Fair. Here's the work, and here's exactly how the trust-based delivery actually works. Take your time.
The work
Each preview shows the actual working product. Click to explore.
Trust-based delivery, explained
Most agencies need a deposit because their work is worth less than what they charge for it. Without the deposit, the client would see the work and refuse to pay full price.
We don't need a deposit because our work is worth more than what we charge for it. When you see it, you'll want to pay.
That's the entire model. The deposit exists in traditional agencies to protect the agency from client regret. We eliminated the regret instead.
You fill out the intake form.
Specifically what we need is in the form itself — the questions cover scope, references, deadlines, and constraints. The intake form is the legal source of truth for everything we build. Takes about 10 minutes.
We build the thing.
No discovery call. No scope document. No weekly status meetings. We just build it. Depending on the tier, this takes 3 to 35 days. You don't hear from us during the build unless we have a real question about something in the intake form.
We send you a private preview link.
You get a secure link at preview.deeplathe.com with an access code. The finished product is live, working, and deployed. You test it yourself, on your own time. Usually takes 10–15 minutes to review.
You decide.
If the work is what you wanted and worth what we charge, you reply with "approved" and we send the invoice. If something is off, you tell us what's off and we fix it within the original scope. If you don't want the work for any reason, you say "not for me" and we walk away. No invoice, no bad feelings, no phone call.
You pay (only if you approved).
Stripe invoice, 7-day terms. We transfer the work to your domain and accounts, or we manage it for you under a managed hosting plan. Everything goes live as soon as the invoice is paid.
The work remains property of Deeplathe until paid. Using it constitutes acceptance and creates a payable obligation. We don't litigate it because litigation across borders is more expensive than the work itself. The deterrent isn't legal — it's the next point.
We absorb the loss within our forecasted non-payment rate — built into the financial model at about 20% of clients in the trust-based phase. It's a real cost but it's a planned cost. We're not running on the assumption that everyone pays. We're running on the assumption that enough people pay that the model still works after the losses.
The buyers who would steal the work are also the buyers who would haggle over a deposit, demand revisions outside scope, threaten chargebacks, and post negative reviews if anything went wrong. By making payment optional, we filter out exactly the buyers who would have been painful customers anyway. The losses we eat are losses we'd have had in support hours, refund disputes, and brand damage under a normal deposit model. The math works out.
We could in theory build worse work knowing we won't always get paid. We don't, because the work has to be good enough that mostpeople pay, and bad work is bad for the long-term referral network we're building. The incentive structure is aligned: do good work, get paid most of the time, build a reputation, attract better clients over time.
Q2 2026 (now through June 30): 50% off standard. Q3 2026 (July 1 through September 30): 25% off standard. October 1 onward: standard pricing, permanent rate. If you sign up at Q2 prices, you keep Q2 prices for that project regardless of when it ships.
Starting at client 101, a 20% deposit is required upfront. The deposit unlocks the intake questionnaire and reserves your build slot. Starting at client 1,101, the deposit increases to 50%. The remaining balance is still due on approval. The reason: at scale, we cannot personally absorb non-payment losses across hundreds of clients. The deposit is a quality filter, not a power move.
From start to finish
Select a product type to see exactly what happens between your intake form and the finished product.
Tell us your business, who your customers are, what pages you need, any reference sites you like, and your deadline. That's it.
INTAKE FORM
Business name
Bayside Family Dental
What do you need?
Website
Description
Reference sites
Most agencies hand over a project and disappear. We don't. Every project comes with the option of an ongoing relationship — we keep it healthy, evolve it as your business changes, and you have someone to call when things go sideways.
Three tiers, month-to-month, no commitment. The cheapest is $180/month. Or add Managed Hosting and we handle all infrastructure for a flat monthly fee.
This is what “I stopped thinking about it” actually looks like.
You've seen the work, you've read how the trust-based delivery works, you've read what happens if you don't pay. If anything still feels off, send an email — we'll answer honestly, no sales call, no follow-up sequence.