Your assets. Your keys. Your call.
When Assay Ventures builds something for you, here's how ownership works — before, during, and after the engagement ends.
Three briefs cover the full spectrum: handing off a website, handing off a full technology platform, or continuing to work with us after the build ships. Each brief maps back to the signed scope, payment schedule, and transfer inventory.
The three briefs
How you take control of a website we build — Framer, Webflow, or the simple-editor path. Four options, one recommendation, clear monthly costs.
How you take project-asset control of a technology platform we build — three transition postures, full transfer inventory, 60 – 90 day timeline, readiness checklist.
How we price your work after the build ships. We don't bill hours — we assess fair market value, quote ordinary output work 20% below it, and deliver fast. One model, no retainers, no timesheets.
Which brief to send when
Kickoff of a website build
Send Brief 01 at kickoff. Sets expectations early: "here's what you'll get, and here's how you'll eventually edit it." Prevents surprise at project close.
Kickoff of a platform build
Send Briefs 02 + 03 together. Shows you've thought about the full lifecycle — not just the build, but the transition and the long-term relationship.
Mid-engagement check-in
When a founder starts asking "what happens after?" — send the relevant brief. Answers the question calmly before it becomes anxious.
30 days before handoff
Send the matching handoff brief (01 or 02) to trigger the choice-of-path conversation. Pairs with a 30-minute call to walk through it.
Handoff day itself
Brief 03 goes here. Once they have their keys, show them how ordinary future requests are priced — output-based, 20% below market, and written before work starts.
Anytime they ask "what's this going to cost long-term?"
All three, in order. Tells the whole economic story: build cost, optional handoff cost, and how post-handoff work is priced. No surprise handoff terms.