Guides, costs and checklists
Straight answers to the questions people ask before hiring someone like us. Including when you should not.
What a client portal costs
What drives the cost of a custom client portal, what it costs to run each month, and when portal software is the cheaper choice.
What a custom web app costs
What drives the cost of a custom web app for a small business, running costs, and how to scope a first version that pays for itself.
What a marketplace MVP costs
What drives the cost of a marketplace MVP: platform versus custom, what a first version needs, ongoing fees, and how to avoid spending before you have users.
No-code vs custom software
Softr, Airtable, Glide, AI builders or custom software? Cost, limits and ownership compared, and when to switch from no-code to a custom build.
Direct booking website: software or custom
Should you use Lodgify, Hostaway or OwnerRez for your direct booking site, or build your own? A plain comparison for owners of one to a few properties, plus what makes direct booking work.
Shopify migration SEO checklist
A step by step SEO checklist for moving to Shopify from Wix, WooCommerce, Squarespace or BigCommerce: URL mapping, redirects, metadata, structured data and what to watch after launch.
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