POS-Independent Websites
The hidden cost of POS-locked restaurant websites.
That "free" website from your POS provider isn't free — it's rented. Leave the POS, and the website typically goes with it. An independent restaurant website costs $997 flat, launches within two business days of direction lock, and is yours outright no matter which POS you use.
$400, credited in full toward your $997 sprint when you start within 30 days of your session.
How the trap works
The site lives inside their platform
POS-bundled websites aren't standalone sites — they're features of the provider's system. Your domain might point there, but the pages, the design, and the content management all belong to the platform.
Switching POS means starting over
Outgrow your provider, find better rates, or just want a change? Your website doesn't come with you. You're rebuilding from zero — during the busiest transition your business will face.
You're stuck in their template
POS website builders offer a handful of layouts. Every restaurant on the platform ends up looking related — which is the opposite of what an independent restaurant needs.
One vendor controls two critical systems
When your payments and your public presence run through the same company, every pricing change, outage, or dispute puts both at risk at once.
The independent alternative
Separation is the whole strategy. Your POS handles payments. Your website handles your public presence. Neither can hold the other hostage — switch providers whenever the numbers say so, and your site doesn't blink.
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Yours outright, from day one
Brand assets, files, site — paid in full means owned in full. No platform to leave, nothing to lose.
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Designed around your restaurant
Not a template with your logo dropped in. The design starts from your food, your room, your story.
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Live in two business days
Direction set on your Sofrito Session, approved in writing, built and launched within two business days of direction lock.
Questions owners ask
What happens to my website if I switch POS providers?
If it was bundled with the POS, it typically goes away — the site lives inside their platform. An independent site is separate, so switching providers never affects it.
Can I keep my POS and get an independent website?
Yes — that's the point. POS handles payments, the website handles your public presence. Separate vendors, neither holding the other hostage.
How much does it cost?
$997 flat covers the brand identity and one-page website. Hosting is separate; optional Engine Maintenance is $49/month.
How fast can you replace my current site?
Within two business days of written direction lock. Session sets the direction, you approve it, we build and launch.
Do I own it?
Outright. Once the sprint is paid in full, everything is yours — regardless of which POS you use, now or later.
Own your corner of the internet.
It starts with a 45-minute Sofrito Session. We set the direction together — then your independent site launches within two business days of written direction lock.
$400, credited in full toward your $997 sprint when you start within 30 days of your session.