12 of them will tell you the price. 14 will tell you how to leave.
Every contract element on this page was read from the company's own website on 12 September 2026. Four things decide how expensive it is to leave an agency, and almost nobody publishes all four.
The whole field, sorted by how much they tell you
| Company | Initial term | Notice period | Site ownership | Territory clause | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumbing & HVAC SEO | 12 months | 30 days after the initial term | Website released to the client free after 12 months; buyout if you leave earlier | Not published | $2,495/mo organic programme; modules priced separately |
| TradeOps Consulting | None | 30 days before the next billing date | Deferred to the engagement agreement; TradeOps keeps its own frameworks and templates absent a separate deal | Not published | $2,000/mo for SEO on its own; retainers $2,000 to $6,500 |
| RS Gonzales | 12 months | 14 days before the end of a billing cycle, once the first 12 months are up | Website released free after 12 months, or a $4,500 buyout before then; content and ad accounts are yours once paid; their CRM platform is licensed, not sold | Not published | $2,200 to $5,000 per month, published |
| Built-Right Digital | None stated | Month-to-month on the full-service plans | Website, domain, hosting and marketing assets stay yours, except that a website build remains theirs until it is paid in full | Not published | Full-service plans at $1,499, $2,499 and $4,999 a month, largest plan on request; SEO alone from $999 a month |
| Footbridge Media | None. "No contracts" | Cancel any time | Not published | Not published | $249/mo, published |
| OuterBox | None stated | Month-to-month | Not published | Not published | $2,000 to $3,000 per month, published |
| CI Web Group | None. Month-to-month | 30 days | Not verified | Not verified | Not published |
| Focus Digital | None. Month to month | Cancel any time | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Hook Agency | Not published | Not published | You own your website 100%; you own your ad account | Not published | $2,800/mo local SEO; websites $12k-$24k over 12 months |
| Netrocket | Not published | Not published | Site ownership referenced | Not published | $1,350 to $3,450 per month, published |
| HVAC Marketing Xperts | 6 months on the $1,500 package, 12 months on the $2,200 and $4,300 packages | Not published | Not published | Not published | From $1,500 per month, published |
| Scorpion | 12 months for the marketing technology, per their own HVAC page | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Rocket Media | Not published | Month-to-month referenced on site | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Sixth City Marketing | Not published | Month-to-month referenced | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| HVAC Webmasters | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Advertised from $99 to start; full pricing on a call |
| Thrive Internet Marketing Agency | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | $5,000 to $50,000 per month, published in bands |
| Mediagistic | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | $249 to $8,750 per month, published |
| Valve+Meter | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| RYNO Strategic Solutions | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| KickCharge Creative | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not published |
| Rival Digital | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Relentless Digital | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Connectica | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Effective Media Solutions | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
Why the gap exists
Publishing a price is a marketing decision and it cuts both ways: it filters out the wrong buyers and it loses you the ones who would have been talked round. Reasonable people disagree.
Publishing the exit is different. It has almost no upside in a sales process and one obvious downside, which is that a prospect can price the risk of leaving before they have invested any time in liking you. That asymmetry is why 12 companies here publish a number and only 6 will say who ends up owning the website.
One company on this list writes the argument out on its own pricing page: if you tell contractors that hiding the price sends buyers to whoever will talk about it, you should hold yourself to the same standard. That is Plumbing & HVAC SEO, and they then publish a twelve-month initial term that does them no favours. Publishing an unflattering term is the version of this that counts.
What to do with a dash
Ask for the four elements in one message before the first call. Initial term, notice period, who owns the website and the content if I leave, and any territory or exclusivity clause. You will get three kinds of reply. A document, which tells you plenty. A straight answer in the body of an email, which tells you more. Or an invitation to discuss it on a call, which is also an answer.
Each element has a page: contract minimum, notice period, site ownership and territory lock.