No. Similar to models like Wix and Square Space, you own and have complete rights to your account but not the website itself. Your website stays live as long as you are paying the monthly subscription. If you want to close your account you can simply let us know. If you have been with us for twelve consecutive months, we will package your images and copy (yes, even if we have written it) into a zip file and email it to you.

Your monthly subscription fee covers the following:

  • Page Additions (up to plan limit)
  • Page Content & Image Updates
  • CRM Integration
  • JavaScript/PHP Custom Coding
  • Custom Contact Forms
  • Competitor Research
  • Keyword Research & Updating
  • Strategy Development & Revisions
  • Secure Web Hosting with 24×7 Uptime Monitoring
  • Auto-Healing Technology
  • Plugin Security Alerts
  • SSL Certificate Management
  • Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Faster Loading
  • Nightly Backups
  • WordPress Theme Monitoring and Updates
  • Site Health Monitoring
    • Disavowing Bad Backlinks
    • Page Speed Optimization
    • Code Error Review and Correction
  • Site Maintenance
    • Plugin Updates
    • Broken Link Checks
    • Sitemap Submissions to Search Engines
  • Monthly Analytics Reporting
  • Site-Wide On-page SEO Setup
    • Title & Meta Descriptions
    • Image Optimization
    • Interpage Linking
  • Google Webmaster Tool Setup & Management
    • Google Console Setup & Management
    • Google My Business Setup & Management
    • Google Analytics Setup & Management

Why can’t you just close your account and take the website with you?

The websites we develop contain premium themes and plugins that are worth thousands of dollars. Most of these are paid for annually under our business account – which could run the risk of being abused if not managed by us. In addition, the websites we develop have customized code that enables our client’s to competitively rank on Google for specific search terms. This code could cause a conflict of interest if we were to acquire a client in your industry and have to try and outrank a website that was built by us but is no longer managed by us. In other words, our code is our business. If someone can package our code, they can reverse-engineer our model, and compete against us.

To look at it another way, if you go to a restaurant you can get a scrumptious meal as often as you’d like as long as you pay for it, but you’ll never get the recipe or the cook. The same goes for our websites. You can get a stellar website for as long as you pay for it, but our code or our developer? Nah, we keep a tight grip on them.