How it works
A clear plan, then work you can watch happen.
No mystery timeline and no giant deposit. Here is exactly how a project runs from the first click to the day your site goes live.
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Choose a package
Start with the package that matches the size of the site you need. If you are unsure, send a note through the contact page and we will tell you honestly which one fits.
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Pay the $25 design fee
This small fee opens your project. It covers your intake review and the written project plan you receive before any building starts.
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Complete your intake
You answer questions about your business, your customers, your services, and what you want the site to do. Send us any logos, photos, or copy you already have.
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Get your project plan
You receive a plan that lists the pieces of your website, the order they get built in, and what each piece costs within your package total.
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Choose how you pay
Pay in full for the lower total, or set up a Build As You Pay schedule with the dates you prefer.
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We build, piece by piece
Each payment received releases the next piece of the plan. You see the work as it is built and can request revisions along the way.
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Review and revisions
Every package includes 7 revisions. Most changes are small — wording, photos, ordering of sections.
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Launch and handoff
Once the final piece is paid and approved, the site goes live on your domain and hosting. You receive the accounts, the logins, and a walkthrough of how to update things.
You Pay. We Build.
Build As You Pay is simple: the total price of your website is split into pieces, and each piece is built after its payment is successfully received.
It is not financing. It is not credit. It is not a loan or a buy now pay later plan. Nothing is lent to you, no interest is added, and nothing goes to collections. You are simply paying for work as it is done.
If you need to pause, work stops at the last piece that was paid for and waits for you. If you want to speed up, pay early or cover several pieces at once.
Four ways to structure payments
Equal Payments
The total is split into even amounts on a schedule you agree to up front.
Milestone Payments
You pay when a defined part of the project is ready to be built.
Smaller Payments
Lower amounts spread across more dates when cash flow is tight.
Flexible Pay By Piece
Pay for one piece of the website whenever you are ready for it.
You choose preferred payment dates during intake, and you can change planned dates later if something comes up. Compare the packages to see where your project fits, or read about website design for your industry.
More detail on the purchasing model: building your website as you pay, flexible payment options, and why there is no credit check involved.
Still deciding? Find your website package or calculate your website cost.
What to have ready
Nothing here is required to start. The intake asks for each of these and you can send them as you find them, but the more you have on hand, the faster your project plan is written.
Your page list
The pages you expect to need, including a separate page for each service you want people to find by name.
What you sell
Services, products, or both — and roughly how many products, since catalog size changes the package that fits.
Your written content
Anything you have already written about your business. Rough notes are fine; pages that still need content can delay completion.
Photos and logo
Real photos of your work, your team and your space, plus your logo files and brand colors if you have them.
Domain, hosting and email
Whether you already own them, and who the accounts are with. These are paid to those providers, not to SiteByPiece.
Tools to connect
Booking, payments, reviews, email marketing, maps or chat — anything the site needs to link up with.
What the $25 design fee does
The $25 design fee opens the project. It covers your agreement, your detailed website intake, and the written project plan built from your answers. It is your first payment and counts toward your package total, not an extra charge.
Nothing else is charged at that point. After your plan is written you choose to pay in full at the lower package total, or set up a Build As You Pay schedule. Build work begins once the first piece has been paid for.
The domain, hosting and business email are purchased in your own name from those providers, so they are never bundled into the package price.
How scope and approvals work
Your project plan is the scope. It lists the pieces of the website, the order they are built in, and what each piece costs inside your package total. If you want something that is not on that list, it is added to the plan in writing first rather than absorbed quietly.
You review each piece as it is completed rather than only at the end. Every package includes 7 revisions, and most changes are small ones — wording, a photo swap, the order of sections.
Business Systems includes up to two selected system features, such as a client login area, a simple customer portal or a member area. Additional features, multiple user roles and requirements beyond that package receive a separate written quote before anything is built.
Where to compare your choices
Ready to Start Building?
Every project begins with a $25 design fee. That covers your intake, your project plan, and the schedule for your build.