What a custom website costs

$4,500 flat

You own everything I build, and you can walk away with the whole site any month you want.

Start with a call See what the build includes

Custom website: $4,500; One-time, live in 14 days.
Monthly plans: From $150; Hosting, SEO, and content. Month to month.
Contracts: None; Walk away with the whole site any month.

What the build includes

A hand-coded site, live in 14 days, with your domain and Google accounts in your name. Half to start, half at launch.

I take four builds a month. If the month is full, you’re booked for the next one.

See how Built in 14 days works

Hand-coded site, no template, no page builder.

I write the copy from our call and your Google reviews.

You don’t write anything.

A page for each service you actually want to sell.

Three city pages for the cities you want more work in.

Tap-to-call and a quote form within two taps on every page.

Google Business Profile set up and matched to the site.

Categories, services, description, photos.

Map-pack heat map before launch and again at 90 days.

You can see what changed.

Privacy, cookie, and consent pages done right.

Launch checklist run on every page before it goes live.

Monthly plans

Every monthly plan is month to month, with no contracts and no setup fees. Rank and Capture run on top of Foundation, so a site on Foundation with Rank is $500 a month. Add, drop, or cancel any plan any month, and you own the website either way.

Foundation

$150/month

Your site, running.

Managed hosting
SSL and security monitoring
Daily backups
Ongoing maintenance
1 to 2 hours of edits per month

Rank

Three things I put in writing

Ownership

Your domain and Google accounts are in your name from day one. Once the build is paid in full, the code moves to your GitHub account and the site is yours outright. If you ever leave, you take everything with you. No hostage sites.

Built in 14 days

The site is live within 14 days of our kickoff call and your photos. If I miss it, your first month of Foundation is free. The clock pauses for anything neither of us controls, like an outage or a problem at the domain registrar or hosting provider, and for days I’m waiting on you, including while you review the design proposal and the First Look. I’ll tell you the day it pauses and the day it restarts.

First Look

On day 9 you see a working preview of your site. If the design isn’t what you want, you walk. You don’t pay the second half. This is the point where I’ve done the work and you’ve seen it, so it’s the honest moment to decide.

Built in 14 days counts from the day I have your photos and we’ve done the call. First Look applies when your discovery form is filled in with your services, your cities, and a few sites you like; if I’m building blind, I can’t stand behind the first draft. The deposit is non-refundable. If you walk at First Look, it covers the work done and nothing from the draft is delivered. One revision round is included on every build either way.

“ChegTech was the best fit for my Business! Took every detail into consideration, and helped me turn my vision into a reality. … Love the Website, and will continue to recommend ChegTech to everyone I come across!”

Dennis S. · Owner, Pinnacle Air ControlOne of 15 five-star Google reviews.

Rent or own?

Why not just use Squarespace, Wix, or Lovable?

If you’re on Hibu now, I compare it with a custom build on the Hibu alternative page.

You rent the platform

Squarespace, Wix, and Lovable all keep your site on their platform. If you stop paying, the site goes with them. My clients get the source files and can host anywhere.

Design freedom is capped

Squarespace and Wix start from a template. Lovable and similar AI builders start from a prompt, different limit, same problem: the layout decisions are pre-baked. A custom build is designed around your actual brand and market.

Code quality shows up in rankings

Page builders and AI-generated sites ship a lot of JavaScript and inconsistent HTML. Core Web Vitals and SEO-rendered HTML matter for ranking. A hand-coded site is lean by default.

Compared on	ChegTech	Squarespace	Wix	Lovable.dev / AI
Lighthouse score	90+	Varies	Varies	Varies
SEO-rendered HTML	Yes	Mostly	Mostly	No (often JS-rendered)
Page builder bloat	None	Some	Yes	Different bloat
You own the code	Yes	No	No	No
Locked to platform	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Monthly platform fee	Hosting only	$16 to $49/mo	$17 to $49/mo	$20 to $80/mo + AI usage
Custom design freedom	Full	Template	Template	AI prompt limits

Pricing reflects publicly listed plans as of 2026 and may change.

Pricing questions, answered honestly

Call or text (206) 940-8704.

What’s the actual cost of a website?

A standard build is $4,500 flat, one-time, no hourly billing. If you need extra functionality (custom portals, large gallery infrastructure, multilingual setup), I quote that up front.

Can I cancel a monthly plan?

Yes. Every monthly plan is month-to-month. No contracts, no minimum term. If you cancel, you keep the website. You own the files outright and can host them anywhere.

Do you charge for changes after launch?

Foundation includes 1 to 2 hours of edits per month. Additional edits beyond that bill at $30/hr.

Why is your pricing so much lower than agency pricing?

Most US agencies quote $10,000 to $15,000 for a small business site of 5 to 15 pages (DesignRush pricing guide, 2026) because they have an office, an account team, a sales rep, and a designer who hands work off to a developer. I’m one person working from home in Auburn. The $4,500 is the actual cost of the work when you remove the agency overhead.

What if I already have a domain?

I’ll point the existing domain to the new site at launch and walk you through any DNS changes. You keep ownership of the domain.