The problems, and what actually solves them
The client will not pay a monthly Framer fee for a five-page brochure site.
Export once, deploy to a host with a free static tier, point their domain at it. Their recurring cost drops to the domain renewal.
You do not want to stay in the support path for a site you no longer bill for.
A static bundle on their own hosting account has no seat, no plan, and no login tied to you. Handoff is a folder and a set of DNS records.
The client's IT team requires the site on infrastructure they control.
A static export deploys to their existing S3 bucket, their VPS, or their cPanel account without asking anyone to adopt a new vendor.
You want to reuse the build for the next client.
Keep the Framer project as your template and export per client. The exported bundle is the deliverable; the source project stays yours.
The economics
A retained Framer seat plus hosting for a client site runs as a monthly line item you either absorb or re-invoice. Across a dozen client sites, that line item is a recurring liability with no matching revenue once the project closes. A one-time export per site converts it to a single cost booked to the project.
Next step
Export the site, deploy it to a staging URL, and check it before anything is cancelled or handed over.
Export a site