Every price below reflects real work done, not a package upsell.
What We Build, What It Costs, and What People Ask First
Split off the homepage to keep both pages focused — the pitch stays short, and everything you need to actually decide lives here.
What we build before a small business pays us a cent
Real research behind every industry we cover
A live sample site, $100 flat pricing, and the underserved-market data that justified building each one in the first place.
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A CNC shop, a food truck, dental practices, a manufacturer, and more — each clearly marked as client work or a free speculative sample.
See all our workYou see the finished site before you ever see an invoice.
Payment is due upfront, before work begins — one flat fee, agreed in writing in advance. Every build is re-coded to a verified 100/100/100/100 mobile PageSpeed score as standard practice, checked live rather than promised.
- No deposit or down payment to begin
- A complete, working website to review — not a sketch
- One flat fee, agreed before you pay anything
- Verified 100/100/100/100 mobile PageSpeed score, checked live
- Still covered by a 90-day money-back guarantee after launch
See exact ranges by service below.
Service Pricing Range
These are typical ranges. Every project is quoted before you pay anything, based on actual scope.
Independent review of performance, accessibility, SEO, security.
Small to mid-size business site, fully optimized to 100/100/100/100.
Reusable industry template, live sample, code included.
A note on e-commerce builds: the 100/100/100/100 standard applies fully to marketing pages. A cart/checkout page on WooCommerce, Shopify, or similar often carries required third-party scripts outside our control — we'll tell you the realistic ceiling before you see an invoice.
Nonprofits, studios, and referral partners
Nonprofits & Community Causes
Limited free project slots each quarter for registered charities and community nonprofits — same paid-upfront process, nothing to pay.
Who qualifies & what's included
- Registered 501(c)(3) or equivalent, no current site or a seriously outdated one
- Full custom, mobile-friendly, SEO-optimized site
- Donation, volunteer, or contact forms built in, plus help going live
For Other Web Studios
Send us your pre-launch client site for review. We only ever talk to you — your client never hears our name.
What you send & what you get back
- A staging or password-protected link — no contract required first
- A severity-ranked report: Blocking → Bugs → Borderline → Good
- The Pledge: we will not contact, solicit, or pitch your client, ever
Referral Partners
Send a client our way and split the actual profit right down the middle — not a flat referral fee.
How it works & the 3-is-free milestone
- Introduce us by email — we run the project start to finish
- Once the invoice is paid, you get 50% of the profit*
- Refer 3 paid projects and your own site is free, up to $2,500; a 4th referral, you keep 100% of that one's profit
What people usually ask
What if I'm just not satisfied at all?
Payment is due upfront, before work begins, and all sales are final — there's no post-delivery refund. What replaces that risk is verifiability: a 100/100/100/100 mobile PageSpeed score, checked live, not promised.
How much does a typical project cost?
A resume-to-website conversion starts at $199. Industry blueprints are $100 flat. Custom builds run $1,200–$2,500 depending on scope; larger corporate projects start at $3,000. You'll see the exact number before you're ever asked to pay it.
Do you have a referral program?
Yes. Send a client our way and split the actual profit down the middle, not a flat fee. Refer 3 paid projects and your own site is free, up to $2,500; a 4th referral, you keep 100% of that one's profit. See the full referral terms above.
Should I start with an audit or a build?
If you already have a site and a team, start with an audit — it's read-only, no production access needed, and tells you exactly what's wrong before anyone touches code. If you're starting fresh or replacing a site that isn't working, go straight to a build. Not sure which? The audit almost always answers that question for you.
You're a solo operator — what if I need support?
One operator, by design — no account handoffs, no ticket queue. You reach me directly. If that ever changes, this page and the public incident log will say so plainly.
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Blueprints, case studies, audits, and the mistakes we documented along the way. From plumbing-industry market research to rebuilding our own site more times than we'd like to admit — and publishing every incident.
View the archive- Pricing is transparent by tier: audits run $300–$1,000, website builds $100–$3,000+ depending on scope, with the exact number always shown before payment is requested.
- Payment is due upfront, before work begins, and all sales are final — the standard held to instead is a verified, live-checkable 100/100/100/100 mobile PageSpeed score.
- Nonprofits, studios, and referral partners have dedicated program terms distinct from standard pricing, including a 3-paid-projects-earns-a-free-build referral structure.
- For anyone unsure whether to start with an audit or a full build: an audit is read-only with no production access required, and almost always answers that question on its own.
- One solo operator by design — no account handoffs, no ticket queue — with this site's public incident log standing as ongoing evidence of that.
Key takeaway: every price, program, and guarantee on this page is stated plainly with no hidden qualifiers — what's shown is what applies.
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Title: Our Work, Pricing & FAQ
Publisher: ZenMasterWorks
Last reviewed: August 1, 2026
URL: https://www.zenmasterworks.com/work-pricing.html
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