The monthly fee, explained

Hosting alone costs a builder a few dollars, so a real monthly fee has to buy more than "keeping the site up." Mine starts at $150 and covers the working system: the AI that answers calls and messages around the clock, the texts that chase every missed call until the job is booked, the CRM where your leads land, and updates when your hours or prices change. If a fee is pure "maintenance," ask what specifically is being maintained.

Ask this before hiring anyone — the honest answer separates good builders from hostage-takers. With me: the domain is registered in your name, so nobody can hold it. If the monthly part stops, the services it pays for stop — the AI answering, the follow-up texts, the booking system — but you keep your domain and your content, and I hand over what you need to move. The wrong answer, from anyone: "the site goes down and the domain is ours."

The build is a one-time price. The monthly service runs month to month — it earns its keep or you cancel it. If a specific job needs different terms, you see them in writing before you pay anything; that's the same promise on my pricing page. Whoever you hire, get the exit in writing: what you keep, what stops, and what handover costs. A builder confident in the work doesn't need a long lock-in to keep you.