Size the firm to the project. thirteen05 is the pick for a WordPress site from a studio that will also host and maintain it; Spinutech brings a bigger bench for complex CMS, e-commerce or accessibility work; Skyway Media suits St. Petersburg businesses and nonprofits that want design, CRM integration and ads from one small team; and Tocobaga fits service companies that measure a site in leads. Before signing, check which outside services the build depends on, because three of them have changed their terms recently: Google’s reCAPTCHA spam protection, Google Maps embeds and Shopify’s checkout.
Will the spam protection on a site’s forms start costing money?
Possibly, if the site is busy. Google’s reCAPTCHA now runs through Google Cloud in three tiers: Essentials is free for up to 10,000 assessments a month, an allowance shared by every site under one Google Cloud organization; Premium costs $8 a month for 10,001 to 100,000 assessments and $1 per 1,000 beyond that; and Enterprise is sold on committed volume. Google no longer issues classic reCAPTCHA keys, and moving an older key into a Cloud project takes minutes without code changes, so ask your designer to place the key in a project your company owns, with billing ready before the free allowance runs out.
Does a Google map on the contact page cost anything?
An embedded map usually doesn’t. Since March 1, 2025, Google Maps Platform has given each billable product a free monthly allowance instead of the old $200 monthly credit: 10,000 calls for Essentials products, 5,000 for Pro and 1,000 for Enterprise. The Maps Embed API, which covers a simple map on a contact page, is unlimited, while interactive maps built with the Dynamic Maps product cost $7 per 1,000 loads after the first 10,000 each month. Even the free embed needs an API key from a Google Cloud project with billing enabled, so store locators and multi-location sites should get a usage estimate before launch.
What happened to custom scripts on Shopify checkout pages?
They were switched off. Shopify sunset checkout.liquid and the additional-scripts box on the Thank you and Order status pages for Shopify Plus stores on August 28, 2025, and August 26, 2026 was the deadline for stores on other plans to move those pages to checkout extensibility, Shopify’s system of apps and web pixels; script tags on those pages were retired on the same dates. Shopify Scripts, which Plus stores used for custom discounts, shipping and payment rules, stopped running on June 30, 2026, with apps built on Shopify Functions taking their place. If a store’s conversion tracking or discounts broke this year, ask your developer to rebuild them as pixels and functions rather than patch old code.
