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Your first website on a budget
What a new business actually needs from its first website before there is revenue: a few pages, a contact form, and a business name people can find.
Before you have revenue, your website has one job: help the people who hear about you trust you enough to get in touch. That takes less than you might think.
What you need
- A few clear pages. Home, what you do, about you, and how to reach you.
- A contact form that actually reaches your inbox.
- Your business name on the page in the way people search for it.
- A site that works on phones, because that's where most people will find you.
What can wait
Online booking, invoices, a client portal, and a blog are all useful, but they can come later, once you know what your customers ask for.
Keep the cost predictable
A small monthly plan that includes hosting, updates, and backups is easier to budget than a large one-time build plus surprise maintenance bills.
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