01 · Evidence status

What this page does not claim.

No market price benchmark is reported in this protocol release. The current sample size is zero. Bite-Sites prices elsewhere on this site are offers from one provider, not a market dataset.

We publish results only with a baseline, a date range, and the client’s approval.

02 · Study record

The record, as it stands today.

Status: Protocol published; records not yet collected
Sample size: 0 qualifying price records (protocol release; no results published)
Collection dates: Not yet collected. Future releases will state quote dates and the period in which public prices were accessed.
Author: Santiago Vidales, Bite-Sites
Reviewer: Independent reviewer not yet assigned; results cannot be labeled reviewed until one is named
Published: 2026-09-01
Last updated: 2026-09-01

03 · Method

How the data will be collected.

Collect dated, attributable public price pages and voluntarily supplied written quotes for United States dental-practice websites. Preserve the source URL or redacted source record.
Code one-time build fees, required recurring website fees, optional marketing fees, contract term, ownership or transfer terms, page scope, content scope, hosting, and maintenance as separate fields.
Normalize recurring website charges to 12- and 36-month totals without treating optional advertising spend or marketing retainers as website cost.
Use the quoted range when a source provides a range. Do not replace missing prices with estimates or midpoint assumptions.
Publish row-level source notes where permission allows, a data dictionary, duplicate-resolution rules, summary calculations, and a correction log.

04 · What is measured

Every measure, defined.

Initial website fee: Required one-time amount attributable to design, development, or launch.
Required recurring website fee: Mandatory hosting, licensing, support, or platform charges needed to keep the quoted website operating.
Three-year website cost: Initial fee plus 36 months of required website fees, excluding optional services and media spend.
Ownership terms: The source-stated right to retain, transfer, export, or continue operating the website after termination.
Included scope: Pages, copy, migration, hosting, maintenance, accessibility work, and integrations explicitly included in the source.

05 · Exclusions and limits

What is left out, and what it cannot say.

Exclusions

Undated prices and unattributable anecdotes
Quotes that combine website work with other services but do not itemize the website component
Advertising media spend, optional SEO or PPC retainers, domain purchases, and unrelated software
Duplicate quotes or public pages representing the same offer in the same collection window

Limitations

Published prices may omit negotiated terms, taxes, overages, or later change orders.
Packages with different scope and ownership terms are not interchangeable even when totals are similar.
Voluntarily supplied quotes may create selection bias, and public prices may change after collection.
Until records are collected, this page is a protocol and must not be cited as a dental website market-price result.

Citation

Vidales, Santiago. “Dental Website Cost Dataset: Collection Protocol.” Bite-Sites, protocol version 1.0, 1 Sept. 2026.

Changes

2026-09-01: Initial collection protocol and no-data status published.