FAQ
Answer the hard questions before the sales call.
Buyers shouldn't need a discovery theatre to learn fit, scope, pricing structure, and ownership. Use this page to clear objections, then send a brief only if the answers still hold.
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Fit
Whether Sphere is the right partner before you spend time on a brief.
Who is Sphere Digital for?
Founders, operators, and marketing leads who need web, marketing, or product work to improve inquiries and make digital operations easier to run. If you want clear scope, senior contact, and a handover your team can own, we are a strong fit. If you want logo theatre or endless workshops with no owner, we aren't.
When should we not hire you?
Skip us when the brief is undefined and nobody owns the decision, when the real ask is a decorative redesign with no commercial target, or when you need a large multi-office account structure. We are a compact senior team. That's a feature for some buyers and a mismatch for others.
Can we start with one bottleneck only?
Yes. Many clients begin with a single underperforming page, a measurement repair, a migration risk, or a product flow that leaks users. If the goal later needs more than one service, we say so early and keep the first scope tight.
Services
What we take on, how scope stays honest, and what we refuse to oversell.
What does Sphere Digital do?
We plan, build, measure, and hand over websites, campaigns, and product interfaces for teams that need execution more than meeting volume. Work is shaped around your commercial target and operating constraints, not a fixed agency template.
Can we hire you for one service only?
Yes. Hire us for a build, audit, design sprint, or a marketing problem that has stalled. If the objective quietly depends on another discipline, we tell you before you buy the wrong package.
Do you handle e-commerce, migrations, and rebuilds?
Yes, when discovery, checkout trust, redirects, content mapping, and pre-launch checks are part of the plan. Migrations protect search continuity and the buying journey. Rebuilds are scoped around the outcome, not a feature wish list.
How do you handle paid media and content?
Targets, tracking, and spend rules come before launch. Campaigns are judged on commercial outcomes. Weak spend gets paused. Content exists to support conversion and clarity, not to fill a calendar.
Can you work inside our existing brand?
Yes. We work within current brand guidelines and focus on the friction points that lose buyers: offer clarity, inquiry paths, checkout, and legacy pages that no longer pull their weight.
Engagement
First contact, who does the work, and how your team stays involved.
How does an inquiry start?
Send the goal, the bottleneck, the constraints, and the decision you need next. We'll reply within two working days with fit and a practical next step. You get a recommendation, not a vague nurture sequence.
Who actually does the work?
The people who scope the work stay close to delivery. You won't sign with seniors and get handed to a junior relay after kickoff. Direct contact is part of the operating model described on About.
How involved will our team need to be?
One clear point of contact, timely access, and decisions when trade-offs appear. We run delivery and document the system so your team can take control at handover without living in our inbox.
Can you work alongside our in-house team?
Yes. We can support developers, designers, or marketers already on staff. Senior guidance and clean documentation are the point, so the work remains maintainable after the engagement ends.
How long does a project take?
Timeline depends on scope, access speed, decision speed, and launch risk. Before you sign, you get dates, milestones, and the assumptions underneath them. Optimistic fiction isn't a scheduling method.
Pricing
How price is set, how risk is managed, and what commitment looks like.
Fixed price or hourly?
Defined project work is fixed-scope with a fixed or capped price agreed in writing before production. Retainers use a clear monthly focus and approval rhythm so you aren't paying for process theatre.
What does a typical project cost?
We price after we understand templates, integrations, content volume, migration risk, accessibility needs, and measurement requirements. Accurate pricing follows real work, not a low opener designed to win the room.
Do you offer ongoing support?
Yes, through retainers or ad-hoc support. Routine content edits shouldn't need a slow ticket queue. Your team keeps day-to-day control. Bring us in for heavier lifts, strategic improvements, and critical fixes.
What if our budget is limited?
Tell us the ceiling early. We'll propose a phased path or prioritize the work that most directly protects revenue. Surprises after signature are a failure mode we design against.
Is there a minimum commitment?
Projects commit only to the agreed scope and price. Ongoing marketing needs enough runway to gather evidence and steer. We'll tell you when a shorter window is unlikely to produce useful learning.
Ownership and quality
Tech choices, accessibility, assets, measurement, and handover.
What technologies do you use?
Tools your team can own, maintain, and hire for. Stack choices follow the business and content model. Trade-offs are explained in plain language before code becomes expensive.
Will the site be accessible?
WCAG AA is the baseline: semantic structure, keyboard routes, contrast, and screen-reader support from the start. Accessibility is delivery quality, not a late patch.
Do we own the code and accounts?
Yes. You own code, content, and administrative access for CMS, hosting, ad accounts, and third-party licenses. Our access is documented and revocable. See Work for the handover artifacts we treat as non-optional.
How do you prove the work is working?
Shared goals, inspectable tracking, and reviews that separate raw evidence from recommended next steps. Opinions still matter. Unchecked opinions don't get to spend your budget.
What happens at handover?
Documentation, access notes, walkthroughs, and guidance for routine edits. The goal is a system your team can run on an ordinary Tuesday without paying a retainer tax to change a sentence.
Why Sphere instead of a larger agency?
Fewer layers between the problem and the people solving it. Larger firms can be right for complex multi-market programmes. If you want senior contact, tight scope, and inspectable standards, a compact team is often faster and clearer.
Still have a specific objection?
Send the constraint, the early brief, or the decision you need to make. You'll get a direct reply from the people who would own the work, within two working days.
A senior builder reviews every inquiry. Expect a direct response within two working days.