Every line itemised, like a proper invoice. Plans from £299 a month, cancel any month. Here is what good SEO really costs, what each tier buys you, and how to spot the cheap deals that quietly waste your money.
Most honest UK retainers for a small business sit between £300 and £2,000 a month. The number tracks the hours: research, technical work, writing and links. Anything under about £250 is usually software output with no person thinking about your business. Here is the itemised job, every month.
Working out which searches actually bring you customers, and what your rivals rank for.
Speed, crawlability, broken pages, mobile — the plumbing search engines judge you on.
Pages and articles written for people first, that also answer what people search for.
Getting real websites to mention and link to you. The slow bit, and the bit that moves rankings most.
A plain monthly note on what changed, what it earned, and what happens next.
Same honesty at every level. You can move up or down, or stop, whenever you like. No setup fee, no early-exit charge.
One location, a handful of services, one competitive town to win.
Regional reach, more services, a market where rivals are actively trying.
National terms, or one commercial phrase worth real money to your business.
Cheap SEO is usually a con dressed up as a bargain. If a quote includes any of these, walk away — you will pay for it later in wasted months or a penalised website.
Nobody controls Google. Anyone promising the top slot is either guessing or lying.
A price that balloons every time you add a phrase. Good SEO lifts hundreds of terms at once.
Hundreds of links bought in a job lot. Fast, tempting, and a good way to get a site penalised.
That budget buys an automated report and nobody thinking. Real work costs real hours.
If the work is good you will stay. Long contracts with exit fees protect the agency, not you.
Pages of numbers you cannot act on. You should see rankings, traffic and enquiries — nothing else.
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