A website that shows who you are today.

What determines the cost of a website?

There is no fixed price for ‘a website’. The cost mainly depends on how much work it takes to solve your situation well. The main factors:

• Size: the number of pages and how many different kinds of pages are needed.
• Design: an adapted template is less work than a completely custom design.
• Functionality: forms, online appointments, multiple languages, a web shop or connections to other systems.
• Content: whether you supply texts and images yourself, or they still need to be created.
• Ongoing costs: domain name, hosting, licences and maintenance come on top of the build.

What is the difference between web design and web development?

Web design is about how a website looks and works for the visitor: structure, visual design, texts in the right place and a clear route to contact. Web development is building it: the code, the technology behind forms and connections, loading speed, security and findability in search engines.

You need both. A beautiful design that loads slowly or works badly on a phone achieves little, and neither does good technology without a clear design. We do both, so design and technology are aligned.

How long does it take to build a website?

That differs per project. A small website with a few pages is finished sooner than a website with many pages, a custom design or connections to other systems. What determines the lead time most:

• How many pages and features are needed.
• Whether texts and images are ready, or still need to be created.
• How quickly feedback on the design comes back.
• Whether connections are needed, for example to a calendar or customer system.

Template or custom: what is the difference?

Both can be a good choice. It depends on how distinctive your website needs to be and what it needs to do.

Renew or rebuild?

Not every outdated website needs to be rebuilt from scratch. If the content and structure are still right, a redesign of the look and technology can be enough. Rebuilding is wiser if the technology can no longer be maintained securely or the website no longer fits what your business does today.

Signs that your website is ready for renewal:

• It is hard to read or use on a phone.
• Pages load slowly.
• The system or plug-ins no longer receive updates.
• Services, prices or contact details are out of date, and changing them is cumbersome.
• Visitors cannot quickly find how to get in touch.

Maintenance, security and hosting

A website is not ‘finished’ after launch. Software has to be updated, backups are needed and the connection must be secure (HTTPS). Agree in advance who does what: who hosts the website, who carries out updates and how quickly a problem is solved?

What should you look for when choosing a web builder?

A few questions you can ask any party, including us:

• Who owns the domain name, the texts and the design after delivery?
• What is and isn't included in the price, and what does maintenance cost afterwards?
• Can I edit texts myself, and do I get an explanation at handover?
• How does the party handle personal data and the GDPR?
• Is the work shown from real clients, or are they examples?