You're looking for someone to build a website for you. In Dordrecht, or at least nearby. Someone you can talk to, who understands what you do, and who doesn't disappear after launch. That's a reasonable wish — and a rarer find than you'd think. Because the internet is full of web agencies, but a partner who genuinely thinks along? You have to look for that.
Why work locally?
Short lines
An agency in Dordrecht means: popping by for a cup of coffee and a whiteboard session. No waiting three weeks for a Zoom link. Working locally is more personal, faster, and you get a better sense of whether it clicks.
Context
An agency from the region knows the market. Not every website is for an Amsterdam startup with Series A funding. Dordrecht has small businesses, family firms, local service providers — and those have different needs than a SaaS company in Silicon Valley.
Availability
If something goes wrong — and sooner or later something goes wrong — you want someone who picks up. Not a ticket system, not a chatbot, but a person. Local agencies are generally more reachable. They have a reputation to lose in their own city.
What to look for when choosing an agency
Portfolio and references
Don't just look at how the websites look, but also whether they're still live, how fast they load, and whether they work well on mobile. A nice screenshot says little if the live site is slow and unusable.
Process and communication
How does the agency work? Is there a fixed point of contact? How are changes made? What does the timeline look like? A professional agency has clear answers to this — and doesn't have to improvise them.
What's in the price?
One quote is all-inclusive, another is a starting rate with extra work for every change. Ask specifically: how many pages, how many revision rounds, is content included, is basic SEO included, what are the ongoing costs?
Maintenance and support
The website is live. And then? Who runs the updates? Who makes backups? Who's there when the site goes down at three in the morning? The answer to this is at least as important as the design.
What makes Braaf. different?
Design and development in one hand
No separate designer, developer and project manager working past each other. At Braaf. strategy, design and technology sit in the same person. That's faster, more efficient, and you never have to explain anything twice.
Bespoke, not templates
No websites based on a WordPress theme that a hundred other companies also use: every website is bespoke — whether that's in WordPress, React, Vue, or pure HTML. The technology follows the need, not the other way round.
Or no CMS at all
For informational sites there's now a third route alongside WordPress and bespoke: AI CMS — a website without a management system that you then update in plain language. No login screen, no plugins, no update button: you say what needs to change and there it is. For a company site touched a few times a month, that's exactly enough — and it saves everything a CMS brings in maintenance.
Honest communication
No jargon, no overpromises, no scope creep. What's said gets done. And if something isn't needed, you'll hear that too — even when it costs revenue.
Blazing-fast hosting included
Building and hosting: own VPS servers with NGINX, caching and daily backups. No slow shared hosting at some random provider. One party for everything.
Dordrecht and the region
Braaf. is based in Dordrecht and works for businesses across the whole Drechtsteden area and beyond. From Zwijndrecht to Papendrecht, from Sliedrecht to Gorinchem — and also for clients in Rotterdam, The Hague and Amsterdam. Locally based, not locally limited.