See your site
before you pay
a penny.
We build the real website for your trade business — using public info, your branding, your services — then send you the link. If you love it, we'll make it live. If you don't, you've lost nothing.
You're sending paying
customers to other brands.
Every Facebook page, every Checkatrade profile, every Google Business listing — they're someone else's shop window with your name above the door. Word-of-mouth is brilliant until it dries up. Then what?
Search online first
Nearly all customers Google a tradesperson before they pick up the phone. No website means they can't find you, and they can't compare you.
Search on mobile
If your site doesn't load fast on a phone, you're already losing the job. A clunky Facebook page won't cut it for a £4,000 boiler install.
You earn from Checkatrade traffic
You pay them — they don't pay you. Every lead they send you costs the same as it costs the cowboy down the road. Own the channel.
Four steps. Ten days.
Zero risk to you.
We've stripped out the back-and-forth. No long discovery calls. No 30-page briefs. We do the work first, you decide if you want it.
We research
Public info only. Your services, your branding, your photos, your reviews — pulled together into a working draft.
We build the demo
A real, working website for your business. Not a mockup. Not a wireframe. The actual thing, on a private link.
You decide
Love it? We make it live, hand over the domain, and you own it outright. Hate it? We part ways. No fee, no hard sell.
We keep it humming
Optional care plan handles hosting, security, edits, and basic SEO so the site keeps earning long after launch.
A site that actually
sells your trade.
Clean, fast, mobile-perfect, local-SEO-ready, lead-form-driven. Built on the same tech the best modern brands use — not the WordPress soup most of your competitors are stuck with.
North-east heating engineers who answer the phone.
Gas Safe registered. Same-week boiler installs. 4.9 stars on Google. Sunderland & surrounding.
The actual demo you'd receive — populated with your business name, services, and branding.
One price. One bill.
Yours from day one.
No subscription traps. No paying forever to keep your own website online. You own it the day it goes live.
- Full 7-page website (home, services, gallery, testimonials, about, contact, blog)
- Mobile-first, schema-tagged, local-SEO foundation
- Domain and hosting setup, GDPR-compliant forms
- Google Business Profile review and setup
- Two rounds of tweaks before launch
- Handover pack: source files, hosting access, training video
- Everything in Build & Handover
- Hosting, SSL, daily backups, security monitoring
- 4 minor edits per month (your wording, your photos)
- Basic SEO upkeep — fresh content, internal linking
- Monthly performance & ranking report
- Priority support, direct line to me
The honest answers.
Can I really see a demo before I commit?
Yes. We build a working version of your site — your branding, your services, your photos sourced from publicly available info — and send you the live link. If you want it, we ship it. If you don't, we delete it. No payment, no contract, no obligation.
Why £1,295 when others charge £999 or £49 a month?
The £49-a-month operators keep ownership of your site. Stop paying, site disappears. The £999 builds are usually WordPress with the same theme as everyone else's. Our £1,295 buys you a faster, modern-stack site that you own outright, with the demo built before you pay. Different model, different result.
Do I really own the site?
Yes — from day one. Domain registered in your name, hosting in your name (or transferred to your control if you prefer), all source files handed over on launch. If you ever want to leave the care plan, you keep the site. No hostage situation.
What if I don't have photos of my work?
We use professional placeholders for launch and arrange a low-cost local photographer if you need real ones. Many trades have great photos sitting in their phone — we'll guide you on what to send.
Are you a one-person band or an agency?
We're a small UK team under L.I.S.Trade — the umbrella for everything we build. You'll deal directly with the people who build your site. No offshore developers, no account managers, no inbox black holes.
What if I cancel the Care plan?
Site stays online. You take over hosting (we'll help you migrate) and keep ownership. We never hold the site hostage to keep you paying.
Want to see your site
before you decide?
Send us your business name and the area you cover. We'll build a working demo and send you the link — usually within 48 hours. No call, no pitch, no obligation.