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1The address

Every house needs an address.

Your website is a house. Your address (domain) is what people type to find it, like kitchenlakay.com. It's in your name. You renew it once a year.

Kitchen Lakay is a sample business we use to show our work.

Kitchen Lakay, a sample site in the Minimal look
1The address (domain): what people type

Questions people ask

Do I own my website?

Yes. The house (your website) is yours. So is the address (your domain): it's in your name.

What do I pay every month?

Your ongoing costs depend on the hosting and services you choose. Hosting is separate from the one-time website price. The optional Care plan is also monthly, and other services may charge their own fees. Your domain is renewed separately. We’ll list the costs and when they begin before you decide. If you choose your own Vercel account, the option shown here starts at about $20 a month. A free option is coming soon.

Didn't I already pay for this?

You pay for the house (your website) once, as your quote shows, and it's yours. The land (hosting) is separate. It's what keeps your house open every day.

Why every month?

Because your site is open every hour of every day. Like rent for land, you pay it while your house stands there.

What's a seat?

A seat is account access for one person. In the one-seat option described here, one person on our team uses the paid seat, while you use the free Billing role. You would pay about $20 a month instead of $40 for two seats. With Billing access, you must ask us to return Owner access before you can remove us.

Is there a free choice?

Coming soon: hosting on Cloudflare, in your name, for $0 to $5 a month. We're still getting our websites ready for it.

Will you see my card or my password?

No. You add your card in your own account. You give us our own key: an invite. We never see your card number or your password.

What if I want to leave?

Your house and your address are yours. If your house is on our land, we move it to your own land, free. If you're on Billing, we give Owner back first, in writing.

Will my email stop working?

No. Your email stays as it is. Only your website moves.

Why not Wix or Squarespace?

They charge every month too, and your house stays on their land: Wix itself says you can't keep a full copy of your site outside Wix. Ours is built from scratch, and it can move with you.

Who helps me if I'm stuck?

Your Olouve contact, by message or on a call. We can do it together, step by step.

What the words mean

Address (domain)
What people type to find you, like kitchenlakay.com. You renew it once a year.
Land (hosting)
Where your website lives. It stays open day and night.
House (website)
What our team builds: your pages, words and photos.
Keys and deed (accounts)
The accounts show whose name the services are under and who has access. Your domain stays in your name. Hosting account ownership and access depend on the option you choose.
Seat
A login for one person on a hosting account.
Invite
An invitation gives someone their own access without sharing your password. Removing that access depends on your role. With the Billing role, ask us to return Owner access first.
Owner and Billing
Roles on a Vercel account. In the one-paid-seat option, one member of our team has Owner access and you have the free Billing role. While you have Billing access, ask us to return Owner access before you can remove us.
Registrar
The company you bought your address from, like GoDaddy.
Address settings (DNS)
They point your address to your land, so people who type it find your house.
The lock (HTTPS)
The little lock before your address. It keeps what visitors type private on the way to your site. It turns on by itself.
Two-step sign-in
Your password plus a code from your phone. Much harder for anyone to break in.
Delegate Access
GoDaddy's way to let us help with your address, without your password.

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