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Website Hosting + Maintenance Service for Local SMEs

A recurring-revenue web agency model where you build simple websites for free (or very cheap) but lock the business into a long-term monthly hosting and maintenance contract.

Startup Cost
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Monthly Cost
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Monthly Revenue
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Net Profit
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Break-even
1 week
Time to Launch
2 weeks
Team Size
1 person
medium difficultyhigh demandhigh competitionstable

Market

Demand

high

Competition

high

Trend

stable

Target Customer
Lawyers, construction firms, clinics needing a professional online presence

Team

Min People

Solo Possible

Yes ✓

Webmaster: Building WordPress sites, managing plugins, running backups

Financials

Startup Cost Breakdown

Reseller Hosting / VPS...

Premium WordPress Theme License...

Unit Economics

Cost/Unit

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Price/Unit

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Profit/Unit

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Operations

Daily Tasks

Update WordPress plugins to prevent hacking
Run security scans
Make minor text/image changes requested by clients
Monitor uptime

Tools

StripeWordPressManageWP

Marketing

Cold EmailB2B Networking

The 'Free Website' pitch: Build the site for $0 upfront, but they must sign a 12-month hosting contract at $100/mo. Removes the high upfront cost barrier for small businesses.

Estimated CAC: ...

Growth

Scale Method

Use ManageWP to update 100 websites with a single click
Upsell SEO and blog writing services

Bottlenecks

Risk

low risk

Client sites getting hacked/infected with malware due to outdated plugins
Clients demanding too many free revisions

Timeline

First 7 Days

Day 1: Purchase a VPS and install WordPress
Day 2: Buy a premium, fast-loading theme
Day 3: Build 3 beautiful demo sites (Lawyer, Clinic, Construction)
Day 4: Set up automated billing
Day 5: Find 20 local businesses with terrible/no websites
Day 6: Pitch the '$0 Upfront, $100/mo' model via email/LinkedIn
Day 7: Sign first retainer client

Milestones

10 active retainers ($1000/mo)Month 2

Break-evenWeek 2

Hire VA for minor updatesMonth 6

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