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What a domain actually is, who should own it, what hosting does, and what to ask before hiring anyone. Written for businesses on St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix. No pitch, no jargon, and nothing you need to buy from us to use.

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6 min read What you actually need to put a business online Domain, hosting, SSL, email, and the site itself. What each one is, roughly what it costs, and whether you want a .vi or a .com. Read this 5 min read Who should own your domain name You should. Here is how to check whether you actually do, and what to do if the person who built your last site registered it in their own name. Read this 6 min read What hosting is, and what you are paying for Shared, managed, and cloud hosting in plain terms. Why unlimited is never unlimited, and what actually matters when your visitors are on a phone. Read this 4 min read SSL, HTTPS, and the padlock What the padlock actually proves, what it does not, and why a site without one now actively warns your customers away. Read this

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7 min read What to ask before you hire someone to build your site Nine questions that separate someone building you an asset from someone renting you one. Most of them are about what happens after launch. Read this

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Map Scope, phases, and what is out of scope, agreed in writing.

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Launch Documentation and account ownership handed over with it.

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