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Short on purpose. If a line here is unclear, ask before you pay. Last updated September 2026.
- What you are buying. A finished website built to the spec we agree on in writing (text or email counts). Pages, sections, and features are listed before the order is confirmed. Anything not listed is a change request.
- Turnaround. The site goes live 3 to 5 business days after order confirmation, which means the price is paid and the content I asked for (photos, hours, services, contact details) is in hand. Days waiting on content do not count.
- Payment. One price, paid once, before launch. Venmo, card, or check. No monthly fee is ever required to keep the site online.
- Ownership. When the site is live and paid, the files, the code, and the design are yours. I keep a copy so I can fix things if you ask. You can move the site to any host at any time and I will hand over the files.
- Your domain. You register the domain in your own name, in an account you control, and you renew it yourself. I point the site at it and can walk you through registration. I do not hold domains for clients.
- Hosting. The site is hosted on a service I set up in your name or mine, at no monthly charge from me. If that service ever changes its free tier, I tell you before anything goes offline.
- Updates. One free round of changes a few months after launch, all requests at once. After that, changes are billed at $35 to $50 an hour depending on the size of the task, quoted before the work starts. An optional monthly care plan is available and never required.
- How the work gets made. I use AI tools to draft, code, and check the work, and I review everything myself before it ships. Copy in your voice is edited with you. Nothing goes live in your name that you have not seen.
- What I do not promise. No search ranking, traffic number, or lead count is guaranteed by me or by anyone honest. I build the site to be found and set up the listing and Search Console correctly. What Google does after that is Google's.
- Your content. You confirm you have the right to use the photos, logos, and text you give me. Reviews and client names go on the site only with permission.
- Refunds. If I cannot deliver the agreed spec, you get your money back. If you change your mind after launch, the site is still yours and the price stands.
- Member rates. If I built your site, office support is 50% off for the first 3 months, then the full rate we agreed on. If you are on office support, a site build comes at a member rate I quote before the work starts. One membership, both directions.
- Where this lives. EpochSEO is a product of Epoch OS LLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and these terms follow Michigan law. If we ever disagree, we talk first.
Questions: call or text 616-888-4517.