Your website questions, answered.

No. Every website plan has a $0 setup fee. Your website build and ongoing support are covered by the monthly plan, with a 12-month minimum for each plan.

The minimum term spreads the cost of your website build, hosting, maintenance, and support over monthly payments. You can see both the monthly price and the total minimum commitment for each plan on the Pricing page.

Connect includes everything in Foundation, plus supported CRM or job-software connections, online booking, automatic inquiry follow-up, and ongoing integration management. The upgrade is $120 per month. We agree on the tools and workflow before work begins.

Yes. You can move from Foundation to Connect when you want your website connected to your business tools and customer follow-up. Get in touch to discuss the right scope for your business.

After the minimum term is complete and the account is paid in full, the plan continues month to month unless canceled with 30 days' written notice. Clients can also discuss upgrading, reducing scope, or requesting a website export if they want to move in a different direction.

You can request cancellation at any time, but the selected plan's minimum term still applies. After the minimum term is complete and all outstanding balances are paid, service may continue month to month unless canceled with 30 days' written notice.

Foundation combines a website of up to five pages with ongoing Google Business Profile management, review requests, and monthly care and reporting. Connect adds supported integrations, booking, and automatic inquiry follow-up. Local Marketing includes everything in Connect plus one managed Google Search Ads campaign, call/form tracking where supported, and ongoing local SEO and landing-page improvements. It is $699 per month plus ad spend. If you’re unsure, tell us about your business and we’ll recommend a starting point.

Yes. Every website plan includes hosting, SSL/security, and maintenance, so your website and its ongoing care are covered by one monthly plan.

We include reasonable content help based on your plan, using the business and service details you provide. Larger copywriting projects, blog posts, or extensive page writing may be quoted separately.

Extra website pages, service-area pages, blog posts, landing pages, and other add-ons can be quoted before work begins. We will explain the scope and cost before adding anything outside your plan.

Maintenance includes hosting support, SSL/security basics, plan-based small content updates, basic upkeep, and help keeping the published site current. Larger redesigns, major copywriting, new page builds, advanced integrations, or rush work may be quoted separately.

We handle updates according to your plan. Foundation and Connect include one monthly batch of routine text and photo updates. Local Marketing also includes ongoing landing-page improvements.

We confirm the supported tools, connections, and workflows with you before work begins. Any third-party subscriptions, messaging usage, or custom development outside the agreed scope are explained and quoted separately.

Start with your business name, contact details, services, service area, and hours. A logo, business photos, and your current website are helpful if you have them. When it’s time to build, we’ll also need any required domain access and the details customers should know before contacting you.

You own the business information, photos, logos, and written materials you provide. Hometown Boost may use its own systems, tools, design patterns, and code to build and maintain the site. After the minimum term is complete and the account is paid in full, you may request a static export of the published website content and files where technically practical. Hosting, forms, third-party tools, paid licenses, automations, and proprietary systems are not included unless agreed in writing.

Yes. Every plan includes ongoing management of one Google Business Profile: initial optimization, business information and hours updates, two posts per month, review monitoring and response support, and review link / QR setup.

No. Search rankings, lead volume, ad results, and revenue depend on your market, competition, and other factors outside our control. We focus on a useful website, a clear path to contact you, and practical support for your local visibility.

It’s the website structure and page setup that helps search engines understand what you do and where you work. Every plan includes this foundation; Local Marketing adds ongoing local SEO and landing-page improvements.

Local Marketing is $699/month and includes management of one primary Google Search campaign. Foundation and Connect can add standalone management at $150/month + 15% of monthly ad spend. The standalone fee is not added to Local Marketing for its included campaign. Ad spend is separate and paid directly to Google.

You pay your ad budget directly to Google. Hometown Boost charges the monthly management fee separately.

No. Ad spend is separate and paid directly to Google.

No. Ads can help drive targeted traffic, but lead volume, cost per lead, and results depend on the market, budget, offer, competition, website, and follow-up.

The offer covers one primary Google Search campaign for your main service or priority offer, targeted to your service area. Meta, TikTok, display, video, and advanced campaign types are outside this offer.

Local Marketing includes management of one primary Google Search Ads campaign in its $699 monthly plan fee. It is optional and priced separately for Foundation and Connect. Ad spend is always additional and paid directly to Google.

Yes. Foundation and Connect can add Google Ads management when the website, landing page, and budget are ready. Local Marketing already includes one primary Google Search campaign. We can help assess your readiness before starting.

Update support depends on the plan. Foundation and Connect include one monthly batch of routine text and photo updates. Local Marketing also includes ongoing landing-page improvements. Larger redesigns, major copywriting, new page builds, advanced integrations, or rush requests may be quoted separately.