Here's what it costs.

Three ways to buy: a one-time build, a monthly care plan, or an SEO retainer. Everything is month-to-month, the only twelve-month commitment on this page is the one that makes your build free.

Website builds

Starter Site

One page, one mailbox, we design it with you. Same craft, less of your time.

$390 one-time

  • One hand-built page, the same quality as every other build
  • One business mailbox on your domain, kept with any care plan
  • We design it with you from a short brief: hours, phone, a couple of photos
  • No SEO: no Google Business Profile, no on-page work (add it later)
  • 1 revision round · live in about a week · extra pages $79 each
Get a Starter Site

Launch Site

Up to 5 pages that get a real business on the map, live in two weeks.

$750 one-time

  • Up to 5 pages: home, about, services, contact, plus one
  • Mobile-first, SSL, contact details on every page
  • Google Business Profile + Analytics set up
  • 2 revision rounds
  • Live in about 2 weeks · extra pages $79 each
Start a Launch Site

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Business Site

Ten pages with a page per service, the site that competes for searches, not just existence.

$1,950 one-time

  • 10 pages, including one per key service
  • Blog or news section, set up and templated
  • On-page SEO on every page
  • We design it with you, and with photos
  • 3 revision rounds · live in 3-4 weeks
Start a Business Site

Store / Booking Site

Sell products or take appointments, without a platform skimming every sale.

$3,500 one-time

  • Everything in Business Site
  • Online store (unlimited products) or booking system
  • Stripe or Square, you keep your card rates
  • Order & booking notification emails
  • Training session · live in 5-6 weeks
Start a store build

Need a build that isn't Starter through Store? That's Enterprise, contact for an estimate.

Care plans

Hosted

The site stays up, backed up and patched, and your email finally matches your sign.

$39/mo

  • Hosting, SSL & domain management
  • 2 business mailboxes on your domain
  • Daily backups + security updates
  • 1 content edit request/mo
  • 2-business-day response · quarterly health check
Get Hosted

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Managed

For businesses whose hours, menus and offers actually change, because they should.

$79/mo

  • Everything in Hosted
  • 5 mailboxes
  • 4 edit requests/mo
  • Next-business-day response
  • Monthly report + Google Business Profile updates
Get Managed

Partner

We operate the website so nobody at your business ever has to think about it.

$139/mo

  • Everything in Managed
  • 10+ mailboxes
  • Unlimited edit requests (one active at a time)
  • Same-business-day response on urgent issues
  • Quarterly 30-min strategy call · priority build queue
Get Partner

Enterprise

When the request is outside what's listed. We estimate it in writing, then do the work.

Estimate

  • Builds, care or SEO that don't fit a published package
  • Mailboxes beyond Partner's 10+, extra locations, custom setups
  • A written estimate before anything starts
  • Same person on the phone who does the work
  • You own the domain, files and mailboxes from day one
Contact for estimate

The free-build trade

You get the site. We get a year of looking after it. Both trades are optional: every plan also sells month-to-month.

Everything included in each care plan
Included Hosted Managed Partner Enterprise
Hosting, SSL & domain managementCustom
Daily backups & security updatesCustom
Business mailboxes2510+Custom
Content edit requests1/mo4/moUnlimitedCustom
Response time2 business daysNext business daySame day, urgentEstimate
ReportingQuarterly checkMonthly reportMonthly reportCustom
Google Business Profile updatesNoOn requestOn requestCustom
Strategy callsNoNoQuarterly, 30 minCustom
Priority build queueNoNoCustom

SEO & marketing

SEO

One location, stay visible on Google, the work most businesses skip.

$295/mo

  • Google Business Profile managed: posts, photos, Q&A
  • Citations built & cleaned (10+ directories)
  • Review request system + drafted responses
  • On-page fixes across existing pages
  • Monthly ranking & profile report
Start SEO

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Growth

Adds the content and links that move rankings, not just maintain them.

$495/mo

  • Everything in SEO
  • 2 new SEO pages or posts/mo
  • Local link building (2-3 placements/mo)
  • Competitor & conversion tracking
  • Monthly report + 30-min call
Start Growth

Competitive

For contested searches and multiple locations, the full press.

$995/mo

  • Everything in Growth
  • 4 pages/posts/mo · up to 3 locations
  • Google Ads management (ad spend separate)
  • Quarterly content strategy
  • Monthly report + 60-min call · quarterly in-person review
Start Competitive

Need SEO or ads that aren't a listed retainer? That's Enterprise, contact for an estimate.

We are the gap between DIY and the big agency.

How doing it yourself, hiring happyllama, and hiring a traditional agency compare
  Do it yourself happyllama. Big agency
Who builds it You, after close We do, you approve each step Their team, on their timeline
What a one-page site costs A weekend of your time, then $274-$448 every year $390 once, live in about a week $2,500-$8,000 estimated locally
Business emails Extra, about $72/yr per mailbox Included: 1 mailbox on Starter, 2-10+ on care plans, custom on Enterprise Usually extra
When something breaks Support forum Call 260-376-0145 Open a ticket
Who owns the site Stuck on their platform You, domain, files, everything Depends on the contract

Fair questions

The things every owner asks before signing anything. If yours isn't here, just ask.

Do I have to sign a long contract?

No. Every plan is month-to-month. The one exception is voluntary: commit to twelve months of the Partner care plan and your Launch Site build is free, that trade is the only place a term exists, and it's stated up front. SEO plans start with a three-month term, because rankings need ramp time, then go month-to-month.

Who owns the website and the domain?

You do, from day one. Your domain is registered in your name, not ours, and the design, content and files are yours outright. If you ever leave, we hand everything over, no export fee, no held domain.

What happens if I cancel?

Give 30 days' notice and we transfer your site files, domain and email wherever you're going. No exit fee. If you cancel inside a free-build commitment, you pay the remaining months or the standard build price, whichever is less.

How long does a build take?

Starter Sites go live in about a week, Launch Sites in about two weeks, Business Sites in three to four, Store or Booking Sites in five to six. Those are working timelines rather than promises made to win the job, for comparison, a professional-quality DIY build costs the owner 20 to 60 hours across a month or more of weekends.

Couldn't I just use Wix or Squarespace?

You can, and for some businesses it's the right call. Price it honestly first: the advertised rate is a first-year teaser, and the real ongoing cost of a plan, a domain and one business mailbox runs $274 to $448 a year on every major platform, before the hours to build it and the hours each month to keep it current. Squarespace's cheapest plan also takes 2% of every sale. If you'd rather spend those hours running your business, that's the gap we fill.

What if I need something that isn't listed?

That's Enterprise. If the request is outside the published builds, care plans or SEO retainers, we estimate it in writing before anything starts. Same person on the phone.

Not sure which tier?

Describe the business in one phone call and we'll tell you which package fits, including “none yet, wait six months,” if that's the honest answer.

Or write to Support@happyllama.net and we will get in touch.