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Pricing

Transparent pricing. No hidden fees.

Every package is a complete, custom-built website launched on your domain. You get the full price before anything starts — and it doesn't move unless you change the scope.

Starter Website

$199
one-time

A clean, professional online presence — live fast, done right.

  • 1-page custom website
  • Mobile-responsive design
  • Business info & services sections
  • Contact section with social links
  • Basic SEO setup
  • 1 round of revisions
Start with Starter

Best for: getting a professional presence online, fast

Most popular

Business Website

$349
one-time

The main event — a full custom site built to bring in customers.

  • Up to 5 custom-designed pages
  • Mobile-responsive design
  • Contact / quote form to your inbox
  • Google Maps integration
  • Social media integration
  • Basic SEO setup
  • Connected to your domain
  • 2 rounds of revisions
Start a business site

Best for: most small businesses — this is the one

Business Pro

$499
one-time

Everything in Business, plus the working parts — bookings, orders, payments.

  • Everything in Business Website
  • Up to 7–8 pages
  • Booking, order or request functionality
  • Advanced forms & newsletter signup
  • Payment integration
  • Basic backend functionality
  • 3 rounds of revisions
Go Business Pro

Best for: businesses that take bookings, orders or payments

Custom Build

$750+
quoted per project

When the site becomes software — dashboards, accounts, real systems.

  • Customer dashboards & admin panels
  • Databases and user accounts
  • Full ordering systems
  • Memberships & subscriptions
  • Complex payment flows
  • Scoped and quoted before anything starts
Scope a custom build

Best for: web applications and platforms

First-time client

Take $50 off your first project.

New to BuiltBy1st? Mention this when you reach out and $50 comes off any package above. No code needed.

Referral reward

Send a business, earn $100.

Refer someone and when their site launches you get $100 toward your next project or care plan. No limit — refer three, earn $300.

Add-ons & care

Everything else, priced plainly.

Add any of these to a package, or buy them on their own. Care plans are optional — your site keeps working whether or not you're on one.

Website CareHosting, SSL, monitoring, backups, and minor updates — your site stays healthy without you thinking about it.
$25/mo
Website Care+Everything in Website Care plus a reasonable amount of monthly content changes.
$50/mo
Extra pageAdded to any package — designed and written to match the rest of the site.
$50
CopywritingPer page. I write it from a short interview instead of asking you to fill a blank document.
$50
Logo & brand basicsWordmark, color palette, type system and usage files, so everything matches.
From $150
Google Business Profile setupClaimed, verified, categorized, photos and hours — the thing that actually gets local businesses found.
$100
Ongoing SEOMonthly: content, technical fixes, local citations and reporting.
From $150/mo
In every package

What the price always includes.

  • A fixed price agreed before any work starts
  • A real launch date, not an estimate that drifts
  • Revisions while it's being built, not billed after
  • Search, analytics and share cards configured
  • Your domain, your hosting account, your ownership
  • A walkthrough so you can manage it yourself
Payment

Half to start, half at launch.

50% deposit books your spot on the calendar and starts the work. The balance is due when the site goes live on your domain. Care plans and monthly SEO are billed monthly and can be cancelled any time.

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FAQ

Pricing questions

What does it actually cost?

Websites start at $199. The most popular package — a full custom business site — is $349, Business Pro with bookings, payments and advanced forms is $499, and custom builds and web applications start at $750, quoted per project. You get a fixed price before any work begins — no hourly surprises. First-time clients get $50 off, and referrals earn $100 toward your next project.

How long does a website take?

A Starter site is usually live in 2–4 days. A full business site takes 1–2 weeks. Custom builds with ordering, accounts or payments are scoped individually — most land between three and six weeks.

The biggest variable is content: if photos and details are ready when we start, it moves fast.

Do I own the website?

Yes, completely. It's launched on a domain you own, on hosting in your name, with your accounts. There's no proprietary platform and no monthly fee required to keep your own site online. If you ever want to take it elsewhere, it goes with you.

What about ongoing changes after launch?

You can handle edits yourself, hire me per change, or put the site on Website Care ($25/mo — hosting, SSL, monitoring, backups and minor updates) or Website Care+ ($50/mo — plus monthly content changes). Nothing is mandatory — the site keeps working either way.

Do you build with WordPress, Wix, or Squarespace?

No. Everything is hand-coded. That's why these sites load faster, score better in search, and can do things a template can't — like a live menu, an ordering system, or a customer dashboard. If you already have a site on one of those platforms, I can rebuild it and move it over.

Let's build

Know what you need? Let's book it.

Send the details and I'll come back with a fixed price, a scope and a launch date — usually the same day.

Or reach us directly — shay@builtby1st.com

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