Cheap Website for Small Business — Without Getting Held Hostage

"Cheap website" sounds bad until you compare it to $18,000 a year for an agency retainer that sends you a PDF once a month. The question isn't cheap vs expensive — it's do you own what you paid for?

The captor pattern

Many marketing companies host your site on their CMS. Leave? Start over. Lose the domain wiring, the content, the SEO history. That's not a website — it's rent.

What ownership looks like

• One-time build fee ($997)
• Low monthly hosting ($100/mo)
• Your domain, your code, your Google Business Profile
• Walk away after 90 days with the site if you're not happy

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