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The Headless CMS Setup

Connect an existing or new site to a headless CMS — schemas configured, content migrated, your team trained — so content edits stop needing a developer.

We connect your site to a headless CMS (Sanity, Payload or Storyblok), configure the content schemas for your actual content types, migrate your existing content in, and train your team through a recorded walkthrough so editors can work independently afterward. This is the common upgrade path for teams that have outgrown WordPress, or whose current setup means every content change waits on a developer. Content-type scope is agreed with you before build starts, because schema scope is the single biggest variable in this kind of work — changes to the agreed content types once the build is underway are handled as a separate change request rather than folded silently into the original quote. The build is done by full-stack developers with CMS implementation experience, using the workflows we have run since 2003. Pairs naturally with our Marketing Site if you are building new, or Multi-Language Setup if editorial content needs to support more than one language.

What's included

  • Headless CMS selection guidance and setup (Sanity, Payload or Storyblok)
  • Content-type/schema configuration agreed with you up front
  • Migration of existing content into the new CMS
  • Recorded video walkthrough for your editorial team
  • Staging environment for review before go-live
  • Documentation of the schema for future reference

How it works

  1. 1

    Book it — pay the fixed price, tell us your target environment

  2. 2

    We deliver — an experienced specialist runs our standard workflow for this exact task; you can watch progress and ask questions

  3. 3

    Hand-off — you get the deliverables, documentation, and a walkthrough if you want one

FAQ

How fast is delivery?
Standard delivery is within 175 weekday hours (≈ 11 working days); express (within 105 weekday hours) costs 25% more.
What happens if content types change mid-project?
We agree content types before starting. Changes to that scope once the build is underway are handled as a separate, additionally-quoted change request.
Which CMS do you recommend?
It depends on your stack and team — we typically choose between Sanity, Payload and Storyblok based on your framework and editorial needs, and will make a recommendation before quoting.
What does the CMS itself cost?
Typically $0–$99/mo depending on usage tier, billed directly to you by the CMS provider — not marked up by us.

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