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What “your own developer” actually means for your website
“A developer who knows your site” sounds simple, but if you have never worked with one directly, it is fair to ask what it means in practice. Here is the plain version, and how it differs from the two options most businesses already know: hiring someone, or calling an agency every time something needs doing.
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The two usual options
Hiring someone means a salary, recruitment, management and the hope that one person has every skill your site needs. Most business websites do not need a full-time developer, and one person is a single point of failure. We added up what a web developer really costs.
Calling an agency or a freelancer works for big, one-off jobs. For the small ones it means a quote, a wait, and explaining your site to someone new each time. So changes get saved up until there are enough to be worth the hassle, and the site is always behind.
The third option
There is a middle way: a developer who looks after your site all the time, without being on your payroll. They know how the site is built, which plugins it runs on, what broke last time and what you asked for last month. When you need something, you ask them directly, and they get on with it.
The practical differences show up every week:
- You explain your business once, to someone who remembers it.
- Small changes get done when they come up, not saved for a project.
- You talk to a lead developer who knows your site, not someone passing messages on.
- The people who change the site also host and secure it, so nothing falls between suppliers.
One team, and a contact who knows you
At Wrev, your requests are worked by our own developers, and the same people host and secure the site, so nothing falls between suppliers. You talk to a lead developer who knows your site, backed by the team, in a chat attached to each request on the Wrev platform.
You also have a dedicated lead developer: one named developer who knows your site and your business, with the rest of the team behind them. The work keeps moving through holidays, illness and busy weeks, because nothing waits on one person being at their desk.
How the work is paid for
Nobody wants a meter running, so there are no hourly rates and no quotes. Your plan includes unlimited requests, worked one at a time: you ask for what you need, and we get on with it.
If you have been stuck between an expensive hire and a stop-start agency, this is the option that tends to fit best. Book a demo if that sounds like the option you want.
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