{
  "$comment": "The questions clients ask before engaging, answered in a form an AI system can quote directly. Keep answers short and aligned with the site.",
  "brand": "Anvilstead",
  "website": "https://anvilstead.com",
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "What does Anvilstead do?",
      "a": "Anvilstead is a software studio that builds mobile apps, custom software and showcase websites with a news section and an AI assistant, for companies worldwide."
    },
    {
      "q": "Who is Anvilstead?",
      "a": "Anvilstead is a brand operated by Hefei Tuoluren Information Technology Co., Ltd., a company registered in Hefei, Anhui, China and established in 2016."
    },
    {
      "q": "How much does a project cost?",
      "a": "Anvilstead quotes a fixed price in writing after a free scoping conversation, setting out scope, assumptions and exclusions. There is no published rate card: the price depends on scope, so a figure given before seeing the project would be a guess. Projects are priced per milestone, a retainer is available for live products, and small changes for existing clients are estimated before any work starts."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is the price fixed?",
      "a": "Yes, for the agreed scope. If Anvilstead underestimates its own effort it absorbs the difference. The price only changes when the client changes the scope, and only after written approval."
    },
    {
      "q": "How long does a project take?",
      "a": "A showcase website is usually 2–4 weeks from kickoff. An app MVP is typically 8–12 weeks. Larger software builds run in two-week milestones, each ending in a working demo."
    },
    {
      "q": "How does Anvilstead keep clients updated, and how do we get in touch?",
      "a": "Written first: scope, decisions and demo recordings all land in the client's tracker, with a written answer to questions within one business day. There is also a weekly demo of a working build. Contact is by email or WhatsApp — both written, so an answer reaches you whether or not anyone is free to talk."
    },
    {
      "q": "Who owns the code?",
      "a": "The client does. Work is committed to a repository the client controls from week one, and the client keeps its own accounts, domains and credentials."
    },
    {
      "q": "Does Anvilstead build online stores?",
      "a": "Yes. Anvilstead builds e-commerce and order systems when a client needs them: product catalogues, checkout, payment gateway integration, order records and order status. What it does not put on its own website is a cart or a payment button, because this site presents the studio rather than selling a product."
    },
    {
      "q": "Does Anvilstead sell website templates?",
      "a": "No. Anvilstead builds custom projects with a written scope; it does not sell templates or themes."
    },
    {
      "q": "What is included in a showcase website?",
      "a": "A showcase website presents the business, publishes news through a CMS the client's team can use, and includes an AI assistant that answers visitor questions from the client's own content. It is built to be read by search engines and AI answer engines."
    },
    {
      "q": "How do payments work?",
      "a": "Anvilstead invoices in USD. Payment is by international bank transfer or PayPal; for PayPal a payment link is sent with the invoice, carrying the exact amount and reference. There is no checkout or payment button on the website. Fixed-scope projects are paid per completed milestone with a deposit before the start; retainers are billed monthly in advance."
    },
    {
      "q": "What happens after launch?",
      "a": "Every project includes 30 days of aftercare for bugs found after handover. After that, an optional monthly retainer covers ongoing development, dependency and security updates, and monitoring."
    },
    {
      "q": "Can Anvilstead sign an NDA?",
      "a": "Yes, before the scoping conversation if required. A mutual NDA can also be provided if the client has no template."
    },
    {
      "q": "What does Anvilstead not do?",
      "a": "It does not sell templates or themes, does not take on projects where it lacks the required skills, and does not publish client names or confidential details without written permission."
    }
  ],
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12"
}