You own what we build. In writing.

What it does not cover, and why

A promise with no limits is a promise nobody should trust. Here is what sits outside it.

• Third-party licensed assets — stock photography, licensed fonts, paid plugins or APIs. These stay under their own licences, which we document. Where a licence is not transferable, we tell you before we use the asset.
• Open-source components. Next.js, React and similar dependencies remain under their own open-source licences, which is what allows anyone to use them freely, including you.
• Content you did not pay us to produce and did not supply — for example, third-party review content displayed through an API.

The test that actually matters

Here is the question to ask any website provider, including us: if I stop paying you tomorrow, what do I still have?

On most of the platforms we migrate businesses away from, the honest answer is a copy of your own text and photographs, and no website. With us the answer is the whole thing (the code, the content, the repository, the domain and the deployment history) and a signed document saying so.

• Full copyright assignment in the site code and the content we write for you.
• The Git repository transferred to an account you control, with its full history.
• The domain in your name, at a registrar of your choosing.
• Hosting in your own Vercel account if you want it there — we can manage it, but ownership sits with you.
• No proprietary page builder, no template licence, and nothing that stops working if you stop paying us.

Common questions

Is this an official certificate from some registry?

No, and we want to be straight about that, because it matters. There is no government body or official registry that certifies website ownership. What this document is: a signed contract — an assignment of intellectual property and a record of what was transferred to you and when. That is a real, enforceable legal instrument, reviewed and approved by counsel. It is not a badge from an authority, and any company implying otherwise is selling you something that does not exist.

Why does this need to be a document at all?

Because in a dispute, "we always understood the site was ours" is worth considerably less than a signed assignment naming the work and the date. Most small businesses have never had ownership of their website put in writing. When a relationship with a developer or agency ends badly, that omission is exactly what gets expensive.

When do I get it?

At final payment. The assignment is conditional on the project being paid in full, which is standard for work-for-hire IP assignment. Once signed, the transfer is effective as of that date and does not lapse if you later stop working with us.

What if I stop paying for hosting or maintenance?

You keep the site. That is the entire point. The code is yours, the repository is yours, the domain is yours. If you stop paying us you can host it anywhere. Nothing switches off and nothing reverts to us.

Can I take it to another developer?

Yes, and it will not be a painful handover. It is a standard Next.js application in a Git repository with its history intact. Any competent React developer can pick it up. We have deliberately not built anything proprietary that would make you dependent on us.