Questions people ask.
The things prospective clients usually want to know before we start a project. If yours isn't here, send me a note and I'll add it.
A week for tight scopes, up to two months for bigger ones. Depends on how much content is settled when we start and how many rounds the design wants to run. I give you a real schedule after the first call, not a guess.
Most land between $3,000 and $11,000, quoted after the first call once scope is clear. Single-page sites and focused rebuilds sit at the low end. Multi-section builds, CMS, integrations, and custom functionality sit higher. No hidden fees, no hourly creep.
Platforms like Wix and Squarespace are fine for a lot of sites. If your business depends on a website, custom gives you speed, SEO, and real control. You own the code, you own the data, you can change anything. Platforms are a lease. Custom is a build.
Depends on the lifespan. Over one year, a platform is usually cheaper. Over five years, custom usually comes out ahead because there are no monthly platform fees and you don't pay someone to rebuild it when the platform changes on you. It's a buy vs rent question.
It helps. Platforms bolt SEO on as a feature. A custom build has it baked in from the first line of HTML. Every site I ship gets real metadata, structured data, fast page loads, and semantic markup. That's the floor, not the goal.
Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind. Hosted on Vercel. Contentful or headless WordPress when a team needs to update content. Boring, fast, well-supported. I'd rather spend time making your site actually good than re-picking my stack every year.
Yes. At launch I hand over the repo, the deployment, and the docs. Take any of it anywhere. I'd rather you have the option to leave and not need to than feel stuck.
Optional. A monthly care plan covers updates, monitoring, and small fixes. Bigger changes get quoted separately. I don't force a retainer just to keep your site online.
Both, depending on the project. Sometimes I do design and development in one pass. Sometimes I collaborate with an outside brand or design team and ship as the sole developer. Both are normal. The common thread is you never hand work off to a stranger mid-project.
I'll work with copy you provide, help shape drafts, or point you to a writer if you'd rather hand it off. Good copy matters as much as the design.
Yes, if we build in a CMS. For content-heavy sites I usually recommend a headless CMS like Contentful so you can edit pages, publish posts, and add team members without touching code. For simpler sites, light updates can happen directly in the repo or by me.
Deposit at kickoff, milestone payment during the build, final payment at launch. Terms are in the proposal. No surprises.
Yes. Location rarely matters anymore. Calls, shared docs, and async updates do most of the work. I've worked with clients across multiple time zones, some I've never met in person, and it's been fine every time.
A short brief: what the site is for, who it's for, and what you already have (brand, copy, anything usable). We cover the rest on the first call. The more you share up front, the faster we can move.
Yes. Redesigns are most of what I do. I start with an audit of the current site, write up what's helping and what's hurting, then build a plan that keeps your SEO equity while dragging the design and performance forward.
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