Website support plans for Photographers
Ongoing maintenance & expert support to keep your website fast, secure, and worry-free.
Yearly website support plans for photographers, run by me, Alex Vita: from $400 a year on most platforms and $700 for WordPress sites, with updates, backups, security, monitoring and someone to forward the scary emails to. Trusted by 400+ photographers in 25+ countries since 2007.
If your site is slow, broken, outdated, or quietly neglected, you're risking trust, inquiries, search visibility, and sometimes real bookings.
I keep photography websites fast, secure, properly maintained, and actually watched over, so you're not left wondering whether something's slowly breaking behind the scenes.
With 19 years of experience working exclusively with photographers, I'll be your dedicated webmaster: fixing problems, spotting issues early, tightening up weak points, and keeping your site sharp long after launch.
Choose a website support planA website support plan is for you if...
- You're afraid to update your site because things might break
- You get emails about "critical" updates, hacking attempts or Google Search Console errors, and you never know which ones actually matter
- You're losing hours to website issues that shouldn't be on your plate in the first place.
- You know your site matters to your business, but nobody's actively protecting it
- You want someone reliable for fixes, updates, guidance, and the quiet behind-the-scenes work
- You'd rather prevent problems than pay for the cleanup afterwards
- You want peace of mind that your site is still secure, still fast, and still doing its job, without you having to check
Choose your plan:
Essential
$700 a year
$58 a month, for WordPress sites
Other platforms: $400 a year ($33 a month)
For solo photographers who need peace of mind and reliable upkeep.
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Advanced
$1,200 a year
$100 a month, for WordPress sites
Other platforms: $850 a year ($71 a month)
For busy photographers who want proactive improvements and better performance & results.
Premium
$2,000 a year
$167 a month, for WordPress sites
Other platforms: $1,500 a year ($125 a month)
Your website, fully managed by a web expert, with unlimited support & proactive monitoring, so you can stay focused on your craft.
Unlimited small tasks means anything that takes up to 30 minutes. Bigger projects are quoted separately, at preferred pricing.
Compare the plans
| What you get | Essential | Advanced | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| In every plan | |||
| WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates To take advantage of recent features and security updates, with testing to avoid any incompatibilities. |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 24/7 Uptime monitoring I get real-time notifications if the site ever goes down to fix it ASAP. |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security measures & weekly backups To prevent your website from being hacked & blacklisted, with free clean-ups and restores if ever needed. |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quarterly website recommendations I give you a list of website design and content improvement ideas, so you keep growing. |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email support Answering all your website-related messages so you get clarity and a clear direction. That includes the scary ones: forward me any "critical" warning, renewal notice or hacking alert and I'll tell you whether it matters (most don't). |
48h replies | Priority, 24h replies | Priority, unlimited |
| Added in Advanced | |||
| Quarterly SEO mini-audit On-site SEO check-ins to keep Google happy and your rankings healthy. |
Not included | ✓ | ✓ |
| Google Analytics & Google Search Console monitoring I check your stats and site health for traffic trends and indexing issues. |
Not included | ✓ | ✓ |
| Broken link monitoring Ongoing scans to fix dead links (both internal and external) and redirect them as needed. |
Not included | ✓ | ✓ |
| Site speed monitoring and optimization Performance testing and tuning to make sure your website's speed continues to be a positive ranking factor. |
Not included | ✓ | ✓ |
| Small content & design fixes and dev work Think small bug fixes, design tweaks, admin help, minor content updates, etc. Questions and advice by email never count toward that hour, so ask away. On Premium there's no monthly cap, as long as each task takes 30 minutes or less. |
Not included | 1 hour a month | Unlimited (30-min tasks) |
| Added in Premium | |||
| Full content management assistance Just send your content & I’ll take care of:
|
Not included | Not included | ✓ |
| Quarterly written review (1-hour call optional) Every quarter I send you a short written review: how your Search Console numbers moved, what ChatGPT and Google's AI answers say about you, and the top 3 priorities for the next quarter. If you'd rather talk it through, we can also do a 1-hour call (normally a $295 service). |
Not included | Not included | ✓ |
| Email marketing help Configuring mailing lists, segmentation, merge tags, automation workflows, adding subscribe boxes, campaigns, etc. |
Not included | Not included | ✓ |
| Account & license management I keep track of your software renewals & recommend free/better alternatives. |
Not included | Not included | ✓ |
Perks: support clients get 20% off SEO projects, and every photographer they refer to my support plans takes 10% off their own plan, for as long as they keep it.
What’s not included
While the support plans cover a lot, there are a few things outside the scope:
- Advanced web design & SEO work: Full redesigns, major theme customizations, and large SEO campaigns aren't included. If it’s a big change, we’ll treat it as a separate mini-project, and I’ll let you know upfront when something crosses that line.
- Copywriting: I can offer basic feedback on your website copy, but if you need polished marketing text or full rewrites, I recommend working with a pro copywriter (I can recommend a few with photography experience).
- Fixing third-party damage: If someone else tinkers with your site and breaks something, I’ll help clean it up, but depending on the complexity, it might require a separate scope of work.
Why prevention matters
Your website is part of your reputation and your booking process. When it breaks, slows down, gets hacked, stops sending forms, or quietly slips out of shape, the damage is often invisible at first. That's what makes it dangerous.
Most photographers don't notice a problem the second it appears, they notice it later: after traffic dropped, after a form stopped working for a month, after a plugin conflict wrecked the mobile layout, or after a potential client quietly moved on.
Good support means catching issues early, closing off risks, and keeping your site healthy enough that it keeps doing its job in the background.
Why not manage the site yourself
You can, but should you?
Keeping your website healthy takes more than logging in every now and then. Even if you rarely update your content, things break behind the scenes: plugins get abandoned, security holes emerge, your host slows down, and Google quietly starts ranking you lower if the site feels stale. “Managed WordPress” hosting helps with updates and backups, but it runs the same automated tasks on every site it hosts, and nobody there looks at yours in particular.
Security issues? Slow load times? Broken links? Those technical details directly affect your reputation and your ability to book new clients.
With a support plan, I keep everything running smoothly, proactively fix problems before they hurt your business, and make sure your site is always fast, safe, and working for you.
You need a dedicated expert who knows your site inside out and works only with photographers. That’s me.
Still not sure?
One year of proper website support usually costs less than a single lost booking from a broken form, a hacked site, or a slow, neglected experience.
What you're paying for is protection, continuity, and one less important thing to worry about.
The best support work is usually the work you barely notice: problems get prevented, weak spots get tightened, and small issues get handled before they turn into expensive ones.
Why work with me to improve your photography website:
1. Industry experience:
I started out as a freelance photographer myself after college, enough to get a taste of the struggles. Having a background in computer science, I pivoted to building websites for photographers, and I've been doing that exclusively since 2007, so I know how the industry works. Read my full story.
2. Customer service: I'm fast and meticulous, I respond to all your questions, as best as I can, quickly and thoroughly. And I always try to be as polite & kind as possible, I value that.
3. Clarity: I love seeing the bigger picture in any business struggle, and I always want to leave you with a great understanding of the problem and solutions, with actionable clear next steps.
What happy website owners sound like:
"I found the most amazing support for my website. I couldn't be happier with the work that Alex provided. The speed with which things got done was also pretty impressive." - Rosanne Arnowitz
"My experience with Alex was fabulous. He works highly professional, competent, very friendly and supportive. I can recommend him to everyone. I am still happy about my choice, because I know that whenever I have something new to be adjusted on my site, I have his support. He is a gem in this business." - Rosa Frei
"He has built two sites for us, continues to provide outstanding IT support and we have no considerations whatsoever of going anywhere else with future website work we need carried out." - Nick Reid
"Alex has been interviewed on the podcast and since then has been managing both my websites and is absolutely incredible at what he does.
I can't count the number of times he has helped me. From small website tweaks to rescuing me after hacking attempts.
I've been on Alex's maintenance plan for 2 years now and it's been a terrific investment for me." - Andrew Hellmich
Quick answers
How much does a support plan cost?
For a WordPress site, Essential is $700 a year ($58 a month), Advanced is $1,200 ($100 a month) and Premium is $2,000 ($167 a month). Sites on other platforms pay $400, $850 or $1,500 a year. You pay once a year.
Do you support Squarespace, Showit, Pixieset or PhotoDeck sites?
Yes. Every plan has its own price for other platforms, shown under the WordPress price, and it covers Squarespace, Showit, PhotoDeck, Pixieset, Format, Zenfolio, SmugMug, PhotoShelter and most other platforms photographers use. If you're not sure yours fits, ask me before you sign up.
What if a job is bigger than my plan covers?
I'll tell you upfront, before I start, and quote it separately as a mini-project. Support clients get preferred pricing on those: a better rate than my public prices (it depends on the job, so it isn't a blanket discount), and SEO projects are 20% off.
Can I cancel?
Yes. Plans are paid yearly and renew automatically, and if you cancel before the next renewal you won't be charged again. I don't offer prorated refunds for unused time.
Do I keep ownership of everything?
Yes. Your domain, hosting, logins and licenses stay in your name, always.
What happens when I forward you a scary email?
I read it and tell you whether it matters, and most don't. "Critical" update notices, hacking-attempt alerts, renewal reminders, Search Console warnings: forward them as they arrive, because answering them is part of every plan, and questions by email never count toward your hour of fixes. When one does matter, I deal with it.
Case study: Claire Thomas's website, six years on
I built Claire Thomas's website in 2020 to sell her fine art prints, and six years later it's still the same build, growing on my support plan. Since then it has taken on photo tours in Mongolia and Egypt, an Exhibitions section and her book, and a good share of those pages she added herself. When something does break, I'm the one she writes to.
Read the case study"I don't think you've ever taken more than a day to respond to any of my technical issues or questions, even when I tell you something is non-urgent."
Claire Thomas, on my support plan since 2021
Case study: Nico Trinkhaus's site, on the plan since 2020
Nico Trinkhaus runs sumfinity.com, a travel photography site in 23 languages with 72 travel guides and a print shop. The growth is all his. My side is everything underneath: the database cap, the plugin collisions, the expired licences, each one logged with the date and how fast it got fixed.
Read the case study"I LOVE how easy it is to work with you. I only get to work in "bursts" on my website. Some hours of push, then days of being stuck on other things. During this time I run into issues that stop me. I send you an email and next day you've got it covered and I can continue with what I wanted to do."
Nico Trinkhaus, in his 2023 feedback form
Let's get started
Choose a support plan and let’s take the stress out of running your photography website.
Trusted by 400+ photographers in 25+ countries since 2007.
After payment, I’ll personally get in touch to schedule a quick onboarding call, so I can get to know you, review your current setup, and start planning next steps.
Plans are paid once a year and renew automatically. Cancel or pause anytime (pausing puts the updates and checks on hold, and the months you've already paid for wait until you restart). No prorated refunds.
All prices in USD. Contact me for alternative currency options.
Have questions first? Send me a quick email (I reply to every single one).
