The CarmelSignal

The Carmel SignalRates & TermsPage 2

Vol. I, No. 1Friday, July 24, 2026Prices printed in full

Nothing on this page requires a phone call

Schedule of rates

Printed in full. $0 down on every plan — the work proves itself first.

Fourteen of sixteen local agencies will not print their prices. Here is our entire schedule — what each plan holds, which promise rides with it, and what leaving costs.

Starter

$297

per month

$0 down

  • Custom-designed site, built by hand, hosted
  • Google Business Profile, optimized
  • Review automation
  • Missed-call text-back
  • The Signal — your lead dashboard
Review-growth promise
Begin with Starter

Growth

$397

per month

$0 down

  • Everything in Starter, and —
  • AI chat receptionist, answering day and night
  • Quarterly database reactivation
  • Listings synced across the directories
Full promise — leads, in writing
Begin with Growth

Pro

$497

per month

$0 down

  • Everything in Growth, and —
  • Voice AI receptionist on your line
  • Monthly local-SEO sprint
  • First in line, always
Full promise — leads, in writing
Begin with Pro

⁂ Builds of this kind are typically quoted at $3,000 or more, up front, before a line is drawn. Here the same work costs $0 down — it earns its keep monthly, or you leave.

Month to month · cancel anytime · your domain, your site, your words

What $0 down changes

It changes who pays when, not what gets built.

“$0 down” is not a discount. It is a change in the order of events. The usual arrangement bills you $3,000 or more before any work exists. Ours reverses it: we design and build the site first, you look at the finished thing, and the plan — $297, $397, or $497 a month — begins only when you say so. Same site, same hands, same work. What moves is the risk, from your side of the table to ours.

If you leave, you leave with everything. The arrangement is month to month. The domain is yours, the site is yours, every word on it is yours — leave in month two or year five, and it all goes with you. There is no buy-out figure and no hostage clause, because we never owned any of it.

We can afford this for one reason: the work proves itself monthly. An agency paid $3,000 up front has been paid whether the phone rings or not. A shop paid monthly is only paid while the site earns its fee — if it stops earning, you stop paying. That is not generosity. It is the arrangement that keeps us honest.

Which promise rides with which plan

Stated exactly, so nothing is implied.

StarterReview-growth promise
GrowthFull promise — leads, in writing
ProFull promise — leads, in writing

Starter carries the review-growth promise only. Its levers — the site, the Business Profile, review automation — cannot guarantee leads, and we will not put in writing what the machinery cannot enforce. Growth and Pro add the receptionists and the reactivation that can, so the full lead promise — counted in The Signal, signed before the first dollar moves — rides with those two.

Read the promise in full

The terms they won’t print

Five lines, side by side. Every one of ours is above, in ink.

The terms, side by side
The termThis shopThe usual agency
Publishes pricesYesNo
Leads guaranteed in writingYesNo
Every lead in a dashboard you watchYesNo
You own domain, site, and wordsYesNo
Month to month, leave anytimeYesNo

Fourteen of sixteen local agencies keep their prices off the page. You have just read all of ours.

Questions about the rates

Answered in the open, like the prices.

What does $0 down actually mean?

You pay nothing before the site exists. We design it, you see it working, and the first dollar moves when you start a plan — $297, $397, or $497 a month. Builds of this kind are typically quoted at $3,000 or more, up front. Here the work proves itself first.

What exactly is in each plan?

Starter, $297 a month: a custom-designed site built by hand and hosted, your Google Business Profile optimized, review automation, missed-call text-back, and The Signal — your lead dashboard. Growth, $397: everything in Starter, plus an AI chat receptionist answering day and night, quarterly database reactivation, and listings synced across the directories. Pro, $497: everything in Growth, plus a voice AI receptionist on your line, a monthly local-SEO sprint, and first place in line. Every plan is $0 down.

Why does Starter carry a different promise?

Starter carries the review-growth promise only. Its levers — the site, the Business Profile, review automation — cannot guarantee leads, so we do not guarantee them. Growth and Pro add the receptionists and reactivation that can, and the lead guarantee comes with them, in writing.

Can I leave? What do I keep?

Month to month, cancel anytime. The domain is yours, the site is yours, every word on it is yours. Leave, and it all goes with you.

What happens if you miss the written mark?

We notify you — you do not have to catch it. Then you choose: a full refund, or we work free until the mark is hit. The guarantee is signed before the first dollar moves.

The rates are printed. The promise is scoped in writing. The next step costs $0 — you see your site before you pay.

See your site before you payRead the promise