Let’s Find the Plan That Fits
Tell us what software you pay for today. We’ll show you the operating system that replaces the stack — one login, one bill, one partner.
Prefer to talk it through?
Book a 30-minute demo. We map every tool you pay for today, live on screen, and you leave with the plan whether or not you sign.
Email us to book →What happens after you hit send
Within one business day
A named strategist reads the brief and replies. Not an autoresponder, not a sales rep.
Day two to four
A 30-minute call. We pull up your site, your competitors, and your search footprint live.
Within one week
A written scope with fixed pricing, a timeline, and the numbers we will be judged on.
Straight answers before you ask
No retainer to talk
Discovery is free. You are not billed until a scope is signed.
You own everything
Source files, design files, domain, and data. Always, including if you leave.
Fixed price, not hours
Scope is quoted before work starts. Nothing outside it is invoiced without written approval.
Email us directly
Monday to Friday, replies within one business day. Urgent client issues go through the portal, which is monitored around the clock.
From first message to first release.
Four steps. No mystery, no discovery retainer, no six-week silence before you see anything real.
Brief
You send the form or book the call. We read it the same day and come back with the questions that actually change the estimate.
Diagnose
We audit the current site, the analytics, and the search landscape before quoting. You get that audit whether or not you sign.
Scope
A written plan with fixed pricing, named phases, dates, and the specific metrics the work will be measured against.
Build
Kickoff inside five to ten business days. Your portal opens the same day, and you watch every stage move in real time.
The engagements we do best.
We are not the cheapest option and we do not pretend to be. Here is where the work pays for itself, and where it does not.
A strong fit
Revenue already flowing
You have customers and the site is the bottleneck, not the business model.
A decision-maker in the room
One person can approve direction without routing through a committee.
Ready for $249–$799/mo
Every plan is a monthly subscription with a one-time setup. No quotes by the hour, no surprise invoices.
You want to own the system
Not rent a template that a freelancer has to maintain forever.
Probably not a fit
Cheapest bid wins
If price is the only variable, a marketplace freelancer will beat us and should.
Rankings guaranteed in 30 days
Nobody can promise that honestly. We will tell you what is actually possible.
Design by consensus
Work approved by nine stakeholders converges on the average of nine opinions.
Launch and disappear
We build systems that get maintained. One-off brochure sites are not our lane.
Not everyone should start with a form.
Depending on where you are, one of these is faster than writing us a brief.
Just exploring
See exactly what a build includes at each tier before you talk to anyone. Real numbers, no “contact us for pricing”.
See pricing →Want proof first
Walk the client portal with sample data, or read a build broken down from brief to revenue outcome.
Tour the portal →Already on Dark Water
Requests, invoices, customers and live analytics all live in your portal. Filing there is faster than email and it is tracked.
Sign in →The questions people ask on the first call.
Answered here so the call can be about your business instead.
Three things: your current site, the software you are paying for now, and how many locations and staff you need on the system. With those we can confirm your plan and quote setup on the demo call. Monthly pricing is published and fixed — DW Essential $249/mo, DW Business OS $499/mo, DW Industry Pro $799/mo, DW Enterprise from $1,500/mo — so the only variable is a one-time setup fee. Compare every plan →
It is free and it is a working session. We pull up your analytics, your search footprint, and your two closest competitors on screen. You leave with the findings written down regardless of what you decide. If we are not the right fit we will say so on that call and, where we can, point you at who is.
Onboarding normally starts five to ten business days after signature, which is the time it takes both sides to gather assets and access. We onboard a limited number of businesses at once deliberately, so a start date is a commitment rather than a queue position. If your timing is driven by a hard date, say so and we will tell you plainly whether it is achievable.
Yes. The industry pages exist because those verticals have patterns we have already solved, not because they are a filter. What matters more than sector is whether the site sits between a real buyer and a real transaction.
That is common and it works. The operating system runs underneath the team you have rather than replacing it — your designer keeps shaping the brand, your developer keeps whatever they own, and Dark Water runs the platform, the data and the uptime. Who does what is written down before onboarding starts.
Book the demo anyway and say so. We will give you the diagnosis, tell you what to fix in the meantime — often things you can do yourself for nothing — and follow up when you asked us to. We would rather be useful early than pushy now.
You are one message from the plan.
Send the brief and a named strategist reads it the same day. No sales sequence, no discovery retainer — a written scope with fixed pricing inside one week, whether or not you hire us.