Press.
§ 02 / The press

Four steps to a finished website, ready in five working days.

Press works preview-first: you send a brief, we hand-build your full website preview in five working days at no charge, and you pay $299 (one flat rate) only if you keep it. Here is the whole press run, step by step.

01

Send us the brief.

Four fields. Name, email, what to include, optional logo. Takes four minutes. We read it the same day.

02

We set the type.

Over five working days we sketch the structure, draft the pages, set the style, polish the seams, and proof the whole thing before we send it.

03

You read the proof.

A live preview lands in your inbox. Open it on your phone, show your partner, sleep on it. No card, no obligation.

04

Decide.

If it's worth it, pay. We ship it to your domain. If it's not, we shake hands and burn the proof. The first impression is on us.

§ 02.1 / How you pay (and won't)

Three ways to buy a website. One doesn't ask you to gamble.

Web design is usually sold one of two ways, and both ask you to commit before you've seen the work. Here is the difference, in plain terms.

The subscription

Pay monthly

Nothing up front, then a fee every month, often for as long as the site stays live. Stop paying and it goes dark. The code was never yours to keep.

The 50% deposit

Pay before you see it

The usual agency deal: half the fee before a single page is designed, the rest on delivery. You are paying on a promise, sight unseen.

The Press way

See it, then decide

We build the real, working site first and show you. Free. You pay once, $299, only if you keep it. No deposit, no monthly, and the source code is yours on payment.

§ 02.2 / The proofreader's terms

Six promises. Plainly written.

Most terms are written so they can't be read. These are written so they can. Print them, frame them, hold us to them.

For the binding detail, see the full Terms of Service and all legal documents.

i.

The first impression is on us.

Every preview we make is offered free of charge. You do not pay for the request, the brief, the draft, or the proof. No card is captured. No subscription is opened. You owe us nothing until you decide our work is worth keeping.

ii.

Five working days, every time.

Your preview lands within five working days of your brief. The clock is a discipline, not a slogan. The constraint is what makes the work honest. If anything ever threatens that window, you hear it from us before the deadline, not after.

iii.

Up to four pages, one form or integration.

Every preview we print holds the same shape: up to four pages (a homepage, an about, a work or services page, a contact) plus one opt-in form or a basic API integration. The constraint is what makes five working days possible. The build that follows can be tighter or broader. See the rate card.

iv.

Pay only if you proceed.

Keep the preview and pay $299 (one flat rate) and we go to print. Need more pages, forms, or integrations? Add them as line items; see the rate card. You pay the full amount once, when you decide to keep it. You are deciding with the finished proof already in front of you, so the fee is non-refundable once paid (your rights for defective or misdescribed work are unaffected). To get it right, every purchase comes with ten days of free revisions after you keep it. Keep sending changes and we reset the type at no charge. The code is yours on full payment: not before, not in escrow, just yours. Decline the preview and the file is closed: no penalty, no follow-up sales call, no shaming. We mean this.

v.

What we keep, what we don’t.

We keep the right to show our work in our own gallery, with your name removed if you prefer. We don't keep your data, your draft, or your logo if you ask us to delete them. One email and it's gone. We don't resell, repurpose, or pitch you again unless you ask.

vi.

Why we work this way.

Because the people who need websites most are the ones who can least afford to commission one on faith. Because the way to earn a brief is to do it, not to argue for it. Because the press has always understood: the proof comes before the invoice.

That's the deal. If it sounds fair, send us a brief.