No fluff. No sales language. If you have a question that isn't here, call (661) 331-1767 or run the diagnostic - that's where the real conversation starts.
Website builds start at $1,200 for the Signal Foundation package and go up to $2,000+ for the Sentinel Automation layer. Exact pricing is scoped per project — we don't charge extra for complexity you don't need, and we don't pad quotes to hit a number.
The diagnostic call is free. The proposal is free. You only pay when a clear scope is agreed on and work begins. Use the pricing page for the full package breakdown.
No mandatory retainers. Every build is a one-time fixed-price engagement. You own the result. There's no ongoing fee to keep your site running. Optional ongoing support is available for clients who want COAI managing updates, monitoring, or expanding the system — but it's never a requirement. You can take full ownership and run it yourself.
Yes. Milestone-based payment structures are available on larger builds. Typically 50% to start, 50% on delivery — or a three-milestone split for bigger projects. We work with operators, not against them.
Standard website builds complete in 2 to 4 weeks from signed scope to live deployment. Simpler builds (Signal Foundation) can be faster. More complex e-commerce or automation stacks take the full 4 weeks. We don't rush — we scope it right so we don't have to redo it. Every milestone has a staging link so you can see it taking shape in real time.
At minimum: your business name, services, target market, and any existing branding (logo, colors if you have them). We handle the rest — copy direction, layout, schema structure, and technical architecture. If you have photos, testimonials, or existing content, bring it. If you don't, we work with what exists and build from there. We don't stall projects waiting for perfect assets.
Minimal. You review at each milestone checkpoint — that's typically 2 to 3 review sessions over the build period. Each session is focused: specific questions, specific feedback, no open-ended brainstorming that wastes your time. You run your business. We build the system. That's the arrangement.
You own everything. The code, the domain, the hosting account, the customer data — all of it transfers to you at handoff. COAI retains no ongoing control or access unless you explicitly grant it for support purposes. This is what "sovereign infrastructure" means. We build houses, not rental agreements. You never have to worry about COAI going out of business or changing its pricing and losing your site as a result.
Wix and Squarespace are rented land. You pay monthly to live on their platform. If they raise prices, change features, or shut down, you lose everything you built. Your customer data lives on their servers. Your site disappears if you stop paying. A COAI build is custom code on hosting you control. It loads faster, ranks better, has cleaner schema, and can be handed to any developer in the world to maintain. It's an asset — not a subscription.
Cipher is COAI's AI receptionist — a voice and text system that answers missed calls, qualifies leads, and routes bookings 24/7 without you lifting a finger. It's deployed on COAI's own line at (661) 659-1376 — call it and hear exactly what your customers would experience. You don't need it to get a great website. But if you're missing calls after hours, dealing with unqualified leads, or losing jobs to faster-responding competitors — this is the fix.
AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimization — the practice of structuring your site so AI tools like ChatGPT, Google's AI overview, Perplexity, and voice assistants can read and cite your business accurately. When someone asks Siri "who does AC repair in Bakersfield" or asks ChatGPT "best plumber near me," AEO determines whether your business shows up in that answer. SEO gets you on Google. AEO gets you into AI search surfaces — which are now where high-intent buyers start their research.
No — COAI works with businesses anywhere in the US. The portfolio includes clients in Miami (Signature 954) and national e-commerce brands. But the 661 / Bakersfield market is the primary focus because it's underserved and Jason knows it from the inside. If you're outside Bakersfield, the same systems apply. The diagnostic process is the same. The build quality is the same.
Yes. Bilingual (EN/ES) builds are available and strongly recommended for Kern County businesses. Over 50% of Bakersfield's population is Spanish-speaking — a monolingual English site is actively ignoring a significant portion of your market. COAI builds dual-language systems with proper hreflang markup for search engines.
As-needed support is $75/hour with no minimum. Monthly retainers start at $250 for 4 hours of ongoing care — content updates, monitoring, backups. There's no mandatory maintenance fee. You can take full ownership at launch and never pay COAI another dollar. Support is purely optional, purely on your terms.
Yes. Full migration from Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, WordPress, or any major platform. We preserve your domain, URLs, content, and SEO rankings — then rebuild on sovereign infrastructure. Typical migration cost is $500-1,500 for a standard 5-10 page site. You'll typically save $50-200/month on hosting and plugin fees after the move.
Yes. If your site is down, hacked, or losing leads due to a technical issue, we offer priority repair service. Most critical fixes are deployed within 24-48 hours. We diagnose the root cause, fix it, and recommend a permanent solution so it doesn't happen again. Emergency rates apply but we're transparent about cost before work begins.
Your site is built on stable, minimal infrastructure with no plugins or external dependencies that can break from updates — so it's unlikely to break in the first place. If something does go wrong, COAI offers support at $75/hr. Because you own the hosting and code, you can also hire any developer to make fixes.
Yes — this is one of our most common services. We migrate WordPress sites to static sovereign code. Same content, same SEO rankings, same domain — but load times go from 3-6 seconds to under 2 seconds, and you eliminate plugin maintenance entirely. No more monthly plugin subscriptions, no more security patches, no more WordPress admin to manage.
We recommend and set up hosting through Vercel or Netlify — both premium platforms with edge deployment, global CDN, and 99.9% uptime. Hosting runs $5-20/month depending on traffic. You own the hosting account directly. We set it up, configure it, and hand you the credentials. If you ever want to move it, you can.
Yes. Adding a booking system, e-commerce store, blog, gallery, new service pages, or any feature is available at our standard hourly rate ($75/hr) or included in a monthly retainer if you have ongoing support. We scope each addition before work starts so you know exactly what it costs.
Sometimes. We can assess third-party sites for repair, optimization, or migration work. If the site is built on clean code, we can typically work with it. If it's locked into a proprietary platform (Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy page builder), full migration to sovereign infrastructure is usually the better option than trying to patch a rental.
Standard content updates — pricing changes, new photos, text edits, service additions — are typically completed within 2-3 business days. Emergency fixes are 24-48 hours. Larger feature additions are scoped per project with a timeline agreed on before work starts.
We help you set up domain registration through a provider you control (typically Namecheap or Cloudflare). We configure DNS, SSL certificates, and email routing as part of every build. You own the domain account entirely. We're happy to advise on renewal management, but the account is always yours.
Depends on the project. Next.js for complex e-commerce and application builds. Sovereign HTML/CSS/JS for fast, lightweight service business sites with maximum performance scores. Deployed to Vercel or Netlify for reliability. The goal is always the fastest, most schema-clean result for your specific use case — not a one-size-fits-all template.
Yes. COAI builds with handoff documentation and trains you (or your team) on how to make standard content updates — prices, hours, photos, service descriptions. For larger structural changes, ongoing support is available at a flat hourly rate. You will never be held hostage to COAI for routine updates. That's a feature, not a limitation.
Jason picks up or calls back same day. Or run the diagnostic - that 30-minute session answers most questions with actual data about your specific situation.