Websites & Hosting
The nuts and bolts of getting a website online and keeping it there - domains, DNS, hosting, platforms, and what a site should actually cost.
When your domain lapses, your website and your email go dark together, and the renewal notice usually went somewhere nobody reads.
Bad website projects usually start with two people who never agreed on what they were agreeing to.
Your site feels fast to you. Your customers are on a phone, on cell data, seeing it for the first time.
It means the connection is private. It doesn't mean the business is trustworthy.
Most people see your site on a phone first. Make sure it holds up.
Where they fit, where they don't, and what to know before you build.
The upkeep that runs fine right up until it doesn't.
Wix, Squarespace, Shopify: what's yours, and what isn't, if you ever leave.
People mix these up constantly - here's how they actually relate.
How your domain name connects to your website and email, and why that matters the day something moves.
Two ways to pay for a website, and the question to ask before you sign either one.
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