Websites for trades
Website design for tradesmen, from £299
Plumbers, electricians, roofers, joiners, landscapers and cleaners: you do not need a ten page brochure site, you need something that makes you look established, loads instantly on a phone and turns a search into a phone call. EKKO builds that for £299, live in 3 to 5 days, with a WhatsApp AI receptionist answering while you are up a ladder.
Quick answers
- How much does a tradesman website cost?
- Our startup package is £299. That covers up to 4 pages, basic SEO and a contact form, which is everything a plumber, electrician, roofer or joiner needs to look credible and get called. Hosting, security and maintenance start from £15 a month.
- How quickly can my website go live?
- A focused small site is usually live in 3 to 5 days once we have your details, photos and service list. Larger builds with quoting systems, job tracking or automation take longer and we agree the timeline up front.
- I am on site all day. Who answers the enquiries?
- That is what the WhatsApp AI receptionist is for. It answers common questions, shares your areas covered and pricing guidance, takes enquiry details and hands anything complex straight to you, so a missed call stops being a lost job.
Built for phones first
Most trade customers search on a phone with one hand. Your site loads fast, reads clean and puts your number and quote form within a thumb's reach.
Answers while you work
The WhatsApp AI receptionist handles common questions, areas covered and enquiry details, then passes real jobs to you.
Local search sorted
Service and area targeting, local structured data and Google Business Profile setup, so nearby customers find you before a directory does.
What the £299 tradesman website includes
This is the startup package: a professional online presence for a trade business that currently has a Facebook page, a directory listing or nothing at all. It is deliberately focused, because a small site that is finished beats a big site that never launches.
- Up to 4 pages: home, services, areas covered and contact
- Basic SEO so you can be found for your trade and your town
- Contact form that emails you the moment someone enquires
- Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons on every screen
- Mobile-first design tested on real phone sizes
- Fast hosting, SSL and analytics from £15 a month
- Live in 3 to 5 days once we have your details
The WhatsApp AI receptionist for trades
The single biggest leak in a trade business is the enquiry that came in while you were under a sink. Your branded WhatsApp AI receptionist replies instantly, answers the questions you get asked forty times a week, captures the job details and hands anything it should not decide straight to you.
- Answers hours, areas covered, call-out approach and pricing guidance
- Captures name, job, address and urgency before you call back
- Handles rescheduling and follow-up messages
- Routes emergencies and anything unusual to you immediately
Photos of your own work, not stock vans
Customers can spot a stock photo instantly, and it makes a good trade look generic. Send us whatever you have on your phone: finished jobs, before and afters, your van, your team. We tidy and place them properly. If you have none yet, we launch clean and add them as you go.
Grow into quoting, reviews and follow-up
When the site is bringing in work, the next bottleneck is admin. Trades commonly add a bespoke CRM for customers, quotes and job history, EKKO Review Flow at £20 a month to collect Google reviews automatically after every job, and reminder sequences that bring last year's customers back.
- Bespoke CRM for customers, quotes, jobs and invoices
- Automatic review requests after every completed job
- Service reminders and win-back messages for past customers
- No per-seat software fees for features you never use
Frequently asked questions
- How much does a tradesman website cost?
- Our startup package is £299. That covers up to 4 pages, basic SEO and a contact form, which is everything a plumber, electrician, roofer or joiner needs to look credible and get called. Hosting, security and maintenance start from £15 a month.
- How quickly can my website go live?
- A focused small site is usually live in 3 to 5 days once we have your details, photos and service list. Larger builds with quoting systems, job tracking or automation take longer and we agree the timeline up front.
- I am on site all day. Who answers the enquiries?
- That is what the WhatsApp AI receptionist is for. It answers common questions, shares your areas covered and pricing guidance, takes enquiry details and hands anything complex straight to you, so a missed call stops being a lost job.
- Do I need to write the content myself?
- No. Tell us what you do, where you work and the jobs you want more of, and we write the pages around that. Photos of your own work help enormously, but we can launch without them and add them later.
- Will it show up on Google for my town?
- Every build ships with clean structure, fast pages and local SEO basics: service and area targeting, consistent business details and local structured data. We can also set up and tidy your Google Business Profile, which is where most trade enquiries actually start.
- Can you add quoting, invoicing or job tracking later?
- Yes. Plenty of trades start with the £299 site and add a bespoke CRM later to handle customers, quotes, jobs, reminders and review requests, without paying per seat for software you half use.
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