Frequently Asked Questions

Everything You Need to Know About Minuswires

Clear answers about pricing, timelines, our process, and what Brandlism — the growth-intelligence layer included with every project — actually does.

Pricing & Timelines

Website Launch is $499 + $45/mo for 1–5 pages. Business Website is $1,500 + $45/mo for 5–8 pages. Growth Website is $3,500 + $99/mo with SEO structure, a blog and lead tracking. E-commerce starts at $6,000, and a custom portal or internal tool from $9,500, with care quoted per project. Most NJ businesses we work with land between $1,500 and $3,500. See the full breakdown in our NJ website cost guide or compare packages on the pricing page.
Website Launch ($499 + $45/mo) is a 1 to 5 pages page site for getting online fast. Business Website ($1,500 + $45/mo) is 5–8 pages, with stronger sales copy, reviews, lead capture forms and a local SEO foundation. Growth Website ($3,500 + $99/mo) adds advanced SEO structure, a blog, landing pages, integrations, and analytics and lead tracking set up during the build. E-commerce and custom builds start at $6,000; custom portals from $9,500. Compare them side by side on our pricing page.
Website Launch: about 1–2 weeks once your content is ready. Business Website: 2–3 weeks. Growth Website: 4–6 weeks. E-commerce: 6–10 weeks. Custom portals: 6–8 weeks. The biggest variable is how quickly text, photos and feedback come back to us; we agree a schedule around that before work starts. Our process page walks through each stage.
Custom portals and internal tools start at $9,500 and typically take 6–8 weeks. That covers discovery (we document how the work actually happens first), secure client or staff logins, dashboards on your own data, forms and approvals that replace email chains, and integrations with the tools you already use. Hosting and care are scoped to the system rather than a flat monthly. Larger custom applications start around $15,000. See the Custom Portal tier on our pricing page.
A fixed, one-time build fee (from $499) plus a monthly hosting and care plan from $45/mo. Scope and price are agreed in writing before work begins. No hidden fees, no surprises. View our pricing plans.
No. Hosting and care plans are month to month. Stay because you like the results, not because you're locked in.

Ownership, Hosting & Care

Yes. Once the project is paid for, the site and content are yours and your domain stays in your name. We hand over the code and handover notes on request, and if you ever change providers the site goes with you. No lock-in, no export fee. More on hosting and care.
Managed hosting and SSL, uptime checks every 10 minutes, instant rollback to any previous deployment, security and dependency updates, small content edits and email support. Plans start at $45/month and are included with every site we build. Learn more about our managed hosting.
Every site we build comes with a care plan, because a site left alone gets slower, less secure and less visible. Plans run $45–$199/month (Essential $45/mo, Growth Care $99/mo, Pro Care $199/mo) and cover hosting, security updates, uptime monitoring and content updates. See our hosting & care plans.
Yes. If your site was built by someone else, we start with a one-time review of the code, hosting, plugins and integrations, quoted up front. If the site is sound, it joins the same Essential $45/mo or Growth Care $99/mo care ladder as the sites we build, month to month. If it is not, we tell you what it would take before you spend anything. Details on the take-over care plan.
Our monitor checks every hosted site every 10 minutes, around the clock, and alerts us the moment a check fails. We reply to every request within one business day, and critical issues are worked on as soon as we see them. Every deployment is kept, so a bad change can be rolled back in moments. See managed hosting.
HTTPS on every site, security and dependency updates applied as they are released, uptime checks every 10 minutes, and platform-level DDoS protection on sites hosted on Vercel. Content and data backups are available on request, scoped per project. The rest is included with every care plan.

Brandlism & How We Work

Brandlism is the growth layer included with every website we build. It works in three steps: Get Found (technical and local SEO foundations and structured data so Google and AI search engines can read the site), Capture Demand (lead capture, scoring and routing so enquiries are not lost), and Improve Continuously (analytics and enquiry tracking set up during the build, so there is real data to review with you on request). It is not sold separately and there is no extra fee. Read the full story on the Brandlism page.
You work directly with the founder who builds your site, not an account manager. Design, development, hosting and ongoing care are handled by one small studio in Sparta, NJ, with fixed prices agreed up front and a site you own once it's paid for. Meet Mauricio Fernandez.
Yes. We're based in Sparta, NJ and most of our clients are in New Jersey and New York City, but we work with businesses nationwide. Meetings happen over video, and every project runs through the same shared plan and feedback tools regardless of where you are. Get in touch to start.
We build with React and Next.js and host on modern infrastructure with a global CDN. For e-commerce we work with Shopify, WooCommerce and custom storefronts. Every site is mobile-first and built for speed. See our tech stack.
Templates are pre-built designs that limit functionality, SEO control and how far the site can grow. A custom build is written for your business, with full control over structure, speed and what happens next. Templates cost less up front but often get rebuilt within a year or two. See our custom vs template comparison.
Yes. Our e-commerce sites use PCI-compliant payment processors (Stripe, Shopify Payments), encrypted checkout and customer accounts, and the same monitoring as every other site we host.
Yes. We build websites for dental, medical and wellness practices with encrypted forms, appointment booking and patient-facing pages designed with HIPAA in mind. We'll tell you plainly which parts of a site need a compliant third-party service rather than a form. See healthcare websites.
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