Process

Live in a week. Yours forever.

Here's exactly what happens after you sign up — and what you get.

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Process

How It Works

Most projects move on this timeline. Yours could go faster.

01
Day 1: Tell us about your business
Short form: business name, services, photos, anything you want said. Five minutes — that's all we need to start.
02
Days 2–5: Design and build
We draft the site: layout, copy, SEO setup, mobile responsive. Photos yours or stock matched to your industry. You review and request changes.
03
Days 6–7: Launch and hand off
We point your domain, push the site live, submit to Google, and hand you the keys: code repo, hosting account, CMS login. All in your name.

What's included

Everything in your package

Five things, one price.

Custom design

Built around your brand and your customers.

→1–3 pages of layout
→Mobile-first responsive
→Photos: yours or industry-matched stock
→Brand colors and typography

Editable content

A real CMS so you can update text and photos yourself.

→Sanity Studio (free for one editor)
→15-minute training call
→Version history & rollback
→No code required

SEO setup

Discoverable from day one.

→Page titles & meta descriptions
→Structured data / schema markup
→XML sitemap & robots.txt
→Submitted to Google Search Console

Free hosting forever

On Vercel — fast globally, $0/mo.

→SSL certificate included
→Global CDN — fast everywhere
→Automatic deploys from your CMS
→No platform fees, ever

Full ownership

When we're done, the site is 100% yours.

→Code repo handed over to you
→Hosting account registered in your name
→No retainer, no contract
→Take it anywhere if you outgrow us

Why everything is one price

Keep it simple and fast

Most web shops break everything into separate costs—design, development, hosting, SEO, content. We don’t. Every site needs all of it, so we bundle it into one simple price.

That means no juggling vendors, no surprise invoices, and no upsells—so you can stay focused on running your business.

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

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: ✓

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 Vercel's free tier covers small business sites.

Ready to start?

Tell us about your business. We'll have a draft for you this week.