How Payment Works — Stages, Monthly Billing, What if the Budget Isn't There Yet

Payment structure: broken into stages, monthly billing instead of a lump sum, what's in each payment, and what we don't do (no credit plans and no "zero-interest" installments).

The amounts from the price list aren't paid in one transfer. Here's how it's structured, so the cost is clear before work starts.

Payment by stage

We split the initial content build into stages and bill for each one as it's completed. A typical breakdown for the Standard tier:

  • Stage 1 — audit and plan. We review the site and demand, and hand over a content plan. Paid first, and the result is yours either way — even if you decide to continue without us.
  • Stage 2 — structure and key pages. Sections, service pages, metadata. The bulk of the work.
  • Stage 3 — content and launch. Launch articles, internal linking, checking indexing.

Each stage is accepted and paid for separately, and you can stop after any of them. We don't take the full amount up front, and we don't ask for prepayment for work we haven't started yet.

Monthly format

After launch, the work moves to a monthly cadence: new materials, updating copy, watching results. It's a fixed amount from the price list, billed monthly, with no year-long commitment. You can stop at the end of any paid month — everything done stays yours.

If the full amount isn't manageable right away

The honest option is not to stretch the full scope thin, but to take on less work. An audit with a plan costs noticeably less than full content work and gives you a clear sense of what to tackle — you can move on it yourself and bring us in later. The other option is to start at a lower tier and move up as the site grows.

What we don't offer

We don't issue credit and don't arrange bank installment plans, we don't work "for a cut of the profit," and we don't take work for free with payment "based on results" — in honest work, the result doesn't depend on us alone, and that kind of arrangement always ends in a dispute. The only free path on the platform is the self-service one: the Start tier, when you develop the site yourself.

Documents and process

We work under contract, with sign-off documents per stage. Payment is by bank transfer; for legal entities and sole proprietors, with closing documents. To discuss a process that fits your situation: info@seoforger.ru.