Website Continuity Escrow
Website Continuity Escrow keeps an organization's website source code, logins, domain records and a written recovery plan in accounts it owns, with each release fingerprinted. If a developer or agency disappears, the site can be restored without them.
- Starting at
- $750
- Billing
- per site per year
- Typical timeline
- 1 to 2 weeks
- Part of
- Be verifiable
Why it matters
A surprising number of businesses call Orca because the person who built their website vanished with the files. Domains lapse, hosting logins belong to someone else, and nobody can prove which version was live.
Best fit for: Small business, Nonprofits, Associations, Law firms, Medical practices, Commercial real estate.
What you get
Everything below is delivered in your name and stays yours.
- Source code in a repository you own
- Domain, DNS and hosting access in your name
- A written recovery runbook
- Each release fingerprinted and dated
- An annual restore test
- A one page continuity certificate
How it works
Recover
We find and collect everything in your name.
Store
Source and access moved to accounts you own.
Document
A recovery runbook is written.
Test yearly
We prove the site can be restored.
Built on open standards and tools you control
- GitHub or GitLab in your name
- SHA-256 fingerprints
- Orca Tech recovery practice
Price and costs. Starting at $750 per site per year. Free repository and registrar accounts in your name. No escrow agent fees. Your exact number is fixed in writing before work starts.
Questions about Website Continuity Escrow
We already have backups. Is this different?
Backups copy files. Continuity proves you own the accounts, the code and the process to bring the site back.
What if Orca is the one who disappears?
That is the point. Everything sits in your accounts, not ours.
Does it cover more than one site?
Yes, priced per site.
Often paired with
Version of Record
Public proof of which version of a bylaw, standard or policy was in force.
From $1,500Impersonation Defense Kit
Email protection, lookalike domain watching and a page that tells people how to verify you.
From $2,000Accessibility Remediation
WCAG 2.2 AA fixes so every visitor and every AI agent can use your site.
From $1,500Start with Website Continuity Escrow
Describe what is not working. A senior member of the Orca team replies within one business day with an honest read, a timeline and a fixed number.
- You talk to the people who do the work.
- Fixed scope and fixed price before anything starts.
- You own every file, login and record.
- Straight answers, including when you do not need us.