Frequently asked questions
Questions about websites for landscapers, answered in plain language
How does a project run, what does it cost, who writes the copy, where do the images come from and who looks after the technology afterwards? This page collects the questions owners of landscape gardening businesses ask us most often in the initial consultation, arranged into four topic areas.
In short and in plain language
This page answers questions about your new website. Owners of landscaping businesses often ask us these questions.
They cover the process and the timing. They cover the cost and what is included.
They also cover copy and photos. And they cover the technology and running of the site.
Is your question missing? Then write to us or call us. The first talk is free.
Process and timing
- How does a website project run with you? In four steps that we name beforehand. First a free initial consultation, usually by phone, in which we go through your trades, your operating area and the enquiries you receive…
- How long until the website is online? A website at base scope can be implemented within a few weeks once images and details from the business are available. In practice that is where the bottleneck sits, not with the…
- How much of my own time do I need to plan for? In our experience little time, spread across the whole project, plus gathering the images. You do not write copy, you do not set up technology, you do not build forms. What we…
- What is the best time of year to start? The quiet period between November and February is the obvious window, because you have time for questions and the site is ready for the start of the season. At the same time, many…
- What happens to my existing website during the rebuild? It stays reachable until the new site is finished. We build on a separate preview address that only you and we know and that is blocked for search engines. Only when we switch…
- Can we build in stages and extend later? Yes, and that is the most common route. Most businesses start with the fixed-price website, because the portfolio gallery and the enquiry form are already included there…
Cost and scope
- What does a website for a landscape gardening business cost? The fixed-price website starts at 1,490 € net, plus VAT, and covers up to eight pages, the portfolio gallery, the enquiry form, mobile operation and the first year of hosting. A…
- What is included in the fixed price and what is not? Included are the build and design of the pages, the copy, setting up the portfolio gallery and the enquiry form, preparing the images you supply, and the first year of hosting…
- Why a fixed price instead of billing by the hour? Because you do the same in your own quotes. A price that is only settled at the end makes the decision hard and turns every additional wish into an awkward discussion. We…
- Which costs continue after launch? A website is not an object you put up once. Hosting, updates, backups and availability monitoring continue so that the site stays fast and reachable. With us that starts at 49 €…
- Do I really need the larger version from 2,900 €? In most cases not at the start. It pays off if you work regularly in several towns and want to be found there, or if you are constantly looking for staff and need a careers…
- Is there a minimum term or a contract commitment? Not for building the website; that is a one-off assignment at a fixed price. Maintenance and hosting are cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month, with no…
Content and photos
- Do I have to write the copy myself? No. We write the copy, based on what you tell us in conversation: which materials you work with, how you build up a terrace, what you turn down and why. You read the draft and…
- I do not have good photos, what now? That is the normal case and no obstacle. There is almost always usable material on the phones in the business, just unsorted and buried among three hundred site shots. We review…
- How many reference projects do I need at the start? A handful of well-documented projects works better than twenty half-finished ones. It makes sense for each of your main trades to appear at least once, so a prospect sees that you…
- Are we allowed to show pictures of our customers' gardens? As a rule yes, if the client agrees and no people, house numbers or number plates are recognisable. We recommend obtaining consent in writing, at its simplest as a short sentence…
- What belongs in the enquiry form? Exactly the details you would ask for on the phone anyway: town and postcode, trade, approximate area or length, preferred timing and a field for photos of the existing surface…
- How do new projects get onto the site later? You send us the images and two or three sentences about the project, and we take care of the rest as part of maintenance. If you prefer to add them yourself, you get simple access…
Technology and operation
- Where does the website run and who owns it? Hosting is in German data centres. The website belongs to you after acceptance and full payment; copy, images, the domain and every enquiry that comes in through it are your…
- What happens if I want to move to someone else later? Then we hand the site over in an orderly, documented way, without locks or delays. We deliberately rely on open, widely used technology without artificial vendor lock-in, so…
- Does the site work on a mobile phone? Yes, and it is built for that first. Your customers look at their phone on the sofa in the evening, not at a desk, and your applicants do so anyway. That is why buttons are large…
- Will the new site be found in search engines? No one can seriously assure a particular position in search results, and anyone who does should make you suspicious. What can be created are the preconditions: a technically…
- Who looks after updates and backups? We do, on request. Ongoing support covers updates, daily backups, availability monitoring and smaller text changes, such as new phone hours or an additional trade. That starts at…
- What about legal notice, privacy policy and accessibility? A legal notice and a privacy policy belong to every commercially used website and are set up alongside, matching the forms and services that actually run on your site. For…
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