Ownership and Page Builder Export Limits

Ownership is a list

The domain, DNS, source, content, images, analytics, and form delivery should have a named owner. That owner should be the client. An agency can operate them. An agency should not be the only key.

Page builders collapse several of those into one login. That feels simple until the login is the product.

Export is the test

WordPress content can often be exported, but the theme, builder layout, and plugin behavior do not come with it as a working site. Wix and Squarespace exports are not a portable frontend.

A Git repository of an Astro site is a portable frontend. Another developer can build it.

Lock-in is a design choice

Vendors lock in because recurring revenue depends on it. We do the opposite on purpose. The stack is boring, documented, and replaceable part by part.

That is a better future than a cheaper first invoice.