Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, subscriptions are indefinite. It generally takes us 2-3 years to make what we'd have made on a lump sum sale, so ideally clients stay 5+ years to make that wait worthwhile. By that point the site is generating more than $250 a month in value, so it's essentially paying for itself.

No, there's no buyout price. Subscriptions only work out financially if a client stays 5+ years. We rely on that recurring income to spend more time on client support instead of constantly selling to replace lost revenue, which lets us provide a better service overall.

Yes. We offer a $70/month add-on for unlimited edits and support, also with a 12 month minimum commitment. If you cancel it and want it back, you'll need to sign another 12 month term.

The biggest difference is long term versus short term cost. Subscription means smaller, manageable monthly payments but more paid over time. Lump sum gets it out of the way up front and saves money long term. It comes down to your cash flow and whether you value the ongoing service that comes with the monthly plan.

Yes and no. SEO has two parts: on-page (content, load times, accessibility, arrangement) and off-page (link building, guest posting, citations). We handle some on-page SEO as part of our packages, fast load times, accessibility, meta tags, Search Console, sitemap generation, and some content creation, but that's not the whole story. Ongoing SEO is a separate, active process, handled by our SEO partner Adam Gingery, separate from our website packages. Happy to connect you with him if you'd like professional SEO work done.

No. E-commerce takes a lot more work to set up than a regular business site, and the cost doesn't work at $175 a month.

Yes, you always own your domain. We never take hostages.

Rates vary project to project based on scope. The minimum base package starts at $975 a month and goes up from there depending on how aggressive you want the strategy to be.

Yes, though we know that sounds biased coming from us. Good SEO works, especially in competitive markets where you're up against sites with dozens of pages and hundreds of backlinks. It's not a switch you flip. It's a long term investment and strategy that takes time, sometimes 6-12 months, to show results.

Nope. Unless you're featured in the New York Times or a major publication, you're not shooting to the top in a month. Anyone promising #1 rankings in under 3 months guaranteed is not being straight with you. Smaller markets can move faster, but ultimately it's up to Google and your competition.

Our SEO expert has an extensive background in copywriting focused on delivering high quality content, prioritizing real value over SEO tricks. They write all website copy themselves, blending SEO expertise with strong writing. Content is the core of SEO: your site should directly answer the questions your potential clients have. That builds trust with users and authority with Google at the same time.

Yes and no. SEO is made up of two parts: on-page (content, load times, accessibility, arrangement) and off-page (link building, guest posting, citations). We handle some on-page SEO as part of our packages, fast load times, accessibility, meta tags, Search Console, sitemap generation, and some content creation, but that's not the whole story. Ongoing SEO is a separate, active process, which we take care of separately from our website packages.

Yes. Google Ads pairs well with our SEO strategies, generating leads in the short term while SEO builds up over the long term. Our ads expert has experience across budgets from small businesses up to Fortune 500 advertisers.

Yes. We use a range of tools to identify every possible issue and area of improvement on your site. A proper SEO audit is always the first step, because no amount of content or backlinks matters if the site has fundamental technical flaws holding it back.

SEO is a long term strategy. We generally expect 6-12 months to see meaningful results, sometimes less. Competing sites may have 10+ years of built-up trust with Google, so a new site has to earn that authority over time before it can take those top spots.

We generally finish a website in 2-4 weeks, depending on how quickly clients respond to content and image requests, and designer/developer availability. Sometimes it's 2 weeks, sometimes 3.

No, otherwise everyone would just do that and we'd go out of business. But you keep your domain and assets.

Yes. We don't take hostages. Even if we bought the domain for you, when you cancel your subscription we transfer it to you.

Yes. Everything is built with Breakdance and custom hand-written code. That's what separates us: we put in the time to do things differently, so you can take over the site and make your own edits very easily.

Breakdance took the best functionality from Elementor and its third-party add-ons and built it into the core product. There's no need to buy and install a bunch of extra add-ons to get the features you need.

Yes. If something were to happen to me, the owner and operator, we have dev partners in Calgary and Vancouver who know our operations and can get up to speed quickly.

You send an email to dsgnsca@gmail.com and it goes into our ticketing system, where I and my team read, fulfill, and mark it as solved.