Pictures of websites mislead
A static mockup always looks finished. It has no slow connection, no long product name, no thumb trying to reach a button at the bottom of the screen. The problems that matter only appear when the thing is real and in your hand.
Pick the screen that earns the money
For a shop it is the product page. For a photographer it is the booking step. For an app it is the moment a new user first sees their own information. We build that one screen properly, on a link you can open anywhere, before anything else is scoped.
Then the proposal gets honest
Once you have used one real screen, the conversation changes. You stop asking what it will look like and start asking what it should do next. The scope that follows is shorter, clearer and closer to what you actually need.
What it does not mean
One screen is not the product, and it is not a free sample of the whole build. It is the cheapest way for both of us to find out whether we see the same thing before anyone commits to a timeline.
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