Outgrown your website builder? Move to a site you own.
Paste your address and get a measured read of your current site in moments. Then book a free demo call and we'll walk you through what we'd change, using your own words and photos, before you commit to anything. Your live site stays exactly as it is until you say go.
- Free report in moments
- Free demo call, no obligation
- Your live site stays as it is
See what we'd change on your site
We read your public pages the way a visitor or search engine would, then show you what we measured and what we would improve. It uses no AI and stores nothing unless you choose to add your email.
Why owners move off a builder
Website builders work well for plenty of businesses. These are the reasons owners tell us they outgrew one. Each one is a trade-off.
Ownership and portability
Your design and code live inside the builder, so they cannot simply be taken elsewhere. We build standard code. Once the website's fees are paid, the agreement assigns the site built for you to you.
Speed you can measure
Builders load a lot of code on every page. We build lean and check the result against the same measurements the report above takes, so you can see the difference in the numbers.
SEO control
Titles, descriptions, page addresses, redirects and structured data are set in the code, page by page, so you aren't limited to the settings a builder offers.
The people who built it look after it
We design, build, host and secure the site, and we're who you contact when something needs changing.
Room to grow
When you need bookings, a customer portal, integrations or automation, we can build it into the site, so you aren't adding another subscription for each one.
Sometimes staying is right
If you enjoy editing your own site and it does what you need, there is a good case for staying put. See the honest comparison below.
What a tune-up usually fixes
These are the kinds of details we look for on a site that has grown a layer at a time. The report above measures many of them on your site.
/copy-of-services/services/ with a redirect from the old addressIllustrative examples of what we look for, not a client result. Run the report above to see what is true of your own site.
Builder or EpicTech?
A general comparison of a do-it-yourself builder and a custom-built, managed site. It is not a claim about any one plan or feature set, which vary and change over time.
| Feature | A DIY builder | EpicTech |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Quick and inexpensive to start. You build it yourself. | A project and a monthly plan; our team builds it. See the pricing page. |
| Who does the work | You. | Our team designs, builds, hosts and looks after it. |
| Changing it later | Edit it yourself, any time, in the builder. | You send changes to our team and we make them. |
| Ownership | Design and code stay inside the platform. Some content can usually be exported. | Once the fees are paid, the agreement assigns the site built for you to you, apart from EpicTech's own tools and open-source parts. |
| Speed and SEO | Whatever the platform exposes in its settings. | Controlled in the code, page by page. |
| Leaving later | Usually means rebuilding elsewhere. | Standard code. The agreement is month-to-month with 30 days' written notice. |
You may be better off staying if…
- You enjoy editing your own site and it is doing what you need.
- You mostly sell through the platform's own store and it works well.
- You need something live this week on a very small budget.
- You are not yet sure a website matters to your business.
How the move works
You hear exactly what we'd do before you commit to anything, and nothing changes on your live site until you approve.
Show us your site
Run the report above, or start a request. We read your public pages: the words, photos, reviews and structure you already have.
Book a free demo call
Answer a few quick questions, then pick a time. On the call we walk you through what we'd change and how, using your own content. It costs nothing and carries no obligation.
You look and tell us what to change
Your current site stays live the whole time. If you want changes, tell us. Two rounds of revisions per deliverable are included in the agreement.
You approve
A short form, then you review and e-sign the agreement and save a payment method. Read it first; there is no pressure to sign the moment you see it.
We switch your domain, last
We handle the DNS work and keep your business email working. Once the new site is confirmed, you can cancel your old builder plan yourself. Check its renewal date now so you are not paying for both longer than you need to.
What to have ready
None of it has to be perfect. If you are missing something, we will help you find it.
- Your site address and, if you know it, the platform it is on.
- Who holds your domain (the company you pay for it) and whoever can log in there.
- What is tied to your domain, such as business email, a booking tool, a store or forms.
- Your logo and brand files, if you have them. If not, we can work from what is on your site.
- What to keep and what to drop: pages you love, pages nobody visits.
- Your builder plan's renewal date, so you can time the cancellation after the switch.
Common questions about switching
Will my current site go down while you rebuild it?
The plan is that it never has to. Your current site stays live while we build and you review the new one. We point your domain at the new site last, once you have approved it. When a domain is switched, the change can take a while to reach every visitor, so for a short time some people may still see the old site. That is normal and harmless, and the old site is still there.
Will I lose my Google rankings?
Nobody can promise that, and anyone who does is guessing. Rankings can move after any redesign. What we do is keep page addresses where they make sense, set up redirects from the ones that change so old links keep working, and give every page a proper title and description.
Will my domain and business email keep working?
Yes, that is something we check before touching anything. If your email runs on your domain (Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, for example), the DNS records that keep it working are preserved when we switch the site. If your domain is registered through your builder, it can stay there and be pointed at the new site, or we can help you transfer it.
Do you use my own words and photos?
Yes. Your new site is built from the words, photos and reviews already on your site, so it looks like your business. You should own or have permission to use what is on your site; if something needs replacing, we will say so.
What does it cost?
Looking is free and carries no obligation: the report is free and so is the demo call. Your price depends on what your business needs, and you see it for your project before you sign anything.
Who owns the new website?
The agreement you review before signing covers this. In short: once the fees for the website are paid in full, the website built for you is assigned to you, apart from EpicTech's own tools and open-source parts it is built on. The agreement is month-to-month, and either side can end it with 30 days' written notice.
Can I still edit my site myself?
Not the way you can in a drag-and-drop builder. Your site is built as standard code by our team, and you send changes to us. If you love editing your own site, that is a real trade-off and we would rather tell you now.
What does the "See what we'd change" report do?
It loads your home page and a few other public pages the way any visitor or search engine would, and counts what it finds: page weight, titles, descriptions, image descriptions, odd addresses and so on. It uses no AI and stores nothing unless you choose to add your email. It cannot see anything behind a login, and it cannot judge design or wording. That takes a person.
Read more on website design & redesign or see the pricing page.
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Start with the free report
Run the free report, or tell us about your project and where your site lives today. Either way, nothing on your live site changes.
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