Questions, answered
The things people ask before they start — ownership, cost, hosting, timelines, and how we work. Plain answers, no hedging. If yours isn’t here, ask us directly.
Do I own the code and the website?
Yes — completely. The source code, the design, the domain, and the AWS account it runs on are all yours, in your name, from day one. We build in your accounts, not ours. There is no proprietary runtime you have to keep paying us for, and nothing we can switch off.
What if I want to move to another developer later?
You hand them the keys and walk away clean. Because the code lives in your repository and the infrastructure lives in your AWS account, any competent developer can pick it up. We use standard, widely understood tools — no in-house framework to learn. On request we provide a written handoff: architecture notes, access, and how to deploy.
What does hosting cost after the first free year?
For a typical Launch-tier static site, plan on roughly $99/year — that covers your domain renewal and AWS together. The AWS portion of a static site is close to zero: S3 storage and CloudFront delivery for a small marketing site usually land around a dollar a month, often less. We size it to your traffic, and you pay AWS directly.
Why is AWS hosting so cheap for a site like mine?
A static site has no server idling and waiting for visitors. Files sit in S3 and are served through CloudFront, so you only pay for the storage you use and the bytes you actually deliver. For most small businesses that is pennies to a few dollars a month. You pay for what is used, not for a machine reserved around the clock.
Do you work with small businesses and small budgets?
Yes — that is who we are built for. Launch starts at $100, and it is a real site, not a template you rent. The whole point of building on static and serverless AWS is that good work does not have to come with a heavy monthly bill. Tell us the budget and we will tell you honestly what fits inside it.
How long does a project take?
A focused marketing site is usually two to four weeks from kickoff to launch. Web applications run six to twelve weeks depending on scope, and larger software is scoped individually. Timelines hold because we agree the data model and the boundaries up front, before building — so we are not redesigning the foundation halfway through.
Can I update the content myself?
Yes. For most sites we wire in a lightweight CMS so you can edit copy, swap images, and publish posts without touching code or calling us. For sites that change rarely, we can keep it simpler still. We will recommend the option that matches how often you actually expect to make changes.
What is the difference between a website, an app, and software?
A website presents — it tells people who you are and turns visitors into enquiries. An app does work — accounts, dashboards, transactions, logic behind a login. Software is the harder engineering underneath: systems with many parts, real scale, or integrations, built to grow. Most clients start with one and grow into the next; we build each so the step up does not mean starting over.
Do I need serverless or a traditional server?
That is our call to make, not yours to worry about. Bursty or unpredictable traffic favours serverless, where you pay per request and nothing runs idle. Steady, transaction-heavy workloads sometimes favour a single well-built service. We pick the approach that is cheapest and simplest for your actual usage, and we explain the choice in plain terms.
Do you do SEO?
Baseline SEO is in every build, not an add-on. Clean semantic markup, fast load times, sensible metadata, sitemaps, and a structure search engines can read are part of how we ship. That gets you a technically sound foundation. Ongoing content strategy and link building are a separate engagement if you want to go further.
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