Before You Commission Anything
The questions that come up most often before a project starts. If yours isn't here, ask me directly and I'll answer it straight.
7-14 days for a Starter build, 14-21 for Growth, 21-28 for Scale. The clock starts when I have your content, not when you pay - waiting on text and photos is the single most common cause of delay.
You do, by default. You know your business and your customers better than I do. I'll tell you exactly what each page needs and roughly how long it should be, so it isn't a blank page.
Real photos of your work, premises and team always outperform stock. If you don't have any, I'll use appropriate stock imagery and flag where a real photo would do more.
You see a live preview as it's built rather than a single reveal at the end, which is when most mismatches surface. Revisions are worked through together before anything goes public.
A custom Elementor build rather than a purchased template, a mobile-first layout checked on real devices, on-page SEO foundations set up at launch, a walkthrough so you can edit the site yourself, and full ownership of the site and its credentials.
Hosting and your domain, which are billed to you directly by the provider rather than through me. Stock photography and paid plugin licences where a project needs them. Copywriting, since packages assume you supply the text. And ongoing maintenance, which is a separate care plan.
Any distinct URL with its own layout and content. A blog counts as one page plus its post template, not one page per post.
No. These are one-off project fees. You own the site outright and can take it elsewhere at any point.
Two rounds during the build. That covers changes to what was already scoped - colours, text tweaks, layout adjustments. Anything that is genuinely new scope, like an extra page or a feature nobody discussed, gets quoted separately rather than eating into a revision round. That keeps 'revision' from quietly turning into unlimited scope creep, which is what makes projects run long for everybody.
50% deposit to start, and the remaining 50% before the site goes live rather than after. International clients pay through a Payoneer payment request - I send a link, you pay by card or bank transfer, and you do not need a Payoneer account of your own.
Yes. Everything runs remotely over email and scheduled calls, so location isn't a constraint. Most of my clients are in the UK, US, Canada and Australia.
Yes, and that's deliberate. Everything is built in Elementor, and you get a walkthrough at handover. Changing text, swapping an image, or adding a page doesn't require me.
Completely. You get the admin credentials, the hosting account is in your name, and you can move the site to another developer whenever you like without asking permission.
Both are billed to you directly by the provider, so nothing is bundled through me and you keep control. I'll recommend suitable options and handle the setup.
Every build ships with the on-page foundations right: clean structure, proper headings, title tags, meta descriptions and alt text. That's the groundwork. Ranking for competitive terms also takes content and time, and anyone promising a position by a date is guessing.
You can run the site yourself, or take a care plan so updates, backups and monitoring are handled for you.
Get in touch. If it's something I introduced, I fix it at no charge. If it's a plugin or host issue on a site without a care plan, I'll quote before doing anything.