Understanding Who Really Owns Your Website
If you spend your time building anything great, don’t you want to own it at the end? Just like you’d want to own a house and everything inside it once it’s built, you should also own your website and all of its content once it’s live. When your business invests time, money, and creativity into building a site, that site should belong to you. Unfortunately, not every content management system gives you that ownership. The good news is that WordPress does.
WordPress Doesn’t Own Your Site
WordPress is the platform that powers your website. It’s simply the tool used to design and manage your site. Think of it like the hammer and nails used to build a house. The builder might use those tools, but the finished home is still yours. With WordPress, all of your content, images, videos, and text are owned by you and your business. WordPress doesn’t take any ownership claim or rights over your content.
Full Scope Creative Doesn’t Claim Ownership Either
There are some design companies that will try to claim ownership of the sites they build. They may include fine print that says the site belongs to them until it’s hosted or paid in full, or that you can’t move it elsewhere. That’s not how we work at Full Scope Creative. When we build a site for you, it’s your site. The copy, images, layout, and all the hard work that goes into it belong to you. Our goal is to be your partner, not your landlord.
Why Ownership Matters
Owning your website and its content gives you freedom and control. If you ever decide to work with another web company, you can take your site and move it wherever you want. You can hire another developer to make updates, switch hosting providers, or install new plugins that help your business grow. When you don’t own your content, those decisions are made for you, not by you.
Ownership also means security. If a disagreement happens or if you want to take your site offline temporarily, you have the authority to do that. You don’t have to wait for permission or fight to regain access to something that should have been yours from the start.
How to Make Sure You Own Your Site
When hiring a web design company, always ask who owns the website and all of its content once the project is complete. It’s an easy question that can save you a lot of stress later. If the answer isn’t you, keep looking for a company that values transparency and partnership.
At Full Scope Creative, we believe that your website is your business’s digital home. We’ll help you build it, decorate it, and keep it secure, but at the end of the day, the keys are yours to keep.