When a website is not enough, a web application
Some businesses outgrow a site that only shows pages. Customers need an account, staff need a shared schedule, or orders need to change the stock count. That is an application, and I build those too.
What an application can do
- A customer portal
- Customers log in to see their orders, invoices or files. Each account sees only its own data.
- Systems that talk to each other
- An order changes the stock count, and a low count tells someone. The work you now do in two places is done in one.
- Scheduling across staff
- Several people, several calendars, and a customer who can see when someone is free.
- Public work to look at
- The home page links to applications I have built and run, with accounts, payments and a public gallery. You can use them before you ask me anything.
What the free check looks for
The free check reads your front page in a few seconds. These are the results that matter most here.
- Plain HTTP, which no page with a login may use.
- No page language set, which a screen reader needs on every screen of an application.
- Many separate scripts, which slow down every screen a customer opens.
Run the free check. The full review goes through every page for $9.
What you get, and what it costs
- You pay what you think the site is worth, from $100. It is the same site at every price.
- Every account, from the domain to the hosting, is in your name.
- It loads fast, works on every phone, and works with a screen reader and a keyboard.
- No trackers, and nothing about your customers is sold.
- If you want me to keep it safe and current, the care plan is $9 a month. It is optional.
Questions
- Why does an application cost more than a site?
- An application keeps data, checks who is allowed to see it, and must keep working when many people use it. Each of those is real work, and I quote it after we talk.
- Who owns the code and the data?
- You do. It runs on accounts in your name, the same rule as a website.
- Can you start small?
- Yes. A first version that does one job well is better than a large one that is late. We add the rest after it is in use.
See what your site needs
Start with the free check of the site you have. If you have no site yet, tell me about your business and I will reply.