Pay Once Websites

Pay once. No more monthly website bills.

We rebuild your site by hand as plain HTML files. Those files host free, so there's nothing to pay each month. You own the site outright.

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Not happy? Full refund. We don't switch your domain over until you approve the new site.

Why there's no monthly bill

Wix, Squarespace, and WordPress run software every time someone visits your site. That software needs a server. The server is what you pay for.

We rebuild your site as plain files instead. Plain files don't need a server. We put them on Cloudflare Pages, which serves unlimited traffic for free and allows business sites. Nothing is running, so there's nothing to bill.

Your site will also load faster. That's a side effect of removing the software, not a separate service.

Leaving Wix, Squarespace, or GoDaddy

None of them let you take your site with you. This is the part most people find out too late.

Wix

No site export at all. You can pull blog post text through a feed. Pages, layout, and design have to be rebuilt by hand.

Squarespace

Exports blog posts and basic page text as a WordPress file. Your design doesn't come with it. Fonts, forms, and comments stop working and have to be set up again.

GoDaddy Website Builder

No export tool. You can download images you uploaded. Everything else gets recreated from scratch.

So a rebuild is the only way off. That's the job. We do it by hand, keep your look and your words, and map your old page addresses to the new ones so your Google rankings carry over.

How it works

  1. Send us your web address

    We count your pages and send back a fixed price. Nothing is charged yet.

  2. We rebuild the site

    Same look, same words, same photos, written by hand. Your current site stays up the whole time.

  3. You look at it first

    We send a private link. Tell us what's wrong and we fix it.

  4. We point your domain at it

    We handle the switch, the security certificate, and the redirects. Then you cancel your old plan.

Pricing

$99 a page, charged once. Most small business sites land here:

3 pages, single service business$297
5 pages, typical brochure site$495
8 pages, with service pages$792
12 pages, larger site$1,188

Half at the start, half at launch. If you don't know your page count, send us the address and we'll count them.

What you get

  • Your site rebuilt by hand, page for page
  • Hosting with no monthly bill
  • Security certificate, renewed automatically
  • A contact form that emails you
  • Redirects so your search rankings carry over
  • Works properly on phones
  • Two rounds of changes after you review it
  • A copy of every file, yours to keep
  • Not included: your domain name, which stays registered in your name
  • Not included: online stores, customer logins, and booking systems

If you need a cart or a login, static files are the wrong tool and we'll tell you so instead of taking the job.

Questions

Is the hosting really free?

Yes, for a normal small business site. We use Cloudflare Pages, which doesn't cap bandwidth and permits business sites on its free plan. We won't bill you monthly for hosting. What we can't do is promise another company's pricing never changes, so here's the honest version: if free static hosting ever went away, we'd move your files somewhere cheap and tell you first. You own the files either way.

Who owns the website?

You do. You own the domain, the files, and the content. We hand you a copy of everything at launch. Nothing is locked to us, and you can take it to any other developer.

What happens when I cancel Wix or Squarespace?

Your old site comes down. That's why we build and launch the new one first, then you cancel. Keep the old plan running for one extra billing cycle as a safety net if it makes you more comfortable.

Can't I just export my site from Wix?

No. Wix has no site export. Squarespace exports text only, not your design. GoDaddy has no export tool. That's why this is a rebuild rather than a transfer.

Will I lose my Google rankings?

Not if the move is done right. We keep your page titles and content, and we point every old address at its new one so search engines follow. Rankings usually settle back within a few weeks.

Whose site can you rebuild?

Yours. We rebuild sites you own or have written permission to rebuild, and we confirm that before starting. We won't copy someone else's site.

How do I make changes later?

Send us the change and we do it, billed per edit. No monthly plan. Or edit the files yourself, or hand them to any developer. It's plain HTML.

Do you work with businesses outside Connecticut?

Yes. We're in Storrs and work with businesses across eastern Connecticut, but the whole process works over email and a preview link, so location doesn't matter much.

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Send your web address. We'll count your pages and reply with a fixed price.

One reply from a real person.