Serious AUTHOR WEBSITES

Clear prices.
A free mockup first.

These are starting prices. You get a written quote before any work starts, and it won't change unless you add something.

Website packages

Refresh

Keep your platform. Get a premium look.

Starting at$500

  • New homepage design
  • Book pages and About page
  • Press kit lite
  • A sign-up form that works on phones
  • Mobile and speed pass
  • Domain setup available as a $50 add-on

Usually 1 to 2 weeks

Start with a free mockup

Most authors start here

Launch Site

A new site, built to a traditionally published standard.

Starting at$1,500

Founding client rate: $900 (40% off) for our first 3 Launch Site clients. 3 of 3 spots open.

  • Up to 6 pages: home, books, series, about, press, contact
  • A full press kit page
  • Email sign-up with your platform
  • Search setup and Book structured data
  • Accessibility check
  • Domain management, with your first year included
  • 3 months of hosting and Care Essential included

Usually 2 to 3 weeks

Start with a free mockup

Signature Site

For a series, a long backlist, or a speaking career.

Starting at$2,500

  • Everything in Launch Site
  • Up to 12 pages
  • A series hub and reading order
  • Events and media pages
  • Launch-week setup for your next book
  • Domain management, with your first year included
  • 3 months of hosting and Care Essential included

Usually 3 to 5 weeks

Start with a free mockup

Smaller jobs

Book Launch Page

One page for a new release: cover, blurb, preorder and buy buttons, sign-up, and a QR code target. About 5 business days.

$250

Small fixes

A broken form, a pop-up, a newsletter hookup, a mobile layout. Quoted before we start, usually done in 2 to 3 business days.

$40an hour

After launch: hosting and care.

Two separate plans. Hosting keeps your site online. Care keeps it current. Take one, both, or neither.

Hosting

$15a month, or $150 a year

  • Fast global hosting
  • HTTPS, set up and renewed
  • Uptime monitoring, and a fix within 1 business day if your site goes down
  • A saved copy of every version of your site
  • Working contact and sign-up forms with spam filtering
  • Help connecting your domain

Care plans

Updates and support. Works on any host.

  • Care Essential

    A monthly check of forms, links, and speed. Up to 30 minutes of changes. Email replies within 2 business days.

    $20a month

  • Care Plus

    Everything in Essential, plus up to 1 hour of changes, a new book page for each release, and a monthly search check.

    $49a month

  • Concierge Care

    Everything in Plus, with up to 2 hours of changes, launch-week help, a quarterly report, and replies within 1 business day.

    $99a month

Domains, handled

Launch Sites and Signature Sites include domain management: help choosing a name, the first year of a standard domain (usually $10 to $20), DNS, HTTPS, email records, and renewal reminders. Premium-priced names are quoted first.

Your domain is yours. It's registered in your name, and if we ever hold it during setup, we transfer it to you free on request.

Launch Sites and Signature Sites include the first 3 months of hosting and Care Essential. They only turn into a paid plan if you opt in, and we send a reminder first. Cancel any plan any time online, and service runs to the end of the period you paid for. You always own your domain and your files.

How paying works

Half now, half at launch

A 50% deposit starts the build. The rest is due when your site goes live. Prefer three payments? Ask, and we'll set it up at no extra cost.

Love the direction, or get your deposit back

We design your homepage before we build the rest. If you don't love the direction after two rounds of changes, we refund your deposit.

Pricing questions

Ask anything else on the request form. A person reads every message.

Why “starting at”?

Every author's site is a little different. A starting price covers the scope listed on the card. If you need more, your written quote shows it, and you approve the total before we begin.

Is the free mockup really free?

Yes. We design your homepage from your public book information and send a private link. You owe nothing, and you can keep the ideas.

Do I have to use your hosting?

No. You can host the site yourself, and we hand you the files. Care plans work on any host.

Who owns my domain?

You do, always. It's registered in your name, with your contact details, in your own account. If we ever hold it during setup, we transfer it to you on request at no fee.

Don't have a domain yet?

Launch Sites and Signature Sites include domain management. We help you pick a name, set it up, and connect your email, and the first year is included for standard domains (usually $10 to $20). Premium-priced names are quoted first. After year one, renewal is about $10 to $12 a year for a .com, paid by you at cost.

What if I leave later?

Cancel hosting or care any time online, and your service runs to the end of the period you paid for. We send you every site file and a short guide to hosting it anywhere. No fees to leave.

Do you work with self-published authors?

Yes. We work with authors on every path, and the standard stays the same.

See your new homepage before you spend a cent.

Send us your book link. We design a homepage mockup in your genre and covers. If you like it, we quote the rest. If you don't, you keep the ideas.

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