Blog
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What content you need to provide for a website build
The design, the code and the structure are ours to build. The words, the photos and the facts about your business are yours, and they are the part of the build that waits on you.
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What an SEO audit finds, and which findings actually matter
An audit sorts problems into six areas. A page Google cannot index never ranks; a text-to-HTML warning changes nothing. The order that matters, and when to skip the audit.
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What a website scope document contains before you pay
A scope document names every page and feature, what is excluded, who supplies the content and how changes are priced. The fixed quote follows it, whichever step the project sits on.
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What a Website Maintenance Plan Should Include
Care costs EUR 100-300 a month and covers updates, monitoring, backups, small fixes and support within agreed hours. It deliberately leaves out redesigns and new features. What to ask of any maintenance plan, and when you do not need one.
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What a Good Website Brief Looks Like
A good brief fits on one page and lets a studio place your project on a single step instead of quoting a range wide enough to cover every guess. Here is the template, a filled-in example and the brief phrases that move a project up a step.
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What a Discovery Call Covers, and What to Ask Back
A discovery call places your project on one step of the price list, from EUR 600-900 for a single-page landing to from EUR 7.500 for a platform. Here is every question we ask and why, and the questions you should ask any studio in return.
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What a Design Handover Includes, and Why the Format Matters
A proper handover gives you the code in a repository you own, the database, the design as exact values, a list of every account and who holds it, licensed assets and documentation. What each item should look like at every step, from EUR 600-900 for a landing page up, and why the format decides what happens when you hire someone else, redesign or move host.
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Website for SaaS startups: a site for a product that is still changing
A product that changes between one demo and the next needs a site that can change with it. Why step 01 or step 02 beats waiting for launch, what each step costs, and when you should not hire anyone yet.
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Website for professional services firms: cost and what it needs
A firm that sells expertise has nothing to put in a basket. Its site has to show the people, the problems they take on and the first step before anyone gets in touch. What step 03 costs, what moves the quote, and when a smaller site is the honest choice.
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Website for non-profits: donations, volunteers and where the budget should go
What a non-profit website costs at each step, why taking donations on your own site changes the price, how to handle transparency and volunteer sign-ups, and where a small budget should honestly go.
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Website for membership organisations: logins, member areas and cost
A membership organisation's public site is step 03 at EUR 1.500-3.500. Personal logins, a member area and dues paid online make it step 04 at EUR 3.500-7.500. What moves the number, and when rented software is the better answer.
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Website for franchises: many locations, one system
One CMS with a page per location is a step 03 site at EUR 1.500-3.500. Franchisee logins, CRM routing and per-branch booking or payments make it step 04. What multiple locations add, and when to keep it simple.
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Website for B2B manufacturers: ranges, specifications and enquiries
A manufacturer's site is not a shop. Buyers come to find the right product in the range, check the specification and send a request for a quote. What that costs at step 03, what pushes it to step 04, and when a smaller site does the job.
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Webflow vs Framer, and the sites that should use neither
Framer if you run the site yourself, Webflow if a team maintains structured content, and a coded site if the project has logins, payments or real integrations.
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Web Design for Utrecht Businesses From an Amsterdam Studio
A step 03 business website for a Utrecht business costs EUR 1.500-3.500 from our Amsterdam studio. The cities are roughly 40 kilometres apart: what that changes about meetings, site visits and photography, how local search works in and around Utrecht, and when a local studio is the better call.
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Web design for Rotterdam businesses, with the prices on the page
What a website costs for a Rotterdam business, step by step from EUR 600-900, what moves the price, how local search works across the city's districts and the towns around it, and how a project runs with a studio in Amsterdam.
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Web design in The Hague: prices, languages and local search
What a website costs for a business or organisation in The Hague, step by step from EUR 600-900, why Den Haag and The Hague are two different searches, when accessibility has to be planned in, and how a project runs with a studio in Amsterdam.
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Web Design in Amsterdam: Prices, Meetings and Local Search
Our Amsterdam studio builds a step 01 landing page for EUR 600-900 and a step 03 business website for EUR 1.500-3.500. What sharing a city changes: meetings that need a room, searches by neighbourhood, Dutch and English pages, and when you should spend less.
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Vercel vs shared hosting: what modern hosting actually changes
Modern hosting changes how a site is deployed, reviewed and rolled back. Whether that is worth anything to your business depends on what your site is, and for a small, fast brochure site the honest answer is no.
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Technical SEO Checklist for a Small Business Site
A small business site needs a short list of technical checks: Google can reach it, read it, and show each page for what it offers. Here is that list, how to run it yourself with free tools, and what the one-off SEO foundation at EUR 450 to 750 adds.
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Stock photos vs real photography: where each one belongs
Stock photography is fine where a picture sets a mood. On your team page, your premises and your finished work it makes a false claim, and the enquiries it costs you never show up anywhere.
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Static vs dynamic websites, explained for the person paying
Static and dynamic describe how content is generated and updated. Public pages can be prebuilt while logins, live data and writes use protected APIs. Choose the implementation from actual requirements.
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Squarespace vs a custom site: when it is worth leaving
The case for staying on Squarespace, three reasons to leave it, and what the custom build costs at each step once one of them is yours.
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Single page or multi page: when one page outperforms seven
A single page is EUR 600 to 900 and one to two weeks. A four to seven page site is EUR 1.500 to 3.500 and three to six weeks. Here is how to tell which one your business actually needs.
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Shopify vs Shopware for a shop selling into the Netherlands and Germany
Start from Shopify and make Shopware prove it is needed. Here is when Shopware earns its extra weight for a shop selling into the Netherlands and Germany, and what either build costs.
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SEO for a Webshop: Product Pages, Categories and Duplication
Webshop SEO starts with a one-off EUR 450-750 foundation, and the losses are structural: copied manufacturer text, empty category pages, filter URLs that multiply, and products deleted without a redirect. Where each one comes from and the order to fix them.
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SEO for a New Website: What to Do in Month One
Month one of SEO for a new website is a one-off job: make sure Google can index every page you care about, and that you can measure what happens next. The order to do it in, what to ignore, and when the EUR 450-750 SEO foundation is worth paying for.
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Search Console setup: doing it properly and the reports worth reading
Setting up Google Search Console properly is part of SEO foundation, a one-off EUR 450-750, and the tool itself is free. How to set it up so the business owns it, which reports to read, and which numbers to treat with care.
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Schema markup explained: what structured data actually does
Structured data writes a page's key facts a second time in a format search engines read without guessing. It can earn a richer result, it will not raise rankings on its own, and a small site needs only a few types.
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Sanity vs Contentful: which headless CMS for a small team
Sanity and Contentful do the same job in different places: one keeps your content model in the repository, the other in a hosted admin. What that changes, what it costs, and when to skip the CMS entirely.
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Retainer or project work: which one you actually need
Care is EUR 100 to 300 a month and SEO growth is EUR 500 to 800 a month, while project work is quoted once per step. A test for which one your site needs, and when the answer is neither.
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Red Flags in a Web Proposal, and the Questions That Expose Them
A business website at step 03 costs EUR 1.500-3.500, and a real proposal says what that buys. Eight signs of a thin one, from a total with no scope to unlimited revisions, and the question that exposes each.
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Rebuild or Migrate Your Website: How to Tell Which
Migrate when existing content and structure still fit; rebuild what no longer fits. Our step 03 range is EUR 1.500-3.500. Reusable content can save work, but data, integrations and redirects still determine the quote.
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React vs Vue for business sites, and why it matters less than you are told
React or Vue is close to the least important decision in a website project and it does not change the price. What decides the outcome is scope, content, who can edit the site and what the pages say.
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PWA or native app: what a web app can and cannot do
A progressive web app with logins and your own data is a step 04 build, EUR 3.500 to 7.500 over 6 to 12 weeks. What it can do on iPhone and Android, where native still wins, and when you need neither.
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Page speed and SEO: what a faster site really changes
Google weighs relevance before speed, but a slow page on a phone costs you enquiries from the people who did find you. What Google measures, what slows a site down, and what fixing it costs.
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Page builder or a coded website: costs, editing and upkeep
A builder costs a subscription and your own hours. A coded site runs from EUR 600 to 900 at step 01 up to EUR 1.500 to 3.500 at step 03. The honest comparison, including who can edit what afterwards and what upkeep really costs.
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Offshore vs local agency: the honest comparison
Offshore teams build good websites, and for a closed brief they will quote less than we do. Here is when that is the right call, and when the distance costs more than it saves.
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No-code or code: where no-code wins and where the ceiling is
No-code is the right call for a first version, an internal tool or a demand test. Where the ceiling sits, the signs you have reached it, and what code costs: step 04 is EUR 3.500 to 7.500 over 6 to 12 weeks.
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Next.js vs Astro: which one should your business site use?
Astro is the better choice for a site made of pages people read, and Next.js for anything with accounts, dashboards or payments. For the same scope the price is the same, because scope sets the price, not the framework. Logins and payments are step 04 work in either one.
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Shopify Theme Development Agency: Get Your Custom Site
A Shopify theme agency can design and implement storefront templates, product navigation and integrations. Compare the requirements, code, test plan and maintenance with an existing theme before choosing custom work.
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Find Your Best Shopify Agency in 2026: 3 Key Factors for Success
Finding the right Shopify agency is crucial for your e-commerce success. We help founders and small teams build robust Shopify storefronts and product interfaces with clear project steps and fixed quotes. This guide covers what to look for, how to assess fit, and the value of expert web engineering.
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Mobile app or web app: when a browser is all your business needs
If customers need to log in, manage bookings, pay or check an order on their phone, you need a web app: step 04, EUR 3.500 to 7.500, six to twelve weeks, one build for every phone and laptop. Here is how to tell, and the specific cases where a native app is the right call.
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Measuring SEO properly: which numbers mean something
Clicks to the pages that sell and the enquiries they turn into. Why average position, traffic totals and tool scores mislead, and what it costs to measure properly.
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Magento vs Shopify: which one your shop should run
Choose Shopify unless your business matches one of the four situations where Magento genuinely earns its weight. A shop with a checkout is step 04, EUR 3.500 to 7.500. Magento starts at step 05, from EUR 7.500 after discovery.
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Local SEO for Dutch Businesses with a Physical Address
For a business with an address in the Netherlands, local search comes down to a Google Business Profile you control, a website whose details agree with it, and a page for each real service. The profile is free. The website side is the SEO foundation, a one-off EUR 450 to 750.
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Lightspeed vs Shopify for a shop with a till
If Lightspeed already runs your till and your stock, keeping it is the least disruptive answer. When a move to Shopify is worth the disruption, four routes with prices, and the Dutch details that decide it.
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Seamless Shopify Migration: 7 Steps for Your Store in 2026
A Shopify migration agency specializes in transferring your entire e-commerce operation, including products, customer data, orders, and content, from an existing platform to Shopify, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption. These agencies handle the technical complexities, allowing you to focus on your business while benefiting from Shopify's robust features and scalability.
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Internal linking explained: the SEO lever you fully control
Internal links are the one part of SEO that needs nobody's permission. What they do for Google and for visitors, six checks you can run yourself, and when it is worth paying someone.
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How website revisions work, and how to stop them looping
A revision round is one consolidated list of changes to one agreed stage. How rounds are defined in a fixed quote, what counts as new work, and the habits that stop feedback from looping.
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How to test a website before launch: a checklist you can run
The checks a developer runs, the checks only you can run, and what should block launch. Everything on the list needs your own phone, a laptop and free tools.
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How to Move an Existing Website Without Losing Rankings
Rankings survive a move when every old URL still answers, the content that ranked comes across and nothing is left hidden from search. What a host, platform or agency move costs, and the order to do it in.
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How to Judge a Web Design Portfolio
A screenshot is a picture the studio chose. Open the live site on your phone, leave the homepage, test the form, and check that the work matches the step you are buying, from a EUR 600 to 900 landing page to a step 04 web app at EUR 3.500 to 7.500.
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How long a webshop takes: our planning range and dependencies
Our step 04 webshop planning range is 6 to 12 weeks at EUR 3.500-7.500. It is an indication until the scope, dependencies and schedule are agreed. Here is what can move the date.
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How a Fixed Quote Is Calculated
The step your project fits sets the range. Scoping sets the number inside it. These are the inputs we look at, the features that move a project up a step, and the ones you control.
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Hidden costs in web projects: what sits outside the quote
Your build step has a fixed price after scoping. The domain, fonts, photos, connected tools, payment fees at step 04 and upkeep bill separately. What each one is, how it bills and when it starts.
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Headless Shopify or a standard theme: what each one costs
A standard Shopify theme shop is step 04 at EUR 3.500 to 7.500 over 6 to 12 weeks. Headless is step 05, from EUR 7.500 after discovery. What headless actually buys, what it quietly costs, and when the theme is the right answer.
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Getting cited by AI assistants: what makes a page citable
An assistant with search switched on cites pages it can reach, read and repeat without guessing. The groundwork is ordinary search work, and one part of it is a decision only you can make: saying specific things in plain words.
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Fixed price vs hourly: what each one protects
Hourly is the fairer deal on small, open-ended work. Fixed price is the fairer deal on a build with a defined outcome, and scoping is what makes the number honest.
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Design first or content first: why the words should come before the layout
Our step 03 business website range is EUR 1.500 to 3.500. Early content can expose layout and scope problems before they become rework; it does not determine the final price by itself. Here is when to start with the words and when to start visually.