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Off the Builder: Leaving Wix & Co. Without a Google Crash

Moving from Wix, Squarespace or Jimdo to your own website: the step-by-step guide to saving content, transferring the domain and rescuing rankings.

Multilingual Websites Done Right: DE/FR/IT for Switzerland

Multilingual websites for Switzerland: what makes a good language version, what often goes wrong and what the expansion realistically costs.

Software Dependency: How Firms Fall Into the Vendor Trap

Vendor lock-in explained: how rented software makes firms dependent, what it costs over the years, and what ways out there are.

Build a website yourself or hire? A decision tree

Wix or an agency, build it yourself or have it programmed? Seven honest yes/no questions lead you to the right decision for your business.

Automating SME Processes: 10 Tasks for the Computer

Ten recurring tasks software handles better than people, with an honest read on when automation pays off and when it does not.

Off-the-Shelf or Custom Software? 7 Questions to Decide

Buy ready-made or have it built? Seven questions clarify which path fits your business, including the cases where off-the-shelf is the smarter choice.

What Does Custom Software Cost? Honest Price Ranges

Custom software costs between CHF 10,000 and 500,000. What the price depends on, what real projects have cost, and when custom work pays off.

Website load time: why slow pages cost customers

Slow websites lose visitors and Google rankings. The 2-minute self-test, the most common brakes, and what can be fixed.

Replacing Excel: When Custom Software Pays Off

Five warning signs that your company has outgrown Excel, and when a spreadsheet is perfectly fine. With real examples from Swiss SME projects.

Software Handover: The Complete Checklist

What belongs in a clean software handover? The checklist with every point, source code, data, access, docs. Useful too if you build elsewhere.