The $99 Launch Price: Let's Be Completely Honest About It
When we say $99 setup during the launch window, we mean it literally — and we also want to be upfront about the two small things that aren't wrapped into that number. No fine print, no gotchas revealed at checkout. Just a plain-English breakdown of what you're getting and what to expect going forward.
The standard setup price after launch is $249. The launch window is real, and once it closes, the price goes up. There's no fake countdown timer on the page and no "ends midnight tonight" pressure — but it is a finite window, so if you've been thinking about getting a proper website for your business, now is genuinely the better time to move.
Here's exactly what the $99 gets you, and exactly what it doesn't.
What's Included in the $99 Setup
A Real, Professionally Designed Website
Not a template you have to wrestle into shape yourself. A fully built, live website designed around your business — your services, your contact info, your brand. You can see what these sites actually look like at the Hands Free Sites showcase. There's a handyman site, a bakery site, a gym site, and more — all real examples of what goes live for real businesses.
Hosting and SSL, Handled
Your site runs on AWS infrastructure — reliable, fast, and secure. SSL (the padlock in the browser bar that tells visitors your site is trustworthy) is included and maintained. You never have to think about renewing it or patching anything. That's part of what hands free actually means: once your site is live, the technical upkeep runs silently in the background. Security patches, SSL renewals, hosting failover — all of it, without you logging into a dashboard to deal with it.
Domain Handling
If you already own a domain, we connect it. If you need one, we walk you through registering it and point it to your new site. (More on the domain registration fee in the "not included" section below — it's small and we pass it through at cost.)
A Contact Form That Actually Works
Visitors can reach you directly from your site. No third-party form builder to set up, no integration to configure. It's built in.
Five Free AI-Assisted Content Changes
Need to update your hours, swap out a service, change your tagline? You get five content change requests included — no extra charge, no waiting weeks for a designer to get back to you.
A Blog (With Automatic Weekly Posts)
This one surprises a lot of people. Your site comes with a blog, and Hands Free Sites publishes fresh content to it automatically every week. You don't write a word. The auto-blog is what separates a website that sits there from a website that actively works for your business — pulling in Google traffic, signaling to visitors that you're open and active, and building credibility over time. Six months from now, your site will have real content depth that a brand-new competitor won't. You'll have built that without touching a keyboard.
An XML Sitemap
Search engines get a clean map of your site from day one, which helps Google index your pages properly. Small detail, meaningful for visibility.
Support Tickets
Have a question? Need something looked at? You can submit a support ticket. You're not buying a product and being left alone — there's a team behind the service.
What's Not Included in the $99
Two things, and we want to be straightforward about both of them.
Domain Registration Fee
If you need to register a new domain name (something like yourbusiness.com), that registration fee is passed through at cost — typically around $15–$20/year depending on the registrar and the domain extension. We don't mark it up. But it's not rolled into the $99, so it's worth knowing about upfront. If you already own your domain, this doesn't apply to you at all.
The AWS Hosting Pass-Through
After your site is live, the ongoing platform fee is $10/month. On top of that, there's a small AWS hosting cost that we pass through at cost — typically $1–$3/month. So most customers pay $11–$13/month total. That's it. No renewal price that triples in year two, no upsells, no "premium plan" required to unlock basic features. The ongoing cost is low, transparent, and flat.
Why the Pricing Is Set Up This Way
A lot of website services look cheap upfront and expensive over time. We wanted to flip that. The setup fee covers the real work of building your site — and during the launch window, that's $99 instead of the standard $249. The monthly fee covers the ongoing cost of keeping your site fast, secure, and maintained, plus the auto-blog content that keeps publishing every week.
There's no moment six months from now where you open an invoice and wonder where that number came from.
How Fast Does This Actually Happen?
From sign-up to a live website: as little as one day. Real domain, real SSL, real hosting — not a preview link or a sandbox. Compare that to hiring a web designer (typically 6+ weeks and $2,000 or more) or trying to build something yourself on Wix or Squarespace (realistically 10+ hours of evenings and weekends, and the result usually shows it). The showcase sites show the quality level; the timeline is what makes it viable for a business owner who doesn't have a week to spare.
Who This Is Built For
If you're running your business off a Facebook page, a Google Business Profile, or a Yelp listing — and you know a real website would help but you haven't had the time or budget to make it happen — this is the gap Hands Free Sites was built to fill. The $99 website included during launch makes the entry point low. The hands free sites features — auto-blog, managed hosting, SSL, support — make it something you can actually set and forget.
The website service features aren't designed for someone who wants to log in every week and tinker. They're designed for someone who wants a professional website that works without becoming a part-time job.
Ready to See the Full Picture?
Head to handsfreesites.com to browse the showcase, read through exactly how the service works, and get started while the $99 launch price is still available. The launch window will close, the price will go to $249, and that'll be the end of the launch special — no drama, just the way pricing works. If you've been waiting for a reason to finally get your business a proper website, the launch price details make this the moment to move.
