Three things, priced in the open
A site to get found, an application when a site is not enough, and a monthly program to keep either one alive. No line items, no hourly rates.
Website
Most PopularFive pages for your Chicago business, live and findable on Google, inside two weeks.
$500
Founding rate for the first five clients. $1,500 after that.
- •Up to five pages
- •Built for phones first
- •A contact form that works
- •Found on Google
- •Everything in your name
- •A handover walkthrough
50% deposit. $500 in total, split across two payments.
Custom application
Software built to how your business actually works, in your hands inside six months.
$7,500 to $12,500
Founding rate for the first five clients. $15,000 to $25,000 after that.
- •A scoping document first
- •Built on your workflow
- •Accounts, roles, and data
- •Shipped in stages
- •The code is yours
- •Thirty days of support
Operator Program
Your site stays current, stays found, and you learn to run it, for less than one hour of a freelancer a month.
$150/mo
Founding rate for the first five clients. $300/mo after that.
- •Four changes a month, inside 48 hours
- •Hosting, domain, SSL, and backups
- •Uptime monitoring
- •A one-page monthly report
- •Google Business Profile kept current
- •A 45-minute training session each month
What this costs if you buy it in pieces
Hiring each part separately is the honest comparison, because that is what the alternative actually looks like. Figures are typical market rates, not quotes.
- Copy for five pages$600 to $1,200
- Design and build$2,000 to $4,000
- Google Business Profile and local search setup$300 to $600
- Domain, hosting, and handover of every login$200 to $400
- Recorded training walkthrough$150 to $300
- Assembled from parts$3,250+
$500
founding rate, all of it, one invoice split across two payments.
$1,500 once the five founding slots are gone.
What the website includes
A five-page site for your business, written, built, and live in 1 to 2 weeks. You own the domain, the hosting, and the code.
Up to five pages
Home, services, about, contact, and one more of your choosing. Written from your material, not filled with placeholder text.
Built for phones first
Most of your customers arrive on a phone. The site is designed for that screen and then widened, not the other way around.
A contact form that works
Messages land in your inbox. Tested before launch, so you are not finding out it was broken three weeks later.
Found on Google
Google Business Profile connected, page titles and descriptions written, sitemap submitted. The foundation, not an ongoing campaign.
Everything in your name
Domain and hosting registered to you, with the logins handed over. Nothing is held hostage if you stop working with us.
A handover walkthrough
A recorded session showing you how to change text, swap photos, and read your traffic. Yours to keep.
What the website does not include
- Logo and brand identity design
- Original photography or illustration
- Online store or payment checkout
- Ongoing SEO, ads, or content work
When you pay
50%
To start
Paid once the scope is agreed. It books the slot and covers the writing and design work that happens before there is anything to look at.
50%
At launch
Due when the site is live on your domain and the logins are in your name. Not before.
You never pay more than half before your site is live and running on your domain. The second half is due at launch — not before.
What a custom application includes
Software your business runs on, built to your process instead of bent around someone else's. Scoped on a call, then quoted as a fixed number.
A scoping document first
Before any code, you get the build written down: what it does, what it does not, and what it costs. Yours to keep whether or not you go ahead.
Built on your workflow
The application matches how the work actually happens in your business, rather than forcing your team into someone else's idea of the process.
Accounts, roles, and data
Logins, permissions, and a real database, set up so the wrong person cannot see or delete the wrong thing.
Shipped in stages
You use working software partway through and steer it, instead of waiting months to find out it was built wrong.
The code is yours
Repository, hosting, and every third-party account transferred into your name at handover. No lock-in.
Thirty days of support
Bugs fixed and questions answered for a month after launch, included in the price rather than billed as a change request.
What the Operator Program includes
A live site decays. This keeps yours current, keeps it found, and teaches you to run it yourself, which is the actual goal.
Four changes a month, inside 48 hours
New prices, new hours, a staff change, a seasonal banner. Sent by email, live in two days, without you learning a content system under pressure.
Hosting, domain, SSL, and backups
Renewals handled and nightly backups kept. Nobody discovers an expired domain the way most small businesses do, from a customer.
Uptime monitoring
The site is checked every few minutes. If it goes down you hear it from us, with a fix already underway.
A one-page monthly report
How many people came, what they searched, how many called or filled the form. Written in English, not a dashboard export.
Google Business Profile kept current
Hours, photos, holiday closures, and posts. The half of local search that is not on your website at all.
A 45-minute training session each month
You drive and we watch. The point is that you get good enough to not need this, and we will tell you when you are there.
Start your site
$250 to start, $500 in total, and nothing more owed until you have seen the site working.