Retained Ownership
Your domain name, brand identity, copy, imagery, and personal materials remain strictly your property from day one.
OWNERSHIP & TRANSFER
Your name is yours.
Your name is yours.
Our system remains ours.
Your identity, domain, and content are always yours. Source Buyout provides your project-specific source code when you choose to self-host or transition to an external team.
✓ Zero forced lock-in
✓ Full project source delivery
CLEAR FROM DAY ONE
Ownership Boundary
Source Buyout never means buying back your own identity, domain, brand, or content. Clients retain their existing ownership and licence rights in customer-originated and customer-provided assets, while third-party licensed assets remain subject to their respective licences.
Independent Deployment
Clean, standard web code with zero proprietary runtime lock-in, ready to deploy to your chosen infrastructure.
Full Source Buyout
Receive your complete project source code via Git repository or full source archive along with documented deployment guidance.
- Domain name registered or held by you
- Website copy, essays, case studies, and biographical text provided by you
- Photography, video, portfolio works, and media owned or supplied by you
- Logo, visual identity marks, and personal brand assets
- Visitor inquiry data and contact communication records
- Third-party licensed assets (e.g., licensed fonts, stock media) remain subject to their respective licences
- Control over project implementation source code (prior to Source Buyout)
- Namehouse shared reusable component library and design tokens
- Namehouse internal development framework and build engine
- Namehouse internal administrative workflows and automation tooling
- Does not extend to customer-provided content or third-party licensed rights
OPERATIONAL CHOICE
When should you consider Source Buyout?
Whenever you need to manage your own codebase, self-host on private infrastructure, or work with another engineering team.
You want to self-host on private infrastructure
When you or your organization maintain private hosting infrastructure and prefer managing technical operations independently.
- Independently host and deploy according to documented supported setup
- No private Namehouse-only runtime solely to force dependency
- Direct control over DNS records, environment configuration, and infrastructure
In-house developers or agency transition
When you have technical staff to take over development or transition to another provider without relying on Namehouse.
- Clear project source built on open web standards (HTML5, CSS3, JS) without proprietary runtime lock-in
- Documentation outlining project structure and fundamental deployment steps
- Includes technical guidance and one reasonable deployment verification session
TRANSFER PRICING
One-Time Transfer Pricing
Transfers project-specific source code (via Git repository or complete source archive), media assets, project structure, deployment guide, and one standard deployment verification session.
Single-Page Website
Namehouse One
For Namehouse One websites transitioning to self-hosting.
- Complete project source code for self-hosting
- Project media assets and structure
- Project documentation & deployment guide
- One standard deployment verification session
Most Popular
Namehouse Signature
For Namehouse Signature websites transitioning to self-hosting.
- Complete current multi-page project source code
- Project media assets & layout styles
- Project documentation & deployment guide
- One standard deployment verification session
Professional
Namehouse Pro
For Namehouse Pro websites transitioning to self-hosting.
- Complete current project source code
- Project media assets & project structure
- Detailed build and deployment documentation
- One standard deployment verification session
Tailored
Namehouse Custom
For Namehouse Custom websites transitioning to self-hosting.
- Complete bespoke project source code per contract
- Project media assets & project structure
- Custom deployment documentation
- One standard deployment verification session
Custom Package Pricing Rule: For custom-tailored projects, Source Buyout is priced at 50% of quoted project price (applied consistently across all regional markets).
4-STEP PROCESS
Handover Principles
Clear delivery principles to ensure your website operates smoothly and self-sufficiently.
Complete project source
Delivered via Git repository or complete source archive (never compiled-only artifacts). Contains no intentional backdoors, no lockout obfuscation, and no proprietary runtime lock-in.
Independent deployment standard
Independently host and deploy according to documented supported setup; no private Namehouse-only runtime solely to force dependency.
Clear deployment documentation
Detailed directory structure, build steps, and environment guidance to empower your developers to deploy and maintain independently.
Deployment verification
Reasonable technical guidance and one deployment verification session where practical (does not include unlimited DevOps/DNS services).
Delivery Format & Scope Exclusions: Project source code is delivered via Git repository or a complete source archive sufficient for independent hosting and maintenance. Handover scope explicitly excludes: unrelated repositories, internal administrative tooling/automation scripts, other clients' code or data, shared platform core IP, and private internal server credentials or API secrets.
POST-HANDOVER
Post-Handover Considerations
Clear operational boundaries once your codebase is migrated to your private hosting.
Client Operational Ownership
Following handover, the client assumes full responsibility for: hosting infrastructure, deployments, DNS and environment configuration, third-party subscriptions and licenses, backups, dependency upgrades, security, operational monitoring, and future compatibility.
Website Care Conclusion
Website Care/Care+ services conclude upon completed handover and do not continue automatically. Any prepaid entitlement or refund treatment follows the applicable commercial agreement. You maintain complete autonomy over operations.
Re-entry Policy & No Absolute Guarantees
Re-entry into Care is possible but not automatic or guaranteed; it requires a technical review (remediation may be quoted separately; Namehouse may decline if incompatible). Source code is delivered based on actual project state; no absolute guarantees (such as 100% bug-free, flawless security) or separate legal transfer instruments apply.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions
Key considerations before purchasing your standalone codebase.
Never. Source Buyout never means buying back your own identity, domain, brand, or content. You retain existing ownership and licence rights in customer-provided assets, and third-party licensed assets remain subject to their respective licences. Source Buyout is a one-time purchase of project-specific implementation code so that you or your engineering team can host, modify, and maintain the site independently.
Whenever you or your organization want to manage source code on private infrastructure, transition to an in-house engineering team, or work with another development partner without relying on Namehouse management.
Clients assume full direct responsibility for: hosting costs, deployment pipelines, DNS records, environment configuration, third-party subscriptions/licensing, regular backups, dependency upgrades, cybersecurity, performance monitoring, and future platform compatibility. Basic web engineering knowledge is required to maintain the codebase.
Once project source code is handed over and migrated, Website Care operated by Namehouse concludes and does not continue automatically. Any prepaid entitlement or refund treatment follows the applicable commercial agreement.
Re-entry is possible to consider but is never automatic or guaranteed. Any return request is subject to a technical review. If the site was materially modified outside Namehouse management, remediation or re-onboarding may require a new quote, and Namehouse reserves the right to decline if technical conditions are incompatible.
Project source code is delivered via Git repository or complete source archive (never compiled-only files), accompanied by deployment documentation. Handover assistance covers reasonable guidance and one deployment verification session where practical (does not include unlimited DevOps/DNS services or migration guarantees for every hosting provider).
TRANSPARENT POLICY
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Personal websites shaped around you — full ownership of your personal assets and the freedom to transfer anytime.
Full asset ownership · Technological autonomy · Standard handover support