Question 1

What does a small business website cost?

Accepted Answer

The site costs $3,000. Pay it once, or $250 a month for a year. Same thing either way, and the computer it runs on is yours. The first year includes: the computer your site runs on, yours to keep; hosting, your choice: I host it, or it runs on your machine in your building; the domain in your name, with SSL; security, backups, and monitoring, spelled out in your written scope; your lead inbox and admin panel; every change you ask for, no per-change fee.

Question 2

Do I pay anything before I see the site?

Accepted Answer

A real working site on a real domain, before you pay anything. Not a stock template with your name dropped in the corner.

Question 3

What if I do not like it?

Accepted Answer

Wording, photos, layout, anything that is not right. I change it and show you again, before any money moves.

Question 4

What if I stop paying monthly?

Accepted Answer

Pay monthly and stop early, and the balance of the $3,000 is owed. The site and the computer are already yours.

Question 5

What happens after the first year?

Accepted Answer

Once the $3,000 is paid, you choose. Keep me at $250 a month for hosting, care, and every change you want, and cancel any time, no fee. Or take it and go: it all runs on your computer, and you pay nothing more.

Question 6

Who owns the domain name?

Accepted Answer

The domain is registered to your business before launch and is transferable after cancellation, subject to registrar verification and unpaid third-party fees.

Question 7

Who owns the website and the computer?

Accepted Answer

The domain in your name, the site, and the computer it runs on, yours after your first payment.

Question 8

Can you host it for me?

Accepted Answer

Hosting, your choice: I host it, or it runs on your machine in your building

Question 9

Can I change the website myself?

Accepted Answer

You get a login of your own for the supported content fields. Change wording, photos, prices, and hours without calling first; structural work, integrations, and substantial features remain outside that self-editing scope.

Question 10

Who builds the site and who looks after it?

Accepted Answer

The person you talk to is the person who builds it and looks after it. You get my cell number and you call me.

Question 11

How quickly will Steve reply?

Accepted Answer

Steve usually replies by the next business day. That is a target, not a 24/7 guarantee.

Question 12

What if my business needs something more complicated?

Accepted Answer

Stores and inventory, customer accounts, point-of-sale or accounting work, custom integrations, substantial new features, and work outside the written care scope are quoted separately.

See the finished site before you pay.