Common Questions to Protect Your Business
Clear boundaries, total asset transparency, and zero long-term traps. Here is exactly how we operate.
You own your domains and profiles from day one; full website ownership unlocks at month six. We actively reject the "hostage" agency model and operate strictly via manager-level access for your domains and Google Business Profiles. Because we absorb the engineering costs and charge zero upfront setup fees to build your high-performance infrastructure, full ownership of the website architecture transfers to you after six months of active service ($7,500 total investment). Once that threshold is met, the code is yours forever. Clear, fair, and completely transparent.
Zero long-term lock-ins. We operate strictly month-to-month. The Backyard Dominance Protocol ($1,250/mo) is built on measurable performance, not legal traps. Our month-to-month guarantee means exactly what it says: if we don’t deliver verifiable results and maintain absolute data transparency, we don’t expect you to stick around.
Your entry rate is permanently locked in and inflation-proof for the life of our partnership. We view ourselves as dedicated, long-term partners in your operation. Even as our agency grows, infrastructure overhead increases, or our entry price scales for new clients down the road, your monthly retainer will never go up a single penny. Your loyalty is rewarded with absolute overhead predictability.
We partner directly with heavy trades and field operations, so we understand weather cycles and seasonal shifts perfectly. We offer an explicit Seasonal Safe Harbor Freeze for your off-season. Instead of a full-retainer pause that risks dropping your local search momentum, we drop your fee to a bare-minimum baseline infrastructure cost (approx. $150/mo). This keeps your lightweight codebase hosted, your tracking pipelines live, and your map visibility securely active in the background so you are completely primed the exact day your spring rush hits.
All ad-hoc technical updates taking under 30 minutes are fully covered by your retainer. We keep our operational parameters clearly defined. Minor copy updates, phone number swaps, address adjustments, and routine technical fixes are handled quickly in the background at no extra cost. For major structural overhauls, custom landing page developments, or massive programmatic builds outside the initial project roadmap, we provide transparent flat-rate pricing or bill explicitly at an entry rate of $100/hr. No surprise invoices, ever.
We guarantee real-time data transparency tracking actual revenue events. We do not hide behind vague, empty metrics like 'impressions' or 'search visibility.' You receive a dedicated, live Looker Studio stream tracking verified inbound phone calls and actual AI engine citations across indexes like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Perplexity. You see exactly what we see, 24/7.
You deal directly with the leadership engineering your growth. We don't hide behind layers of account managers or pawn your business off to entry-level interns. You will communicate directly with the owner to review campaign updates, data streams, and technical adjustments. If our operation expands and a dedicated specialist is integrated into your pipeline, we will explicitly introduce them to you beforehand as your primary point of contact. You will always have a direct line to the people doing the actual heavy lifting.
This system is built for any local business that serves a specific city or region and creates real-world results. Whether you run a plumbing fleet, a commercial construction outfit, or a local dental clinic, this service works if you can show real proof of your work. If you sell products online through e-commerce or run a global software startup, we are not the right fit and recommend finding a retail-focused agency instead. We focus strictly on local territory dominance. If your business relies on local customers finding you first on Google, ChatGPT, or map listings, we build the clean digital setup to make sure you are the one they call.