Common questions about websites and SEO
25 questions clients ask most often before deciding — with prices, timescales and figures rather than general answers.
Prices and payment
How much does a website cost in Montenegro?
A website starts at €390 here. The Montenegrin market runs from €150 offers — almost always a bought WordPress or Wix theme — up to business platforms over €3,000. The difference is not the page count but whether the design was made for you and whether anyone maintains the site when something breaks.
How much does SEO cost?
SEO starts at €290. The market runs monthly packages from €200 to €2,000 and one-off audits from €199 up. SEO is a separate service because it runs for months after the site is handed over, rather than being done once during the build.
What is the price of web design and what does it include?
Web design is €390 and covers a design made for you, up to five pages, built for the phone, with basic SEO set-up and a speed measurement before handover. You see the design before signing anything.
What is not included in the price?
Domain and hosting. You pay those directly to the provider, typically €10–20 a year for a domain and €30–100 a year for hosting. We do not mark up someone else’s service, and the site stays on your own account.
Does the price change during the work?
No. The figure is agreed before work starts and is not revised afterwards. If you ask for something during the work that was not in the agreement, you get a price for it first and decide then.
How much does maintenance cost?
Maintenance is €39 a month and covers updates, security patches, backups and small text and image changes. It is not compulsory — the site runs without it — but it is the difference between a site someone looks after and a site waiting to break.
Building the site
How long does it take to build a site?
A site of up to five pages is ready in two to three weeks, provided the text and photographs exist. Gathering the content is almost always longer than the build itself — and that part is mostly in your hands.
Do you use WordPress?
No. We build in Next.js, with no plugins that break themselves and no monthly licence. That is why pages load in under a second rather than in five, and why a site does not suddenly go down after some plugin auto-updates.
Can I change the content myself after handover?
Yes. Text, photographs, prices and notices are all editable without a developer. A site that needs someone else for every small change is not really yours.
Who owns the code after payment?
You do. The code becomes your property on payment. We retain no rights over it and do not make its use conditional on continuing to work with us.
When is it time for a redesign?
When the site no longer matches what the business does, when content cannot be changed without a developer, or when it sits on a platform that no longer gets updates. If the structure is sound and only speed is the problem, a €190 optimisation pass settles it and no redesign is needed.
Online store
How do you set up an online store in Montenegro?
You need a product catalogue, a way to pay and a way to deliver. An online store starts at €690 here and includes a catalogue with categories and search, card payment through a local bank, cash on delivery, and a delivery integration.
Can the store take cards in Montenegro?
Yes. Card payment runs through an agreement with a local bank, and we connect the store to their system. You sign the bank agreement yourself, because the money goes to your account.
How many products can the store hold?
There is no practical limit. Stores with several thousand items run as fast as ones with fifty, because product pages are built in advance rather than at the moment someone opens them.
SEO and Google
What is SEO and do I actually need it?
SEO is the work that makes Google show you when someone searches for what you offer. You need it if clients come from search. If everyone comes by referral, you still need a site, but perhaps not SEO straight away.
How long before SEO shows results?
A Google Business profile and consistent details take effect within weeks. Ranking for competitive queries takes three to six months. Anyone promising first place in a month is promising something they do not control.
How does my business reach the top of Google Maps?
The three-business box at the top of the results is filled from Google Business profiles, not from websites. Distance decides first, then the number and freshness of reviews. A business with twenty-six reviews sits above one with four, even when the second is closer.
Do you guarantee first place on Google?
No, and nobody serious does. Ranking is controlled by the search engine, not by the contractor. We guarantee measurable technical results — loading speed, correct structure, indexability — and the work at the agreed scope.
Do I need a Google Business profile if I already have a site?
Yes, and it is the first thing to do. For most local queries the map sits above every website. Without a profile you are absent from that box no matter how good the site is, and setting one up costs nothing.
Speed and technical
Why does site speed matter at all?
Because the visitor does not come back. A page that takes five seconds loses them before they see it, and since 2021 Google has measured speed as a ranking factor. This site scores 100/100 on PageSpeed and loads in under a second on average.
How do I check my site’s speed?
Open PageSpeed Insights, enter the address and read the mobile score, not the desktop one. Most visitors arrive on a phone, and the gap between those two numbers is routinely fifty points. Under 50 on mobile means you are losing people to the wait.
What if my site is slow but I do not want a new one?
A speed optimisation pass costs €190 and is done on the existing site. If the structure is sound and the problem is uncompressed images and plugins nobody needs, that is enough and no redesign is required.
Working together
Do you only work in Podgorica?
No. We are based in Podgorica but work with clients across Montenegro and the region — Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia. The whole job can be done remotely, and if you are in Podgorica we can meet.
What do you need from me to start?
A short description of what the business does, who it is for, and what you want a visitor to do on the site. Text and photographs can follow later — but until they exist, the site waits.
What if I do not like the design?
You see the design before signing anything and before a line of code is written. Changes at that stage are a normal part of the work, not an extra line item.
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