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What a website really costs for your trade, what to check before you sign up for one and how the options compare. Written plainly, with the sums shown.
What a website costs
- How much does a website cost for a tradesperson in the UK?A simple website for a tradesperson costs anything from about £110 a year if you build it yourself to several thousand pounds from an agency. If someone builds it for you, the first year usually costs somewhere between a few hundred pounds and £3,000, depending on who builds it and what's included afterwards.
- How much does a website cost for a plumber or heating engineer?A website for a plumber or heating engineer costs from about £110 a year if you build it yourself, around £900 to £3,300 in the first year from a freelancer, or £39 to £99 a month from a pay-monthly firm like us. For most plumbers, five pages and a page for each main town is plenty.
- How much does a website cost for an electrician in the UK?An electrician's website costs from about £150 a year on a website builder, roughly £900 to £3,300 in the first year from a freelancer, or £39 to £99 a month with a pay-monthly firm such as us. What it needs most is your registration, clear services and a landlord section if you do EICRs.
- How much does a website cost for a chimney sweep?A chimney sweep's website costs from about £110 a year if you build it yourself, or £39 to £99 a month from a pay-monthly firm like us. Most sweeps need three to five pages: what you sweep, your registration, your certificate and the towns you cover.
- How much does a website cost for a tiler?A tiler's website costs from about £150 a year on a website builder, or £39 to £99 a month from a pay-monthly firm like us. The part that matters most is the gallery of your own finished jobs.
- How much does a website cost for a landscaper?A landscaper's website costs from about £110 a year if you build it yourself, around £900 to £3,300 in the first year from a freelancer, or £69 to £99 a month on our Standard or Growth plans. Landscapers usually need more pages than most trades because each service gets searched for on its own.
- How much does a website cost for a builder or roofer?A website for a builder or roofer costs around £900 to £3,300 in the first year from a freelancer, £2,500 or more from an agency, or £99 a month on our Growth plan for up to 10 pages. Builders usually need more pages than most trades, so check what the price covers.
- How much does a website cost for a café?A café website costs from about £110 a year on a website builder, or £39 a month plus £199 setup on our Starter plan. Most cafés need three or four pages. The most important things are your opening hours and a menu people can read on a phone.
- How much does a website cost for a hair salon?A hair salon website costs from about £190 a year on a website builder plan with booking built in, or £39 to £69 a month with us, linked to the booking system you already use. The main decision is how bookings work, not the website itself.
- How much does a website cost for a property maintenance business?A property maintenance website costs from about £110 a year if you build it yourself, around £900 to £3,300 in the first year from a freelancer, or £69 to £99 a month on our Standard or Growth plans. Because you do lots of different jobs, the number of pages matters more than for most trades.
Choosing how to get a website
- Do you own a pay monthly website?Not always. With a pay monthly website you can own some parts and rent others. The domain, your content and the design files are three separate things, so check each one before you sign. Here's how to do that, plus exactly how our own terms work.
- Do you need a website if you've got a Facebook page?If you're busy from word of mouth, Facebook might be all you need for now. But a Facebook page sits on someone else's platform. Some customers won't find you or trust you there. For most trades, a simple website alongside Facebook covers the gaps.
- Is Checkatrade worth it, or do you need your own website?Lead and directory sites like Checkatrade, MyBuilder, Rated People and Bark can bring in work, but you pay a membership or a fee per lead and you're often one of several firms on each job. Your own website is something you keep. For a lot of trades the answer is both, with the website as the base.
- Wix or Squarespace, or pay someone to build your website?In cash terms, a DIY builder like Wix or Squarespace is cheaper. Wix's UK plans start at £9 a month and Squarespace's at £12, both billed yearly. What it costs you is time: building it, writing it and keeping it up to date. If your evenings are worth more to you than that, having it built makes more sense.
- Freelancer, agency or pay monthly: which way to get your website built?A freelancer is usually cheapest up front and an agency gives you the most but costs the most. Pay monthly spreads the cost but ties you in for a while. Over three years the totals are closer than you'd think. The bigger difference is what happens when something goes wrong.