What happens on website launch day?

DNS points at the new site, the certificate is confirmed on the real domain, redirects go live at the same moment, the staging noindex is removed, and analytics and Search Console are verified. Then someone watches for an hour rather than closing the laptop.

Can I update the website myself afterwards?

That depends on what was built and it should be agreed before, not discovered after. A CMS build gives you an editor for content changes; a static build usually means asking the developer. Neither is wrong — but being surprised by which one you bought is.

How many revisions should a website project include?

Two rounds is the common allowance and is usually enough when feedback is collected properly. What matters more than the number is the definition: what counts as a revision, what counts as a change, and what the rate is beyond the allowance.

Process

What is included in a 30-day snag period?

Fixing things that do not work as agreed — a broken link, a form that fails on one browser, a layout error on a specific screen size. It is not a window for new requirements, and the distinction should be written down before it starts.

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What counts as a snag

Something that does not work as specified in the agreed scope
A display error on a supported browser or screen size
A form, link or button that fails
A content error introduced during the build

What does not

New pages, new features or new integrations
Changes of mind about approved design or copy
Third-party breakage — a plugin update or an API change after launch
Content updates that are part of running the site

How to use it properly

Go through the site systematically in the first week rather than reporting things as you notice them over a month. Test on a real phone, complete every form, and check every page — the snag period is most valuable at the start of it.

The longer version

This answer is deliberately short. If you want the full treatment, Website maintenance: the routine that prevents silent failure covers it in about 4 minutes — free, ungated, written from client work.

Who answered this

Anas Bin Masud builds e-commerce sites and does technical SEO for businesses in the UK, Canada and Pakistan — fifteen live client sites, six of them stores taking real payments. These answers come from those projects rather than from a content brief. More about how I work, or ask me something directly.