Plain-English explanations of what you are paying for — so you can brief, evaluate and hold any developer to account, including me.
An Tran SolutionsA practical checklist for business owners hiring a web developer abroad: how to verify past work, plan time-zone overlap, own your code and accounts from day one, set up contracts, invoicing and weekly demos, plan the handover, and spot red flags early.
An Tran SolutionsFixed price suits work you can describe completely up front; time-and-materials suits work you'll discover as you go. A plain-English guide to the risks on each side, how scope changes are handled, and what a good fixed-scope quote must name.
An Tran SolutionsA solid tour operator website needs 6 to 8 pages: a homepage with quick tour search, a filterable tour listing, a tour detail page with a day-by-day itinerary and departure dates, destinations, about, policies and contact. Plus the questions to ask your web team.
An Tran SolutionsA solid real estate website needs 5 to 6 pages: a homepage with quick search, a filterable property listing, a detail page for each listing, about, market news and contact. Here is what belongs on each page, so you can check it against the quote you were given.
An Tran SolutionsA solid company website needs 5 core pages: home, about, services or products, past projects and contact. Add individual service pages and a blog when you want to be found on Google. Here is what belongs on each page, so you can check it against your quote.
An Tran SolutionsCustomers now ask ChatGPT and Google's AI instead of clicking links. GEO is how you get AI tools to name and cite your website. A plain-English guide for business owners, with a five-minute self-check.
An Tran SolutionsCore Web Vitals are the three numbers Google uses to score how your pages load and respond. A plain-English guide for business owners, with a two-minute self-check and the questions to ask your developer.