Websites with care included

Your website.
Finished in one week.
Then I take care of it.

You fill in one questionnaire, I do the rest. After that I host, back up and maintain your site.

One questionnaire, then I do the rest. After that I host, back up and maintain your site.

From €29 a month

Online in one weekYou talk to meAll prices are on this page
Simon Obi, web designer from Cologne, smiling at the camera

Simon Obi

Web designer since 2023, Cologne. I build your site myself, look after it myself and answer your email myself.Web designer since 2023, Cologne. Builds, maintains and replies himself.

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The problem

The website that never gets finished

Almost every freelancer has tried to get a website at some point. Usually in one of three ways. And all three end at the same spot.

The website builder

Easy for the first two evenings. Then the copy is missing, the images do not fit, the phone shows everything out of place. Half finished for months.

The agency

Several thousand euros, two months. A beautiful site in the end. And nobody who touches it when the opening hours change.

The freelancer

Cheap and fast. Until handover. After that you are on your own with hosting, updates and the form that stopped sending emails.

Builder, agency, freelancer

All three end at the same point: a site that never gets finished, and nobody who looks after it.

References

Selected work

Live and ready to click: a portfolio website and a company website.

Live and ready to click.

Home page of janasimons.de with model portfolio, commercial and fashion
janasimons.de · Portfolio websiteView
Home page of mit-ams.de with hero image and consulting offer
mit-ams.de · Company website, SAP consultingView
Home page of janasimons.de with model portfolio, commercial and fashion
janasimons.de · Portfolio website
Home page of mit-ams.de with hero image and consulting offer
mit-ams.de · Company website

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How it works

Four steps, two of them yoursFour steps, two yours

Your effort: one call, one questionnaire, one round of feedback. About an hour in total.

1

Short callCall

20 minutes, phone or video. Then a quote with every number in it.20 minutes, phone or video.

2

QuestionnaireQuestionnaire

About 30 minutes, once. Missing copy I write, missing images I source.About 30 minutes, once.

3

Draft and feedbackDraft

Draft after 4 working days, one round of changes is always included.After 4 working days, with feedback.

4

Go-liveGo-live

One week after your answers. From then on I look after it.One week after your answers.

Pricing

Three packages, every number listed.

One setup fee, then a fixed monthly fee for hosting, domain, backups and changes. Nothing on request.

VisibleFor personal brands, creators and anyone who needs an address instead of a link tree
29 €a month
+ €390 one-off for the build
  • One-pager with up to 6 sections
  • Copy written, up to 8 images
  • Contact form
  • Google Business Profile
  • Domain, hosting, SSL, daily backup
  • 1 change a month
Enquire about Visible
For most peopleFoundFor freelancers and businesses that want enquiries through their website
59 €a month
+ €790 one-off for the build
  • Up to 5 pages
  • Everything in Sichtbar
  • Appointment booking built in
  • Extended form with upload
  • Local SEO basics
  • 2 changes a month
Enquire about Found
BookedFor businesses with several services, a blog or two languages
99 €a month
+ €1,490 one-off for the build
  • Up to 10 pages, blog included
  • Everything in Gefunden
  • Second language optional
  • Multi-step enquiry flow
  • Monthly one-page report
  • 4 changes a month
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VisibleFor personal brands and creators
29 €a month
+ €390 one-off
  • One-pager, up to 6 sections
  • Copy written, 8 images
  • Domain, hosting, backup
  • 1 change a month
Enquire about Visible
For most peopleFoundFor businesses that want enquiries via the site
59 €a month
+ €790 one-off
  • Up to 5 pages
  • Appointment booking
  • Form with upload
  • Local SEO basics
  • 2 changes a month
Enquire about Found
BookedFor businesses with a blog or two languages
99 €a month
+ €1,490 one-off
  • Up to 10 pages, blog included
  • Second language optional
  • Monthly report
  • 4 changes a month
Enquire about Booked

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Minimum term 12 months from go-live, then cancel monthly. All prices are final.

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The objections

What you should know before you decideWhat you should know

What if I want to cancel after a year?Cancel after a year?

Then you cancel, monthly with one month notice. You get all files of your website within five working days, free of charge.Monthly with one month notice. You get all files for free.

Who do I talk to when something comes up?Who do I talk to?

Me. I build your site, I look after it, I answer your email. No ticket system, no hotline.Me. No ticket system, no hotline.

Who owns the domain?Who owns the domain?

Normally I register and pay for it, that is part of the monthly fee. On request it runs in your name.I register and pay for it, it is part of the monthly fee.

You are one person. What if you are out?What if you are out?

Your site sits with a hosting provider in Frankfurt, not on my computer. It keeps running even if I am ill for two weeks.Your site sits in Frankfurt with the host and keeps running.

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About me

Hey, I am Simon Obi.
Web designer since 2023.

In 2023 I retrained as a web designer. My first real project was a website for a friend who was about to give up after her third attempt with a website builder. The site was online within a week, and she has never had to mention it to me since. That is exactly how it should be: you only notice your website when an enquiry comes in.

Since then I build websites for freelancers, small businesses and personal brands. With a process so clear that a site is finished in one week. After that I stay on it: hosting, backups, changes. You always talk to me.

Cologne, clients across the German-speaking countries.

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Simon Obi, web designer from Cologne, smiling at the camera
About meHey, I am Simon Obi.
Web designer since 2023.

Retrained as a web designer in 2023. First project: a website for a friend after her third website-builder attempt, online a week later. Since then I build websites and stay on them afterwards.

More about me
Questions

The questions you have right now

What does the first year cost in total?

Setup plus twelve monthly fees. Visible: €738. Found: €1,498. Booked: €2,678. From the second year only the monthly fee. All prices are final.

Why a monthly fee? Can’t I just buy the site?

After the minimum term you can leave at any time with all files and run the site elsewhere. But the monthly fee pays for exactly what a “bought” site lacks: hosting, domain, backups, updates, and someone who makes your changes. Most sites don’t die because they were badly built. They die because nobody looked after them after go-live.

What happens after the 12 months?

Nothing automatic. The contract continues until you cancel, monthly with one month’s notice. There is no renewal for another year and no price increase you don’t know about.

Who owns the domain?

By default I register and manage it and pay for it out of the monthly fee. That’s the convenient way: one invoice, one contact, nothing to renew. If you’d rather hold the domain yourself, you register it in your name and I manage it technically. Just as possible, it only costs you your own registration.

And if I cancel, what about the domain if it’s in your name?

Then I transfer it to you or your new provider. Free of charge, on request, and I issue the necessary releases within three working days. A domain is not a hostage.

One week, from when?

From the day your questionnaire is complete. After four working days you see the draft, then your feedback, then go-live. If you need three weeks for the questionnaire, it takes three weeks longer. That’s on you, not me, and I’ll tell you so.

I have no copy and no good photos. Does it still work?

Yes, that’s the normal case. I write the copy from your questionnaire answers. Images come from your material if you have any, otherwise from licence-free sources. One thing you should have is a good photo of yourself. I can’t replace that, and it’s the most important image on the site.

What counts as a “change”?

Anything you email me that can be done within the agreed time: new opening hours, a price, a text, an image, a new section. Visible: one change of up to 20 minutes a month; Found: two of up to 30 minutes each; Booked: four. Anything beyond that I charge at €60 per hour, announced beforehand, never afterwards.

I need an online shop. Is that included?

No, not in the package. A shop is a different project with payment, shipping, tax and considerably more care. I do build shops, but as a separate quote by effort. Tell me what you want to sell and I’ll tell you what it costs.

I already have a website. Can you take it over?

I only take sites I built myself into ongoing care. Foreign code is the most common source of problems nobody can foresee. What I do: use your existing site as a template and rebuild it in one of the packages. Content and domain stay, the technology becomes clean.

How do I pay?

The setup in two halves by bank transfer: 50 % on order, 50 % before go-live. The monthly fee by SEPA direct debit, first debit in the month of go-live. You get a proper invoice for everything.

What if you’re ill or on holiday?

Your site keeps running. It sits with a hosting provider in Frankfurt, not at my home. I announce holidays at least 14 days in advance, at most four weeks a year. In case I’m unavailable for longer, from handover you have a document with all access details and contacts.

Let us talk briefly.

Tell me in two or three sentences what you do. I reply within two working days with three slots for a 20-minute call.Two or three sentences are enough. Reply within two working days with three time slots.

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