Quick answer
With Media Express (Website Design Chicago), the client owns the website: the domain registered in the client’s name, the content and images, and administrator access. If the client leaves, Media Express hands over the files, database and access. Third-party licenses and hosting follow their providers’ terms.
What you own
- Your domain, registered in your business name.
- Your content: text, photos, logos and documents you supply or pay us to create.
- Administrator access to your WordPress site and hosting where we host it for you.
- Your data: form submissions, analytics and customer information.
If you ever leave
You receive a copy of the website files and database and the access you need to move it. We explain what depends on us (such as hosting we manage) so there are no surprises. Paid third-party tools remain subject to their own licenses.
Questions to ask any agency
- Is the domain registered in my name?
- Will I have administrator access?
- Can I get my files and database if I leave?
- Which parts are licensed and which do I own?
- Is there a long-term contract or cancellation fee?
A trustworthy agency answers all five before you sign.
Related
Questions and answers
Do I own my website if an agency builds it?
You should. With Media Express the client owns the domain, content and access, and receives the files and database if they leave.
Who should register my domain?
Your business. The domain should be registered in your name, even if the agency manages the settings for you.
Can I move my website to another company later?
Yes. We provide the files, database and access needed to move it.
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More about us
- About us
- Areas we serve
- Polish Network
- Polish radio aggregator
- Google AI talks about us
- CMS MESH
- Szef.AI OS & CRM
- Contact us
- Our website design process
Popular pages
Our own audience
We don’t buy traffic. We create it.
Most agencies build a website and leave you to find visitors. Media Express owns the audience. Polish Network is the largest Polish-American network of owned media in the USA: 120+ of our own websites and portals, social media channels and news portals.
We also run the world’s largest aggregator of Polish radio stations, with 300+ stations from Poland, the United States and the diaspora in one place. We are building the American edition now, and next an edition for every country.
And we run your business on Szef.AI, our own AI operating system and CRM that works with everything, everywhere. New and better AI models appear every day, and Szef.AI is already connected to them. It is a solution nobody can match.
More than 8 million Americans report Polish ancestry (U.S. Census Bureau). Through our network, millions of people can become your customers. A typical web design agency cannot offer you this.
Ready to talk about your website?
31+ years of continuous web work, same-day website design that grows from a business card site to a portal for millions of views, a media network of our own, Szef.AI, our AI operating system connected to every new model, and direct access to the people who build your site. Tell us what you have in mind; you will get a clear recommendation, scope and price before any work begins.