Many creators have been burned by a designer who made something pretty, then left them unable to update a single link. The questions below are about control and usefulness: can sponsors reach you, can you change things quickly, and does the site stay yours if the relationship ends?
Questions about the work-with-me path
Ask: "Where does a brand manager land, and what do they see in the first ten seconds?" A good answer describes an introduction, a few pieces of selected work and a clear contact route. A weak answer is "your links and a nice banner".
Ask whether the site includes a media kit page, who writes it and how the audience figures get on it. Our approach is that you supply the numbers and the date, and we never fill gaps with invented figures.
Questions about control
- ✓Who owns the domain? — it should be registered to you personally or your company
- ✓Can I get my text and images? — you should be able to take them with you
- ✓How quickly can links change? — new platform, new collab, new schedule
- ✓What does the contact form do? — it should reach your inbox directly
- ✓What if I rebrand? — ask how a name or color change is handled
Questions about scope, cost and support
Ask for the page list and what "up to five pages" means. A creator site commonly needs home, about, work or episodes, media kit and contact. If you want more, ask how larger plans work.
Ask what the monthly fee includes. Website Care at $30/month covers managed hosting, HTTPS, backups, uptime checks, weekly performance checks, A/B testing and up to 30 minutes of small edits. Compare any other quote against that list rather than the headline number.
Questions about speed and revisions
If you have a launch, tour or drop coming, ask what is realistic. A small, ready scope can sometimes go live in as little as 48 hours; a larger one takes longer. Ask how many revision rounds are included. Ours is 10. And ask what happens when you need a change next month: a person, a form, or a ticket queue.
Questions about how your content shows up
Your best work lives on other platforms, so ask how it will appear on your own site. Will a video be embedded so it plays in place, or shown as a thumbnail that sends people away? Will an embed slow the page down on a weak connection? A thoughtful designer will suggest featuring a few pieces and linking to the rest, rather than pulling in an entire feed.
Ask how the site handles a stream schedule or an episode list. If you post weekly, you want a simple way to update it, or a link to the schedule tool you already keep current, not a page that is wrong by Friday.
Questions that reveal how they think about sponsors
- ✓"What would a sponsor read first?" — listen for audience, formats and a contact route, in that order
- ✓"How do you show past collaborations I cannot name?" — a good answer describes the category and format without the brand
- ✓"Where do inquiry details go?" — ask about fields like budget range, dates and deliverables
- ✓"Can the media kit be downloaded?" — some managers want a file to forward internally
Questions about privacy
Creators share a lot of themselves, so ask what the site will not show. Your home city, your real name if you use a handle, and the inbox a stranger can reach are all decisions, not defaults. Ask the designer to keep the contact form as the public route rather than printing an inbox address on the page, and to check that photo files do not reveal more than you intend.
What to expect, honestly
- ✓We do not guarantee sponsorships — the site gives a good first impression
- ✓We cannot access your analytics for you — you supply figures
- ✓No fan accounts or logins — we link to the platform you use
One example of what your site could look like
This is one sample we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words, and we have more examples if you want to compare directions.
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
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