The design and the build cost nothing. You pay only the standard costs every website owner in the world pays: domain, hosting, software license. No design fee, and no cut of your sales.
Is the store limited on the free build?
No. There is no cut-down edition. The store you get is the full one: variants, stock, subscriptions, digital downloads and checkout.
Do you take a percentage of sales?
Never. Your payment processor charges its standard card rate and that is the only cut anyone takes.
Can I edit it myself afterwards?
Yes. The finished site opens in a full visual editor, so you can change any page, price or photo yourself without touching code.
Why would this be free?
Because design is not where a website's cost sits. Every website owner in the world pays for the same three things: a domain, hosting, and a software license. That is what you pay, and nothing more.
What does the SEO management cost?
It is $35 a month and it is optional. It covers the ongoing work of being found: position checks, content that answers what people are actually searching for, and the profile and technical work behind it. Every action is performed by hand, not by a tool. Two of the sites we manage reached the first page of Google within a few months.
Do I see the site before it goes live?
Yes. You see the completed website, built with your own content and your own photographs, before anything is published. Nothing goes live until you have looked at it and said so.