What makes a title website different
Most title agencies are sold a brochure site by a general web shop that has never seen a settlement statement. It looks fine and it fails at the three jobs that matter in this industry.
It handles nonpublic personal information. Buyer and seller intake carry Social Security numbers, bank details and loan payoffs. Under GLBA and ALTA Best Practices Pillar 3 that data must be encrypted in transit and at rest, access-controlled and retained on a policy. A contact form that emails an SSN in plain text is a Pillar 3 failure sitting on your own website.
It is a wire-fraud surface. Business email compromise targets closings because that is where the money is, and your site is where a buyer checks whether wiring instructions are real. Verification language and a callback number they can trust belong above the fold.
Its audience is not consumers. Realtors and loan officers choose the title company in most transactions, so the site is judged on whether a partner can open a file, pull a net sheet and check a fee at eleven at night without calling anybody.
What belongs on it
Each of these earns its place because a Realtor, a lender or a consumer actually uses it.
- Order title and open a file — from a phone, with the submission arriving as a PDF.
- Secure document upload — encrypted, so nobody emails a driver's license to a personal inbox.
- Rate and closing-cost calculators — on your state's filed or promulgated schedule. The most-used feature on a title site and the one Realtors bookmark.
- Seller net sheet — listing agents run these constantly, and your logo travels with every one.
- CPL, payoff and commission forms — online instead of by fax.
- Wire-fraud verification guidance — a dedicated page, and warnings where buyers will read them.
- County coverage — the counties you genuinely close in, which is what local search is built on.
- Separate Realtor and lender sections — they want different things from you.
What it costs, and the question to ask first
Published pricing across the main vendors runs from about $75 a month to add calculators to an existing site, up to roughly $549 a month for a site bundled with ad management. Setup fees vary more than the monthly figures do — some vendors charge nothing, others $997 to $1,997 before your site is live.
Compare three-year totals including setup, not monthly prices. And check whether routine changes are metered: some platforms allow only one change request per month on their entry plan.
We compare the four main platforms side by side, using each company's own published pricing, on the platform comparison page.
Where to go next
The detail behind each piece of the above.
Website design for title companies
What a title site has to do that a normal business site never does — and how the build works.
Read more →Rate calculators
Title premium, closing costs and seller net sheets on your state's filed or promulgated schedule.
Read more →Online forms and intake
Order title, open a file, request a CPL or a payoff — every submission back as a PDF.
Read more →Local SEO
Ranking for the counties you actually close in, which is the one channel a national brand can't dominate.
Read more →Compare the platforms
Title Engine, TitleTap, TitleCapture and TitleThrive side by side, from their own published pricing.
Read more →Pricing
What it costs, with no setup fee at any tier.
Read more →Send us your current site
We will walk it, show you what we would change and what it would cost. If your existing site is doing its job, we will tell you to keep it.
Title agent websites: what your audience expects to find
Title agent websites get judged in about eight seconds by two very different audiences. A Realtor wants to know, immediately, that you close on time and that they can open an order without a phone call. A consumer wants to know what closing will cost them and whether you look like a real business with real people.
Most title agent websites answer neither. They open with a stock photo of a handshake, a paragraph about “integrity since 1998”, and a contact form. The ones that win orders lead with the tools — an order form, a net sheet, a closing cost calculator — and put names and faces where the stock photo was.
Calculators configured to your state
Every site we build carries calculators set to the client’s own state — promulgated, bureau or filed rates, the transfer taxes on the correct side, the county’s recording fees — branded to the agency and placed in its own layout. These six are the most used; there are fourteen.
Title Insurance Calculator
Owner's & lender's premiums at your state's promulgated, bureau or filed rates.
Open calculator →Closing Cost Calculator
Full buyer/seller breakdown — title, taxes, recording, and settlement fees.
Open calculator →Seller Net Sheet
What the seller walks away with after commission, payoff & closing costs.
Open calculator →Buyer Cash-to-Close
Everything a buyer needs at the table — down payment, prepaids, and closing costs.
Open calculator →Contract Deadline Calculator
Every contract deadline as calendar dates from the effective date — Florida FAR/BAR or your state's form.
Open calculator →Transfer Tax Calculator
State & county transfer taxes and stamps, by location.
Open calculator →Forms that do the back-and-forth for you
Agents, lenders, buyers and sellers submit everything online, and each submission returns to the agency as a completed PDF ready for the file — no email tag, no retyping. Branded to the agency and mobile-friendly. These six are the most used of the eleven we build.
Submit a Contract
Clients upload a signed purchase contract and any addenda — you open the file and start title work right away.
Open form →Buyer Information Sheet
Buyers complete intake online and you receive it as a PDF — or they download it to fill out by hand.
Open form →Seller Information Sheet
Sellers complete intake online and you receive a PDF — or download it to complete on paper.
Open form →Payoff Authorization
Sellers and refinancers e-sign to authorize a payoff request — so net sheets are accurate and prior liens clear at closing.
Open form →Open a Title Order
Agents and lenders open a new file in one step — property, parties, lender, and closing date. No back-and-forth emails.
Open form →Secure Document Upload
Clients upload IDs, payoffs, and sensitive documents through an encrypted portal.
Open form →One flat monthly fee, no contracts
Add-Ons & Widgets
- Title & closing-cost calculators at your state rates
- Seller net sheet calculator
- Online forms & “Order Title” intake
- Branded to your company
Grow
- Custom 25-page website, content migrated
- All 14 calculators, forms & order intake
- Location pages for your counties
- Secure ADA-compliant hosting & local SEO
Dominate
- Everything in Grow, on a 50-page site
- 2 monthly blog posts & Google review automation
- Google & Facebook ads management
- CRM, online payments & priority support
No setup fee, no long-term contract, 60-day money-back guarantee. Full plan comparison →
Frequently asked questions
What is a title website?
A website built for a title insurance agency or escrow company. It differs from a general business site in three ways: it collects nonpublic personal information so intake has to be encrypted under GLBA and ALTA Best Practices Pillar 3, it is a wire-fraud target so verification guidance has to be prominent, and its real audience is Realtors and loan officers rather than consumers.
What should a title website include?
Online title ordering and file-open intake, secure document upload, a title and closing-cost calculator, a seller net sheet, CPL and payoff request forms, wire-fraud verification guidance, the counties you actually close in, and separate sections for Realtors and lenders. Everything beyond that is decoration.
How much does a title company website cost?
Published pricing across the main vendors runs from about $75 a month to add calculators to a site you already have, up to roughly $549 a month for a website bundled with ad management. Setup fees vary widely — some charge nothing, others $997 to $1,997. Compare three-year totals including setup rather than monthly figures alone.
How long does it take to build?
About a week for a standard build once the agency has supplied its logo, its counties and its fee schedule. Rate calculators take longer only where a state's filed or promulgated schedule has to be sourced and verified first.
Do I own my title website?
That depends entirely on the vendor, and it is the question most agencies forget to ask. Some platforms license you a site that stops existing when you stop paying. Ask in writing what happens to your website and your domain the day you cancel, and get the answer before you sign anything.
Does a title website need to be ADA compliant?
Title and escrow sites have been named in web-accessibility claims, and lenders increasingly ask about accessibility during vendor review. WCAG 2.1 AA is the working standard. Building to it costs very little; remediating after a demand letter costs a great deal.
Will a new website bring in more orders?
Not on its own. Realtors and loan officers choose the title company, and they choose people they trust. What a good site does is remove friction from that relationship — a partner who can open a file and pull a net sheet at nine at night sends you the next one. Treat any vendor promising inbound orders with caution.