# ThapaWeb
> ThapaWeb is an independent web studio in West Covina, CA led by Ishan Thapa. It designs, builds, and maintains high-performance websites for small businesses, and makes them visible in both classic search (SEO) and AI search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity (GEO/AEO). Every price is published; there are no hidden fees. Every page on this site is prerendered static HTML, so it can be read without executing JavaScript.

## Services
- [Website builds](https://thapaweb.com/services): Four tiers — Starter $299 setup + $59/mo (1–5 pages), Growth $499 + $99/mo (6–15 pages, booking/CRM/blog/schema), Custom $999+ + $179/mo (15+ pages, e-commerce with unlimited products and no per-product fees), Signature $2,500+ + $299/mo (scroll motion, 3D, interactive). All include hosting, security, and uptime monitoring; 12-month minimum term, stated upfront.
- [Audits & fixes](https://thapaweb.com/services): Website Diagnostic $149 (every page inspected — speed, SEO, security, AI-readability — top 10 issues personally reviewed and prioritized), Deep Audit $599–$1,200 by site size (full technical + SEO + AI-readability review with roadmap), fixes at $75/hr or flat quote.
- [Monthly plans](https://thapaweb.com/pricing): Care $69/mo (hosting, security, uptime with instant alerts), Guard $99/mo (monthly re-crawls, regression monitoring), Visibility $199/mo (daily AI-search citation checks across ChatGPT/Perplexity/Google AI with monthly reports).
- [Local SEO](https://thapaweb.com/services): Google Business Profile setup $299, optional $79/mo management. Page copywriting $150–$400/page (AI-drafted, human-edited, disclosed).

## Pricing & policies
- [Pricing](https://thapaweb.com/pricing): All prices published including the 12-month minimum term. Loyalty discounts: 50% off first Deep Audit for build clients; audit fees credited toward builds within 90 days; 10% off any two or more monthly plans. Clients own their domain and content; full export on departure.

## Work
- [Work](https://thapaweb.com/work): Real projects (Bracevo, a consumer hardware brand with a prerendered React SPA) plus five live demo websites. Demo builds are labeled as demos; there are no fake portfolios or invented testimonials.

## Live demo websites (fictional businesses, real builds — one per sector)
- [Restaurant demo — Ember & Oak](https://thapaweb.com/demos/ember-oak/): Starter-tier restaurant website example with mobile menu, reservations, and restaurant-website FAQ.
- [Local services demo — Summit Plumbing](https://thapaweb.com/demos/summit-plumbing/): Growth-tier contractor website example with booking form, flat-rate pricing, reviews, and contractor-website FAQ.
- [Med spa demo — Lumière Aesthetics](https://thapaweb.com/demos/lumiere-aesthetics/): Signature-tier luxury med spa website example with motion design, treatments, booking, and med-spa-website FAQ.
- [Boutique demo — Golden Hour](https://thapaweb.com/demos/golden-hour-boutique/): Growth-tier boutique retail website example with lookbook, arrivals, newsletter, and boutique-website FAQ.
- [Law firm demo — Marlowe & Grant](https://thapaweb.com/demos/marlowe-grant-law/): Custom-tier law firm website example with practice areas, attorney profiles, intake, and law-firm-website FAQ.

## Articles
- [AI search is already sending customers](https://thapaweb.com/blog/ai-search-sending-customers): How AI assistants pick local businesses to recommend and what a website needs to be citable.
- [Why your website gets slower every year](https://thapaweb.com/blog/why-your-website-got-slower): The four ways sites decay and what real maintenance includes.
- [What a small business website really costs in 2026](https://thapaweb.com/blog/real-cost-of-a-small-business-website): Transparent breakdown of website pricing at every level.
- [Schema, llms.txt, and how AI engines read your site](https://thapaweb.com/blog/schema-llms-txt-how-ai-reads-your-site): The technical layer behind AI-search visibility, in plain English.
- [Local SEO in the AI era](https://thapaweb.com/blog/local-seo-google-business-profile-ai-era): Why Google Business Profile matters more, not less, for AI recommendations.

## Company
- [About](https://thapaweb.com/about): Lean studio built for the AI era — AI tooling for speed, senior review on every decision, always-on support. Based in West Covina, CA; works remotely everywhere.
- [Get a quote](https://thapaweb.com/quote): Written quote with exact scope and total, usually within one business day. Contact: hello@thapaweb.com