Yes, we're located just north of Boston on the north shore. But we're happy to work with clients anywhere!

A basic brochure style website starts at $1500.

This really varies depending on our workload and how quickly you can provide digital assets such as logos and photographs. You'll have the opportunity to make changes, so the quicker you can provide feedack, the sooner your site will be live.

One of our skills is professional photography, so we can help your website be truly authentic. A great number of websites, especially for small businesses and solo-preneurs, rely on stock photography because it's relatively inexpensive and quick.

The downside is that it can make you and your business appear bland, or worse, unprofessional. Pictures of perfect looking people in contrived situations stand out as being fake which can hurt your brand.

We can work with you to produce a short photo session that will look natural and professional while showing your authentic self. In addition to working at the web factory, Erik also has many years of experience working as a professional portrait photographer. Having worked with hundreds of private and commercial clients, he knows how to make you feel comfortable in front of the camera.

He's also done product photography, so he can help with tabletop e-commerce photos as well as lifestyle oriented photo shoots.

If you don't have a logo for your site, there are a couple of options. One would be to use stylized text of your business name from one of the many web based fonts available. If you don't have a brand identity, we can put you in touch with one of our partners who can help you create one.

If you don't have photos for the site, we can give you some tips on how to get a decent cell phone snap for a head shot to get you started. But if you're going to invest in a website, we think it's worth it to have some professional photos (see above).

Certainly, all we need is the name you'd like to use. Assuming it isn't already taken, we'll walk you through how to do this. Your domain name belongs to you and actually isn't tied to the website directly, so we can't do this for you. And if you already have one, we can use whatever you've chosen.

Web factory websites are hosted with us directly using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We manage the server, configure it to host your site, and perform all the maintenance. The advantage is that you aren't dependent on a third party to run your site. If you need support, just let us know and we can take care of it directly without needing call a hosting company.

The easiest way to make changes on the main part of the site is to let us do it for you. If your site includes a blog, you'll be able to publish and edit your own articles.

We use the Astro web framework because it's lightweight and very fast. It's written in Javascript so it's easy to extend the functionality in a variety of different ways. The website runs on Amazon Linux.

A maintenance agreement can be added to your site so that you'll have a single point of contact for making changes, managing upgrades, fixing technical issues, etc. The goal with ongoing support is to be a single point of contact for anything and everything having to do with your site.