Every question that slows someone down.

2–4 weeks for most projects, counted from the day we agree scope to the day it's live. The Large tier (9–15 pages) runs longer — you get a specific date before anything starts, not a range you have to guess inside.

I keep revising until it matches what we agreed on paper, at no extra cost. The scope we agree beforehand is specific enough that "I don't like it" usually points at something concrete — a color, a layout choice, a piece of copy — and we fix that concrete thing.

Yes — a written scope with the price, what's included, and the timeline, agreed before I write a line of code. If something outside that scope comes up mid-project, it's a written update to the agreement, not a surprise on the final invoice.

Some money upfront to start, the rest on delivery. The exact split gets confirmed when we agree scope — it depends on the size of the project, not a fixed rule applied the same way to a $700 landing page and a $9,000 build.

Yes. Grid & Frame is remote-first — writing code, testing it, and deploying it never required being in the same room. Calls happen over video, same as they would with a studio three states away.

Hand-written HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No WordPress, no Squarespace, no page builder. That means no monthly plugin fees and no template someone else's logo used to be on — the build log is the actual git history behind this claim, not a marketing page describing it.

Not by default — a hand-coded site doesn't come with an editor built in the way a template does. If that matters to you, the CMS add-on (see pricing) gives you a simple way to edit your own text without touching code. Otherwise, small edits are exactly what the care plans are for.

You own the code and the domain — always. The site lives in a git repository that gets handed over, and hosting normally runs on Cloudflare Pages, which is free and isn't tied to me personally paying for anything. Any developer could pick up the repo and keep going. That's the actual point of not building on a proprietary platform.

Yes, as part of any care plan — SSL, backups, and uptime are covered starting at Care Lite. To be clear about the "$0/month hosting" line elsewhere on this site: the infrastructure itself (Cloudflare Pages) genuinely costs nothing, with or without a care plan. A care plan pays for a person watching the site and making edits, not for servers. If you'd rather host it yourself or move it elsewhere later, nothing stops you.

Usually me, drafted from a short interview about your business — most owners don't have finished copy sitting around, and that's fine. You approve every word before it goes live. If you already have text you like, it gets used as-is or lightly edited with your sign-off.

Less than you'd think: what the business does, who it's for, and any photos or a logo if they exist. Missing pieces don't block the start — a logo can be part of the project (see the add-ons on pricing), and text gets drafted from the interview above. The written scope lists exactly what's needed from you and when, so nothing stalls halfway.

You keep your domain, your email keeps working, and the old site stays up until the new one is ready — the switch itself is a DNS change, not downtime. Old page addresses get redirected so links and Google results don't break. I've done cutovers around live business email before without touching it; that part gets treated as carefully as the site itself.

Honest answer: a well-built site is a prerequisite for ranking, not a guarantee of it. What's included in every build — the "SEO groundwork" on pricing — is the technical layer: proper page titles and descriptions, a sitemap, fast load times, clean structure Google can read. Actually climbing the results for competitive searches is ongoing work over months, which is what Care Pro exists for. Anyone who promises you page one for a flat fee is selling something else.

Run it through the free site audit — paste the URL, get a real measurement of load weight, scripts, and trackers, no call required first. If it turns up nothing worth fixing, that's a real answer too.