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Custom website
development

Brand websites, booking systems for salons and studios, corporate sites, B2B portals, marketplaces. Architecture scoped to your case, fixed price after the brief.

from €1,000
Custom website development
Custom website development
Platforms compared

Honest numbers
across five website builders

Same brochure-website + CMS benchmark, all five platforms. Numbers and features come from real builds, not marketing pages.

cost · speed · lock-in
Metric
WordPress
Webflow
Wix
Tilda
My Stack
Development cost
what you pay a dev or agency to launch
€1,000–€3,000
€1,500–€3,500
€500–€1,500
€400–€1,200
from €1,000
Hosting / subscription per year
WordPress and My Stack are host-independent
0 €/yr
0 €/yr
0 €/yr
0 €/yr
0 €/yr
Page load
0.0 s
0.0 s
0.0 s
0.0 s
0.0 s
Team seats / editors
how many people can edit the site
unlimited
3 on CMS plan
5 on Premium
1 on Personal
Unlimited
configurable roles
Lock-in level
0 = own everything · 5 = fully captive
0
0
0
0
0
Verdict
flexible but heavy
polished but capped
easy but caged
fast but limited
fast & yours

My Stack covers landing pages, brand sites, corporate websites and ecommerce — same architecture, scoped per project. WordPress is closest to ownership on a traditional CMS, but pays for it with plugin sprawl and ongoing maintenance.

Project types

The most common directions

Most custom requests fall into one of these three categories. Each has its own page with a detailed description and cases.

Heavier projects

If your project doesn't fit the usual categories — that's not a problem, it's normal custom work. I take on:

  • B2B portal with price lists, NET terms, RFQ
  • Marketplace with payouts and moderation
  • Multi-store / multi-region architecture
  • Headless API for a mobile app
  • Complex integrations — CRM, ERP, shipping, custom logistics
  • Custom analytics schemas (Mixpanel / Amplitude / PostHog)
How it works

6 steps from brief to launch

Step by step and transparent. No code is written before the contract is signed, no mockup is drawn before the deposit.

  1. 01

    Fill out the brief

    Interactive brief at /brief, ~10–15 min. You describe the business, goals, technical requirements, integrations.

  2. 02

    Discovery + tech plan + price

    Optional 30-minute call to clarify details. I come back with a written scope, timeline, milestones and a fixed price within 24h.

  3. 03

    Discuss the design direction

    References, mood, content model — in conversation. No mockups at this stage.

  4. 04

    B2B contract + 50% upfront

    Contract with a legal entity or ENI. 50% is non-refundable if you cancel after the start.

  5. 05

    Design + build by milestones

    2 mockups of key pages (for projects with UI). After approval — build, integrations, testing. Bi-weekly demos on staging.

  6. 06

    Launch + second 50% payment

    Deployment to your VPS or mine. Acceptance by sign-off. Monitoring and backups configured.

Contract and payment

Fair and transparent

B2B service — contract with a legal entity or ENI. Payment in stages, with the option to split for large projects.

Contract

  • B2B service — contract with a legal entity or ENI
  • Scope is fixed after discovery
  • Acceptance by milestones with sign-offs
  • You own the code from day one

Payment

  • 50% upfront after agreeing on scope and design direction
  • 50% after project acceptance (or in stages for large scopes)
  • Upfront is non-refundable if you cancel after the start
  • If the project is stopped — the completed part is paid pro rata

Splits for large projects

  • For scopes >€5,000 — split into 2–4 milestone payments
  • Each milestone tied to a specific deliverable
  • I issue separate invoices via Stripe Invoicing or PayPal
FAQ

Common questions

Didn't see your question? Write to hi@alexgoes.dev or fill out the brief.

It depends on the project. Small custom builds and single-page sites — from €1,000. Multi-page brand sites with a custom design — from €3,500. Booking systems — from €4,000. Corporate sites with a CMS — from €4,500. B2B portals, marketplaces, complex integrations — from €6,000 and up. Exact price — after the brief.
An online store from €2,000 is a ready, working system that adapts to your brand. Custom is when the architecture is built for your project from scratch. If you need a regular store — take the ready-made service, custom is overkill here. If your project is non-standard (booking, B2B, marketplace, brand site without e-commerce) — custom.
Next.js 16 for the frontend, Payload CMS for content, Medusa.js v2 for e-commerce, Directus for data-driven projects. PostgreSQL, TypeScript, Tailwind. Open source, no vendor lock-in.
Native iOS/Android — no. PWAs with offline mode, push notifications, add-to-home-screen — yes. Headless API for an external mobile app — yes.
Yes. Integrations with HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Bitrix24, custom ERPs — all possible. The integration scope is fixed in the brief — more complex systems need more time for testing.
Small brand sites 3–4 weeks. Booking systems 4–6 weeks. Corporate sites 4–6 weeks. B2B portals and marketplaces — from 8 weeks. The exact timeline is in the plan from the 24-hour response.
Ready to discuss your project?

The brief takes 10–15 minutes. I come back with a plan and price within 24 hours.