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TTA vs. the usual options
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Do it yourself
Wix, Squarespace or GoDaddy. You build and run it. Squarespace first year: about $228–$1,188 on annual billing ($19–$99/mo, US, checked 11/2/2026). Wix and GoDaddy: see their pricing pages.
One-time build
TTA pay once: $599 one-page or $1,499 multi-page. You own the site from the day you pay. TTA registers and pays for your domain in year one, finishes setup, then transfers it into your name after launch. Renewals after year one are about $10–20/yr, paid by you. Fiverr freelancer: $1,000–$5,000 for a basic small-business site (Fiverr’s 2025 guide).
Managed plan
TTA $0 down, first year: Starter $2,388, Visibility $4,788, Lead Engine $7,188, Growth Engine $10,788 (12 monthly payments), or 10% less with yearly prepay. Freelancer retainers: $500–$2,000/mo (Fiverr’s 2025 guide). Local agencies: quote-based.
Competitor prices change; sources and dates are in the full table.
Full comparison table
| TTA Web Dev | Wix | Squarespace | GoDaddy | Fiverr freelancer | Local agency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | ✓ Pay once: one-page $599 / multi-page $1,499, or $0 down | See wix.com/plans | None shown (DIY; plan fee below) | Varies, see godaddy.com | $1,000–$5,000 for a small-business basic site, per Fiverr’s 2025 guide | Varies, quote-based |
| Monthly | ✓ $0 on Pay once*; $0 down: Starter $199, Visibility $399, Lead Engine $599, Growth Engine $899 /mo; Local SEO Advantage $399/mo for a site you keep; Care $99/mo | See wix.com/plans | $19–$99/mo annual; $25–$139/mo monthly (US, checked 11/2/2026) | Varies, see godaddy.com | Retainers $500–$2,000/mo, per Fiverr’s 2025 guide | Varies, quote-based |
| Move or own the site | ✓ Pay once: you own the site day one; TTA registers and pays for the domain in year one, finishes setup, then transfers it into your name after launch. $0 down: yours after 12 paid payments, by buyout after the 6-mo minimum, or as soon as a yearly prepay is paid in full. How ownership and discounts work | Must stay on Wix servers | Partial export (WordPress XML only) | Not listed publicly | Depends on platform | Varies by contract |
| Contract | ✓ None on Pay once; $0 down: 6-mo min, then monthly | See wix.com/plans | Monthly or annual billing | Plan-based, with monthly credits that don’t roll over | Per gig | Varies by contract |
| What the free plan includes | ✓ Free mockup first; no DIY | $0, no credit card (Wix); “Accept payments” listed on Core plan and up | No free plan; 14-day free trial (Squarespace) | $0, 50 AI credits/mo, no credit card; connect your own domain to any published project; built-in SEO on all plans (GoDaddy) | n/a | n/a |
| Who builds it | ✓ Done for you | You (DIY) | You (DIY) | You (DIY + AI) | Freelancer | Agency |
| Who keeps it running | ✓ We do on $0-down plans; Pay once: add Care $99/mo | You | You | You | Usually you | Varies by contract |
| Local SEO / Google Business Profile | ✓ Google Business Profile setup included on the $599 one-page site and Starter ($199/mo). Monthly profile management and local SEO included in Visibility ($399/mo) and up | Built-in Google Business Profile integration | Built-in SEO tools | Built-in SEO on all plans | Not listed publicly | Varies by contract |
| Money-back guarantee | ✓ 30-day refund of all monthly fees paid. If you get a refund, the site goes offline. Prepay and pay-once are refundable only before the build starts. Third-party domain fees are not refunded. (Refunds) | 14-day full refund on the first Premium upgrade (Wix) | Not listed publicly | Not listed publicly | Not listed publicly | Varies by contract |
*Pay once: TTA registers and pays for your domain in year one, finishes setup, then transfers it into your name after launch. Renewals after year one are about $10–20/yr, paid by you. Competitor sources, checked 11/2/2026: Squarespace pricing (verified US prices); Wix plans (see the page for current US prices); Wix GBP; Wix hosting; Squarespace export; GoDaddy Website Builder (no prices listed publicly); Fiverr’s own 2025 web designer cost guide; local agencies: no public price list (quote-based). “Not listed publicly” means we couldn’t find it on the company’s public pages. Prices change; check before you buy.
Why TTA
- ✓ A real person you can call in Thornton, CO
- ✓ Done for you, free mockup first. You pay only after you approve the preview. Live within 48 hours once you've paid and sent anything we need from you.
- ✓ You own your site: day one on Pay once, or after 12 paid payments, by buyout or yearly prepay (ownership transfers as soon as the year is paid in full). Once it's yours, the site files and domain transfer to you within 7 days of payoff.
- ✓ Google Business Profile setup included on the $599 one-page site and Starter; monthly management and local SEO from Visibility up; security on every monthly plan (backups with Care)
SEO for a site you already have
Local SEO Advantage is $399/mo if you are keeping your own site, including on Care. It is SEO work, not a new website, and Care does not discount it. It includes weekly Google Business Profile posts, up to 20 review replies a month (more is quoted), 2 unique city or service pages a month, technical fixes, a monthly results report, and Google profile setup once in month 1. Lead Engine and Growth Engine already include this work. It has a 6-month minimum, then month-to-month with 30 days' notice. If you leave before month 6, the remaining months of the 6-month minimum are due. 30-day refund of monthly fees. We do not guarantee rankings. The month-12 20% off on website plans does not apply. Pay-once clients get 20% off any website plan for the first 12 months. SEO plans are not discounted. See what is included.
How ownership and discounts work
Instead of an ad agency
One monthly plan can take the place of paying a marketing agency, a web designer, and separate help for reviews or social posts.
Growth Engine is $899 a month. It includes a managed multi-page site, local SEO basics, Google Business Profile upkeep, a monthly report, AI chat, up to 20 review replies, up to 8 approved social posts, one email or text campaign or newsletter, and one workflow. $0 down plans have a six-month minimum, then month-to-month with 30 days' notice.
| Option | Monthly management fee |
|---|---|
| TTA Growth Engine | $899/mo |
| Typical digital agency retainer | Commonly $1,000–$5,000/mo |
| Published mid-tier restaurant marketing packages | About $1,800–$4,000/mo |
| Full-time marketer in Denver | Median wage $99,040 a year, about $8,250/mo in salary before benefits |
Growth Engine includes one email or text campaign or newsletter a month. It does not include paid ads. Ads Setup is a separate, fixed-price offer for Google Search Ads, Local Services Ads, and/or Facebook and Instagram ads. You pay Google or Meta for ad spend from your own account; TTA never holds that spend. An optional light monthly ads check is also listed. See Ads Setup.
Figures are monthly management fees, checked November 11, 2026. Agency retainers commonly $1,000–$5,000 a month in the SparkToro 2025 survey (opens in a new tab). Published mid-tier restaurant marketing packages we checked were about $1,800–$4,000 a month (The Digital Restaurant pricing, Foodie Calls pricing; both open in a new tab). The Denver figure is the median wage for market research analysts and marketing specialists from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via CareerOneStop (opens in a new tab); $8,250 is that yearly wage divided by 12. This comparison is about price and what is included. It is not a promise of leads or results.
How ownership and discounts work
- Pay once: you own the site the day you pay. TTA registers and pays for your domain in year one, finishes setup, then transfers it into your name after launch.
- Monthly plan: after 12 paid monthly payments, the site transfers to you. TTA holds the domain until your site is paid off; it transfers to you within 7 days of payoff. After the 6-month minimum you can leave early with a set buyout.
Exact buyout amounts
One-page site: $299.50 at month 6, $149.75 at month 9. Multi-page site: $749.50 at month 6, $374.75 at month 9. $0 after 12 payments.
- Yearly prepay: pay 12 months up front and save 10%. The site transfers as soon as the year is paid in full.
- After month 12: 20% off your website plan, on monthly billing or an annual renewal. It isn't combined with the 10% prepay.
- Paid once for your site, then add a plan: 20% off any website plan for its first 12 months. This doesn't combine with the 10% prepay.
- Discounts don't stack. If more than one applies, you get the bigger one.
- Not discounted: Local SEO Advantage and Care. The discounts above apply only to the four website plans (Starter, Visibility, Lead Engine, Growth Engine).
- Vendor fees: We cover vendor setup fees with a first-month credit. Ongoing vendor fees are paid separately and aren't included in plan prices. On $0-down monthly plans, TTA registers and pays for your domain in year one and holds it until your site is paid off; it transfers to you within 7 days of payoff. Renewals after year one are paid separately. Pay-once sites: TTA registers and pays for your domain in year one, finishes setup, then transfers it into your name after launch. Care and Local SEO Advantage clients bring their own domain. TTA is still $0 down with no TTA setup fee.
Vendor fees by feature
- Vendor setup: domain registrar ($0-down monthly plans) — first-year registration covered by TTA (credited on your first month). On $0-down monthly plans, TTA registers and pays for your domain in year one and holds it until your site is paid off; it transfers to you within 7 days of payoff. Renewals after year one are paid separately. Monthly vendor fees paid separately: none; renewals are about $10–20/yr at registrar cost.
- Vendor setup: domain registrar (pay-once sites) — first-year registration covered by TTA. Pay-once sites: TTA registers and pays for your domain in year one, finishes setup, then transfers it into your name after launch. Monthly vendor fees paid separately: none; renewals after year one are about $10–20/yr at registrar cost.
- Vendor setup (Care and Local SEO Advantage): none; you bring your own domain, which stays with your registrar (about $10–20/yr at registrar cost).
- Vendor setup: Cloudflare hosting on your own account — $0. Monthly vendor fees paid separately: $0/mo on the free plan (up to 100,000 requests/day).
- Vendor setup: Twilio, for missed-call text-back, $4.50 one-time A2P 10DLC brand registration (plus $41.50 one-time brand vetting if your brand type needs it; campaign registration quoted before setup) — covered by TTA (credited on your first month). Monthly vendor fees paid separately: $1.15/mo for the number plus $0.0083 per text segment in or out, plus carrier fees.
- Vendor setup: Cloudflare Workers AI, for the AI chatbot — $0. Monthly vendor fees paid separately: $0 within 10,000 Neurons/day, then $0.011 per 1,000 Neurons.
- Vendor setup: Stripe, for card payments, deposits and pay links (Payment setup) — $0. Monthly vendor fees paid separately: 2.9% + $0.30 per US card charge, no monthly fee.
- Vendor setup: Resend, for campaign and newsletter email — $0. Monthly vendor fees paid separately: $0 up to 3,000 emails/mo (100/day); more volume from $20/mo.
- Vendor setup: Twilio, for text campaigns — uses the text-back number and registration above. Monthly vendor fees paid separately: $0.0083 per text segment plus carrier fees.
Plan tools stop if you cancel. Before your site is paid off, the site and domain stay with TTA unless you pay the buyout; once it's yours, both transfer to you within 7 days of payoff. Full terms