us what's slow in one line. We read every note ourselves.