Your website shouldn't be someone else's hostage.
A surprising number of small businesses are stuck with a website they can't access, can't update, or can't afford to keep — because of a developer who's gone quiet, a platform that's bleeding money, or someone who handed over a half-finished job and disappeared.
I take those situations over and sort them out. You get a website that works, hosting you control, and a domain that's actually yours.
Sound familiar?
· Developer gone quiet
You've sent the emails. Maybe you've even called. Nothing. Your website is sitting on someone else's server, you don't have the login details, and you're not sure what you even own. I'll get you back in control.
· Locked out of your own site
Some developers — intentionally or not — leave businesses with no access to their own domain, hosting, or files. I've helped businesses recover 30 years of content from a locked-down server. Whatever the situation, there's usually a way through.
· Wrong platform, wrong price
Proprietary website builders and closed CMS platforms charge a premium for the privilege of keeping you stuck. I move businesses onto WordPress — reducing ongoing costs and giving you something you actually own and can take anywhere.
Ilkley Harriers
A running club with 30 years of history on their website — and a developer who'd become unreliable and unresponsive, with everything locked on a server nobody else could access. I built a new site while they worked to recover the existing content, managed the migration, and handed them full control of their own domain for the first time. Their website, their domain, their call.
Climate Action Silsden
A community organisation whose developer communicated sporadically via WhatsApp and had left them with no ownership of their own domain. I built them a new site and made sure they walked away with full control — so they could go elsewhere in future if they wanted to. That's how it should work.
Jayne's Bridalwear case study coming soon — platform migration from a proprietary CMS, saving significant annual platform fees.
What happens when you get in touch
You don't need to have everything figured out before contacting me. Most people in this situation don't know exactly what they have or what they're missing — that's part of the problem.
Tell me what's going on and I'll tell you honestly what's possible, what it'll take, and whether I'm the right person to help.
Stuck? Let's get you back in control.
You don't need it all figured out. Tell me what's going on and I'll tell you what's possible.