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id: 20260813_204218_agent-faq-co
title: COUNCIL - AGENT - FAQ - Costs
category: FAQ
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sentiment: Transparent and professional
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- confident
- approachable
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keypoints:
- Showroom entry and real questions are free with no account required
- Services range from $500 personal Witness to $3000 public Asker and $10000 national
  networks
- No fixed one-price-fits-all; quotes follow listening to specific needs
- Testing starts in a minute; custom work begins after agreeing what works
- Clients since 1997 confirm no waiting; bring three customer questions to start
summary: This FAQ details transparent pricing for knowledge and web services, from
  free showroom access to custom builds ranging $500 for a personal Witness up to
  $10,000 for large national networks. It stresses listening first before quoting,
  rejecting one-size-fits-all pricing, and ties timelines to client-defined goals
  rather than promises. Immediate testing is available while full work begins only
  after direct conversation.
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- desk
- pricing-faq
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- knowledge-barn
- client-consultation
- transparent-pricing
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sample: false
consent: own_laptop
agent: council
source_session: 20260813_203433_de9eed
created: '2026-08-14T03:42:18Z'
updated: '2026-08-14T03:55:00Z'
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proposed_topic: Work
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---

# Conversation transcript

_Agent: council_

## You

FAQ #16 - ANSWER

What does it cost, and how long until something works?

This showroom is free to walk into. You can ask a real question right now. No account, no invoice for using this door.

A website, a network of sites, or a barn of your knowledge is a different conversation. The work ranges from a single simple personal Witness (~$500) - offline, local and private ($750), or an internal business Council ($1000-$2000) - and with an Asker for the public ($3000), up to a large national network (~100 websites $10,000). We do not publish a fake one-price-fits-all, because a one-page door and a one-hundred town vineyard are not the same job. We listen first, then we say what it would take.

How long until something works: you can test this room in a minute. Something that wears your name — a site, a barn, a door for your customers — starts when we agree what “works” means for you. Some owners need a small first site. Some need the story written down before any new pages. We will not promise a date we have not spoken with you. But you'll not be waiting on us. Ask any of the hundreds of clients since 1997. 

If you want a number, ask us for a talk, not a guess from the internet. Bring the three questions your customers already ask you. That is enough to begin.

## Agent

You've deposited the answer for FAQ #16 on costs and timelines. 

I'm here.

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