Every agency in this market makes you book a call before they will say a number. We think that is a way of finding out your budget before quoting you. Our prices are below. If your project is bigger than these, we will quote it in writing within one business day.
Optional. Cancel any time. Your site stays yours either way.
Hosting, SSL and daily backups
Security updates and uptime monitoring
Up to 1 hour of content edits per month
Monthly report: visits, calls, form fills
Priority response within 4 business hours
If you skip it, hosting runs about $5 a month, or free on several services we will point you to. Your site works either way and it is still yours.
Compare
What you are actually choosing between.
Option
Up front
Every month
Speed
You own it
Local SEO
Epitaxy Lab
$350 – $2,400
$0 or $49
Under 1s
Yes
Built in
DFW agency
$5,000 – $15,000
$150 – $500
Varies
Often no
Usually
Wix / Squarespace
Your time
$23 – $49
2 – 5s
No
Limited
WordPress + plugins
$0 – $2,000
$25 – $80
3 – 6s
Yes
Plugin-dependent
Overseas freelancer
$150 – $600
$0
Varies
Yes
Rarely
Your nephew
Dinner
$0
Varies
Yes
No
Market figures are published industry ranges as of 2026-10-12. Your own quotes will vary. We include this because you should compare, not because we think every one of these is a bad choice. If you are pre-revenue and have a weekend, Wix is genuinely fine and we will tell you so.
Why you can trust us
Six promises, in writing, before you pay anything.
We are a small studio and we are new in this town. We do not have a hundred reviews yet, so instead of asking for faith we give you terms you can check and that protect you, not us.
You pay nothing until you see it
We design your homepage first and show it to you live. If you do not like the direction, you walk away and owe nothing. No deposit to start.
You own everything, day one
Domain, hosting, code, logins, analytics. All of it goes in your name, in your accounts. We are not a platform you get locked into, and there is no ransom if you leave.
Fixed price, written before we start
The number we quote is the number you pay. If we underestimated, that is our problem, not your invoice. No hourly billing, no surprise change orders.
A deadline in writing
Every project gets a delivery date in the agreement. Miss it and we take 10% off for every week late. We have never had to pay it, and we would rather keep it that way.
Built to load in under a second
Half of mobile visitors leave a page that takes over three seconds. We build static, we measure with Google PageSpeed, and we show you the score before launch.
English and Español, done properly
Not a Google Translate widget. Real bilingual copy written by a native Spanish speaker, with the right hreflang tags so Google ranks both versions.
FAQ
The questions people actually ask.
How much does a website cost for a small business?
Ours start at $350 for a single-page site and $650 for a five-page site. A twelve-page site with local SEO and city pages is $1,200. Most agencies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area quote $5,000 to $15,000 for the same work, and many of them will not tell you a number until you sit through a sales call. Our prices are on the pricing page because you should be able to plan without booking a meeting.
Is $1,500 a good price for a website?
It depends entirely on what is in it. For a custom-built site with real local SEO, city pages and a booking system, $1,500 is a fair price and below the market. For a five-page template with stock photos, it is too much. Ask any quote three questions: how many pages, do I own the code, and what happens if I stop paying you. The answers tell you what you are actually buying.
Why is a website builder like Wix or Squarespace so expensive over time?
The monthly fee never stops and it goes up. At $23 to $49 a month, five years costs $1,400 to $2,900, and at the end you own nothing and cannot take the site with you. A site we build is a one-time cost, hosted for about $5 a month or free, and the files are yours. The builders are genuinely good if you want to do it yourself today. They are expensive if you plan to still be in business in five years.
How long does it take to build a website?
A Launch Page is five to seven days. A Starter Site is ten to fourteen days. A Business Site is three to four weeks. The part that takes longest is almost never the code, it is waiting on photos and text from you. If you have your content ready, we move fast.
Do I own my website?
Yes, completely, and this is not standard in this industry. Domain, code, hosting account, analytics and every login is created in your name and handed to you at launch. If you fire us tomorrow, you keep the site and it keeps working. We have seen too many businesses discover their site was rented.
Do I have to pay a monthly fee?
No. The $49 Care Plan is optional and cancellable. If you skip it, you handle your own hosting, which runs about $5 a month or free on several services we will point you to, and you edit your own content, which we train you to do on the handover call.
What do you need from me to start?
Your logo if you have one, photos of your work or your place, a rough list of services, and fifteen minutes on the phone. If you do not have photos or written text, we will draft the text for you and tell you exactly which photos to take with your phone.
Will my site show up on Google?
Being indexed is guaranteed, and we submit your sitemap at launch. Ranking on page one is not guaranteed by anyone honest, because it depends on your category and your competition. What we can tell you is that in smaller towns like Krum, Sanger, Ponder or Justin, ranking for your city plus your service is usually achievable in weeks. In Frisco or Plano it takes months and your Google Business Profile matters more than your site.
Can you build the site in Spanish?
Yes, and properly. Both languages are built as separate indexed pages with the correct hreflang tags so Google ranks each version in its own language. The Spanish is written by a native speaker, not run through a translation plugin. In this part of Texas that is frequently the highest-return decision in the whole project.
What if I already have a website?
We will look at it for free and tell you honestly whether it needs a rebuild or just needs fixing. Sometimes the answer is that your site is fine and your Google Business Profile is the actual problem, and that is an hour of work rather than a project. We will say so.
How much does a mobile app cost?
Ours start at $2,500 for a Lite app covering both iOS and Android, $6,500 for an app with accounts, ordering and payments, and $12,000 and up for a custom platform. Industry sources commonly quote $10,000 to $40,000 for a simple app. We are cheaper because we build on one codebase for both platforms and because we have already solved the store submission problems once, on our own product.
Do you actually have a real business, or is this a side hustle?
Epitaxy Lab LLC is a registered Texas company with a D-U-N-S number, and we have a product live on the Apple App Store that we built, submitted and maintain. We are a small studio, not a large agency, and we would rather tell you that up front than pretend to be forty people.
What happens after the site launches?
Free fixes for 30 days on Starter, 90 days on Business. After that you either handle it yourself, with the training and recording we give you, or take the Care Plan. Either way we do not disappear, and we do not hold your logins.
Do you work with businesses outside the Denton area?
Yes, everything we do works remotely. But we focus on Denton County and about thirty miles around it because local SEO works better when we actually know the towns, and because we would rather be able to drive to you.
Free quote
Tell us what you need.
A one-minute form. You get questions and a fixed price back, not a sales call. If we are not the right fit, we will say so and point you somewhere better.