FAQs
Questions U.S. buyers ask before they hire us
What does HandsOnTech do?
HandsOnTech is a U.S. design, development and AI product studio headquartered in Sacramento, California. We build websites, mobile apps and AI SaaS dashboards for American businesses, then grow them with SEO, AEO, PPC, social and content marketing. One team handles strategy, design, build and growth, so nothing gets dropped in a handoff between vendors.
How much does a website, app or AI product cost?
Every project is quoted as a fixed price after a free audit and a scope review, and you get the written proposal, milestones and timeline within 48 hours. Marketing websites, web apps and mobile apps sit in different ranges, so we ask for a budget range up front, not to qualify you, but because a smaller budget and a larger one are genuinely different architectures for the same goal. There is no hourly creep and no surprise change orders.
How long does a website or app take to build?
A marketing website ships in 4 to 6 weeks. A web app or AI dashboard takes 8 to 12 weeks. A mobile app takes 10 to 16 weeks. We work in two-week sprints, so you see working software every other Friday instead of waiting for one big reveal, and the exact date is confirmed in your written scope before work starts.
Do you work with businesses across the United States?
Yes. We are headquartered at 2108 N ST STE N, Sacramento, CA 95816 and serve clients in all 50 states, remote-first, with daily overlap on Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific time. Contracts, invoicing and IP assignment run through a U.S. entity, so your legal team reviews one clean American agreement, and on-site working sessions in major metros are available by arrangement.
Who is HandsOnTech a good fit for?
Founders, marketing leaders and operators at U.S. companies who need one accountable team instead of three vendors: a website, app or AI product that has to move a specific number, and the SEO, AEO and paid programs that keep it moving after launch. We are a poor fit if you want the cheapest possible build or a body shop that takes tickets without asking what the work is for.
What technology do you build on?
Websites run on WordPress, Webflow, Shopify or Next.js, whichever fits your team rather than our habits. Web apps and AI dashboards are typically Next.js with a Postgres or MongoDB backend and an LLM layer with retrieval, evaluation and cost controls. Mobile is native iOS and Android or React Native. We recommend the stack your team can maintain and explain the trade-off in writing.
What is AEO, and how is it different from SEO?
SEO earns clicks from Google's search results. AEO, or answer engine optimization, earns citations inside AI answers from ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Claude. AEO depends on direct answers, structured data, consistent entity signals and content a model can quote cleanly. We run both together, because the same page now has to satisfy a crawler, a language model and a human buyer.
What makes you different from a typical agency or an offshore team?
Three things you can check in the contract. One team covers design, development and growth, so there is no handoff tax and nobody to blame. You talk to the designer and engineer doing the work, not an account manager relaying messages. And delivery happens on U.S. business hours with a fixed price, a 30-day bug warranty and full ownership transfer on final payment.
Who owns the code and the designs?
You do. Source code, Figma files, content and analytics access transfer to you on final payment. No license fees, no lock-in and no platform you can only edit by paying us. NDAs are signed before you share anything sensitive.
What happens after launch?
Every build carries a 30-day warranty: bugs found in the first month after go-live get fixed free, and that is in the contract, not the pitch. After that you can add maintenance and support, an SEO or AEO retainer, paid media management, or a dedicated specialist embedded in your team. Nothing is mandatory, and you keep everything either way.
How do I get started?
Send the form below, email sales@handsontech.io or call (866) 965-8749. Within 48 hours you get a recorded audit of your site covering speed, UX, SEO and AI answer visibility, plus a prioritized fix list you can act on with or without us. Qualified projects also get a written scope with price and timeline within two business days.