Hi, I'm Dan · freelance · UK & remote
Websites for sole traders and tradespeople
If you run the business on your own and most of your work comes from word of mouth, you do not need a fifteen-page website. You need two or three pages that load instantly on a phone, say what you do and where, and make it easy to ring you. That is £249.
- ✓ £249 for up to 3 pages
- ✓ Live in about a week
- ✓ No monthly contract
What a site like this actually needs
> Most people who find you are on a phone, often standing in the room with the problem you fix. They want four things fast: what you do, where you cover, whether you look trustworthy, and how to reach you. Everything else is decoration.
> So a Starter build is usually a home page that answers all four above the fold, a services page that lists the work you take on, and a contact page with your number as a tappable link. Photos of your actual work do more for you than any design flourish.
> It also gets the unglamorous things right: a tappable phone number, your coverage area written into the text so local searches can match it, fast loading on a weak mobile signal, and the legal pages the UK requires.
Getting found
> I will be straight with you: a brand new three-page site will not outrank established competitors on a competitive search overnight. Anyone who promises that is selling something.
> What the site does do is give you something solid to point people at, somewhere that is yours rather than a social profile, and a properly structured page that Google can read, index and match to searches mentioning what you do and where you work. Every build is submitted to Google Search Console so indexing starts immediately.
> The biggest single thing you can do alongside it, and it is free, is set up a Google Business Profile so you appear on Maps and in local results. I will point you at it during handover. For most trades that is where the calls come from, with the website as the thing that convinces them once they land.
If you have no photos or text
> That is normal and it is not a blocker. Most people I speak to have a phone full of job photos and nothing written down.
> Send me the photos as they are, even if they are not perfect, and I will crop, compress and place them. For the text, answer a few plain questions about what you do and I will shape it into proper page copy for you to approve. You will not be left staring at an empty document waiting for inspiration.
> If you genuinely have no photos, the site can be built to work without them using clean layout and clear typography, and photos can be dropped in later.
Common questions
A Facebook page is a reasonable start and worth keeping. The difference is control and credibility: you do not own the page, you cannot change how it looks, it ranks poorly in Google for the searches that matter, and some customers, particularly commercial ones, read a business with no website as less established. The two work well together.
Send whatever is on your phone, even if the pictures are not studio quality. Real job photos are more persuasive than stock images. I handle cropping, compressing and placing them. If you have nothing at all, the site can be built to look right without photos and they can be added later.
No. If you already have one I will use it. If not, I will help you choose a sensible one and register it, typically around £10 to £15 a year, and it goes in your name so it is yours permanently rather than held by me.
Your phone number is a tappable link, so one press on a phone dials you. Starter builds use that plus your email. If you would rather have a contact form that emails you directly, that is included from the Growth package, or I can add one to a Starter build on request.
No. £249 is a one-off and the site is yours. You will pay for your own domain each year, and hosting on Cloudflare is usually free at the traffic a local business gets. I offer optional support packages if you would rather someone else handled updates, but nothing obliges you to take one.
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