Guides
How to move off your CMS, in plain English.
Migration walkthroughs, platform comparisons, and practical advice for owners and operators of small business websites.
Shopping for a different platform? See alternatives to popular CMS platforms.
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How to migrate from Squarespace to a coded site
Step-by-step guide to moving a Squarespace site to a code-based setup, content export, rebuild, redirects, DNS cutover, and SEO preservation.
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Can AI replace a CMS for a small business?
For content-focused small business sites, yes, if the content is in a format AI can read and write. When it works, when it doesn't, and the hybrid setup.
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How much should a small business website cost per year?
Realistic annual cost ranges for a small business website by approach, platform, and complexity. What's reasonable, what's cheap, and what's overpriced.
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What's a low-maintenance website setup for a small business?
Stack choices that make a website require near-zero ongoing maintenance, and how they compare to the high-maintenance default most businesses end up on.
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How to choose a website migration service
Buyer's guide to hiring a website migration service, provider categories, real price ranges, what's included, red flags, and questions to ask first.
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The real cost of a Webflow website over 3 years
What a Webflow site actually costs over three years once you stack Workspace plans, Site plans, Ecommerce fees, and the add-ons most real sites need.
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The real cost of a Squarespace website over 3 years
What a Squarespace site actually costs over three years once you include add-ons, transaction fees, and the features most small businesses end up buying.
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What should a simple small business website include?
The pages and features a small business website actually needs, and the ones most template-led platforms push but don't belong on most sites.
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What actually breaks when you move a website to a new platform?
What tends to break during a website migration, forms, integrations, SEO, custom code, and how to know which apply to your site before committing.
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How to migrate from Webflow to a coded site
Moving a Webflow site to a code-based setup, using Webflow's HTML/CSS export and handling the CMS, forms, and interactions that don't cleanly transfer.
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Will I lose SEO if I rebuild my website?
The honest answer to the single biggest fear about website migrations, with a concrete list of what protects rankings and what destroys them.
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Why is updating my website so slow and annoying?
Why small business website updates feel like dental work, and what actually fixes the friction, including the AI-first workflow most sites still don't use.
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Can I update my website using AI?
Yes, and for content-focused small business sites, it's often the most natural editing workflow. How it works, what it's good at, and where it falls short.
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The real cost of a Wix website over 3 years
What a Wix site actually costs over three years including Premium Apps, Ascend marketing tools, transaction fees, and features most businesses add.
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How to migrate from Wix to a coded site
Moving a Wix site to a code-based setup, handling Wix's notoriously limited export, what rebuilds from scratch, and how to preserve SEO.
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Is it actually worth rebuilding my website?
An honest decision framework for whether to rebuild your site, the specific conditions that justify a rebuild, and the ones that really don't.
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Should you migrate your website yourself or hire someone?
DIY vs hiring a specialist for a website migration, real costs, real time investment, and the specific conditions where each makes sense.
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Do I really need a CMS for a small business website?
Most small businesses don't. Here's a practical decision framework for when a CMS is worth it, when it's overkill, and what to use instead.