First website as a freelancer, how minimal can it be
One page with who you are, what you do, for whom, and how to reach you. More is for later.
Try this first
- 1One page is enough to start. Name, one sentence about what you do, three service bullets, and an email or call button. A complex framework site with ten tabs is overkill in year one.
- 2Hosting need not be drama. A simple Webflow, Carrd, Framer, or WordPress on a decent host does the job. Pick what you can maintain yourself.
- 3Keep domain, mailbox and website at the same or clearly separated providers. Not three parties where you forget who does what.
- 4Cookie banner only if you actually place cookies (analytics, embeds). A static one-pager needs none. Unneeded plumbing is a GDPR risk.
- 5Linking a Google Business Profile to your domain raises local visibility more than any small SEO trick in the first months.
When to bring us in
As soon as you want a webshop, customer portal, or a form collecting personal data, you are past one-pager territory. Then a privacy statement, a data-processing agreement with your host, and proper backups become mandatory. We set that up.
See also
- First IT setup as a freelancer, what do you actually needNot everything at once. One laptop, a mailbox on your own domain, a password manager, a backup. That covers the first year.
- Hiring your first employee, what IT to arrange before day oneLaptop, account, mailbox, access to the right folders. In that order, not all of it at 9 a.m. on day one.
- Moving to a new office, IT checklistInternet and power have the longest lead times. Plan at least three months out, not three weeks.
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