Business website · From $2,495
A new site, built to keep working.
A business website is up to five pages on WordPress, new or replacing a site that's too old to keep, too hard to change, or orphaned by whoever built it. The scope sets the price, and every form and phone link is tested before launch.
From $2,495Up to five pages on WordPress, with a written scope, the old site's page addresses handled, and tested contact paths. 50% before work starts and 50% at the agreed completion milestone. Site Care, from $149 a month, is optional afterwards.
When a business website is the right call
- Every change costs more than it should, because the site fights back.
- The theme or page builder is abandoned and can’t be updated safely.
- It looks wrong on a phone, and fixing it means redoing it.
- You can’t change your own hours or photos without calling someone.
- You don’t own the accounts it runs on.
How it runs
Nothing is charged until the scope and price are agreed in writing.
The scope
The pages, what each one is for, the contact paths, what moves from the old site, the price, the payment milestone and an estimated timeline, in writing.
Your words and photos
You supply them, or approve the ones you have. I don’t write new content, but I’ll tell you where something’s missing.
Design and build
On WordPress, under accounts in your name, so any WordPress developer can work on it later. Two rounds of changes, as the scope sets out.
Contact paths tested
Every form traced to the inbox it should reach, and every phone link tapped on a phone, with your permission.
Launch
The switch from the old site, with the old page addresses handled as the scope sets out, so existing links don’t land on errors.
Handover
Everything is in your name, as the scope sets out. Site Care is optional afterwards, to keep the site updated, backed up and its contact paths tested.
What “five pages” usually means
The five are agreed in the scope. For a service business they’re often these, but it’s your choice.
Home
What you do, where, and how to reach you, on the first screen of a phone.
Services
What you do and don’t do, in your words.
Service area
Where you work, so customers outside it don’t waste a call.
About
Who they’ll be dealing with, and why they can trust you.
Contact
Phone, form and hours, tested before launch.
What you get on paper
You receive the project scope, summary page in writing. Here's the format, filled in for an invented business.
Project scope, summary page
Barbagallo DigitalOne page
- Pages
Home, Services, Service area, About, Contact
Words supplied by the owner. Photos: the owner’s, plus two from the old site.
- Contact paths
One service form, tap-to-call in the header, an email link
Each tested to the office inbox and phone, with permission, before launch.
- Moving over
Old page addresses redirected to their new equivalents
Listed page by page in the scope, so bookmarks and search links still work.
- Milestone
Completion: the site live and every contact path passing
The second payment is due at this milestone. The timeline is an estimate, set out here.
The terms, in short
- What it covers
- Up to five pages on WordPress, with a written project scope, the old site's page addresses handled, and tested contact paths.
- Price
- From $2,495. The scope you approve sets the price; extra pages, integrations and unusual requirements are quoted in it.
- Payment
- 50% before work starts and 50% at the agreed completion milestone, as defined in the scope.
- What you supply
- The words and photos, or your approval of the ones you have. I don't write new content.
- Revisions
- Two rounds of changes, as set out in the scope.
- After launch
- Site Care, from $149 a month, is optional: it keeps the site updated, backed up and its contact paths tested. Timelines are estimates in the scope: they depend on access, approved content and the site's condition.
Included
- Up to five pages on WordPress, with tested contact paths.
- Everything built under accounts in your name.
- The old page addresses handled as the scope sets out.
Not included
- Writing your content: you supply the words and photos.
- Online stores, more than five pages or custom features: quoted individually.
Questions
Something else? Send me a message.
Why WordPress?
Because you shouldn't be tied to me. WordPress is widely used and widely understood, so if you ever leave, another developer can pick it up without starting over.
Can I keep my domain and my email?
Yes. Your domain stays yours, and the rebuild doesn’t touch your email unless the scope says so.
Do I need Site Care afterwards?
No. It’s optional. A site nobody looks after drifts back to the problems it replaced, so Site Care is there if you want it. If you’d rather look after the site yourself, everything is already in your name.
How long does it take?
The scope gives an estimate. It depends mostly on how quickly access and approved content arrive, and on the old site’s condition.
Why "from" $2,495?
Five straightforward pages are $2,495. Extra pages, integrations or unusual requirements are priced in the scope, before you pay anything.
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