After your site launches
Two paths after launch day.
Once your site goes live you have a choice: stay on a monthly plan and let me handle the technical side, or take ownership of everything and run it yourself. Here is what each one actually involves.
Your site lives on a fast static host used by serious businesses worldwide. Your domain stays in your name, with whoever you registered it through.
The question is never who owns your site. That is always you. The question is who handles the technical side: hosting, DNS problems, broken integrations, certificate renewals, and third-party updates breaking your forms or maps. Me, or you.
Here are both options, laid out honestly. Pick whichever fits.
Choose at launch, switch later if needed
Pick your path.
Three supported plans and one do-it-yourself route. Nothing here is a lock-in, and every one of them leaves you owning the site.
Hosting
$100/mo
- Hosting, SSL and daily backups
- DNS support
- Uptime monitoring
- Anything broken gets fixed
- No content changes or Google work
Care
$300/mo
- Everything in Hosting, plus:
- Text and photo updates whenever you want them
- New pricing, new services, new staff, new photos
- Google Business Profile kept accurate and current
- Every review answered
Growth
$600/mo
- Everything in Care, plus:
- Two new pages every month
- Named when people ask ChatGPT and Google for your trade
- One ongoing system built around how you book work
- A call with me once a month, and a monthly report
Self-host
$0/mo
- Site transferred to your own hosting account
- Final site files delivered
- DNS pointed at your new account
- No hosting support after handoff
- No content edits or bug fixes
- One-off help at $150/hr
Plans are set up at launch, or any time after. There is no minimum term and no cancellation fee, so you can start on one, move up, move down, or stop entirely as the business changes. Full pricing lists every plan alongside the build sizes.
What is actually different
Side by side.
| After launch | Hosting $100/mo | Care $300/mo | Growth $600/mo | Self-host $0/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You own your domain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| You own the site files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hosting, SSL, daily backups | Included | Included | Included | On you |
| Uptime monitoring | Included | Included | Included | On you |
| Bug fixes and integration repairs | Included | Included | Included | On you |
| DNS and email setup help | Included | Included | Included | On you |
| Text and photo updates | No | Whenever you want them | Whenever you want them | On you |
| Google Business Profile kept current | No | Included | Included | On you |
| Reviews answered | No | Every one | Every one | On you |
| New pages written and built | No | No | Two a month | No |
| Search and AI visibility work | No | No | Included | No |
| Booking or follow-up system | No | No | One, built to fit | No |
| Monthly call and report | No | No | Included | No |
| Switch plans later | Anytime | Anytime | Anytime | Rejoin anytime |
Read this before you choose
Straight talk on self-hosting.
Who is the right fit for self-hosting?
People who already understand DNS, can read HTML without panicking, and would rather save the monthly fee than have someone on call. If that is you, self-hosting is genuinely a fine choice. If it is not you, a monthly plan saves you the headache.
What happens if I self-host and something breaks?
You fix it, hire someone, or call me hourly at $150/hr. I will not be monitoring your site or notifying you about issues. That is not part of self-hosting. Once you take ownership, you own the problems too.
What about updating my hours, photos, or services?
That is on you under self-hosting. The site files are plain HTML, editable in any text editor, but I will not be making changes for you unless you book hourly work. Care and Growth cover text and photo updates whenever you want them, which is what most clients actually use.
Can I start on Care, then switch to self-host later?
Yes. Every plan cancels any time. When you cancel, I transfer everything to your own hosting account and you continue from there. Many clients run a plan for the first year while they get comfortable, then move to self-host once they understand how everything works. That is a reasonable path.
Still deciding. That is normal.
Most people are not sure on day one. Book a free 20-minute call and we will talk through your situation, with no pressure to decide before you are ready.