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Straight answers about websites.
What a site costs, who owns it, which platform fits, and what you are paying for each month. Written for the owner of a trade, a café, a salon, a clinic or a shop, with sources for every number.
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How much does a website cost in the UK?
What moves the price of a small business website up or down, what cheap quotes leave out, the running costs after launch, and how to compare two quotes fairly.
- Pricing
- Timeline
- 6 min read
Wix, Squarespace or Shopify for a small business?
An even-handed look at the three site builders UK owners ask about most: what each is good at, where the costs hide, and when none of them is the answer.
- Platforms
- Shopify
- Pricing
- 6 min read
Is a Facebook page enough for your business?
When a Facebook or Instagram page is all a small business needs, when it is not, and the short list of things a trade, café or salon website has to do.
- Social media
- Local business
- 7 min read
Who owns your website? Domain, email, code and content
A website is four separate things with four different owners. How to check who holds each one today, what UK law says by default, and what to put in writing.
- Ownership
- Domains
- 6 min read
Hosting and care, explained
What the monthly line on a website quote pays for: hosting, the domain, the padlock, updates, backups, monitoring and changes, and when you do not need it.
- Hosting
- Care
- Pricing
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