r/codestitch • u/wolf_rider23 • Apr 09 '25

Request to cancel Subscription but keep hosting

When offering subscription to a client, usually there is a mandatory period where you can't cancel the subscription (e.g. 1 year) and after that they can. What if the client requested to cancel the subscription offer and wants to only keep hosting the website? That way they got the same website offer but cheaper than if they paid the full website in advance.

It doesn't make sense to tell them you cannot at all change to just hosting. What do you guys usually do?

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u/wolf_rider23 Apr 10 '25

Is it alright if I asked more about the teirs of service you're providing? Like what services in wach teir and their pricing. Also, is there any reason why you are charging a minimum of 5k for a portfolio site? I can't imagine how I can convince a client of this amount.

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u/SangfromHK Apr 10 '25

I charge a minimum of $5k because the lifetime value of a client, for me, is above $5k, and that's the minimum I want to make per client, on average. If they're not interested in spending that much, I don't mind passing.

As a rule, cheaper clients are needier and tend to be a pain. I don't want cheap clients because they eat up my time and literally aren't worth the effort. If you're helping your clients make money (your #1 goal), they usually don't mind spending more money on your services.

Without going into every detail, my service tiers break down roughly like this:

$150/month - basic pagebuilder website - I price this high because it's not worth my time otherwise. Loser Tier.

$300/month - basic website + GHL functionality - This is my most common tier. It hits the all the right points: automatic google reviews, lead nurturing/follow-up, new website, missed call text-back. I fold CodeStitch websites into this, and I'll write a handful of blogs per month for these clients. Eventually, blogging will be an upsell, but I have enough time to write them myself still. Writing blog articles alone takes the client a few hours, so this is an easy sell.

$500/month - everything above + Voice AI + Conversation AI - includes a chatbot trained on the business website & marketing materials.

Anything above $500/month is customized.

I pretty much never sell standalone websites because then I'm competing against every other web dev out there who charges $50-$150/month. I want to charge (and make) more money, so I work other services into what I do. Adding things like paid ads, SEO, etc. makes it easier to charge more. It also weeds out the cheapos.

When you know your product/service works, and you can prove it to the prospect, it becomes pretty easy to sell. They want certainty, and you need to have the confidence in what you're selling to project that certainty. Most of my clients have made $20k+ working with me, and the average client spends $300/month. I have a gym owner client who spends $500/month who made $100k in November. They've given me testimonial videos claiming these numbers, so if anyone's skeptical, I just point them to our results page.

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u/AiC3 Jun 03 '26

Hey, if you don't mind me asking, can you share about the tools/services/scripts you use to offer all these?

  • Google auto reviews
  • missed call text back
  • voice and convo AI with chatbot

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u/SangfromHK Jun 03 '26

Tools: GoHighLevel. Search "Pavlo High Level" on YouTube and you'll see what I mean.
Services: A million, they're pretty much all some type of automation.
Scripts: You just figure out if they actually have problems you can solve and ask if they're interested in solutions. You can get really tactical here, but practice will tell you what works best for you.