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The Alternative to Building Your Own Website

You priced out the DIY builders, added up the hours, and realized your time is worth more than a weekend of dragging boxes around. Arbor builds the whole site for you and keeps it running.

Done for you · Built in days, not months · Just ask Sage to change anything

If you have been looking for an alternative to building your own website, you already know how the DIY story ends. You sign up for a builder, pick a template, and three weeks later you have a half-finished homepage, a login you keep forgetting, and a growing list of things you meant to fix. Arbor is the other option: you tell us about your business once, and we build, optimize, and run the site for you.

See it work

Ask for a change. Watch it go live.

You will never open a page builder. Tell Sage what you want in plain English and the change is made for you, usually the same day. Meanwhile your site keeps climbing on Google and answering the customer questions that turn into work.

  • Just ask, and it is doneMessage Sage the way you would text a colleague. New hours, new photos, a whole new page. No tickets, no waiting on a developer.
  • Your SEO score climbsWe grade every page, fix what is holding it back, and keep it structured so Google and AI assistants can find and cite you.
  • Leads land on your phoneA built-in AI assistant trained on your own site answers visitors day or night, takes their details, and texts them straight to you.

SEO scoring and lead capture come with Pro and Max. See plans

What you get

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We build it

You get a finished, professional website designed around your business, not a blank template you have to figure out yourself.

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Keyword research done

We research what your customers actually type into Google and build your pages around those terms.

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Found on Google and AI

Your site is optimized for search engines and for AI answer engines like ChatGPT, so people find you where they look.

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Your blog, handled

We write and publish ongoing blog content so your site stays fresh without you touching a keyboard.

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Just ask Sage

Need a change? Ask Sage, your built-in AI editor, in plain English and it updates the site for you.

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Flat, predictable price

A flat monthly subscription, so you know exactly what it costs.

What building it yourself really costs

DIY website builders look cheap on the pricing page. The real cost shows up later, in your time. You are the owner. Every hour you spend wrestling with fonts, image sizes, and mobile layouts is an hour you are not serving customers or running your business. And the builder only hands you the tools. It does not do the work.

Most owners who try the DIY route hit the same walls:

The alternative to building your own website

Arbor is the done-for-you option. Instead of handing you software and wishing you luck, we do the building. We learn about your business, research the keywords your customers use, write the pages, and optimize everything so both Google and AI answer engines can find you. You review it. We launch it. Then we keep it running with fresh blog content and any updates you need.

A website that actually works for a small business needs a few things done right: clear pages that explain what you do, content aimed at the terms people search, fast and clean mobile design, and steady updates so it does not go stale. Those are exactly the pieces that DIY builders leave to you. We handle all of them.

Changes are as easy as asking

The best part of not building it yourself is not losing control. When something needs to change, you do not log into a dashboard or relearn an editor. You ask Sage, our built-in AI editor, in plain English. New hours, a new service, a seasonal promotion, a different photo. Describe it and it is done. You get a professional site without becoming your own webmaster, and you get your weekends back.

How Arbor works

  1. Tell us about your business

    Answer a few quick questions. We do the keyword research and map out the pages you need to get found.

  2. We build it for you

    We design, write, and launch your site, optimized for Google and AI answers. No templates to wrestle, no DIY.

  3. Just ask Sage for changes

    Need an edit, a new page, or a seasonal update? Message Sage, your built-in editor, and it is done.

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from a website builder like Wix or Squarespace?

Those give you the tools and leave the work to you. Arbor does the work. We build the site, write the pages, research the keywords, and keep it running, so you never have to open a builder yourself.

How long until my website is live?

After a short conversation about your business, we build your site and send it to you for review. Most of the effort is on our side, so you are not stuck doing homework for weeks.

Do you handle hosting and getting me on Google?

Yes. Hosting, search engine optimization, and optimization for AI answer engines like ChatGPT are all included. You do not manage any of the technical pieces.

Can I still make changes after it launches?

Absolutely. Just ask Sage, your built-in AI editor, in plain English and the change is made. You never have to log into a complicated dashboard or learn design software.

Pricing

Simple monthly pricing.

Your build, hosting, unlimited just-ask changes and SEO are all included. Pick a plan and we start today.

Launch sale: the one-time setup fee is waived on every plan. You pay only your first month today.

Starter

A professional website, built for you.

$20/mo

+ $200 setupWaived

  • Custom-built website
  • Hosting & SSL included
  • Just-ask changes
  • Mobile-ready
Choose Starter

Plus

Fresh content, automatically.

$40/mo

+ $400 setupWaived

  • Everything in Starter
  • Automatic blog posts
  • More monthly changes
  • Priority support
Choose Plus

Pro Most popular

Get found on Google and in AI answers.

$80/mo

+ $600 setupWaived

  • Everything in Plus
  • Arbor SEO & AEO Score
  • AI chat that captures leads
  • Visitor analytics
Choose Pro

Max

Everything, at the fastest pace.

$160/mo

+ $1,000 setupWaived

  • Everything in Pro
  • Top change quota
  • Fastest turnaround
  • Priority everything
Choose Max

No contracts. Cancel anytime. No tech skills needed.

Let Us Build It Instead

Skip the DIY headache and let Arbor build, optimize, and run your website for you.

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