How it works

Try it on.
Pay only if it fits.

The Shop is a small collection of finished, ready-to-launch websites. Every design is hand-built, exclusive, and priced to own. You can try any of them on with your real content — see exactly how your site will look — before paying a cent.

Here's exactly how it works, from start to finish.

Step01Browse

Find a design that feels right.

Visit The Shop and scan the current listings. Each one is a complete, fully-designed site with its own character — not a template. You'll see pricing up front for both options: own it outright, or host with us on a monthly plan.

Each design is exclusive. One owner per site. Once it's claimed, it's off the shelf — forever.

Step02Preview

See the real site live.

Click Explore this Design on any listing and the actual site opens in a new tab — at its own URL, with every animation, transition, and interaction running exactly the way your customers would experience it. Nothing rendered or faked. No surprises on launch day.

Look at it on your phone. Look at it on your desktop. Scroll slowly. This is the design you'd be buying.

Step03Try it on

Submit your content. No payment.

If you like what you see, click Try It On. A short form opens — seven quick steps covering your business name, your story, your services, a few photos or a hero video, your contact info, and a handful of optional details.

It takes about ten minutes. No credit card. No account. No pressure.

What we ask for

The basics (name, business, city), your headline and tagline, your services and descriptions, contact details, and any images or video you'd like featured. Leave anything blank that doesn't apply — optional fields are clearly marked.

Step04We build

Your content. Inside the design.

Once you submit, we drop your content straight into the real site. Your words, your images, your colours — all styled by the original design system. No rewrites. No filler copy. If you gave us a hero video, it lives at the top. If you gave us a gallery, it populates the grid.

This usually takes about 48 hours. Sometimes less.

Step05Preview

A working link in your inbox.

You'll get an email with a live preview URL — the real site, with your real content, hosted on a staging link only you can see. Open it on your phone. Send it to your partner, your team, your best customer. Make sure it feels right.

If something's off, you reply and tell us. No charge. No hard conversation. We'll either adjust the tone, swap the copy, or — if you decide it's just not the right design for you — you walk away. That's it.

Step06Claim

Love it? Make it yours.

If the preview looks right, you choose how you want to own it:

Full Handoff

One-time payment. The site is yours outright — full files, full ownership. Host it wherever you like. No monthly fees, no lock-in. You'll never hear from us unless you want to.

Hosted Retainer

Lower upfront payment + a small monthly fee. We keep the site live, updated, and maintained. Small content swaps, uptime monitoring, minor fixes — all handled. 30-day clean exit whenever you want out.

Step07Launch

Live on your domain
within 72 hours.

Once you've claimed the design and we've connected your domain, your site goes live within 72 hours. No calls. No meetings. No long onboarding. Just a working website at your address.

And that design? It's off the shelf. Nobody else will ever own it.

Honest answers.

Questions people actually ask
Do I really not pay anything upfront?
Correct. Submitting your content through Try It On is completely free. You'll see a working preview of the design filled with your real content before you're ever asked for payment. If you don't love it, you don't pay. Nothing happens, nothing is charged, no follow-up sales call.
What happens if I submit my content and don't like the preview?
You tell us. We'll either tweak it — copy, colour, image placement — or if it's just not the right design for you, we part ways. No charge, no hard feelings, no guilt-trip email. The whole point of "try it on" is that it's genuinely try-before-you-buy.
Can I request changes before I pay?
Yes. Small tweaks to copy, image swaps, or a different colour accent are all fine before claim. Bigger changes — restructuring sections, adding pages, custom functionality — fall outside the Shop model and would be quoted as custom work.
Is the design actually exclusive to me?
Yes. Once you claim a Shop design, it's removed from the shelf permanently. Nobody else can buy, license, or use it. Every Shop listing is a one-owner product — that's what makes these sites different from templates you'd find anywhere else.
What exactly do I own with Full Handoff?
Everything. The complete source files (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images), full ownership of the design, and unrestricted rights to host it anywhere you like. No licensing strings. No recurring fees. If you later want help, you can reach out — but you're never locked in.
What does the Hosted Retainer actually include?
Hosting, uptime monitoring, routine updates, and small content swaps handled for you. You pay a lower upfront price plus a monthly fee, and we keep the site running cleanly in the background. You can exit any time with 30 days' notice and take the full files with you.
How does the 72-hour launch work?
Once you've claimed the design and connected (or given us access to) your domain, we point the site at your domain, double-check everything is routing correctly, and publish. The whole process typically takes 24–48 hours — we hold the outer bound at 72 so the promise stays honest even on busy weeks.
What if I don't have a domain yet?
No problem. If you don't have a domain, we'll recommend a registrar (Namecheap, Cloudflare Registrar, or similar) and walk you through the quick setup. You'll own the domain directly, in your own account — we never register domains on your behalf.
What if I have questions that aren't answered here?
Use the contact form on the main site, or email hello@delightfulsite.com directly. We answer everything — about a Shop site, about custom work, about the process, about anything at all. Most responses come back within a day.
What if none of the Shop sites fit what I need?
Then a custom build is probably the right path. We offer fully custom work on a quote-by-quote basis — starting at $4,500 (our custom minimum) and scaling up from there depending on scope. Same architecture, same commitment to speed and craft, just designed from scratch for you.

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