How we check what we say
Sources
Every figure, price and rule on this site that comes from outside the studio is listed here, with who published it, when, what it says, where we use it, and a link to the original. Last checked 3 October 2026.
- Primary source firstWe link to the publisher of a number, not to a blog that repeats it. Where we could not find the original, the number is not on the site.
- DatedEvery price and figure carries the date it was published or the date we checked it. Prices move; check them yourself.
- No sellers' statisticsWe do not quote figures from companies that sell the same thing we sell. Competitors' prices appear as prices, read off their own pages.
- Your inputs, not oursThe calculators use only the numbers you type. Where no neutral study exists, we say so and ask you to use your own figures.
- CorrectionsIf a source changes or we got something wrong, write to go@ramgrows.studio and we fix the page the same week.
Customers and search
BrightLocal
Local Consumer Review Survey 2025
January 2025, 1,026 US adults
84% of consumers use Google to find reviews of local businesses; only 4% say they never read online reviews.
Where we use it. The home page, and the reasons we answer every review on your Google listing.
Google
The need for mobile speed
8 September 2016, more than 10,000 mobile sites
53% of visits are likely to be abandoned if pages take longer than three seconds to load.
Where we use it. The home page, and the three second rule on every site we build.
StatCounter Global Stats
Desktop vs mobile vs tablet market share, United States
September 2026
Phones carried 49.1% of US web traffic, desktops 48.5% and tablets 2.4%.
Where we use it. The blog post on checking a site on a phone.
Languages
U.S. Census Bureau
Language use tables, 2017 to 2021 American Community Survey
Released 3 June 2025
More than 1 in 5 people (22%) age 5 and older in the United States spoke a language other than English at home, across more than 500 languages and language groups.
Where we use it. The home page, and the reason every site we build comes in up to fourteen languages.
NYC Department of City Planning
Top languages spoken at home, 2018 American Community Survey
2018 survey year
48.6% of New Yorkers age 5 and over speak a language other than English at home; 59.0% in the Bronx and 44.3% in Brooklyn.
Where we use it. The blog post on websites in more than one language.
NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
Annual report on New York City's immigrant population, 2023
2023, page 50
Roughly two million New Yorkers, more than 22% of the city, have limited English proficiency.
Where we use it. Our New York area pages and the phone bot in five languages.
What the other options cost
Wix
Website plans
Checked 3 October 2026
The Light plan is $17.77 a month, billed yearly.
Where we use it. The cost page for every trade.
Squarespace
Pricing
Checked 3 October 2026
The Basic plan is $19 a month billed yearly, or $25 billed monthly.
Where we use it. The cost page for every trade.
Clutch
Web development pricing guide
Updated 21 September 2026
Web development projects on Clutch typically cost less than $10,000, and most agencies charge between $25 and $49 an hour.
Where we use it. The cost page for every trade.
Ruby
Virtual receptionist pricing
Checked 3 October 2026
Plans start at $250 a month for 50 minutes of live answering.
Where we use it. The cost page for every trade. Ruby is a well known answering service, quoted as a price, not as a source of statistics.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Market research analysts and marketing specialists (13-1161)
May 2025 estimates
Mean hourly wage $51.11 in the New York, Newark and Jersey City area, and $43.03 nationally. Twenty hours a week at $51.11 is about $4,400 a month before payroll taxes.
Where we use it. The cost page for every trade.
Rules we write to
Federal Trade Commission
Complying with the Funeral Rule
2025 edition
A funeral provider must give its General Price List to anyone who asks, in person, about funeral goods, services or prices. The rule does not yet require prices online.
Where we use it. The funeral home pages.
Federal Trade Commission, Federal Register
Funeral Industry Practices Rule, advance notice of proposed rulemaking
2 November 2022
The Commission asked for comment on requiring funeral providers to post their price lists, or a clear link to them, on their websites.
Where we use it. The funeral home pages, where we say the rule is moving toward prices online.
New York Rules of Professional Conduct, via Cornell Legal Information Institute
Rule 7.1, Advertising (22 NYCRR 1200.0)
Current text
Sets the Attorney Advertising label and the disclaimer “Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome” wherever past results appear.
Where we use it. The law office pages.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights
Use of online tracking technologies by HIPAA covered entities and business associates
Bulletin as updated after 20 June 2024
Guidance on tracking tools on health care websites. Part of it was set aside by the federal court in American Hospital Association v. Becerra on 20 June 2024, and HHS withdrew its appeal in August 2024.
Where we use it. The dental, medical, eye care and physical therapy pages.
Our own numbers
Our co-founder's tax office, 509 Brighton Beach Avenue
RamGrows Financial on Google and Facebook
Counts as shown in September 2026
The Google rating and review count, the Facebook followers and the views on the last ten videos are read off the public pages. Follow the links on the home page and count them yourself.
Where we use it. The home page and the portfolio.