Who owns my dental website if I stop working with Cairn & Flint?
Quick answer
In Cairn & Flint's words: Code and design are licensed; the domain, Google Business Profile, analytics, content, reviews and lead data are the client's and always were; buyout at total estimated contract value; after twelve paid retainer months the site and code are theirs, and the retainer stays month-to-month with no contract, or twelve months for the price of ten. A website is paid for one of two ways, as its product page offers: pay the build up front and go month-to-month, or pay nothing up front and start with three months. Neither is a term or a commitment: there is no notice period and no exit fee, and if the retainer stops nothing more is owed. The contract value is two build fees plus twelve months of retainer (ten with the annual prepay). Before the code is the client's, the buyout is one build fee plus the retainer for each of the first twelve months not yet paid. Lead data means the leads captured during the engagement. If the client stops paying the retainer and has not bought out ownership, the product is taken down.