Guides
Guides to a website without surprises
Short answers to what people ask me before ordering a website.
Does my website need a cookie banner?
Only if it uses cookies it does not need in order to work: analytics, advertising, or embedded videos and maps. If the site only uses technical cookies, like the one for the language or the shopping cart, it needs no banner, though it does need a privacy policy that says so.
How much does a website for a small business cost?
It depends on who builds it and what it includes: from a few hundred euros with a template to several thousand with an agency. What changes the price most over time is not the site itself but what you pay every year to keep it.
Can I leave Wix without losing Google or my email?
Yes. What you already have on Google is kept by redirecting every old address to the new one, and your email keeps working if the domain settings are copied before the switch. What you cannot take with you is the design: Wix does not let you export it, so the text and photos are moved by hand.
What is Verifactu and does it affect me as a freelancer in Spain?
Verifactu is the obligation in Spain to invoice with software that records each invoice as it is issued and does not let you delete it. It affects almost every freelancer (autónomo) and company that makes invoices with software. The legal date is 1 July 2027 for freelancers and 1 January 2027 for companies, although the Spanish tax agency has announced it wants to postpone it to October 2028.
Verifactu for an online shop: what changes and what to do
If your online shop in Spain issues invoices, they will have to come from invoicing software that complies with Verifactu: it records each invoice as it is issued, does not let you delete it and adds a QR code. You do not need to rebuild the shop, only to connect it to that software. If the invoices are not made by the shop but by management software or your accountant, the shop can stay as it is.
Which invoicing software do I need for Verifactu if I am self-employed?
You need invoicing software whose maker gives you a written statement of compliance with Verifactu (declaración responsable). If you already use some, ask before switching: software makers have had to comply since 29 July 2025, so yours may already do. If you choose a new one, a freelancer is almost always best served by the "Veri*factu" mode, which sends each invoice to the Spanish tax agency at once.
What does a psychologist's website in Spain have to comply with?
The same as any website, plus three things specific to the profession: a legal notice with your professional association and membership number, a contact form that does not pile up health data, and advertising that respects the code of ethics, with no patient testimonials and no promised results.
Is my website's domain mine?
Only if you are the registrant at the registrar. If the agency or whoever built your site registered it in their name, legally it is theirs, and with it your web address and your email. It takes a few minutes to check and is fixed with a change of registrant.
How long does it take to build a website?
A brochure website of up to five pages can be ready in three or four weeks. What drags it out is not the design or the code but waiting for the text and photos. If an existing site has to be replaced, add a few days for the domain.
What does website maintenance include, and do I need it?
Maintenance is the updates, backups, security and small changes a website needs to keep working. If your site is WordPress with plugins, you need it. If it is a site with no CMS and no plugins, it needs much less, and what you pay for is having someone to make changes.
What does a physiotherapist's website in Spain have to comply with?
The same as any website, plus what a regulated health profession adds: a legal notice with your professional association and registration number, the clinic's details if it is a registered health centre, online bookings that collect no more health data than needed, and advertising that promises no cures and uses no patient testimonials as a lure.
What does a dietitian-nutritionist's website in Spain have to comply with?
The same as any health professional's website: a legal notice with your professional association and registration number, forms that do not pile up health data, and advertising without promised cures. Plus two things of your own: never promise anyone they will lose weight and, if you recommend or sell products, do not claim effects that are not authorised.
What can a lawyer's website in Spain say, and what not?
What any website needs, plus your Bar association and registration number in the legal notice. And advertising that respects the Estatuto General de la Abogacía, the Spanish Bar Statute: no promised results, no clients named without their consent, no encouraging people to sue and no claiming a specialism you cannot prove.
What does a tattoo studio's website in Catalonia have to comply with?
What any website needs, plus what Decree 90/2008 asks of tattoo, micropigmentation and piercing studios in Catalonia: your council licence details in the legal notice, the information before the tattoo explained in writing, a booking form that collects no health data and a clear note of what a minor needs to get tattooed. The consent form, with the ID number and health details, is signed at the studio and kept for three years.
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