Websites for tradespeople that get found and get you calls
Most of the work a tradesperson wins online starts with a search on a phone: a trade and a town, or your name after somebody recommended you. The website’s job is to be there for that search and to make ringing you the obvious next step.
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Pick your trade
Each page is written about that trade on its own terms: what its customers want answered before they ring, and the mistake that loses the most work.
Websites for aerial and satellite firms
Same-day fixes and small jobs. Publishing prices removes the only obstacle.
Websites for asbestos removal contractors
Explain what is licensable and what is not. Most enquiries start from not knowing.
Websites for basement conversions
This is a waterproofing job with a room attached. Sell the system and the guarantee.
Websites for boiler installers
A boiler is bought in a hurry, on price and trust, usually when the old one has died.
Websites for bricklayers
Your customer is usually another builder. That changes what the site has to prove.
Websites for builders
Nobody spends fifty thousand pounds on a firm whose website shows no finished work.
Websites for carpet cleaning companies
Drying time and whether stains will actually go. Answer both or lose the booking.
Websites for carpet fitters
Customers judge a carpet fitter on stairs, seams and doorways. Show those, and say whether you supply as well as fit.
Websites for chimney sweeps
Sweeping is seasonal and booked ahead. The site should make booking and the certificate easy to understand.
Websites for cleaning companies
Trust and price transparency. Two things most cleaning sites withhold.
Websites for conservatory specialists
Everyone knows someone whose conservatory is unusable. Solve that on the page.
Websites for curtain and blind fitters
A measuring service as much as a product. Sell the visit and the accuracy.
Websites for damp proofing specialists
The sector's reputation problem is misdiagnosis. Being the firm that diagnoses properly is the opening.
Websites for demolition contractors
Clients are buying a process, not a machine. Show that the paperwork will be right.
Websites for drainage engineers
Emergency work pays the bills. Make the phone number impossible to miss.
Websites for driveway and paving firms
A trade with a doorstep reputation. Depth, drainage and a proper quote are the antidote.
Websites for electrical testing contractors
Your customers are buying compliance. Tell them what the report means before they get it.
Websites for electricians
Certification is the product. A site that cannot prove yours is competing on price alone.
Websites for ev charger installers
It looks like a simple fit. The survey questions are what separate you from a cheap quote.
Websites for extension builders
Clients cannot compare three quotes. Make yours the one they can actually understand.
Websites for fencing contractors
Fences sell on photos and a clear price per metre. The site should show both before anyone has to ring.
Websites for flooring companies
Customers want to browse the range and know the quantity before they ever call.
Built forCB FlooringWebsites for garage door specialists
Half repair, half replacement. The repair enquiries are urgent and rarely catered for.
Websites for glaziers
Two businesses on one site: the broken window tonight and the replacement windows next month.
Websites for groundworkers
Prequalification happens before anybody rings. Put the documents where they can be found.
Websites for gutter cleaning companies
Seasonal, weather-driven demand. Being ready before the first storm is the whole game.
Websites for handyman services
Say what you do and what you do not. Vagueness attracts the wrong jobs.
Built forBenno's HandymanWebsites for heat pump installers
Customers have read that heat pumps do not work here. Answer that directly, with numbers.
Websites for home automation installers
Clients have been burned by systems that stopped working. Sell support, not gadgets.
Websites for house clearance companies
Most of this work follows a death. Tone matters more than anything else on the page.
Websites for insulation installers
Customers fear doing it wrong more than they fear the cost. Address ventilation head on.
Websites for joiners and carpenters
The work is beautiful. Most joinery websites make it look like anyone's.
Websites for kitchen and bathroom fitters
A long, anxious, expensive decision. The site's job is to remove doubt one question at a time.
Built forRecycled Kitchens CornwallWebsites for kitchen worktop specialists
Material choice is the whole decision. Be the page that explains the trade-offs honestly.
Websites for landscapers and gardeners
Two businesses in one: recurring maintenance and one-off design. They need separate routes.
Websites for locksmiths
Locked out, at night, on a phone. Nothing else on the site matters as much as the number.
Websites for loft conversion specialists
Half your enquiries are for lofts that will not work. Qualify them on the page.
Websites for man and van services
Customers want a price before they ring. Give them one and you will out-book the competition.
Websites for oven cleaning companies
A single-service business bought on before-and-after photographs and a published price.
Websites for painters and decorators
Judged entirely on finish. The site should look like the standard of your work.
Built forCBM DecoratorsWebsites for pest control companies
People ring in a panic and feel ashamed. Calm, fast and discreet beats clever.
Websites for plant hire companies
Availability and rates. Hiding either sends the customer to the next yard.
Websites for plasterers
Finished plaster all looks the same in a photograph. Sell the part customers actually worry about.
Websites for plumbers
Half your enquiries are urgent. The site has to make calling you the fastest thing on the page.
Websites for pressure washing companies
The most photogenic trade there is. Most sites still fail to use it properly.
Websites for property maintenance companies
You serve four different owners. A single generic page speaks to none of them.
Built forCoast & QuayWebsites for removals and storage firms
The enquiry has a date attached. Everything on the site should serve the quote.
Websites for rendering specialists
The system matters more than the finish. Explaining which suits which wall wins the job.
Websites for roofers
Demand spikes with the weather. The site should be ready before the storm, not after it.
Websites for scaffolders
You are selling safety and availability. Both belong on the page in specifics.
Websites for security system installers
Alarms and cameras are bought after something happened. Speed and reassurance matter most.
Websites for self storage businesses
Unit size and price, available to see without an enquiry form. Everything else is secondary.
Websites for septic tank specialists
Rules changed and most owners do not know. Explaining them generates the work.
Websites for skip hire companies
Price, size and what cannot go in. Three answers, and most sites give one.
Websites for solar panel installers
The sector has a doorstep-selling reputation. Transparency is your competitive advantage.
Websites for steel fabricators
Execution class, capacity and lead time. Everything else is decoration.
Websites for stonemasons
Conservation clients are checking whether you will damage the building. Show that you would not.
Websites for stove and fireplace installers
Certification, flues and alarms. The compliance detail is the reassurance.
Websites for subsidence specialists
Most of this work is insurer-led. Write for the loss adjuster as well as the homeowner.
Websites for swimming pool specialists
Installation is the headline. Servicing is the business that pays every month.
Websites for tiling contractors
Failures are almost always the substrate. Sell the preparation nobody else mentions.
Websites for tree surgeons
Most enquiries start with someone unsure whether their tree is a problem at all.
Built forTR TreesWebsites for waste clearance companies
Customers can be fined for what you do with their rubbish. Show them they are safe.
Websites for window and door companies
Repair or replace is the customer's real question. Answer it and you win the job.
Built forMK RepairsWebsites for window cleaners
You are selling a recurring round, not a one-off. Make signing up effortless.
What a tradesperson’s website has to do
Somebody with a problem in their house is usually reading on a phone, often standing next to the problem. In the few seconds before they decide, they want three things answered: do you do this job, do you cover where I live, and how do I get hold of you. A site that answers those on the first screen wins more calls than a prettier one that makes people scroll for a phone number.
After that comes trust. Real photos of your own jobs, reviews with names, the qualifications and registrations your trade needs, and a sense of who you are. Stock photos of smiling workmen in clean overalls do the opposite: customers have seen them on a hundred other sites.
Getting found on Google
For trades, most searches are local: “electrician Truro”, “roofer near me”. Google decides who shows from two places. The map results come from your Google Business Profile, and the normal results come from websites. The two support each other, which is why every site I build is linked to the business profile and has a page for each main service and the areas you cover.
A website does not rank overnight. A new site usually takes weeks to settle into Google, and the ones that do best keep adding real work: new photos, new reviews, new jobs in new places.
Why not just use a directory?
Directories and lead sites have their place, and plenty of good trades use them. The difference is ownership. On a platform, the customer sees you in a list beside your competitors and the platform sets the rules. Your own site is the thing people find when they search for you by name, and it carries on working whether or not you renew. See how the options compare.
What it costs
£249.99 to build, then £49.99 a month for a sole trader, which covers hosting, changes and updates. There is no minimum term. Full details, and what bigger businesses pay, are on the pricing page.
Common questions
- Do I need a website if I already get work by word of mouth?
- Word of mouth still ends with a search. Someone recommends you, the customer types your name or your trade and town into Google, and decides from what they find. A website is where that recommendation gets confirmed, and it is the thing that picks up the work from people who were never recommended to anyone.
- What does a tradesperson's website actually need?
- Your phone number at the top of every page, the jobs you do and the areas you cover, real photos of your own work, reviews, and a quick way to ask for a quote. Most of the rest is decoration.
- How long does it take?
- Usually one to two weeks once the content is with me. You see it on a private preview first and get a round of changes before it goes live.
- Who owns the website and the domain?
- The domain is registered to you. The terms page sets out exactly what you own and what happens if you ever leave.
- I'm already on Checkatrade or MyBuilder. Do I still need my own site?
- Those platforms put you in a list next to your competitors, and the customer belongs to the platform. Your own website is the place people land when they search for you by name, and it keeps working whether or not you renew a listing.