Guides — plain English, sourced numbers [ 3,746 particles · rasterised at build · hand-coded ]
Straight answers on cost, speed and planning
No jargon, no sales pitch — practical guides for business owners deciding what kind of website to build, what it should cost, and why the one they have might be letting them down. Every number here is sourced.
(01) — The guides
Written for the owner, not the search engine
Figures are read at the source and dated in the article — platform pricing moves, and an undated number is a guess.
- July 24, 2026 How much does a small business website cost? A straight answer with real 2026 numbers — what a site costs on a builder, with a freelancer, at an agency, and as a fixed-quote studio project.
- August 9, 2026 Wix vs a custom website: what you pay, what you own The ten-year arithmetic, what happens to your site the day you stop paying, and what you can actually export — with every Wix figure checked at source.
- August 11, 2026 One-time pricing for a business website What you pay once, what you pay every month, and what each platform does the day the payments stop — with platform figures read at source.
- August 11, 2026 Webflow vs a custom website: what you own in three years What Webflow costs, what its code export actually gives you, and what happens to the site when the plan lapses — every figure read at source.
- August 11, 2026 WordPress vs a custom website: the real yearly cost Two different things share the name. What the hosted plans renew at, what a self-hosted stack costs every year, and where a one-time build catches up.
- August 20, 2026 We measured 139 small business websites. The median takes 8.9 seconds. Sites pulled from US local search, one Lighthouse run each: what they weigh, how long they take, and how many meet Google’s threshold. With the raw data.
- July 24, 2026 Wix and Squarespace vs a custom website: which is right for you? An honest comparison — what each one costs, what you actually own, and when a website builder is the right call (and when it holds you back).
- July 24, 2026 Why is my website slow? Plain-English diagnosis The usual causes, and how to tell which one is yours — whether you are on WordPress, a builder like Wix, or just slow on phones.
- July 24, 2026 Do I need a website for my business? If you get by on referrals and a social profile, here is the honest case for — and against — having your own website in 2026.
- August 26, 2026 Is $1,000–$1,500 enough for a business website? A straight answer with the arithmetic behind it: what this budget buys at published rates, the three things it leaves out, and the cases where spending more would be waste.
- August 26, 2026 What does a Wix website actually cost in a year? Paid plans run $17 to $159 a month, hosting included and a domain free for the first year. Design and apps are billed on top, so an ordinary small business site lands near $756 in year one.
- August 20, 2026 What does a website redesign cost? Three different jobs share the name, and they cost different amounts — plus the three things a redesign can lose if nobody plans for them.
- August 20, 2026 How to choose a web designer for your small business The checks that take ten minutes, the six questions that belong in writing, and the red flags worth walking away from — including how to run them on us.
- August 20, 2026 Astro vs Next.js for a business website A site framework against an app framework: what each is built for, when Next.js is the honest answer, and the measured scores our Astro builds ship with.
- August 19, 2026 How much does website maintenance cost? Builder subscriptions, a WordPress stack and a hand-coded site side by side — what upkeep really costs per year, and when paying nothing is the honest answer.
- August 20, 2026 Flat-rate web design: how a fixed quote works One number for an agreed scope, and who carries the risk when the work runs long — plus the cases where hourly or a monthly retainer is the honest answer.
Question the guides did not answer?
Ask it in the brief — the answer comes back in writing the same business day, whether or not it turns into a project.