Your Website Is Not “Just a Website” Anymore.
A brochure site publishes pages. That is simple.
The moment your site has accounts, forms, payments, bookings, databases, APIs, customer portals, analytics, automations or integrations, it has crossed into software.
That changes the questions you should ask.
- Who patches the system?
- Who owns backups?
- What happens when a plugin or integration fails?
- Where is customer data stored?
- What third parties receive data?
- Who can export the database?
- What happens if the vendor relationship ends?
- Who is responsible when the technology stops working?
A site with user accounts is not just design. A site accepting money is not just design. A site connected to ten external services is not just design.
The more your website does, the more you should treat it like business infrastructure instead of a digital flyer.
That does not mean every business needs enterprise architecture. It means the technical responsibility should match the actual role the system plays.