Usually handled with the build
Your site needs a home after it is built.
Your build price creates the website. The ongoing plan keeps the web stack from becoming your second job: hosting, domain connection, SSL checks, light updates, contact path checks, and a person who already knows the site.
The practical setup
Most clients keep hosting with the build.
Your site will be hosted and lightly managed by Birthsite Sprint for $250/year, or $25/month. This keeps the site live, connected, secure, checked, and covered for small routine edits after launch.
The annual plan is the default because it keeps launch simple: one build, one setup, one person responsible for making sure the site is online and the inquiry path works.
Self-hosting path: “I will be hosting my site elsewhere; just build it for me.”
Choose that only if you already have your own hosting, WordPress admin setup, SSL/domain connection, backups, updates, and someone responsible for maintaining the site after delivery.
The default path
Most clients do not want to become their own WordPress host.
Because the site build price is intentionally reasonable, the cleanest option is usually to include the first year of managed hosting and web admin in the build total. That keeps launch simple: one project, one setup, one person responsible for getting the site live and keeping it reachable.
You can take the fully coded WordPress site to your own hosting if you want. But for most birthworkers, doulas, newborn care specialists, consultants, and small service providers, that is not the practical path. The practical path is: build the site, keep it hosted, keep the inquiry links working, and avoid turning website maintenance into another unpaid job.
What you are paying for
A clean site is only useful if it stays reachable, accurate, and easy to update.
Hosting + uptime basics
The site stays hosted, live, and reachable without you needing to learn a hosting dashboard.
Domain, DNS + SSL watch
Connection issues, security padlocks, redirects, and renewal surprises get watched instead of ignored. If you want to update DNS yourself, use the domain connection guide.
Small routine edits
Text swaps, photo swaps, button links, service-area tweaks, and small page corrections do not need a new website project.
Inquiry path checks
Contact buttons, booking links, and form routing get checked so families do not hit a dead end.
Plain-English web admin
You have someone to ask before changing domains, email, Google profiles, booking links, or website settings.
Ownership stays clean
Your business should own the domain, email, Google profile, booking tool, payment account, and socials. I manage the technical layer.
Compared with the big platforms
Most builders charge you for software access. This plan includes a human being who knows your site.
Prices below are published platform prices checked May 15, 2026. They change often, may require annual billing, and usually exclude taxes, domain renewal after the first year, email, premium apps, and the time it takes to manage the site yourself.
Included
Small, routine, keep-it-working help.
- Hosting and basic site availability checks
- SSL/domain connection support
- Small text and image swaps
- Button, booking, phone, and email link updates
- Contact form and inquiry path checks
- Renewal reminders and simple web-admin questions
Quoted separately
New work stays priced like new work.
- Redesigns or major layout changes
- New multi-section pages
- SEO campaigns, blog writing, posting plans, or ads unless added as a separate monthly service
- Booking-system builds or email migrations
- Emergency same-day support
- Malware cleanup or platform-level incidents outside the site scope
Simple account setup
Your main accounts stay in your name.
Your domain, email, Google profile, booking tool, payments, and social accounts should belong to your business. Birthsite Sprint can help connect and manage the website side, but you keep the keys to the accounts that matter. For domain-specific instructions, open the domain connection guide.
Pricing source notes
Checked May 15, 2026. Platform pricing changes often and may vary by country, taxes, subscription length, promos, and renewal terms.