From strategy all the way to launch

Start suits a business that needs one page to do one job well. Complete suits a business that needs a site people move through: what you offer, proof that you are good at it, and a way to get in touch. If you are somewhere between the two, write to me and tell me what you sell and who buys it. I will tell you which one fits, including when the smaller one is enough.

Yes. A Start page is built on the same foundation as a larger site, so adding pages later is ordinary work rather than a rebuild. What it is not is a cheaper route to Complete. Building in two stages costs a little more in total than building it once. If you already know you need five pages, it is better to say so now.

You see the design before it is built, not after. That is deliberate. It means that if the first direction is wrong, we are still at the point where changing it is quick and cheap. Every package includes rounds of changes, and I would rather spend one on something that genuinely bothers you than have you live with it for three years. If the direction is still not right after the first round, we stop and talk about why, rather than pushing on and hoping.

Most of the work happens online, which keeps it simple for both of us. I work remotely from Germany, and I am based in the Karlsruhe and Stuttgart area if you would rather meet in person. For a first conversation, twenty minutes on a call is usually enough.

We can work together in German, French or English. My German is good rather than native, so for long-form German copy I will tell you where a native check is worth paying for. Your site can be in any of those. A second language is a 450 € add-on, because it is written and checked properly rather than run through a translation plugin.

Fifty percent books the dates in my calendar, and the remaining fifty percent is due at launch. You see the full design before the second payment falls due, so you are never paying for something you have not seen. Invoices come by email and are paid by bank transfer.

No. I work under the German Kleinunternehmerregelung, so my invoices carry no VAT. The price you see is the price you pay. If you are a business that reclaims VAT anyway, this makes no difference to you. If you are not, it is close to nineteen percent less than the same work billed by a VAT-registered agency.

It depends on what we build on, and I tell you the number before you commit to anything. On a self-hosted site, hosting is roughly 5 to 15 € a month and a domain is 10 to 20 € a year. On a platform like Framer or Squarespace, the subscription is usually 15 to 25 € a month and includes the hosting. Either way it is a small, predictable number, and there is no licence fee to me on top. If you would rather not think about updates and backups at all, the care plan is 79 € a month and you can cancel it whenever you like.

They are yours, in your name, whichever way we do it. If you already have a domain or a host you are happy with, we use them. If you do not, I will point you at what fits your project and set it up with you, or send you the steps if you would rather do it yourself. The accounts, the domain and the content stay under your control from day one. That matters more than it sounds. It means you can take the site to another designer, or run it yourself, without needing anything from me.

Yes. Every package includes rounds of changes during the project, so the site goes live the way you want it. After launch, small changes are quoted individually, and there is no retainer to sign. If you would rather not think about updates and backups at all, the care plan covers them, along with small changes and someone to reach, at 79 € a month, cancellable at any time. And whichever you choose, the handover session means the everyday things are yours to do without me.