Photon Sites
$500one-time
Custom site, CMS, hosting. Yours forever.
- Upfront cost
- $500
- Monthly cost
- $0
- 5-year total
- $500
- Time to launch
- 1 week
- Edit text yourself
- ✓
- SEO setup
- ✓
- Hosting included
- ✓ forever
- You own the code + accounts
- ✓
Photon Sites
Professional Web Design, Done Right—Fast.
1 to 3 pages, custom-designed and content-managed. Live in a week. Built for Small Businesses.
Why you need a website
If customers can't find you online, they hire someone they can.Search is where customers look first. Without a website, you don't show up — your competitors do.
Social profiles are rented space. A website is yours.
A real URL on a card or in a bio signals you're serious.
How it works
Three steps to live
Most sites are live within a week.
- 01
Tell us about your business
Quick form: who you are, what you do, photos. Five minutes.
- 02
We design and build it
Custom layout, copy, SEO setup, free hosting. You review a draft.
- 03
Launch and hand off
We point your domain, publish the site, and turn over the code and hosting account in your name.
Pricing
$500. Flat. No subscription.
What you'd pay over five years for the same site, depending on who builds it.
| Feature | Photon Sites $500one-time Custom site, CMS, hosting. Yours forever. | DIY (Wix/Squarespace) Freestarting Templates you build yourself. | Freelancer $1,500+starting Custom but locked to them. | Agency $10k+starting Big budget, big timeline. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | $500 | Free | $1,500–8,000 | $10,000+ |
| Monthly cost | $0 | $17–50/mo | $50–150/mo | $500–1,000/mo |
| 5-year total | $500 | $1,000–3,000 | $5,000–17,000 | $70,000+ |
| Time to launch | 1 week | weeks of your time | 4–8 weeks | 8–16 weeks |
| Edit text yourself | ✓ | ✓ | usually no | usually no |
| SEO setup | ✓ | DIY | varies | ✓ |
| Hosting included | ✓ forever | bundled | extra | extra |
| You own the code + accounts | ✓ | — | varies | rarely |
DIY (Wix/Squarespace)
Freestarting
Templates you build yourself.
- Upfront cost
- Free
- Monthly cost
- $17–50/mo
- 5-year total
- $1,000–3,000
- Time to launch
- weeks of your time
- Edit text yourself
- ✓
- SEO setup
- DIY
- Hosting included
- bundled
- You own the code + accounts
- —
Freelancer
$1,500+starting
Custom but locked to them.
- Upfront cost
- $1,500–8,000
- Monthly cost
- $50–150/mo
- 5-year total
- $5,000–17,000
- Time to launch
- 4–8 weeks
- Edit text yourself
- usually no
- SEO setup
- varies
- Hosting included
- extra
- You own the code + accounts
- varies
Agency
$10k+starting
Big budget, big timeline.
- Upfront cost
- $10,000+
- Monthly cost
- $500–1,000/mo
- 5-year total
- $70,000+
- Time to launch
- 8–16 weeks
- Edit text yourself
- usually no
- SEO setup
- ✓
- Hosting included
- extra
- You own the code + accounts
- rarely
Domain not included (~$10–15/yr, registered in your name). Free hosting via Netlify's free tier covers small business sites.
What's included
Everything you need in one package
No upsells, no monthly add-ons.
Custom design
Built around your brand and your customers.
- →1–3 pages
- →Mobile-first
- →Photos provided or sourced
Editable content
A real CMS so you can update text and photos yourself.
- →Sanity Studio
- →15-minute training
- →Version history
SEO setup
Discoverable from day one.
- →Titles & meta tags
- →Schema markup
- →XML sitemap
- →Google Search Console submission
Free hosting forever
On Netlify — fast globally, $0/mo.
- →SSL included
- →Automatic deploys
- →No platform fees
- →No lock-in
Full ownership
When we're done, the site is 100% yours.
- →Code repo handed over
- →Hosting account in your name
- →No contract
FAQ
Quick answers
More on the FAQ page.
Is the $500 really one-time?
Yes. There are no monthly platform fees. The only ongoing cost is your domain renewal (~$10–15/yr), billed to you directly.
How long does it take?
Most sites are live within a week of you sending us your info.
Can I edit the site myself after launch?
Yes. We build on Sanity, so you can change text and swap photos from a simple editor — no code.
What if I need more than 3 pages?
We'll quote a flat add-on. Most small business sites fit comfortably in 1–3.
Do I really own everything?
Yes. Code goes in a repo you own, hosting on a Netlify account in your name. You can take it anywhere.