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STARTING WELL · 3 min read · 29 October 2026Four agency emails before lunch, and what to check in each
Four agencies answered your Bark request by lunch. A few plain checks tell them apart on your phone in a couple of minutes.
STARTING WELL · 3 min read · 9 October 2026Straight answers before you open a demo
Who builds it, what it costs, who answers your customers at night, and who owns the domain. Short answers, read between jobs.
STARTING WELL · 2 min read · 2 October 2026Three demos in your inbox, and how to test one
Three links, three finished sites built for your trade. Give each one a fair test from your phone in a few minutes.
STARTING WELL · 3 min read · 14 September 2026Your web address might be in someone else’s name
If an old designer or a nephew set up your site, your domain may be in their name. One free lookup on your phone tells you.
STARTING WELL · 3 min read · 10 September 2026Five things to have ready before anyone builds your site
Pull these five together in the truck between jobs. Then every agency that emails you gets the same clear answers, and you can compare what comes back.
STARTING WELL · 2 min read · 3 August 2026Why we build the first screen before we write the proposal.
A document asks you to imagine the product. A working screen on your phone lets you judge it.