# How to hand an AI-built website to a non-technical client

Build it with your AI agent, let the client review it, publish it to their
domain, and hand them a visual editor they can use without code or AI.

This is how to hand off a website to a client, or give a client a website to
edit, without turning them into a developer.

## The short answer

- Build the site with your AI agent over MCP, or in the visual editor.
  Everything stays in a draft.
- Send the client a review link. They click any spot and leave a note, no
  account needed. You resolve the notes from your dashboard.
- Publish to their domain: attach it, add the DNS records, and SSL is issued
  automatically.
- Invite the client as an editor. They change text, images, and sections in
  the visual editor, with no AI and no code.

## The handoff, step by step

1. **Build it in a draft.** Tell your agent what the client needs, or build
   it yourself in the editor. Every change your agent makes lands in a draft,
   so nothing is live while you work.
2. **Review before you hand it over.** Send the client one review link. They
   open it, type their name, click anything on the page, and leave a note
   pinned to that spot — no PageHub account. You read, reply, and resolve each
   note from Dashboard → site → Review.
3. **Publish to their domain.** Attach the client's domain, add the DNS
   records PageHub gives you at their registrar, and SSL is issued
   automatically. Later edits still wait in a draft until you publish again.
4. **Hand over the editing.** Invite the client as an editor. They change
   text, swap images, and move sections in the visual editor, with no AI and
   no code. Pro and up include unlimited editors per site, with no per-seat
   charge.
5. **Keep it safe afterward.** Drafts and site history mean a client can't
   break the live site — restore any earlier version in a click, and nightly
   backups run on top. If they get stuck, your agent can jump back in through
   MCP.

## It works in real handoffs

- **25 minutes, start to finish.** The Goalposts site went from nothing to
  published in 25 minutes.
- **Clients editing their own sites.** Sam, a home-exteriors contractor,
  started adding to his site himself after the handoff.
- **No AI required.** Joel works on his site in the editor without touching AI
  at all.

More on the [About page](https://pagehub.dev/about).

## Keep your agency's brand

On the Agency plan, the handed-over site is the client's, not PageHub's: it
runs on their domain, with their logo and name, and no PageHub badge, and site
emails go out with their name on them. See
[white label](https://pagehub.dev/white-label).

## Questions about handing off a site

### Does my client need a PageHub account?

Only to edit. To leave review comments they just open the link and type their
name — no account. To change the site themselves, you invite them as an editor
and they sign in to PageHub.

### Can the client break the live site?

No. Their changes stay in a draft until it's published, and site history
restores any earlier version in a click. Nightly backups run on top.

### Can I keep my agency's brand instead of PageHub's?

On the Agency plan, the live site shows the client's domain, logo, and name
with no PageHub badge, and site emails go out with their name on them.