Notes from the people who build Mason
How we price, how we design the canvas, and what we learn from the sites people build on it.
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Why we price per site, not per seat
Freelancers told us seats punished them for bringing a client in. So we charge for sites instead.
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Four breakpoints are enough for almost every site
1440, 1200, 810 and 390. Why we picked these, and what happens between them.
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Moving a site without losing search traffic
A checklist we use with every customer who moves from another builder: redirects, titles, sitemaps.
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A bakery site in an evening, start to finish
We timed a real build of the Crumb template for Rye and Ember in Portland. It took 3 hours 40 minutes.
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Handing a site to a client without the 11 pm phone call
Locked layouts, client seats and a one-page guide we send with every handover.
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What 600 template reviews taught us about first screens
People decide in the first screen. The templates that got used had one clear action and a real photo.