Everything your agency does for your website — done by one experienced person, for a fraction of the invoice. Same work. Same deliverables. No org chart on your bill.
A typical agency retainer for a local business runs $2,500 to $4,000 a month. For that you get updates, some content, a report, and a monthly call. The work is usually fine. The invoice is the problem — you’re not just paying the person doing the work. You’re paying the account manager who emails you, the project manager who schedules the person doing the work, and a share of the office everyone sits in.
I’m one person with over 20 years of WordPress behind me. My Full Webmaster service is $1,000 a month — updates, security, fresh content pages every month, local SEO, and a report you can read in two minutes. Same deliverables. One person. You talk to the guy who does the work, because there is nobody else.
Most owners I talk to don’t own their own website. The domain is registered to the agency. The hosting sits on the agency’s account. The admin login is “available on request.” That’s normal in this business, and it’s wrong. Step one of every takeover is moving your domain, your hosting, and every login into your name. If we never work together again after that, you’ll still be better off than you are today.
I review what you have, what you own, and what’s actually being delivered each month. That’s the $250 Website Risk Audit — credited if you come aboard.
Domain, hosting, and every login move into your name. From here on, you own everything. Always.
I take over quietly. Your site doesn’t blink, your email doesn’t stop, and your rankings don’t reset.
Full Webmaster kicks in — updates, security, fresh pages, local SEO, and a plain-English report every month.
Some agencies are worth every dollar. If you need TV spots, big paid-media budgets, and a team of specialists, hire one. But if what you’re actually getting each month is website maintenance, a few posts, and a report — you’re paying agency prices for webmaster work. That’s the part I fix.
Full Webmaster — $1,000/mo is the usual fit: everything your retainer covers, plus 4 new SEO + AI-visibility pages every month and your Google Business Profile backed up so a suspended listing doesn’t mean starting over. Website Care — $500/mo if you just need the site kept healthy. Multi-location business? That’s a custom quote — call me.
One call. No pitch. If your agency is a good deal, I’ll tell you so.