Mirastart in Charlotte, NC charges $3,000/month as the floor for ongoing engagements, plus a one-time $2,500 setup fee. Defined projects are quoted on their own, from scope. What you pay above the floor depends on what the work turns out to involve, and the scope and the number are in writing before anything is committed.
Ad spend is separate: it is paid from your own Google and Meta accounts, never through Mirastart, and a retainer is a flat fee rather than a percentage of that spend. Nothing here is a package. Every engagement is scoped around the problem, the discovery call is free, and you own every account.
Every Mirastart engagement runs the same four steps: a free discovery call, a written proposal carrying scope and pricing, a build with working reviews you can see, then launch and ongoing support. You know which step you are on and what comes next at every point, because the sequence does not change.
A free 60-minute conversation about the business, the bottleneck, and what a useful first move could look like. Bring the numbers you already have: leads, bookings, spend, and where each comes from. You leave with an honest read on fit and a clear next step, whether or not that step is with Mirastart.
A written proposal that names the architecture, the deliverables, the timing, and the price, so nothing is left to be discovered later. Ongoing work is quoted from the $3,000 monthly floor and a defined project from its scope. You can take the document elsewhere; there is no obligation to proceed.
Design and development move together, with working reviews at regular points so progress is visible rather than reported. You see the real thing as it takes shape, not a slide about it, and any change to scope is priced in writing before it is built. Timing varies with scope and is set in the proposal, never guessed at here.
Deployment, the launch itself, and the post-launch fixes every real system needs once it meets real use, then optimization once live data shows what to improve. Support can continue as an ongoing retainer from the $3,000 monthly floor or end at handover, and you own every account either way.
Ongoing work with Mirastart starts at $3,000 a month, and that floor does not move, whatever the scope adds above it.
The setup fee is $2,500, one time.
Mirastart publishes both figures so you can rule us in or out before a call. Below the $3,000 floor the work cannot be done properly, so we say so rather than sell a thinner version of it. Above the floor, scope sets the number, and it is in writing before anything is committed. Defined projects are quoted on their own, from scope.
“Most agencies rent you a marketing person. I build you the machine that makes the work, and I put a screen on it so you can see what it earns.”
We are probably wrong for you if
We are a fit if: You have a real business with a real bottleneck, and you would rather fix the system than rent attention for another year.
| Engagement | How this market prices it | What moves the number |
|---|---|---|
| Local SEO | A monthly retainer. Two provider surveys, Ahrefs polling 439 SEO professionals and SE Ranking surveying 260 agencies, both put the most common agency band at $500 to $1,000 a month, and Ahrefs reported an agency average of $3,209 a month. | Market competitiveness, content volume, review and Business Profile work |
| Paid ads management | Either a percentage of your ad spend or a flat monthly fee. A percentage pays the agency more the more you spend, whether or not the spend produced work, so it is worth asking which model a proposal uses. | Platform count, creative production, landing pages |
| Professional custom website | Per project, quoted from scope. A builder subscription and a custom build are both called a website, which is why two honest quotes can sit a long way apart. | Page count, design origin, function, search intent |
| Mobile app | Per project, quoted from scope. The backend and the integrations decide the number long before the design does. | Platforms, backend, integrations, launch support |
| Marketing and systems retainer | Monthly, quoted from how much of the funnel one team owns. Two proposals that both say marketing on the cover can describe completely different amounts of work. | Channels covered, systems built, reporting depth |
Only the local SEO row carries figures, because only that row has a published survey behind it: according to Ahrefs, which polled 439 SEO professionals, and SE Ranking, which surveyed 260 agencies, both cited below, as of September 2026. The other four rows are described rather than priced, because an unsourced number on a cost page is worse than none. Every serious provider prices from scope, and so does Mirastart.
Mirastart works two ways: a defined project with a fixed scope and a clear deliverable, or an ongoing retainer that keeps engineering and marketing capacity on the business month after month. The project is quoted from scope; the retainer starts at the $3,000 monthly floor. We will tell you which one fits the outcome you are after.
A fixed scope with a clear deliverable, quoted from that scope rather than from a monthly floor, for businesses that already know what they need built. The price, the deliverables, and the timing are in writing before work starts, and the engagement closes after post-launch support with every account in your name.
Includes product design, development, testing, deployment, and post-launch support.
A long-term partnership from the $3,000 monthly floor, for businesses that need consistent development, marketing, and support month after month rather than one build. Capacity is reserved for you, work is planned in sprints, and the fee is flat rather than a percentage of ad spend. There are no long contracts, and you own every account.
Dedicated engineering capacity with sprint planning, priority support, and regular strategy sessions.
We will recommend the model that fits your outcome, timeline, and internal capacity.
Find the right fitThe questions below are the ones people actually type before they call, answered with the same figures the rest of this page carries: a $3,000 a month floor, a $2,500 setup fee, and scope deciding everything above them.
Ongoing engagements start at $3,000 a month and that floor does not move: below it the work cannot be done properly, and we would rather say so than sell you a thinner version of it. There is also a one-time setup fee of $2,500. Defined projects are quoted separately, because a one-off build is not a monthly retainer. What you pay above the floor moves with what the work turns out to involve. The discovery call is free, and the proposal that follows carries exact pricing and scope in writing.
Yes. The setup fee is $2,500, one time, alongside the $3,000 a month floor for ongoing engagements. Both figures are published here rather than held back for a call, which is the whole point of the page: you can decide whether the fit is right before you speak to anyone.
Pricing depends on system complexity, supported platforms, integrations, and timeline. Every project is scoped individually with a detailed proposal.
Yes. We work with businesses at different stages, from startups building their first product to established companies replacing legacy systems. The key is having a clear problem to solve.
Scope decides it, so the honest answer comes after the discovery call rather than before it. The proposal that follows carries a specific timeline for your project, agreed before any work starts.
Absolutely. Many strong client relationships begin with a focused first project and expand as the product, trust, and business needs grow.
Restaurants, service businesses, healthcare-adjacent companies, professional services, logistics, and more. The common thread is a business that has outgrown its current tools.
