Each route has its advantages. The main thing is to understand what you pay for with money and what you pay for with your time.
A website builder: making the site yourself
Website builders promise a site in an evening. For a personal page or a quick test of an idea that may be fine. But this route has a price that isn't visible at first.
- You do all the work: text, design, setup, the mobile version. The owner's time costs money too.
- The site looks like hundreds of others built from the same template.
- A subscription every month, and the site lives on someone else's platform. It usually can't be moved away, only rebuilt.
- Speed and phone usability are whatever the template happens to give you.
A freelancer
A good freelancer can make an excellent site. But one person is rarely equally strong in design, programming, copywriting and advertising.
- If they fall ill, move away or take another project, your site stands still.
- Work often goes ahead without a contract, and nothing fixes the deadlines.
- Access to the hosting and code may stay with them.
- After launch it can be hard to find someone to make edits.
An agency
At an agency a team works on the site: a designer, a developer, an advertising specialist. Work goes ahead under a contract, and the site doesn't depend on one person. The downside is that big agencies are often expensive and slow: lots of approvals and high prices even for simple sites.
How we work
We're a web agency, but with prices a small business can understand.
- A team: designers, developers, specialists in photo and video, and in Google and social media ads. You can order the site, ads and content in one place.
- A contract, price and timeline before we start. Payment: 50% upfront, 50% after the work is fully done.
- We design each site individually, with no ready-made templates.
- After launch we hand over the domain, hosting, code and all access.
- Landing page from €300, business website from €500, online store from €600.
In short: what to choose
- A website builder — if the site is for yourself or for a couple of months, and you have the time to work it out.
- A freelancer — if you know someone reliable and are ready to keep an eye on the contract and access yourself.
- An agency — if the site must bring in customers for years and you don't want to depend on one person.
What to ask before ordering
These are questions worth asking any contractor, whoever you choose.
- Can I see similar projects?
- Will there be a contract with a price and timeline?
- Who will own the domain, hosting and code?
- How will the site look on a phone?
- Who will make edits after launch and how much does it cost?
Take a look at our projects: sites for businesses in different countries and the results they brought.
