SEO scope and fees, agreed before work starts.

For a single-location service business, the local-SEO bracket is the one that matters: published packages run RM1,000 to RM2,500 a month, stretching toward RM3,500 when content writing is bundled in. A national campaign costs several times that, but most local businesses do not need one. Ask whether the scope includes the initial profile, category and page fixes you need, and what work continues after those fixes are complete.

Ongoing SEO starts from RM800/month, with custom scope and terms. The quotation names the tasks, reporting schedule, duration, cancellation terms and exclusions. The 30-day Proof Sprint is a separate fixed-fee option for one location and does not automatically renew.

A fixed monthly fee, agreed in writing before launch. The ad spend is billed by Google to an account in your name, so there is no markup and no percentage of spend, and the account stays yours if you leave. Month to month, no minimum term. We judge the work on cost per enquiry, and if the numbers show ads cannot pay for themselves in your niche, we say so and stop.

Ask for the scope in writing before you ask for the number. A quotation worth signing names the location, the work, the numbers it will be judged on, and one price. Ours typically arrives after the free visibility check, so it is priced on the actual state of your listing rather than a template.

Because an honest number depends on the state of your listing and how contested your area is, and a one-size price list ignores both. What we publish instead is the market's brackets above, so you can sanity-check any quote you receive, including ours.

Far below the RM1,000 mark, a package buys very little time, so ask exactly what is in it. Some fill the gap with automated directory submissions, thin generated content, and junk links. Those range from useless to harmful, because spammy links and keyword-stuffed listings can get a profile penalised. A penalty costs far more than the discount saved.

No. It is free and carries no obligation. You tell us the business, we send back a snapshot of how you show up on Google today and what is costing you customers. It is also the groundwork for the quotation, which is why most engagements start there.

Going by the prices Malaysian agencies publish in 2026: monthly retainers from about RM1,000 to RM10,000 and beyond, SME packages commonly RM1,500 to RM3,500, local map-pack work RM1,000 to RM2,500, audits about RM1,500 to RM5,000, site migrations RM3,000 to RM25,000, consultants around RM300 an hour. RankMe offers custom ongoing SEO from RM800/month and a separately quoted fixed-fee 30-day Proof Sprint for one location.

Five things in writing: the scope, meaning which location, which listing and what gets done; the one or two numbers it will be judged on; the price and what it buys in hours and tasks; the checkpoint where you can stop without penalty; and confirmation that the accounts, domain and content stay yours. A quotation missing any of them is asking you to trust rather than check.

Decide it from the job. A single-location business with customers within a short drive is in the local bracket, RM1,000 to RM2,500 a month on the published pages. One-off fixes such as an audit or a profile clean-up are projects, typically RM1,500 to RM5,000, not retainers. A monthly fee is fair only for work that recurs, such as monthly content, link outreach, weekly listing care or ongoing AI-visibility monitoring, with any initial profile and website fixes identified separately in the scope. Whatever the number, keep an exit within 90 days.