How Site Builder works

You fill out a short form, we build your site, and you check a preview before it goes live. Here is what happens, what you get, and what it costs.

By Al, BuzFind founderUpdated Portland, Indiana (Reading, PA roots)

What Site Builder is

Site Builder is one of our 25 AI agents. It takes a description of your business and turns it into a mobile-friendly website. It writes the code, picks the photos, and lays out the pages. Then you check a preview, and the site only goes live after you approve it. For the Web Presence and Business Website packages, the preview is usually ready the same day. The Blog Website takes 1 to 2 business days and the E-Commerce Website 5 to 7, after a short planning call.

You pay for Site Builder once ($599 to $3,499, depending on the package). At checkout you choose one of two options: we host your site for $19 a month on your own domain (yourbusiness.com), or you host it yourself and we send you the source code as a download. Either way, any agents on your plan keep working: through the dashboard if we host your site, or through our API if you host it somewhere else.

How it works, step by step

  1. You pick a style and fill out the wizard. You choose a look from our template gallery of sample sites, then tell us your business name, what you do, where you work, your services, your phone number, and your colors and theme.
  2. You pay through Stripe. You pay once for the build (plus your first month of hosting if we host your site). Stripe handles the payment, so your card is never stored on our servers.
  3. The build starts on its own. Once your payment goes through, the Site Builder agent gets your details and starts building your pages.
  4. The agent writes your site. It writes starter text from your order details and builds one page at a time: home, about, services, and contact, plus blog or product pages depending on your package. Each page is checked against our quality rules before it is saved.
  5. Photos that fit your trade. The agent picks stock photos from Pexels that match your kind of business, so a plumber doesn't get electrician photos.
  6. We email you a preview link. When the build is done, you get a link to your order page. Open it to see a preview of your site.
  7. You approve it or ask for changes. If you are happy with it, click Approve and publish and it goes live on your domain. If something needs changing, click Make changes and tell us what.
  8. You're live. Your site is online for your customers to visit. Showing up in Google search takes longer and depends on your competition.

The four tiers

Each package builds a different size of website. Pick the one that fits what your business needs.

TierPricePagesBest for
Web Presence$599 one-time2 pages (home and contact)Tradespeople who need a simple site with their details
Business Website$1,299 one-time4 pages (home, services, about, contact)Most local small businesses
Blog Website$1,799 one-time4 pages plus a blog, with one starter postService businesses that want to write articles
E-Commerce Website$3,499 one-time5 pages plus 20 product pages with photos, a shopping cart, secure Stripe checkout, order emails, stock counts, shipping and sales tax, and a Google Shopping feed (talk to us first)Small shops that want to sell online

See the full Site Builder catalog page to start an order.

What's in every tier

  • A Next.js site that works well on phones and loads fast
  • Stock photos from Pexels that fit your trade
  • Page titles and descriptions sized to fit Google's search results on phones
  • LocalBusiness schema markup that tells Google your business name, trade, and location
  • A contact page with tap-to-call and email buttons (a contact form is a custom extra, billed by the hour)
  • Sitemap.xml + robots.txt
  • SSL certificate via Let's Encrypt (included while we host your site)
  • Hosting at $19/mo if we host your site (first month paid at checkout)

Hosting and your domain

Hosting with BuzFind is $19/month. Your site runs on a domain you own, like yourbusiness.com.

  • Buy your domain name yourself. Use any domain company, register it in your name, and renew it on time. We do not sell domain names yet.
  • Point it to us. Add the DNS records we show you in the dashboard. While we host your site, we set up SSL for you. It is included with hosting.

Want to host it somewhere else? Choose self-hosting at checkout, and after you approve the preview we send you the full Next.js source code as a download. You can put it on Vercel, Netlify, your own server, or wherever you like. Any agents on your plan keep working through our API (see API for self-hosted customers).

Revisions during the build

You see a preview of your site before you approve it. Changes during this time are unlimited and included in the Site Builder price. Tell us what to change (text, layout, photos, or colors) and we update those pages. Once you approve, the build is done and the site goes live.

Changes after launch

After your site is live, there are two scenarios:

  • You have hosting with us, or any agent plan, or both. If we host your site, you can change the words on your pages yourself, any time, with Edit my site in your dashboard. For other changes, like swapping images, adding a service area, or adding a new page, open a support ticket. They're $110 an hour, with a written estimate first. We back up the site before each change so it can be undone. Bigger jobs, like a redesign, are $110 an hour with a written estimate first.
  • You bought Site Builder once and have no hosting or plan with us. You have the source code, so you or your developer can edit it (it is standard Next.js). If you want us to make a change, it is $150 an hour for a single request (1-hour minimum), or a prepaid block of 5 hours for $625 or 10 hours for $1,100. With hosting or an agent plan, the rate drops to $110 an hour. We never bill you for a change without a written estimate you accepted first.

Will the site rank in Google?

We build the site SEO-ready: clean code, fast pages, schema markup, and a layout made for phones. Ranking in Google takes time and depends on your competition and the work done after launch (your Google Business Profile, new content, and links other sites give you naturally). Many businesses start to see changes in about 2 to 3 months, depending on competition. We never promise a date. Ongoing SEO is a separate service; see our monthly SEO plans.

Ready to start?

Open the Site Builder ordering page, pick your package, and fill in the form. We email you a preview when it is ready. If you have questions before ordering, message support first.

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