# Your first week with a new website

> Just bought a website? Here's what to do first, what we'll ask you for, and what happens between now and launch.

You've paid the build fee and our team is starting on your site. Here's what to do this week, and what comes after. Your monthly plan doesn't start until your site is live.

## This week

### 1. Sign in to Site Manager

**Site Manager** is where you follow the build, send us notes and files, and, once you're live, see your leads. One account signs you in to Site Manager and to your Account settings.

- Sign in with your email and password, or with Google or Microsoft.
- Using a password? Verify your email address first. Nothing opens until you do.

### 2. Send us your details

We'll ask for:

- your name as it should appear, your license number and your brokerage's details;
- your bio, headshot and logo, and any photos and testimonials you'd like on the site.

Don't have everything? Send what you have. We'll write the first draft of your pages and you tell us what to change. More in [how your website gets built](https://brokerandagent.com/help/websites/how-your-site-gets-built).

### 3. Tell us your market

Tell us where you sell. We contact your MLS, get your details and their approval, and set it up; you don't fill anything in. Approval waits on your MLS, and it's usually the longest step, so it helps to start it early. Launch includes 1 MLS and Growth up to 2. More in [how we connect your MLS](https://brokerandagent.com/help/websites/connect-your-mls).

### 4. Tell us your domain

Tell us the domain you want to use and where it's registered. We connect it and set up the secure connection, and your email keeps working. More in [how we connect your domain](https://brokerandagent.com/help/websites/connect-your-domain).

## Before launch

### 5. Review and approve

We send you a private preview address. Tell us what you'd like changed, and we make the changes before anything goes live.

Site Manager shows where things stand: **building**, **review** or **live**. There's no fixed launch date: once you've approved the design, we launch as soon as your MLS approval clears.

## After launch

- **Your monthly plan starts.**
- **Leads arrive** in Site Manager, under **Leads**, and by email. See [where your leads go](https://brokerandagent.com/help/websites/where-your-leads-go).
- **Your first SEO check, on Growth.** A live Growth site gets one each month. On either plan, our team connects Google Search Console. See [the SEO check](https://brokerandagent.com/help/websites/seo-check).
- **Your blog, on Growth.** 1 to 4 posts a month, scheduled on your market's clock. See [your website's blog](https://brokerandagent.com/help/websites/blog).
- **Your own changes** go in [the editor](https://brokerandagent.com/help/websites/the-editor). For anything else, [send us a request](https://brokerandagent.com/help/websites/request-changes).

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Source: https://brokerandagent.com/help/start/your-first-week