Question 1

What does a website cost?

Accepted Answer

It depends on the project. A site is one fee to build, paid once before the work begins, and a monthly that covers hosting and everything after launch. Booking, ordering, a shop, the tools behind them, the ad tracking, and the monitoring are built as part of the site rather than billed on top of it, so what moves the price is how big the whole project is. Send us a line about the business and you get both figures in writing before any work starts. You pay nothing to ask.

Question 2

Who do you build websites for?

Accepted Answer

Small businesses around Baytown and Houston. Live right now: a barber shop, a print shop, a barge fleeting yard on the bay, an industrial scale repair shop, a real estate agent, and a youth football league. If you serve a local area and most of your work comes from people near you, you are the kind of client we work with.

Question 3

How long does a build take?

Accepted Answer

Most sites are live in two to four weeks. You tell us about the business, we build it, you say what is wrong, we fix it and put it online. What usually moves that date is photos and content coming back slowly, so having those ready is the fastest thing you can do.

Question 4

What do you need from me to get started?

Accepted Answer

Your logo if you have one, whatever photos of the work you already have, and half an hour on the phone. We write the copy and design the site. If nothing is ready, we build the content as we go rather than waiting on it.

Question 5

Can you redesign an existing site?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We look at what you have, work out which pages are costing you calls, and rebuild it. The layout, the order of the pages, and the words all get rethought, not just the colors.

Question 6

What does ongoing care include?

Accepted Answer

Hosting, daily backups, security and software updates, changes whenever you need them, and the organic search work every month. If the site throws an error in a visitor’s browser, it reaches us as it happens rather than when somebody calls to tell us.

Question 7

How is this different from working with an agency?

Accepted Answer

You talk to the people building the site. The team is small, so there is no account manager and no ticket queue. You text us, we make the change, and a year later the same people are still answering.

Question 8

Do you use WordPress, Wix, or Squarespace?

Accepted Answer

No. Every site is written from scratch, so there is no theme to update and no plugin to break it at midnight. Across the client sites already live, Google’s PageSpeed test averages 98 on mobile and 100 on desktop.

Question 9

Can you build more than a basic website?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Booking, customer accounts, ordering, quote forms, and small back-office screens all get built to fit how the shop already runs, and they talk to the software you already pay for.

Question 10

Who owns what once the site is live?

Accepted Answer

Your domain is registered in your name and the text, photos, logo and brand marks you supply stay yours. TaylorURL keeps the source code and the platform it runs on, and each project agreement sets that out in full.

Question 11

Can I update content myself?

Accepted Answer

On some sites, yes: they come with a simple editor for text and photos. On the rest, you text us the change and it goes live the same day, free. Either way, you are never sitting in a queue waiting to fix a price.

Question 12

What if I need changes after launch?

Accepted Answer

Text, photo, and page changes are part of the monthly. A new feature, like a booking system or a whole new section, gets a price before any work starts, so nothing lands on an invoice you did not agree to.

Question 13

Do you only work with businesses in the Houston area?

Accepted Answer

No. We are based in Baytown and most clients are around Houston and the bay, but the whole project runs fine by phone, text, and email. Being close enough to come look at the shop is a bonus, not a requirement.

Question 14

Can I stop the monthly?

Accepted Answer

Yes, any time. There is no annual term to sign, no notice period, and no cancellation fee. The monthly is what keeps the site hosted, backed up and watched, so it is part of the cost of having the site rather than an add-on to it: the site stays online to the end of the period you have paid for and comes offline after that. If the monthly ever changes you hear about it in writing well before it is charged. Your domain is yours to move anywhere, and the content you gave us is yours to take.

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