Websites & Builds Articles and Blog Posts https://mediamantra.com.au/category/websites-builds/ Digital Marketing Melbourne Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:14:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 What To Ask Before You Hire Anyone To Build Your Website https://mediamantra.com.au/questions-before-hiring-web-builder/ https://mediamantra.com.au/questions-before-hiring-web-builder/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:15:42 +0000 https://mediamantra.com.au/questions-before-hiring-web-builder/ Most bad website experiences do not come from a bad build. They come from questions that never got asked before the contract was signed. Save this list before your next quote call, and ask every one of them. 1. Who will own the domain and hosting once it’s live? Why it matters: this decides whether […]

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]]> https://mediamantra.com.au/questions-before-hiring-web-builder/feed/ 0 Fixed Quote Or Hourly: Why We Quote A Number And Stick To It https://mediamantra.com.au/fixed-quote-vs-hourly/ https://mediamantra.com.au/fixed-quote-vs-hourly/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:15:20 +0000 https://mediamantra.com.au/fixed-quote-vs-hourly/ Hourly billing sounds fair on paper. You pay for the time worked, nothing more. In practice, for a small business buying a website, it usually works against you. The problem with the hourly clock When you pay by the hour, you are not just paying for the work. You are paying for whoever is doing […]

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]]> https://mediamantra.com.au/fixed-quote-vs-hourly/feed/ 0 A Website Built In Days, Not Months https://mediamantra.com.au/website-built-in-days/ https://mediamantra.com.au/website-built-in-days/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000 https://mediamantra.com.au/website-built-in-days/ “Fast” makes most business owners nervous when it comes to a website. Fast usually means rushed, and rushed usually means fixing it again in six months. That is a fair worry, built on plenty of bad experiences. It is also not how a well-run build actually works. Why builds usually drag Most website projects blow […]

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]]> https://mediamantra.com.au/website-built-in-days/feed/ 0 What No Lock-In Really Means (And Why Most Agencies Won’t Offer It) https://mediamantra.com.au/what-no-lock-in-really-means/ https://mediamantra.com.au/what-no-lock-in-really-means/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:14:37 +0000 https://mediamantra.com.au/what-no-lock-in-really-means/ Ask most business owners who owns their website and they will say “me, obviously”. Ask them who actually holds the domain, the hosting account and the admin login, and the answer is often a lot less clear. The stuff you should own but often don’t There is a short list of things that should always […]

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