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If you build it yourself, published US prices checked for this page start at $4 a month on WordPress.com when billed annually, $17.77 a month on Wix Light for a yearly plan, or $19 a month on Squarespace Basic billed annually ($228 for the year). If you hire an agency, Clutch says web design agencies typically charge $2,000 to $100,000, and that most reviewed projects cost less than $10,000. If Telep IO builds it, the founding offer is $500 to set up, then $50 a month. Limited to the first 3 Ohio businesses. The start page splits that setup into two payments and makes the first upkeep month free, which comes to $1,050 in the first year, then $50 a month.
Squarespace lists four US website plans in its pricing file, last updated October 5, 2026. Basic is $25 a month billed monthly, or $19 a month on an annual plan, $228 for the year. Core is $39 a month billed monthly, or $29 a month on an annual plan, $348 for the year. Plus is $65 a month billed monthly, or $49 a month on an annual plan, $588 for the year. Advanced is $139 a month billed monthly, or $99 a month on an annual plan, $1,188 for the year. The pricing page says form blocks, including contact forms, are included on every plan. An annual plan includes one year of domain registration. The domains FAQ lists .com and .org at $20 a year, and says a free domain renews at $20 after the first year. The pricing file does not list a fee per page, and it does not list an appointments price. Prices checked October 2026.
Source: Squarespace pricing file; Squarespace pricing page; Squarespace domains FAQ
Wix lists a free plan at $0, then Light at $17.77 a month, Core at $29.77 a month, Business at $39.77 a month, Business Elite at $159.77 a month. The plans page says prices and currency vary by location, that USD prices are displayed for reference only, and that the displayed prices are for yearly subscriptions paid in full. It also says those prices do not include applicable taxes. The plan cards on the same page say the price includes GST. This page uses the card figures and does not add a tax. Core is the first paid plan on that page whose card lists scheduling and services. A Wix article prints those paid plans as Light $17, Core $29, Business $39, Business Elite $159 a month for a yearly subscription paid in full. That article lists a .com renewal at $13.35 a year and a .org renewal at $14.95 a year. It says most paid plans include a free domain for the first year, and that the voucher cannot renew a domain you already own. The free plan uses a wixsite.com address. WordPress.com says paid plans start at $4 a month when billed annually, or $2.75 a month when billed every 3 years. It says a paid plan includes a free domain for the first year and unlimited pages. The pricing answers checked here do not print a domain renewal price or an appointments price, so this page does not add either one. A person to handle edits is not a line on these plans. Prices checked October 2026.
Source: Wix plans; How much is a Wix website (Wix); WordPress.com pricing
Clutch's Web Design Company Pricing Guide, updated September 21, 2026, says web design agencies typically charge $2,000 to $100,000. It says most web design projects reviewed on Clutch usually cost less than $10,000. It says the average cost of those reviewed projects is $38,105.39, that most of those projects last 7 months, and that the average monthly cost is $5,279.79. That monthly figure is spending during the project. It is not a hosting bill after the site is live. Clutch says companies shortlisted there charge around $100 to $149 an hour in the United States, and $25 to $49 an hour when the company uses a builder such as Wix, WordPress, or Squarespace. Clutch says the number of pages influences the cost. It does not publish a dollar amount per page, or a separate price for a contact form or online booking. These figures are Clutch's, from reviewed projects. They are not a quote for an Ohio plumber, landscaper, or shop, and they are not a Telep IO price. A freelancer who is not in that report sets their own price. This page does not print a number for that person. Prices checked October 2026.
Source: Clutch web design pricing guide, updated September 21, 2026
The founding offer is $500 to set up and $50 a month, limited to the first 3 Ohio businesses. Hosting and ordinary upkeep are included. You see a demo of your own site before you pay. Setup is $500, published as $500 to set up, then $50 a month. The start page splits setup into $250 to start and $250 when the site goes live. The first month is free The other 11 months use $50/month for upkeep. $500 plus 11 times $50 is $1,050 in the first year. After that, upkeep is $50 a month. Limited to the first 3 Ohio businesses. The published price does not change with the number of pages, and it does not add a separate booking fee. The start page lists "A button that calls you". Someone taps it and their phone calls your business. They do not have to hunt for the number. You see a demo of your own site before you pay. The home page lists a second plan, Website + Customers, as a custom quote. This guide does not restate that quote. What the monthly upkeep is for, after the site is live, is in the guide on website maintenance cost.
On this site: Start a site with Telep IO; Home page, including Website + Customers; What website maintenance costs a small business
The free estimator adds the published figures for the path you pick: do it yourself, Telep IO, or a freelancer or agency. It also asks how many pages you want, whether you need online booking or a contact form, and whether you want upkeep handled. It runs in the browser. It does not send the answers anywhere. Prices checked October 2026. If you already have a site, the free website check reads one public page and does not store the URL. Website Checkup is $99, paid once. A ranked report of what to fix on your website first, covering speed, SEO, mobile, and AI search visibility, delivered within 2 business days.
On this site: Free website cost estimator; Free website check; Website Checkup; Telep IO founding offer
The free website checker reads one public URL. It reports HTTPS, a mobile viewport tag, and whether GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended are blocked. It does not store the URL.
The AI search readiness check is the free look for AI search. It reports whether OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, and PerplexityBot are blocked, and whether the words are in the server HTML. It does not store the URL.
Website Checkup is $99, paid once. A ranked report of what to fix on your website first, covering speed, SEO, mobile, and AI search visibility, delivered within 2 business days. No login is needed. The report goes only to you.
Setup is $500, published as $500 to set up, then $50 a month. The start page splits setup into $250 to start and $250 when the site goes live. The first month is free The other 11 months use $50/month for upkeep. $500 plus 11 times $50 is $1,050 in the first year. After that, upkeep is $50 a month. Limited to the first 3 Ohio businesses.
A builder plan, an agency project, and the Telep IO founding offer are different purchases. Clutch publishes a range of $2,000 to $100,000 and an average of $38,105.39 for reviewed projects, and it says most reviewed projects cost less than $10,000. This page shows those figures with the source. It does not blend them into a new number.
On an annual Squarespace plan, one year of domain registration is included, then the domains FAQ lists .com and .org at $20 a year. A Wix article lists .com renewal at $13.35 a year after the free year on most paid plans. WordPress.com says the first year of a domain is included on a paid plan and does not print the renewal in the answers checked here. The founding offer is $500 to set up and $50 a month, limited to the first 3 Ohio businesses. Hosting and ordinary upkeep are included. You see a demo of your own site before you pay. That offer does not print a separate domain price.
Use the free website check for an instant read of one public page. It does not store the URL. Website Checkup is $99, paid once. A ranked report of what to fix on your website first, covering speed, SEO, mobile, and AI search visibility, delivered within 2 business days. Neither one is a price to build a new site.
A business can be missing from Google because the page is not in the index, because the words you searched are not the words a customer uses, or because the page is blocked. A page can also be in the index and still sit far down the results. The free check on this site reads the public page, and it does not look up a rank.
You can check a public page for free. The checker on this site reads one URL, reports what it found, and does not store the URL. If you want a report that ranks what to fix first, Website Checkup is $99, paid once, and it is delivered within 2 business days.
Website maintenance is the work that keeps a live site reachable and current: hosting, domain renewal, SSL, backups, software and plugin updates, security, small content edits, uptime checks, and keeping a Google Business Profile matched to the site. You do not always need a monthly plan. You need one when you will not do that work, or when a fee is the only way the site stays hosted and edited. Other providers set their own prices. This page does not print those prices. The only prices stated here are the ones Telep IO publishes.
Before you hire, ask who owns the domain and the site, what hosting costs, who edits it later, whether the page works on a phone, whether they will help with a Google Business Profile, and when you will see a first look. Walk away if you will not own the domain, if the contract locks you in, if there is no portfolio you can open, or if the monthly fee does not say what it covers. Other people set their own prices. Ranges vary. The only build price stated here is the one Telep IO publishes.
Redo the site when it no longer matches the business, you cannot edit it, or a customer on a phone cannot read it and call. Many of the usual problems can be fixed without a full rebuild. Old hours, a missing call link, a page that is hard to read on a phone, and an address that is not on HTTPS are often edits. A new look does not, by itself, put the business on Google or on Maps.
A DIY builder can be the right call when you will finish the page, you will own the domain, and a customer on a phone can tap to call, see the towns you serve, and open your Google Business Profile. Hire when you will not keep the page current, when the number cannot be tapped, or when the domain and the site would sit in an account you do not control. Wix, Squarespace, and the GoDaddy website builder are typical monthly subscription plans. This page does not print their prices. Other designers set their own prices. The founding offer is $500 to set up and $50 a month, limited to the first 3 Ohio businesses. Hosting and ordinary upkeep are included. You see a demo of your own site before you pay.
Open the site on a phone you already own and try to call the business from the page. If you have to pinch and zoom, or you cannot find the number, the page is hard to use on a phone. A viewport tag tells the browser to use the screen width. It is a setup signal, not a grade of the layout.
An AI tool can mention your business when it has public information to use, or when a person typed the facts in. A robots.txt file can ask specific crawlers to stay off the site. That file is a request, not a record of what a tool has already saved. Blocking one crawler does not block every AI product.
A Facebook page is not a website you control. Google's guidelines say the website on a Business Profile should represent the business, and they say not to use a page created on a social media site as that website. A site you control can name the work, the towns, and a phone number a person can tap.
A local site should say what you do, name the towns you actually serve, and put a phone number a person can tap. It should also load on a phone. That is not a promise of a ranking or a set number of calls.
Map results come from a Google Business Profile, which is separate from the website. Google says that when you add and verify a Business Profile, customers can find the business on Search and Maps, and that only verified businesses can show their info there. A website does not create the profile. This page does not create it for you.
Ask a real customer after the job is done, and give them a direct review link from your Google Business Profile. Google lets you share that link, or a QR code, in a text or email, on a receipt, and at the counter. Do not pay for a review, do not offer a discount for one, and do not ask only the people who already said they are happy.
A website does not promise a set number of calls. For an HVAC company, a plumber, or a landscaper, the page can make the call easy: the number is tappable, the jobs are named, and the towns are the ones you drive. If those facts are buried, the person on the phone has to hunt.
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