Prices without having to ask

The starting price is the entry point of a service's smallest package, not a flat fee for an unknown amount of work. Every service page lists under "Included" and "Not included" exactly what the price shown covers, for a website that means design, the build itself, a contact form with spam protection, and legal notice, privacy policy and terms as built-in pages. Not included is usually copywriting, photography and extra pages beyond the number covered by the base scope, unless you add those separately. The exact scope for your project is written into the quote before you commission anything, so it is clear what you are paying for before the work starts.

For orders of €2,000 and above, a down payment of 40 percent is due when the order is placed, with the rest due after completion and handover. For smaller orders below that threshold, a simple landing page for example, the down payment is usually waived entirely and the full invoice follows after the work is done. Invoices fall due without deduction within 14 days of the invoice date. This split protects both sides: you do not pay a large sum upfront for work that has not started, and I get planning certainty for time and material once a project begins. The exact terms for your project are written into the quote, and the full rules are set out in the general terms and conditions.

Because the price question comes first anyway, and a vague "on request" only delays it. A starting price tells you within ten seconds whether we are thinking in the same range, and it saves us both the conversation that ends with "this blows our budget". A fixed starting price is not a substitute for a proper quote though, the final figure for your project depends on scope, integrations and languages, and it is written into the quote as a fixed price before the build begins, not after. There is no hourly rate involved, and additional work outside the agreed scope is handled as its own written offer, never as billing by time.

The range for scope, integrations and languages is already set out in the quote before the build starts, not after. If it becomes clear during the work that the agreed scope is being exceeded considerably, for example because extra pages or another integration get added, I get in touch instead of simply carrying on and billing the hours later. Additional work outside the original scope then comes as its own written fixed-price offer, which you see and can accept or decline before it begins. Billing by actual time spent does not happen with me, not even for additional work, every extra piece of work has a fixed price before it starts.

Neither costs anything, even if no job comes of it in the end. The first call is there to assess your project and the right range for it, usually by video or phone, and in person when it helps. If you already have a website, it is worth running the Website Check first, a free check against 17 criteria for loading time, findability, privacy and accessibility, with a school grade from 1 to 5, the three most important findings in plain words, and a package suggestion, all without contact details or a call back. That way you already know what is actually wrong with the existing site before the first call, and I can build a more targeted quote.