Articles for anyone who orders a website
I write about what I explain to clients before we start: what goes into the price, what to choose for your task, and where you shouldn't cut corners.
A business-card website: build it yourself or order one
What a business-card website costs on a builder and from a developer, what to do yourself and what to order, what the page needs, and when you can do without one.
How to add your business to Yandex Maps: steps
How to add your business to Yandex Maps through Yandex Business: checking the listing, steps, verification, moderation and what to fill in so the listing works.
What a Telegram Mini App is and when a business needs one
Telegram Mini App: what it is, how it launches, how it differs from a bot and a website, when you need a catalog or booking inside Telegram and when a plain bot is enough.
GEO optimization: what it is and how it differs from SEO
GEO optimization for a website: how AI assistants choose sources, how GEO differs from SEO, what you can do yourself and why appearing in answers cannot be guaranteed.
Bitrix24 implementation: stages and what is included
Bitrix24 implementation by stages: sales process, funnels, fields, integrations, automations, data migration and training. Common mistakes and when you do not need it.
Business automation: where a small business should start
Where to start with business automation: how to find manual tasks, choose a tool (built-in feature, n8n and Make, custom code), typical scenarios and mistakes.
Domain and hosting: how to choose them and whose name to put them in
Which domain extension to pick, what a domain and hosting cost per year, how cheap hosting differs from decent hosting, and why a site needs SSL.
How to choose a web developer without getting burned
Studio, freelancer or independent developer: how they differ in cost and risk. What to ask before you pay, and which answers are red flags.
Connecting your website to a CRM and messaging apps: why it matters
Where leads get lost without a CRM, how to send form submissions to Telegram in fifteen minutes, when a plain spreadsheet is enough, and what automation costs.
Do you need a website if you have Instagram and Telegram?
Do you need a website if you have Instagram and Telegram? Where social media does better, where it hits a ceiling, and when a business doesn't need a site at all.
How long a website takes: timeline and day-by-day schedule
Why a landing page can take 1 day or 3 months, what drives the timeline, and what a day-by-day development schedule looks like.
Promoting a new website: SEO from scratch and what to expect
What to do before launch, why nothing happens in the first month, the fastest way to rank for long-tail queries, and a realistic month-by-month timeline.
How to move a site from Tilda to custom code without losing anything
What you can take with you from a website builder, how to keep your search rankings through the move, and when it's not worth leaving Tilda at all.
How to keep your website when the developer leaves
The domain, hosting and code should be registered to you. How to check that now, and what to do if the contractor has already vanished and you have no access.
Website loading speed: why it's slow and what to do
The main reasons a site loads slowly, how to test its speed yourself in five minutes, and which three fixes give the biggest gain for the least effort.
A website in several languages: how to build one you won't regret
Folders or subdomains, hreflang in plain words, machine translation versus human, and how much each language adds to cost and timeline.
Website development contract: what it should include
Scope, deadlines, code ownership, the edit process and prepayment refunds. I go through what to put in a contract, point by point, even for a small project.
Website specification: how to write one without experience
A website spec without technical jargon: what you have to describe, what doesn't belong in a spec, and which wording heads off disputes with the developer.
Website maintenance cost and whether you need support
What website support includes, what it costs per month, when one-off hours work out cheaper, and when you don't need to pay for support at all.
A website for a Phuket business: what to keep in mind
Languages, payments, messaging apps and seasonality: how a website for a business in Thailand differs from one for the Russian market.
Tilda's drawbacks: website builder or custom code for your business
When Tilda and other website builders make sense, and when custom code works out cheaper: speed, features, subscription fees and who owns the site.
What a website costs in 2026: a price breakdown
What a website costs: why prices range from 5 000 ₽ to 500 000 ₽, what goes into the price, and where you can save without hurting the result.
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