Like this website? I built it.
This site was built from scratch, not assembled from a template. Every page is hand-coded to load fast, read properly on a phone, and be found on Google. If your business needs the same, that is work I take on.
What it costs
Priced up front. You get a fixed number before I start, not an hourly meter.
Starter Site
Up to five pages. Who you are, what you do, photos of your work, and a contact form that actually reaches you. Reads properly on a phone, which is where most people will find you.
$199 · one time, if you already own a domain
From $250 · one time, including a domain registered for three years
Start one →Bigger Build
More pages, photo galleries by job, service breakdowns, and the search setup that gets you found: structured data, sitemap, Google Search Console. For businesses with more to show than five pages holds.
Quoted · after we talk
Get a number →Online Shop
Products, a cart, categories and filters, product photos people can open full size. What the shop on this site does. Priced per job because no two are the same.
Quoted · after we talk
See an example →About the $250: it assumes a standard, available name such as a .com, which runs about $50 for three years. Domain prices are set by the registrar, not by me, and some cost considerably more. Short or in-demand names, certain endings such as .io or .ai, and any name already owned by someone else can run anywhere from a few dollars more to several hundred.
Renewal costs more than the first term. Registrars discount the first registration and charge a higher rate to renew, so the three years after are usually a little more than the first three. How much more depends on the registrar and the ending you chose. If you are on the monthly plan, renewal at standard rates is covered and you will not see a bill for it. Standard means what an ordinary name costs, up to about $25 a year. A premium or specialty name that renews for more than that is passed on to you at cost, with no markup added, and you will know the figure before it is ever registered.
You will never be surprised by this. I check what your preferred name actually costs and tell you the exact figure before anything is bought. Nothing gets purchased without you approving the price first. If the name you want is expensive, I will say so and help you find one that is not.
Hosting and upkeep: $30 a month, optional
Only if you want me to host it. One price covers everything that keeps a website alive, instead of three separate bills.
Your domain
Registered and renewed at standard rates, in your name, not mine. Premium names that renew for more are passed on at cost.
Hosting
The server your site lives on, with the security certificate that puts the padlock in the address bar.
Backups and updates
Backed up daily and kept patched. If something breaks, it gets put back.
Content changes
New prices, new hours, new photos, changed text. Send them over and they go up.
You are not locked into anything. The monthly is for hosting and upkeep, not for the website itself. You paid for the build, so the site is yours the moment it is finished.
Prefer to host it somewhere else, or already pay for hosting you like? Say so and I will hand over the finished site files and help get them running wherever you want them. No monthly, no hard feelings, and you can come back later if looking after it yourself turns out to be more hassle than $30.
Who you are actually paying
A website is three separate things, and it is worth knowing which is which before you buy one.
| What | What it is | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| The build | Designing and building the site itself. Paid once, and then it is yours. | $199 one time |
| Domain name | Your address on the internet, like yourbusiness.com. Only if you do not already have one. Registered for three years up front so it is not a bill you forget. | About $50 for three years |
| Hosting and upkeep | The server that stores your site and serves it to visitors, plus backups, security and content changes. Optional, and only if you want me to handle it. | $30 a month |
You own it. The domain is registered in your name, on your business. If you ever want to take the site somewhere else, or hand it to someone else, everything goes with you and I will help you move it. Nobody should be able to hold your website hostage, including me.
Already have a domain? Bring it and the build is $199, with nothing to buy. Already have hosting? I will build to whatever you are already paying for.
How it works
Small operation, so it runs on a schedule. That is what keeps the price where it is.
We talk
What your business does, who you need to reach, and what you want the site to make happen. Free, and no obligation.
You get a number
A fixed price and a page count in writing before anything starts. No hourly surprises.
I build it
You see it before it goes live. Two rounds of changes are included; beyond that is $75 an hour so it stays fair to us both.
It stays maintained
Changes go live on Fridays. Send them any time during the week and they are up by the weekend.
Why Fridays? Because this is one person, not a call centre. Batching updates into one day a week is what lets the monthly stay at $30 instead of $150. Something actually broken gets fixed the same day, not on Friday.
Which one do you need?
A website tells people you exist. Software runs the business behind it. I build both, so the answer is not always the same one.
A good fit
Trades, shops, farms and small operators who need to be found on Google, look legitimate, and be easy to contact. People who would rather pay once and have it handled than wrestle with a website builder on a Sunday night.
Bigger than a website?
Logins, customer accounts, booking and scheduling, inventory, invoicing. That is not a website, that is software, and it is the other half of what I do. PrecisionOps is a full field-service platform I built and support myself. If your problem is bigger than a website, say so and we will talk about it.
See the software →Want one?
Tell me what your business does and what you want the site to do. I will tell you straight whether I am the right person for it, and what it would cost.