Doubloon Studio
I Crucible
Treasure, not a template.
Doubloon Studio makes websites for small businesses and hands every piece to the owner.
II Pour
Poured to your measure, and no one else's.
Every site is shaped around one business. Its look comes from your own work and the place you do it, so it could only be yours.
III Strike
Struck by hand. Sworn to you.
One of one. Your design is made for your business and never reused for another.
IV Fall
Every plank, every key, yours to keep.
Your domain and your hosting sit in your own accounts. No web service and no designer stands between you and your site. Nothing is rented and nothing can be switched off on you. It is all yours, and it adds to what your business is worth.
Anything I got wrong in the first 30 days, I fix at no charge. After that, changes come in paid batches, only when you ask. And if I vanish, nothing you own breaks.
Your domain and hosting sit in your own accounts. Nothing is rented, and nothing can be switched off on you. Anything I got wrong in the first 30 days, I fix free.
Alan
V Under
Four bells, and she sails.
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1 Intake
We talk, and you fill in a short questionnaire. Then you send the photos and facts the site needs.
We talk, and you send the photos and facts the site needs.
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2 Build
I design and build the whole site, then send you a preview to open on your phone.
I build the whole site and send you a preview for your phone.
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3 Revisions
You tell me what to change and I change it, until you sign off on the preview. Then we hand off.
I change it until you sign off.
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4 Handoff
The accounts are set up in your name and the site goes live on your domain. You keep the logins and a dated backup of every file.
It goes live in your name. You keep the logins and a backup of every file.
VI Sand
Built to outlast the tide.
Gold does not rust or tarnish. A site you own can last too: it is plain files that anyone who knows the web can open and change.
VII Yours
This one bears your name.
This stays on the page. Nothing you type here is sent.
What sets the quote.
Every project gets its own quote, written for your business. New websites start from about $1,500. Four things decide where yours lands.
- Scope and pages
- How many pages the site needs, and how much each one has to say.
- Imagery and motion
- Whether the site runs on your own photos alone, or adds film and movement around them.
- Booking
- How customers ask for your time. Appointment businesses get a request form and a calendar only they can see. Restaurants get a table booking service.
- The search monitor
- Optional and monthly: a plain report on how your business shows up in search, with fixes as a step up.
After launch, changes come in paid update batches, whenever you want them.
Ask for a quoteWho you work with.
I'm Alan Lanham. I make Doubloon Studio sites for small businesses, and every one is built to be handed over: the business that pays for it owns it outright.
Tell me what you need.
A few lines about your business and what the site should do are enough to start. Replies come from alan@doubloonstudio.com.
Questions
Updated
Who owns the website after it is built?
You do. The site and its domain belong to you, and so does every account it runs on. The domain is bought on your own card. If Doubloon Studio closed tomorrow, nothing you own would stop working.
What happens after the site launches?
For 30 days after launch, anything that was broken as delivered is fixed at no charge. After that, changes are done as paid update batches, only when you ask for one. No subscription is required, and neither side is bound to ongoing work.
How much does a website cost?
New websites start from about $1,500, and each one is quoted for the business and what it needs. Changes to a site you already have are $100 an hour, with a written estimate before any work starts. Send a note through the contact form to ask for a quote.
Who does Doubloon Studio build for?
Doubloon Studio builds websites for owner-operated small businesses. Any trade is welcome.
How do I start a project?
Fill in the contact form on this page, or write to alan@doubloonstudio.com. Alan Lanham replies from that address.
