OPEN Founding Client pricing — limited spots for Central California businesses

Your website, handled — for good.

CEMJ Ventures designs, builds, and runs websites for Central California's contractors and local businesses. Live in seven days. Hosting, security, and support handled every month after that, for one flat rate.

Get Started See How It Works

7 days

Discovery to launch

$50/mo

Hosting, SSL, backups & support included

Site builders you'll ever touch

The real cost of DIY

You didn't start a business to become a web developer.

Every site builder markets itself as easy. None of them mention the hours it actually takes, the subscriptions that quietly pile up, or what happens the day something breaks and nobody notices but your customers.

Going it alone

Lost billable hours

Twenty-plus hours some weekend — fighting layouts, mobile breakpoints, and DNS records — instead of running jobs and getting paid for them.

Plugin sprawl & hidden add-ons

A form plugin here, a spam filter there, a security suite, an SSL renewal. Each one is its own subscription, its own login, its own line on your card statement.

Zero accountability

Your contact form quietly stops delivering leads. Your site breaks on mobile. Nobody calls to tell you — you're the one who has to notice, then fix it yourself.

The managed advantage

$50/mo

End-to-end hosting, security, and backups
Ongoing updates and maintenance, handled without being asked
Monthly lead and form checks, so a quote request never disappears silently
A plain-English analytics review, every single month
Direct personal support — you call or text an actual person

The de-mystified hub

Your website, explained in plain English.

You don't need to understand any of this to work with us — that's the point. But if you're curious what you're actually paying for, here's the whole website, de-mystified. Tap any card.

yourbusiness.com

Domain

Your address on the internet.

Just like a street address tells people where to find your shop, your domain tells browsers where to find your site — the part customers type in, like yourcompany.com. You own your domain directly through accredited registrars, keeping complete control of your digital identity. A domain and a website are separate things: you can own the address before anything is built on it. We help you choose one that matches your business name and is easy to say out loud.

Server space

Hosting

The building your site lives in.

Every website lives on a server — a computer connected to the internet around the clock. Hosting is rent for space on that server. If your domain is the sign, hosting is the building it hangs on. We host through trusted providers like SiteGround and Namecheap: reliable, fast, and typically $10–$15/month — folded into your flat monthly rate so you never see a separate bill.

SSL / padlock

HTTPS

The padlock that keeps visitors safe.

HTTPS encrypts everything sent between a visitor's browser and your site — passwords, contact form entries, all of it. Without it, browsers flash a "Not Secure" warning and Google ranks you lower. Every site we build has HTTPS active on day one, at no extra cost and no action from you — you'll just see the padlock icon, working quietly in the background.

WordPress

CMS

The engine running the whole site.

A Content Management System is the software behind the scenes — think of it as the kitchen of a restaurant. Customers never see it, but everything reaching them comes from it. We build on WordPress: it powers 43% of the internet, it's free, you own your content forever, and if you ever leave us, your site goes with you. No lock-in, ever.

CSS / code

Design & Code

What makes it look like your business.

If HTML is the frame and walls of your site, CSS is the paint, fixtures, and layout — colors, fonts, spacing, the way it feels. When a standard template can't do what your brand needs, we write custom CSS or code to make it happen. You'll never need to touch a line of it. That's what we're here for.

Search ranking

SEO

How Google learns who you are.

When someone searches "contractor near me," Google decides which sites to show first. SEO is the work behind that decision: page titles and descriptions written around your services and city, properly labeled photos, keywords worked naturally into your text, a fast-loading site, and a Google Business Profile that puts you on the map — literally. It's a slow burn, typically 3–6 months, not a light switch. We set that expectation up front.

Monthly report

Analytics

Plain-English reports on who's visiting.

Every month, we send a simple report built on Google Analytics: total visitors, your most-viewed pages, how people found you, mobile vs. desktop, and roughly where visitors are from. No personal customer data — just anonymous patterns. See exactly what this looks like in the Reporting section below.

Compliance

Legal

Privacy policies and copyright, handled.

A public website comes with real obligations: a Privacy Policy if you collect emails or use Analytics (included on every site we build), Terms & Conditions to limit disputes (available as an add-on), and accessibility best practices for visitors using assistive technology. We only ever use your own photos or properly licensed images — never copied content. This is general guidance, not legal advice; for specific concerns, consult a business attorney.

What you actually get every month

A report you can read in two minutes, not two hours.

Every month, we send a plain-English breakdown of your site's traffic — where visitors came from, what device they used, and whether they picked up the phone or filled out your form. No dashboards to learn. No jargon to decode. Just what's working, in your inbox.

Your March Report

Sent the 1st of every month

Sample report — illustrative data

Total Visitors

1,284

912 new · 372 returning

Quote Requests

47 submitted

every one confirmed delivered

Tap-to-Call Clicks

68 calls started

from mobile visitors, one tap

Traffic Sources

Google Search 54%
Google Maps / Local 31%
Direct & other 15%

Device Breakdown

Mobile 71% Desktop 29%

Most of your customers are finding you from a job site or a truck. Your site is built mobile-first, on purpose.

This is a sample layout — your real numbers arrive by email, on the same day, every month.

Transparent pricing

One rate. Everything included.

No hourly billing, no surprise invoices, no "that'll be extra." As a Founding Client, you lock in this rate for as long as you stay with us — before we move to standard pricing for new clients.

Founding Client Tier

$500 one-time build

+ $50 /month, all-inclusive

Custom-designed site, live within 7 days
Hosting on trusted, high-uptime servers
HTTPS / SSL security, active from day one
Automatic backups, so nothing is ever lost
Ongoing updates, edits, and maintenance
Direct call-or-text support — a real person
Monthly KPI report — visitors, leads & sources
Privacy Policy page included on every build

Get Started — Founding Rate

You'll be taken to a secure Stripe checkout. Your domain stays registered in your name—you own your brand and digital assets outright, always.

How it works

Three steps. Then it's off your plate.

Discovery

A short call or questionnaire about your business, your services, and how you want customers to find and reach you. Fifteen minutes, no jargon.

7-Day Launch

We design, build, and configure everything — domain, hosting, SSL, SEO basics — and hand you a live, working site to review before it goes public.

Ongoing, Hands-Off Care

Your monthly retainer covers hosting, security, backups, updates, and support. You run your business; we make sure the site — and your leads — keep coming through.

Get started

Let's build your site.

Tell us a little about your business and we'll reach out to schedule your Discovery call. Prefer to talk first? Call or email directly.

christian@cemjventures.com

Phone

(831) 337-8088

Service area

Central California — South Monterey County & the Salinas Valley