# Worked review: what a starting offer leaves to confirm

Prepared by SEO Informatica on 6 October 2026.

This is a review of our published starting offer, not an individual proposal, a client contract or a calculated quote. It shows what the available wording establishes and which answers still require the proposal. It is not a price comparison or evidence of a buyer outcome.

Guide: https://seoinformatica.com/ai-visibility-cost/

## Source record

- Provider: SEO Informatica.
- Public source: https://seoinformatica.com/ai-seo/
- Source title: AI SEO Services for B2B Service Businesses | SEO Informatica.
- Source update date: 5 October 2026.
- Source capture date: 6 October 2026.
- Capture method: review of the unchanged service source at repository commit `a778620ba56f051ccba1a8bc1d052d5b57ec708f`, not a new live-page or checkout test.
- Retained service source: `src/content/services/ai-seo.md` at that commit.
- Approved offer source: `src/data/offers.json`, offer `ai-seo`, at that commit. Its price fields are display `$1,111`, currency `USD`, unit `a month`, prefix `from` and public `true`.
- Individual proposal, version and issue date: not available for this example.
- Service start date and cash comparison period: not set.

## Exact supporting passages

### S1. FAQ: What does AI SEO cost?

> The plan starts at $1,111 a month, with three months to begin: Setup in month one, then two months of Compound toward a goal we agree before we start. After that it runs month by month. The exact fee depends on the layers your business needs and is confirmed on the free Clarity Call. You can request the call directly; the Outside View is optional. The proposal names the work, responsibilities and fee before we begin.

### S2. Pricing terms: initial commitment

> The first three months are the minimum. Setup in month one. Compound in months two and three, toward a goal written into your proposal before we begin.

### S3. Pricing terms: continuation

> From month four, month by month. Continue, pause or stop with 30 days' notice. No exit fees.

### S4. Pricing terms: hosting

> Hosting is included while you are on the plan, and stays covered while you pause.

### S5. Responsibilities: scope and fee

> Before work begins, the proposal names the priority services, market, pages, technical work, fee and responsibilities. A site we can improve and a full build are different scopes; the call settles that before you commit.

### S6. Responsibilities: implementation and approval

> We research, write and implement the agreed work. You give us the expertise, facts, access and approvals needed to make it accurate. You do not have to write the pages.

### S7. Responsibilities: access and dependencies

> We establish who can edit and publish the site and who controls the relevant search and analytics accounts. If another supplier must implement a change, that responsibility belongs in the proposal.

## What can be recorded now?

| Term | Supported reading | Still needs confirmation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Published fee | From $1,111 a month in USD. This is the approved starting fee. Source: S1 and the offer record. | Exact fee for the buyer's agreed scope. The starting fee is not entered as an agreed quote amount. |
| Initial term | The first three months are the minimum. Source: S2. | Start date, exact fee, required charges and the complete amount payable under the proposal. |
| Delivery sequence | Setup in month one, then Compound in months two and three. Sources: S1 and S2. | Named deliverables, services, markets, access, dependencies and acceptance points. |
| Payment schedule | The fee is expressed per month. Source: S1. | Invoice dates, due dates and whether any payment is required in advance. A monthly unit does not establish those dates. |
| Continuation and notice | Month by month from month four; 30 days' notice; no exit fees. Source: S3. | The applicable dates in the individual proposal. No refund or cancellation calculation is inferred. |
| Hosting | Included on the plan and while paused. Source: S4. | Any individual handover requirements. No ownership or refund term is inferred from the hosting statement. |
| Implementation | We research, write and implement the agreed work; the buyer supplies facts, access and approvals. Sources: S5 and S6. | The specific scope and named people responsible for each approval or change. Another supplier's role must be recorded where relevant. Source: S7. |
| Other amounts | No amount is assigned in this example. | Setup charges, mandatory extras, optional work and tax treatment need an explicit answer for the actual proposal. An absent amount is unknown, not zero. |

## Three separate readings

**Minimum commitment:** the initial term is known, but the complete payable amount is not established without an exact fee and confirmed required charges. No total is calculated from the starting price.

**Payments in a chosen period:** not established. There is no service start date, invoice schedule or chosen cash comparison period in this example. Payments and the period of service they cover must be recorded separately.

**Remaining work and costs:** the buyer supplies expertise, facts, access and approvals. The proposal must name the actual scope, any other implementer and any additional charges. No internal hours or monetary value is estimated.

## The next useful question

Please confirm the exact fee for the agreed scope, currency and tax treatment; every mandatory charge; the initial term; invoice and payment dates; and the work and approvals our team or another supplier must provide. Please retain the applicable notice, renewal, refund and handover wording in the proposal.

Follow-up owner, due date and supplier reply source: unassigned in this example. Record them in the blank comparison worksheet when reviewing an actual proposal.

## Limits

This record preserves wording at a dated source revision. A later proposal or published revision may differ. It does not interpret a contract, assume a refund, convert currencies, rank providers or predict search results. Compare the actual written scope and terms, and keep unresolved items visible beside any partial subtotal.

Blank records:

- https://seoinformatica.com/downloads/pricing-commitment/quote-comparison.md
- https://seoinformatica.com/downloads/pricing-commitment/quote-comparison.csv

For the broader provider decision: https://seoinformatica.com/before-hiring-ai-visibility/#proposal-worksheet