Most successful businesses start with a DIY website, and that's the right call. But DIY is a phase, not a destination. Here are the five signs you've reached the end of it, plus an honest look at what a professional website actually costs to bring in.

A small business website is a product, not a project. The build is one side of the coin. The ongoing work is the other. Most owners pay for one and wonder why they don't get the other. Here's the mental model that fixes it.