Honest answers, in plain language.

Yes. Development is $0 upfront for both static websites and web applications. You pay only the monthly hosting and service fee. There is no giant development bill before your site goes live.

Two reasons. First, AI-assisted development dramatically reduces the time and cost of the repetitive parts of building websites, while our human developers own architecture, quality, security, and delivery. Second, we're a new company building our portfolio and long-term relationships — we earn through the ongoing hosting and service relationship instead of a big upfront fee.

A static website is primarily informational — like the sites used by restaurants, contractors, law firms, and dentists. Home, About, Services, Contact, galleries, FAQs, and forms. Static doesn't mean basic: modern static sites can be extremely sophisticated visually. They're simply faster, more secure, and cheaper to run because they don't need a database or login system.

A web application is software people interact with: online stores, booking systems, customer portals, membership sites, dashboards, and custom platforms. If your customers need to log in, book, pay, or see personalized information, that's a web application.

Typical static websites take about 1–3 weeks from intake to first preview. Web applications depend on scope — usually 3–8 weeks. You'll see a timeline in your project dashboard, and you'll always know where your project stands.

Yes — rebuilds are one of our core services. Show us your current site, tell us what you dislike and what to keep, and we'll modernize it under the same $0-upfront model.

Yes. We'll help you connect your domain (for example, www.yourbusiness.com) with step-by-step DNS instructions. You keep control of your domain.

You own your website's content, design, and code. We own the platform that runs HiveSitesAI itself. If you ever leave, we'll provide an export of your content and site files.

You can walk away and you owe us nothing for the build. You review the finished site before you pay, and billing only starts once you approve it for launch.

You can cancel anytime with no fee. Your subscription ends, and we take your production site down after a 30-day grace period so you can export everything. There's no lock-in and no cancellation penalty.

Managed hosting, SSL certificates, infrastructure (including databases for web applications), ongoing maintenance, security monitoring, updates, and support through your client dashboard.

Yes. E-commerce projects — product catalogs, carts, checkout, and payments — are built as web applications and fall under the $75–100/month service band, with development at $0.

Yes. Marketplaces, directories, SaaS, membership platforms, internal tools — custom software is exactly what the web application model is for. Tell us what your business needs and we'll translate it into a technical plan.

Always. AI-assisted development is supervised at every stage: human developers review the project brief, the build, and the quality checks. AI makes us faster — humans are responsible for what ships.

Yes — revisions within the agreed project scope are included while your website is in review. You describe changes in plain language and our team makes them. If a request falls outside the agreed scope, we'll tell you before doing any work.

We lock the approved version, generate your first invoice (your first month of hosting and service — development remains $0), and after payment we deploy your website to production, connect your domain if configured, run checks, and mark you live. You'll get your live URL, billing details, and support information.