Journal
Written for owners, not algorithms.
The questions business owners actually ask before spending money on a website, answered the same way everything on this site is written: real numbers where they exist, honest hedges where they don't.
What a small-business website actually costs in 2026
A working builder's plain breakdown of website pricing in 2026: what each tier buys, the costs nobody quotes up front, and when a rebuild is the wrong buy.
Read it → September 1, 2026The real monthly math of a website builder vs a site you own
A plain walk through what a builder subscription costs over three to five years using your own invoice, what it quietly does not buy, the owned-site alternative with $0 hosting, and an honest look at when the builder is still the right call.
Read it → September 1, 2026How to read a web design quote
Five things a real quote must pin down, the red flags translated to plain English, and the questions worth asking any builder, this studio included.
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