Seven stages, and you know where things stand at each one
Most people have been burned by a project that went quiet for six weeks. This is how we avoid that.
How we build your website
- 01
Understand
We talk through what your business does, who contacts you, and what is getting in the way. Before any recommendation, we want the actual problem.
- 02
Plan
You get a written scope: the pages, the systems, what is included, what is not, and the price. Nothing starts until that is agreed.
- 03
Design
Layouts built around your services and the way people decide to call you. You see the direction before it gets built.
- 04
Build
The site and any supporting systems get built, tested on real devices, and checked for speed and accessibility as we go.
- 05
Connect
Domain, DNS, hosting, forms, Google Business Profile, Search Console, and any integrations get configured and pointed at each other correctly.
- 06
Test
Forms are submitted for real. Pages get checked on phones, tablets, and desktops. Links, metadata, and error states all get verified.
- 07
Launch & Manage
The site goes live on your managed plan. You get a plain-language walkthrough, keep your domain and business accounts, and we keep the hosting, deployment, and maintenance running from there.
What happens after launch
Your site moves onto a managed plan starting at $25/month for the lightest Foundation level. Standard website support is often around $35, while sites with booking, payments, databases, dashboards, automations, or other ongoing systems may require a higher managed plan based on what we are responsible for operating. Larger build work such as new pages, a redesign, or a new booking or CRM system is quoted separately, and your domain, accounts, and business data stay yours throughout.
What we ask from you
Honest answers about how the business runs, photos of real work where we have them, and reasonably prompt feedback at the review points. Projects slow down for one reason more than any other, and it is waiting on content.
Your business stays in control
Your domain, business data, accounts, content, and customer information stay under your control. We build and connect everything, then manage the hosting and deployment environment while you are on a managed plan.
Some third-party software is licensed rather than owned, and we say so plainly when that applies. This is not a proprietary platform you get locked out of: if you ever leave, the source or a documented migration path can be provided under your agreement, and migration work may be quoted separately.
Start a ProjectYour domain
Registered in your business name wherever practical, with you listed as the owner.
Your accounts
Google accounts, Search Console, Google Business Profile, email, and payment accounts stay under your business.
Your data
Content, photos, customer records, and form submissions stay yours and stay exportable.
Your content and assets
Copy, images, branding, and business information remain yours to use however you want.
Managed hosting
We manage the hosting and deployment environment while you are on a managed plan, so you never have to touch it.
Source preserved
Your site's source is preserved through GitHub or a documented recovery path wherever practical.
A clear scope and a clear price before anything starts
We price per project because a simple site and a site with a content system, integrations, and customer tracking are not the same amount of work.
Setup starts at $300
$300 is a starting point, not a fixed price. Every setup fee is custom quoted based on design scope, page and content volume, functionality, integrations, and migration needs.
Scope agreed before work begins
You get the list of what is being built and the setup price for it in writing before anything starts.
Ongoing management from $25/month
After launch, the managed plan is matched to what Open Choice Digital is responsible for operating. Very simple sites can stay at the $25 Foundation level, standard website support is often around $35, and booking, payments, databases, dashboards, automations, or other backend systems may require a higher plan.
Transparent third-party and usage costs
Our labor to build or configure agreed integrations is part of the quoted project scope. Recurring third-party costs, payment processing, high SMS volume, unusual API usage, premium software, large storage growth, or extraordinary cloud usage stay separate or may require a plan adjustment unless the proposal says otherwise.
Tell us what your business needs.
No pressure and no obligation. Share what you are trying to improve, and we will recommend what we would build, what we would leave alone, and what the project would look like.