--- title: "Small Business Website Design at a Fixed Price, in Writing." description: "Fixed prices for small business website design, website redesign, and one AI function. SEO consultant services are scoped per job. 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Get a Written Scope and a Fixed Price. Send the job you want built: a small business website, an SEO fix, or one AI function. Scale With Search returns a written scope with the result, required material, exclusions, fixed price, and acceptance checks. Nothing starts until you accept the scope. [Send your brief](#send-your-brief)[Prices and terms](#prices-and-terms) ## Prices and terms: websites, SEO, and AI functions. Last updated 2026.11.11 Website price ranges and add-on ranges are listed on this page. AI functions get a fixed price in the written scope. [SEO consultant services](/seo) are scoped per job, one-time or monthly. The written scope names the pages, fixes, or AI function to deliver and the acceptance checks. There is no promise of leads, search rankings, or AI-answer positions. ### Pick your fit. #### Small business website design. **Best for** There is no site worth keeping, or the page list is new. **Price** Small website, SEO setup included $1,500 to $2,500 Gallery, CMS, or multi-location website $3,500 to $5,000 **What is included** SEO setup, not an add-on. Form inquiries sent to your inbox. Two revision rounds. **After launch** Hosting carries no charge for Scale With Search builds. Domain registration and third-party subscriptions are billed by their providers. Connected systems, if you add one: upkeep is about $200 a month for a local service business, plus hourly changes. Agency systems run $750 to $1,250 a month. **Timeline** Set in the written scope. [Website design details](#site-build-details) #### Whole website fix. **Best for** A site exists and the job is repair. **Price** $2,000 fixed price. **What is included** Site audit with evidence for each finding. Inquiry path repaired, with a test inquiry. Schema, sitemap, and Search Console verified. A free baseline of five AI-answer questions. Two revision rounds. **After launch** Hosting in your name from day one. Site files, an editing guide, and a script for publishing changes. **Timeline** 7 to 10 days after full payment, required access, and approved material are ready. [Whole website fix details](#whole-website-fix) #### AI function. **Best for** Teams of 5 to 30 with a CRM. **Price** Fixed price in the written scope, set by the size of the team and the work. **What is included** The study of the job, the sources, and the people who touch it. One tested output on your real records, approved by your reviewer. The install plan, in files you keep. **After launch** Set in the written scope. **Timeline** Set in the written scope. [AI function details](#ai-function) [Website design](#site-build)[Whole website fix](#whole-website-fix)[AI function](#ai-function)[Add-ons](#add-ons)[Working session](#working-session)[Content library](#content-library)[Payment and handoff](#payment-and-handoff) **Small business website design.** **Small website, SEO setup included** $1,500 to $2,500 **Gallery, CMS, or multi-location website** $3,500 to $5,000 **Whole website fix: one site repaired or rebuilt at a fixed price.** $2,000 fixed price. **AI function.** Each AI function is priced in a written scope, set by the size of the team and the work. ### Small business website design. Your site build price follows the page list, supplied material, and required features. Small business website design services here include the SEO setup; it is not an add-on. The written scope states the pages, functions, supplied material, dependencies, third-party costs, and fixed build amount. Hosting carries no charge for Scale With Search builds. Domain registration and third-party subscriptions are billed by their providers. ### Whole website fix: one site repaired or rebuilt at a fixed price. $2,000 fixed price. One business website repaired or rebuilt as a static site, with hosting in your name from day one. **Included work** Site audit with evidence for each finding.Inquiry path repaired, with a test inquiry and proof of receipt at the agreed inbox.Team or staff bios with contact blocks. Schema, sitemap, and Search Console verified.Handover of site files, an editing guide, and a script for publishing changes. **Handoff** Accounts are in your name. Your business owns the domain registrar account. At handover, you receive the site files, guide, script, and the domain and account access named in the scope. **AI-answer baseline** The audit also includes a free baseline of five AI-answer questions, checked while logged out. This records the answers at that time. It does not promise a position or include ongoing tracking. **Delivery** Estimated delivery is 7 to 10 days after full payment, required access, and approved material are ready. Add-ons can extend this estimate; the written scope states the date. **Payment** You see the full written scope and the fixed price before you pay anything. Then every build is paid in full before work starts. No split payments. All sales are final. **Revisions** Website work includes two revision rounds. Additional changes need another written scope. **Exclusions** Google Business Profile work is not part of the whole website fix.Paid advertising, ongoing operations, and ongoing AI-answer tracking are excluded. There is no promise of leads, search rankings, or AI-answer positions. **Which one applies** A site build when there is no site worth keeping, or the page list is new. The $2,000 whole website fix when a site exists and the job is repair: the inquiry path, the facts, the schema, and hosting in your name, as one website redesign. [Send your brief](#send-your-brief) ### AI function. Each AI function is priced in a written scope, set by the size of the team and the work. One working AI function inside your business, with the study included in the first one. Details: [AI operations](/ai-systems). **Included work** The study: I map the job, the sources, and the people who touch it. One tested output on your real records, approved by your reviewer. The install plan, in files you keep. **What you supply** The CRM you use today. The source records the function reads. The assignment policy as you run it now, even if it lives in someone's head. One reviewer who approves drafts. Access, scoped in writing. The scope confirms the CRM connection before the build starts. **Acceptance** Nothing starts and nothing is due until you accept it in writing.The acceptance checks are proposed in your written scope. No client example is published yet. [Inspect the mechanism before you accept the work.](/ai-systems#acceptance) ### Add-ons. A base build sends form inquiries to your inbox. Any connection to another system is an add-on, listed in the written scope before you pay. CRM connection: form inquiries go into one CRM you already use, through its standard connector $1,500 to $2,500 Text or email list connection: signups feed your texting or email platform $1,500 to $2,500 Custom or in-house CRM: no standard connector, or a CRM your team built $3,000 to $5,000 Custom search: search and filters over your own inventory, products, or catalog $3,000 to $5,000 Outside data feed: an inventory, product, or booking feed shown on the site $3,000 to $5,000, plus provider fees Connected systems need upkeep when a provider changes its connector, fields, or rules. Upkeep for connected systems is about $200 a month for a local service business, plus hourly changes, set in the written scope. Agency systems run $750 to $1,250 a month. Provider approval and setup time for an outside data feed sit outside the build estimate. ### Working session. The working session is the first step of a paid engagement. It happens after you accept the written scope and pay. For an AI system, it is the study included in the first function. For a website, it is part of the build price. [Read what the working session covers](/audit). ### Content library and signal desk. This is the generative engine optimization service in plain words: pages written to the questions buyers ask, so Google and ChatGPT have a source to quote. The content library and the signal desk each get a written scope. The signal desk checks local news and search changes each day and delivers pages each week. Scope and price are set in writing. The on-page work behind it is described under [on-page and content SEO](/seo/on-page-and-content-seo). ### Payment and handoff. You see the full written scope and the fixed price before you pay anything. Then every build is paid in full before work starts. No split payments. All sales are final. Website work includes two revision rounds. Additional changes need another written scope. At turnover, you receive the domain, files, and logins named in the written scope. Access transfer uses an agreed secure method, not this form. ## Why a fixed price and not an SEO retainer. I co-founded one agency and led SEO inside another. The retainer paid for hours, the report showed activity, and the method stayed with us when the client left. Here, the price is fixed and written before the money moves. The method is public. The files are yours. [Why I left the SEO agency retainer model](/about). Scope and acceptance. A retainer pays for time. It rewards activity, and it ends with a report. Most SEO services are sold that way. A fixed price pays for a result that is written down before the money moves. If the result is not met, the scope says what happens. After a one-time handoff, more work needs another written scope. Monthly SEO work has its own agreed scope. Website price ranges are on this page, set by the pages, the material, and the connections, and the written scope confirms the amount. AI and SEO prices follow the brief. Monthly SEO includes a scoping call. The volume runs through AI agents I direct and review, so the price buys a result, not my hours. The method behind the price is on [how generative engine optimization works](/how-it-works). ## Example of a written scope. This fictional scope shows how the result, material, delivery, timing, and exclusions fit together. Fieldnote Repair restores damaged books. Its visitor needs repair information and a way to request an assessment. Result One page that explains the three repair services and lets a visitor ask for an assessment. Material Your service notes, logo, and four photos. You confirm you own them and the facts are right. Domain Scale With Search confirms who holds the domain and what runs on it today. Request You agree where requests go. Scale With Search tests delivery before launch. Timing You prefer mid-October. The date is set once your material is ready. Fixed price Stated here in the accepted scope. Outside scope Automatic repair pricing, booking, payments, customer logins, advertising, and ongoing operations. The example names no method, date, or final price. The accepted written scope would name each one. ## Describe the job in plain words. Tell me what you want built or fixed, what it needs to work with, and how you will know it is done right. You receive a copy of this brief. No invoice or charge is created here. The [privacy page](/privacy) lists where your answers go. Nothing starts and nothing is due until you accept the scope in writing. [Prices and terms](#prices-and-terms). ## What happens next: from brief to written scope. Scale With Search reviews the brief, sends the written scope, and waits for your acceptance. - 1. I read the brief. If a detail is missing, I email you for it. - 2. I send the written scope: the result, the material, the exclusions, the fixed price, and the checks. - 3. You decide. Nothing starts and nothing is due until you accept it in writing. Required fields are marked *. What do you want built or fixed? * required Example: a five-page website for my roofing company with a quote form. Or: a drafted reply to every new inquiry, approved by a person. What does it need to work with? * required Example: your current site, a booking tool, a price sheet. “Not sure” is fine. How will you know it is done right? * required Example: a customer can ask for a quote from a phone in under a minute. “Not sure” is fine. Contact details Name * required Email * required Two optional questions How did you find Scale With Search? If you asked an AI assistant, what did you ask it? Send your brief If the form does not become ready, email [victor@scalewithsearch.com](mailto:victor@scalewithsearch.com) with your brief. This form needs JavaScript. Email [victor@scalewithsearch.com](mailto:victor@scalewithsearch.com) with your brief. Fit, responsibility, and ownership. **Who this is for** Small service businesses with one decision maker. One website, one search fix, or one AI function at a time, each on its own written scope. [AI functions: teams of 5 to 30 with a CRM](/ai-systems#who-this-is-for). **Not a fit** A job that needs a team on site every day, a paid ads program, or a ranking promise gets a referral or a no, not a scope. AI functions are not for a business that wants the system to send on its own, or one that has no record of where its inquiries go today. **Who does the work** Victor Valentine Romo reads every brief for Scale With Search. AI agents do the volume. One consultant signs off. I review every output against the scope before it ships. [Who does the work](/about). **What you keep** At turnover, you receive the domain, files, and logins named in the written scope. [Payment and handoff](#payment-and-handoff). **Human approval** External sends, publishing, purchases, destructive changes, activation, and live account changes require approval from the person named in your scope. [How the work runs](/how-it-works). Revision, stopping, payment, and files. **Revisions** Website work includes two revision rounds. Additional changes need another written scope. [Full revision and payment wording](#payment-and-handoff). **Later work** After a one-time handoff, more work needs another written scope. Monthly SEO work has its own agreed scope. [Full scope wording](#why-a-fixed-price). **Payment** Every build is paid in full before work starts. No split payments. All sales are final. [Full payment wording](#payment-and-handoff). **Retained files** At turnover, you receive the domain, files, and logins named in the written scope. [Full handoff wording](#payment-and-handoff). ## Questions before you pay. Your written scope settles price, timing, ownership, connections, and revisions before payment. **What does a website cost?** Website prices and add-ons are listed in Prices and terms above. Your written scope states the fixed amount. **When can the website launch?** Build timing is set after the page list, material, and connections are known. Your preferred date and dependencies belong in the brief. **Who owns the website after handoff?** You receive the domain, files, and logins named in the written scope at turnover. Hosting carries no charge for Scale With Search builds. **Does the site build connect to my CRM or other tools?** A base build sends form inquiries to your inbox. A CRM connection, a texting or email list, custom search, or an outside data feed is an add-on with the price listed above, confirmed in your written scope before you pay. **How many revision rounds are included?** Website work includes two revision rounds. Additional changes need another written scope. ## Six answers that speed up the scope. These six answers define your website, AI function, or content job. Put what you know in the “What do you want built or fixed?” box above; short answers are fine. Write “unknown” where you have no answer. Leave out passwords, access tokens, and private customer records. ### 1. Business - What name should appear? - What do you do, and who should the work help? ### 2. Visitor's job - What should a visitor be able to do? - Name the main action and any second action. ### 3. Domain - Do you own the domain? - Who manages it, if known? - What existing site must stay available? ### 4. Material - What copy, service information, logo, and photos can you supply? - What is missing? - Who owns the material and approves its use? ### 5. Connections - What must this connect to, and what result is required? - Name the tool or destination if known. Do not supply credentials. ### 6. Timing - What date would you prefer? - What event or dependency matters? - When will approved material be ready? These answers start the scope. 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