How do you handle being internal resource against an agency?

The company I work for was bought up and in the new company, one of my responsibilities will be developing our website. The issue is that the website was built by an external agency. And almost any change to the website have to be implemented by them. And of course they charge for every change. They own both the backend and frontend side of the website. I can basically only add text and images. I wonder what exactly I should advise my new boss(whom really doesn’t like it and wants to make several changes). Is it really an option to move the site to a different hosting plattform and build another theme? Which seems like last resort. And not even sure if that is really feasible either. Hiring a developer would probably be more costly and I am decent with front end, but not enough experience with backend. So don’t think I can do it myself. Should I just cave and downgrade my position? Asking for higher access will probably be rejected. This is how they make money. Hopefully this is the correct sub, and someone have some insights and experience! submitted by /u/craigularperson [link] [留言]