Based in South Africa. Serving businesses across the United States.

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From first look to the keys.

Survey, blueprint, build, keys. Here’s how we take your business from a first conversation to a live website, and what you can expect at each stage.

01

Survey

We look at your business, your competitors and your current site, then ask the few questions that matter.

What you do
Fill in the short project form and answer a few questions about your customers and your area.
What we do
Study your business, your current site and the competition, then come back with honest thoughts.

02

Blueprint

You get a clear plan and design direction before any code is written. You approve it.

What you do
Review the plan and design direction, ask for changes and approve it when it feels right.
What we do
Map out the pages, the content and the look, and give you a fixed quote and a start date.

03

Build

We custom-code your site, test it on real phones and tune it for speed and search.

What you do
Send over photos, reviews and details, and give feedback on the work in progress.
What we do
Custom-code the site, test it on real phones and tune it for speed, accessibility and search.

04

Keys

Your site goes live on your domain. You own it, and we show you how everything works.

What you do
Give us access to your domain (we’ll walk you through it) and take a last look before launch.
What we do
Put the site live on your domain, check everything works and show you how to use it.

What we need from you

  • Your business details: services, service area, hours and contact information
  • Any photos of your real work
  • Reviews you’ve collected
  • Logins for your domain, if you already have one (we’ll walk you through it)

Questions

Good questions, straight answers.

Cost and payment

  • Every project gets a fixed quote before any work starts, so you know the full price up front. As a guide, one-page sites start from $750 and multi-page sites from $1,800. The final price depends on how many pages you need and what the site has to do. See How pricing works on the Services page for how payment is split.

  • You pay by invoice, in US dollars. Most clients pay by US bank transfer (ACH), which works just like paying a local supplier. One-page sites are paid up front. Larger sites are paid 50% to start and 50% once you’ve approved the finished site, before it goes live.

  • Only the ones you choose. Your domain name costs around $10 to $20 a year, paid directly to the domain company, not to us. If you’d like us to host and look after your site, care plans start at $59 a month. If you want a business email address on your domain, you pay that provider directly, usually a few dollars a month. No hidden fees.

  • You approve the plan and design direction before we build anything, so there are no big surprises at the end. Two rounds of revisions are included once the site is built, and we keep going until the plan you approved is delivered. Because work starts on your deposit, deposits aren’t refundable once we’ve started.

Working together

  • It works in your favor. We’re six to ten hours ahead of you, so feedback you send in the evening is often done by the time you wake up. You pay in US dollars like any other supplier, and you deal with one person who knows your project from start to finish.

  • You get a fixed quote and a written agreement before anything starts. You only pay a deposit up front, and you see the site taking shape on a private preview link as it’s built. The rest is only due once you’ve approved the finished site.

  • No. Most clients prefer to work by email and short video walkthroughs, which fit around your day and leave a record of everything we agreed. If you’d rather talk something through, we’re happy to set up a call.

  • Most sites take 2 to 4 weeks from approved plan to launch. Bigger sites take longer, and we’ll tell you up front. From you, it’s usually a couple of hours in total: the project form, reviewing the plan, sending photos and details, and giving feedback.

  • No. We write the words for your site from what you tell us about your business, and you check every fact before launch. We can create a simple logo and brand starter if you need one. For photos, we’ll tell you exactly which ones are worth taking. Real photos of your work always beat stock images.

  • Yes, the same way most modern studios do: to work faster and keep prices fair. Every design decision, every line of copy and every test is done and checked by a person, and nothing goes live until it meets our standards and you’ve approved it.

Your website

  • You do. Once the final invoice is paid, your website, its files and your domain belong to you.

  • No. If you don’t have one, we’ll help you register one in your business’s name, so you own it from day one. If you already have one, it stays where it is. We just connect your new site to it.

  • Your site is custom-built rather than made with a drag-and-drop builder, which is a big part of why it’s fast and looks the way it does. The trade-off is that changes are best made by us. On a care plan, small edits like new photos, prices, hours or reviews are included every month. Without one, we’ll quote any changes as needed.

  • We can connect the booking and quoting tools many service businesses already use, such as Calendly, Square, Jobber or Housecall Pro, so customers can book or pay through your site. We don’t build full online stores with large product catalogs.

  • Yes. We can set up an address on your own domain, like you@yourbusiness.com, with a provider such as Google Workspace or Zoho. You pay the provider directly, and the account is in your name.

  • Every site is built to WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines, the standard most US accessibility guidance points to. That means clear contrast, readable text, keyboard-friendly navigation, labeled forms and image descriptions. It protects your business and makes your site easier for everyone to use.

  • Yes. It’s one of the main things we do. Send us the link and we’ll show you what we’d change, keeping the content, reviews and pages that are already working for you.

After launch

  • Every site is built with the technical groundwork search engines look for, including fast loading, clean structure and local business data. Rankings also depend on things outside your website, like your Google Business Profile, your reviews and your competition, so we won’t promise a position or a number of leads. We’ll be honest about what moves the needle.

  • No. Care plans are optional. If you’d rather host and manage the site yourself, we’ll hand it over at launch. Care plans have a 3-month minimum, then run month to month with 30 days’ notice to cancel.

  • You’re never locked in. If you leave a care plan, you get all of your site’s files, and we’ll help you move it to another host.

About the studio

  • House of Bryce is a new studio, so the work shown here is concept builds: complete, working sites made to the same standard as client work. Testimonials from our first clients will be added soon.

  • Mostly local service businesses across the US, such as landscapers, HVAC companies, vehicle wrap and signage shops, contractors and other trades. If your customers find you online and then call, book or ask for a quote, we can help.

Let’s build your new front door.

Tell us about your business. You’ll get a reply within 1 business day, with honest thoughts on what we’d do.