The words are written for you
We interview you once, then write every page in your customers' own words.
Websites and landing pages
In all three builds
Small Business Website Design: A Site Built to Bring In Customers, Not Just Look Good
A site that turns a search on a phone into a call or a form, not a pretty page nobody acts on. Three ways to get one: $0 with a plan, $1,000 templated, $2,500 custom.
What buying a website is usually like
Four numbers owners hit buying a website. Four that replace them.
Each column is a figure a small business hits buying a website, where it comes from, and the Ziwi figure that replaces it.
The quote
$3,000 to $8,000
What a small business is quoted for a website
The range web shops advertise on their own pages. Not a survey.
At Ziwi
$0
Printed. The $2,500 build fee is waived in full on a plan kept 12 months.
Waiting to launch
8 to 12 weeks
How long a small business site waits to go live
The timeline web shops print on their own process pages. Not measured.
At Ziwi
3 days
Kickoff to live, written and built around your services.
One small edit
Weeks
How long a new price or service waits in a queue
The word owners use in reviews. No measured average exists.
At Ziwi
24 hours
Small edits and content changes, done, by the person who built the page.
Who holds it
Not you
Who holds the login, the domain and the files
The usual setup on builder plans and agency hosted sites. A pattern, not a statistic.
At Ziwi
100% yours
The login, the domain and the files are in your name on day one.
Two of the four top figures are words, not numbers, because no measured average exists for either: "weeks" is the word owners use for how long an edit waits, and the last column is who holds the keys. Every Ziwi figure is published on this site.
The order it happens
How the site gets built, and how you pay
Pick the part you are actually deciding.
Three days, and you do almost none of it.
Day 1
Kickoff, once
Your services, your area, your photos.
Day 2
We write it and build it
A page per service, in your customers' words.
Day 3
It goes live on your domain
Fast on a phone, tracking on.
Any time after
New service, new page
Send the details, up within 24 hours.
Durations start after discovery, approvals and access to your domain.
Free with a plan, $1,000, or $2,500.
Way one
Free with a plan, $0
Keep a plan 12 months and the $2,500 build fee is waived in full.
Way two
Templated site, $1,000
Paid once, no plan. A library design made yours.
Way three
Custom site, $2,500
From a blank page. Pay the $1,500 difference.
Either way
The site is yours
Same standard, same 3 days, same ownership.
The $2,500 build fee is waived in full when a plan is kept 12 months. Leave earlier and only the unearned part is due, prorated.
Set up to be found, not just to look good.
Day 3
Built so Google can read it
Real headings, a page per service, your address.
Day 3
Your Google listing is linked
The site points at your profile, and back.
Any time
Local SEO is its own plan
$297 a month per location, never slipped in.
Months 3 to 6
The map pack starts moving
Results vary by market, offer and spend.
The build is set up so Google can read it. Local search work is a separate plan, published per location.
$99 a month, or $299 for Ziwi Care.
Month 1
Your first month is free
The site is live before you pay.
Every month
Hosting, maintenance and security, $99
Hosting, updates, backups and small edits.
Or every month
Ziwi Care, $299
Per location. A weekly post, unlimited edits.
Any month
Leave and keep it
Month to month, no notice period. Leaving costs $0.
Both plans are month to month with no notice period, and both qualify for the waived build fee.
What is in the build
Six things every small business site here gets
The same six on the free build, the templated site and the custom one. No upsells later.
A page for every service you sell
One page per service, so a search for one thing lands on that thing.
Website or landing page
In all three builds
Your own photos, placed where they work
Send what is on your phone and we place it. With none, we use stock that fits your trade.
The free photo guide
In all three builds
Fast on a phone, on cell service
Local searches happen on a phone, so pages stay light and the call button is in reach.
Why site speed matters
In all three builds
Your Google listing and your site agree
Same name, address, hours and services, linked both ways. The map and the site agree.
Google Business Profile
Linked in the build. Full setup $450
You can see which page produced the call
Call and form tracking is on at launch, so you know what people read first.
Call tracking and reporting
In all three builds
The price
Three numbers. That is the whole board.
A web shop quotes $3,000 to $8,000 on a call, then bills hosting and edits on top. Here it is $0 for the build, $99 a month, and a change within 24 hours.
Free website with a plan
$0
The $2,500 build fee is waived in full when you keep a plan 12 months.
Hosting, maintenance and security
$99/mo
Hosting, updates, backups and small edits, handled for you. First month free.
Every change after that
24 hours
Small edits on a plan are done within 24 hours, not billed by the hour.
The work
The three parts a customer actually uses
One small business build, with the three parts marked.
What you do, first screenIn the customer's own words
The number is a buttonOne tap to call on a phone
Book a visit, or callThe same button on every page
Everwell Dental, a build from the Ziwi design library. Open it, then the three notes are ours.
Builds you can open right now
Tallgrass Landscape Co.Residential landscaping
Sorrel & Sage Day SpaTwo-location day spa, Wrenfield
Radiant Technology SolutionsManaged IT, Tarpon Springs
Plaster & Pearl DentalFamily and general dentistry
Every build starts at this level, then gets rebuilt around your business, photos and service area.
Updates, maintenance and the terms
What owning the site is actually like
Ask for a website change and it is done within 24 hours. The site, the domain and the logins are yours from day one.
A change, start to finish
Can you add a page for the new gutter service? The van gets lettered Friday.
The owner, Tuesday, 9:12 am
Within 24 hours, always
Done, the page is live. Here is the link.
Ziwi, Tuesday, 2:40 pmAn illustration of one change request, not a case study. Small edits and content changes within 24 hours, by the person who built it.
In your name on day one
- The website and the files
- The domain
- The hosting login
- The tracking and the data
Month to month with no notice period. No Ziwi badge on the site, and the logins are yours anytime.
Questions
Asked, answered, and the fine print beside it
Six questions, the answer in the orange column, and the qualifier that would otherwise arrive on the call.
| The question | The answer | The fine print |
|---|---|---|
| Which of the three should I pick? | Free with a plan, unless you need it custom. | Custom is for brand or layout a library design cannot fit. |
| What does a small business website cost? | $0 with a plan, $1,000 templated, $2,500 custom. | The $2,500 build fee is waived in full on a plan kept 12 months. |
| How fast is it live? | Three days, kickoff to live. | After discovery, approvals and access to your domain. |
| Who owns the site? | You do, from the day it launches. | The files, the login, the domain and the tracking. Nothing is rented back. |
| What if I leave? | You keep every piece of it. | Before month 12 on the free build, only the unearned part of the fee is due. |
| Can you fix the site I have? | Usually we rebuild it, for the same prices. | Your words, photos and domain carry over. |
Month to month throughout. See every published price.
Ready when you are
Book your discovery call
Thirty minutes on Google Meet with the person who would build the site. You keep the plan either way.
The calendar opens in one click. No form first.
The website library
Four covers, twelve reads
Written for small business owners, not for search engines. Pick the shelf that matches your question.