How much does a website cost?+
It depends on two things: how much site you need, and whether you want to edit it yourself. A single page is $295. A five-to-seven page site for a local business is $2,400. An online store is $3,900. Bigger company sites start at $9,500 and get properly quoted.
If none of that quite describes you, tell me what you’re trying to do and I’ll tell you what it should cost.
Why is the hand-built option so much cheaper?+
There’s no platform behind it. No Squarespace or Webflow subscription, no monthly fee for as long as the site exists. I write it by hand and host it free, so the only thing you ever pay for is the build itself.
The trade-off is you can’t log in and change it yourself. If that matters to you — and for a lot of people it does — a platform build is the better fit, and it costs more because it genuinely does more.
Can I edit it myself?+
On the platform builds, absolutely — that’s a good part of what you’re paying extra for. I’ll walk you through it and record the session so you can watch it back when you inevitably forget a step. Everyone does.
On the hand-built ones, no — changes come through me: $30 an hour with a one-hour minimum, or the $49/mo Care plan.
Do I own my website?+
Yes. All of it, once the final payment’s in. Files, code, design, the lot. On the hand-built sites I’ll hand you the actual files — what you do with them after that is entirely up to you.
Who owns my domain?+
You do, always. It’s registered in your name and you’re the legal owner. If I’m looking after it, I keep it in my registrar account so renewals, DNS and the security certificate get handled without you thinking about it — $50 a year, free on any care plan. Want to take it over? A few days and it’s done. No fee, no argument.
How long does it take?+
A single page is around ten days. A local business site is about four weeks. A store is closer to five. Bigger builds run eight to ten weeks.
Worth knowing up front: those timelines start the day I have your content, not the day you sign. That catches people out, so I’d rather say it early.
Will I show up on Google?+
Every site gets the technical groundwork — proper structure, tags, sitemap, submitted to Google the right way, and your Google Business Profile sorted if you’re a local business. That’s the part actually in my control.
What I won’t do is promise a specific ranking. Anyone who does is guessing.
What happens once it launches?+
I’ll record a full walkthrough so you’ve got it to refer back to, and for the first 30 days I’ll fix anything that isn’t working properly, free. After that: care plans from $49/mo, or pay-as-you-go changes — $30/hr on sites I host, $95/hr on platform builds.
You’re one person. What if something happens to you?+
Fair thing to wonder about. Your domain is registered in your name, so it stays yours no matter what. You own your files. Nothing about your site depends on me still being around — any competent developer can pick it up, and I keep things documented and tidy specifically so they can.