How to hire a website developer
Most people getting a first website have no way to tell a good quote from a bad one. These are the questions that separate them, and our answers, so you can compare.
Ask these before you pay anything.
- Who owns the files and the domain when it is finished, and what do I get on handover?
- Is the price fixed against a written scope, or is it an estimate that can move?
- How many revisions are included, and what counts as one?
- What happens to the site if you stop replying?
- Where is it hosted, and whose account is it in?
The answers that should worry you.
An hourly rate with no cap. A deposit above half. A refusal to say what happens to the files. Hosting held in the developer's own account with no way to move it. None of these are automatically dishonest, but every one of them puts the risk on you, and you should get a straight answer before money changes hands rather than after.
See what each package includes, or look at what we have built.
Questions people ask.
What are your payment terms?
Half up front, half before final delivery. The deposit books your slot and starts the work. Files and deployment are released once the balance is in, which protects both sides.
What happens if I am not happy with it?
You get your package's revision rounds, and the design direction is confirmed before development starts specifically so that a disagreement happens at the cheap stage rather than the expensive one.
Can I take the site elsewhere later?
Yes. The site is yours on the one-time packages. On a monthly plan the site stays with us while you subscribe, and we say that plainly on the packages page rather than in a clause.
Tell us what you need built.
Send us the business and the scope and we'll come back with a fixed price and a delivery date. No hourly rates, and you never pay more than half before you see the work.
Flat price • Fixed scope • You deal with the same six people throughout