Which tier should I pick?
Starter is right if you want a clean professional site with no frills. Pro is right for most businesses — premium feel, bookings baked in, case-study blog, and unlimited revisions until you're happy. Best value per pound spent. Max is right if you want a site built to grow on Google — full SEO foundation, content-engine-ready blog, extra pages, unlimited revisions, plus 3 months of Umera Local SEO free to fuel it. If in doubt, start with Pro. Most clients pick it.
Which Care plan should I pick?
Umera Care (£45/mo) is hands-off maintenance. Up to 4 edit sessions a month (about one a week), 48-hour turnaround, hosting, domain and SSL all in. Umera Local SEO (from £199/mo) is the growth engine: it includes unlimited site edits on top of Google Business Profile management, a monthly local-intent blog post, UK citations, LocalBusiness schema, AI search visibility, and a monthly local ranking report — backed by our first-page guarantee. Pick Local SEO if you want Google to send you local customers; pick Care if you just want the site looking sharp. Pay as you go (£25/change) is for the odd one-off.
How long until Local SEO delivers results?
Honestly: 4 to 6 months before meaningful traffic, 12 months before it compounds. Local SEO is patience. Google has to crawl, index and rank your site, your Business Profile needs review velocity, and citations take weeks to propagate. Month 1-3 you're laying foundations (Google Business Profile, citations, LocalBusiness schema, first posts). Month 4-6 you start appearing in the map pack for low-competition local searches. Month 7-12 rankings compound as reviews accumulate and citation authority grows. By month 12 you'll be turning up in local searches across your area. Anyone promising faster is selling you something.
How does the first-page guarantee work?
If we don't get you onto page one of Google for your agreed local keywords within 6 months, you get your money back. We pick realistic local keywords together at the start, you give us Google Business Profile access and respond to review requests, and we handle the rest. Local-intent keywords typically start ranking around month 4 to 6, so six months gives us the runway to deliver. The money-back applies to your Local SEO fees; your website, once live, is yours to keep either way.
What does "worth £X" mean?
That's the going rate for the same scope across UK web agencies and freelancers (£40-120/hr). Our streamlined process lets us deliver the same quality faster, and we pass the savings on. Same result, a fraction of the cost.
How quickly will my site go live?
Starter: 5 to 7 working days from sign-off. Pro & Max: 3 to 5 working days (priority build). Faster turnarounds are possible for simple scopes.
What if I don't love the site?
You see the full mockup BEFORE you pay a penny. If the mockup's not right, we iterate until it is. If the live site doesn't feel right after launch, we rebuild it once, free. We only get paid when you're genuinely happy.
What counts as a "session" on Umera Care?
A session is one batch of changes. Send as many tweaks as we can fit into 30 minutes of work, all in one go. Group your updates in a single message (WhatsApp or email) and we'll handle them together, still counts as one session. 4 sessions per month is plenty for most businesses. New pages are a separate add-on at £45 each, or upgrade to a custom scope.
What if I want to cancel or move on?
30 days notice, no questions. We hand over the full GitHub repo and any assets. No exit fees, no handover charges, no friction. The site is yours to take wherever you want.
Do I own the site and the code?
Yes — from day one. The code lives in a GitHub repo we give you full access to immediately. You can host it anywhere, edit it yourself, or hand it to any developer at any time. No strings attached.
Can I upgrade tier or add extras later?
Yes. Start on Starter and upgrade to Pro or Max anytime — you'll only pay the difference.
What if I need something not listed?
Ask. Custom functionality (membership areas, complex booking systems, integrations) is quoted separately. We'll scope it before committing — no surprise fees.
Do you offer any discounts?
The biggest one: commit to 12 months of Umera Local SEO and your website build is free (worth up to £895). Pay 6 months of Umera Care or Local SEO upfront and get one month free. The tier launch pricing (£395 / £595 / £895) is itself locked in at a discount while we build case studies.