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Ways to work

Start small. Grow step by step.

Q: Is there a minimum?

Yes, a minimum job size, so small jobs stay worth doing for both sides.

A free scan, fixed-price audits and jobs, and 90-day Build sprints.

Book a call to pick the right option Buy credits

The engagement ladder

Each step sets up the next.

Each step is small enough to say yes to. Pay-as-you-go jobs sit beside the ladder as a side door: any of them can lead to step 2.

Step 01Free AI scanAutomated. Nine Gate score, catalog health snapshot, zero-result search sample and AI visibility check. AI does the work, a human adds a two-line note before it goes out.About 48 hoursFree Step 02Most completeDCX AuditHuman-led. Finds the earliest failing gate and puts a money value on fixing it. Ends with a prioritised roadmap.About 30 daysPaid, fixed price Step 0390-day Build sprintFixes the top issues from the roadmap: templates, product data, search, tracking, first tests.90 daysFixed scope

Pay-as-you-go: a good idea, with rules.
Fixed-price jobs with a clear output, never hourly billing. Think of a restaurant: the à la carte menu brings people in, but the set menu (a Build sprint) is where the relationship lives.

Good fit for pay-as-you-go

A job can be pay-as-you-go when:

✦It has a clear finish line: a report, a fixed batch of SKUs, a set of built tests

✦The scope can be priced up front

✦It feeds data or quick wins into the bigger journey story

Better on a retainer

Keep it monthly when the value comes from doing it month after month:

01Testing programs

02Merchandising ops

03Growth marketing

Pay-as-you-go by service

What you can buy as a one-off job.

Service	Pay-as-you-go?	How it is packaged
Catalog and Product Data Foundation	Yes, best fit	Priced per batch of SKUs cleaned or enriched
Digital Analytics	Yes, for audits and setup	Fixed-price tracking audit, fixed-price GA4 / Adobe setup
Ecommerce Website Development	Yes	Fixed-price projects, plus prepaid dev credits for small changes
Conversion Rate Optimization	Partly	Per-test build pricing for brands with their own strategy team. The full program stays on retainer
AI Search and Shopping Visibility	Partly	Audit and feed fixes pay-as-you-go, monthly tracking on retainer
Digital Merchandising	Partly	One-off search or category rebuild, ongoing ops on retainer
Growth Marketing	No	Retainer only. Results build over months
DCX Strategy and Transformation	No (except the Diagnostic)	Paid Diagnostic up front, then a Build sprint

Three rules

What keeps pay-as-you-go healthy.

1A note on your other gatesEvery job ends with a short "what we saw across your other gates" note.

2Prepaid creditsBuy a block and spend it on any job from the menu.

3A minimum job sizeSo small jobs stay worth doing for both sides.

Pay as you go

Audits and fixed-price jobs.

SEO AuditSee what holds your rankings back and what to fix first.2 to 3 weeksFixed price Technical SEO AuditMake sure search engines can crawl, index and understand every page.2 to 3 weeksFixed price AI Visibility AuditSee where ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode mention you, and where they pick a competitor.2 weeksFixed price CRO AuditFind where visitors drop and build a test backlog that fixes causes.2 to 3 weeksFixed price Digital Analytics AuditCheck that every order and lead is tracked correctly.1 to 2 weeksFixed price Catalog data cleanupSpecs, titles and attributes cleaned per SKU batch.Per batchFixed price per batch Search tuningSynonyms, part numbers, zero-result fixes.2 to 4 weeksFixed price Template rebuildOne listing or product template, improving every page that uses it.4 to 6 weeksFixed price

Prepaid credits

Buy a block, spend it on any job.

1Buy a blockCredits paid up front at a better rate.

2Spend on any jobAudits, data batches, dev changes.

3Get a gate noteEvery job ends with what we saw across your other gates.

Build sprints

What 90 days covers.

1Weeks 1 to 2Confirm the roadmap and scope

2Weeks 3 to 8Data, search and template fixes

3Weeks 9 to 11Tracking and first tests

4Week 12Results review and next-step plan

Compare

Side by side.

	Pay as you go	Build sprint
Best for	One clear job	Top roadmap issues
Length	Days to weeks	90 days
Pricing	Fixed price or credits	Fixed scope
AI agents	First pass	Throughout
Gate note	Yes	Yes

Site map

Every route leads to a DCX Audit or a Build sprint.

Home and Nine Gates hub

DiagnoseDCX Audit (flagship)SEO auditTechnical SEO auditAI visibility auditCRO auditDigital Analytics auditAccessibility auditDigital Merchandising audit

Build90-day Build sprintsCatalog and product dataSearch and templatesTracking setupWebsite developmentAI feed and content fixes

8 service pagesEach shows all 3 stages 3 solution pagesBuyer search terms

Where every route ends

Free AI scan DCX Audit

In depth

Pick the engagement that fits

Every engagement is small enough to say yes to and sets up the next step. Start with a free AI scan, move to a fixed-price audit, then a 90-day Build sprint.

Pay-as-you-go jobs work well for clearly scoped tasks, such as a single template fix, a search tuning job or a catalog batch. Ongoing improvement across several gates is better suited to a Build sprint.

Prepaid credits keep small jobs simple and a minimum job size keeps them worth doing for both sides.

FAQ

Yes. Every pay-as-you-go job ends with a short note on your other gates.

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