Websites for Trades

Websites for Trades

Every trade has its own way of winning work, but the customer journey is now the same for all of them: search, compare, contact. Whoever looks most professional and answers the customer's questions fastest gets the call. Fruitcake Media builds trades websites from £39 a month, with hosting, SSL and support included, designed around exactly that journey.

What every trade website has to do

Whatever you do for a living, your website has three jobs. First, prove your standard of work with photographs, because customers believe what they can see. Second, answer the practical questions: what you do, where you work, whether you are insured, how pricing works. Third, make contact effortless, with a number that dials on a tap and a short form for planned jobs. Get those three right on a fast, mobile-friendly site and enquiries follow. Most trades websites fail not because they are ugly but because they are slow, vague or hard to contact.

Tradesman website design, done properly

Tradesman website design is a small field with a lot of noise in it. Plenty of firms will sell a trades website; far fewer will answer the phone six months later when you want the new van livery on the homepage. Our web design for trades is built on the opposite promise: need a change, just let us know and we will happily do it for you, with no ticket queue and no hourly rate. Every trades website we build includes hosting, SSL, daily backups, CMS access and SEO foundations from the day it goes live.

Guides for your specific trade

Different trades sell differently, which is why we have written a dedicated guide for each one. Photo-led trades like bricklayers, decorators and plasterers win work with galleries. Urgency-led trades like plumbers and electricians win it with speed and trust signals. Project-led firms like builders win it with process and proof, generalists like handymen win it with breadth and reliability, and finish trades like carpenters and joiners win it on the quality of the photographs. Each guide covers what your customers look for and what your website should include. Outdoor trades have their own guides too: landscapers and gardeners and roofers, as do cleaning companies. And beyond the tools, we cover accountants, estate agents, counsellors and therapists, gyms and personal trainers, cafes and restaurants musicians, charities and community organisations, recruitment agencies and dental practices.

What comes with every Fruitcake Media trades website

• Professional design built around your trade, not a generic template
• Mobile responsive layout with tap-to-call contact throughout
• Fast, secure hosting with SSL and daily backups included
• SEO foundations so local searches can actually find you
• CMS access, so you can add job photos yourself from your phone
• Real human support from a named designer who knows your business

Getting found in the towns you work

Trades win work across a radius, not a single postcode. Our monthly SEO service helps you rank in every town you cover, and our web design service pages explain how we approach local visibility for businesses across Cheshire and across the UK.

One simple monthly price

Our pay monthly packages start at £39 a month. No large upfront cost, no hidden extras, and a professional website that earns its keep from the first month.

What a trades website costs to run

The Starter package at £39 a month covers a professional site of up to five pages, which suits most sole traders: home, services, gallery, areas covered and contact. Firms working across several towns usually step up to Active at £79 a month, which adds a blog for job write-ups, quarterly health checks and manual SEO work including Google Business Profile setup. There is no upfront design bill on either, and hosting, SSL, daily backups, CMS access and support are inside the monthly fee, not on top of it.

Common questions from tradespeople

I have a Facebook page. Do I still need a website?

Yes. Social pages are rented ground: the algorithm decides who sees you, and half your customers are not on the platform at all. A website is yours, it appears in the Google searches where jobs actually start, and it gives a recommended customer somewhere professional to land.

Can I update the website myself from a job?

Yes. CMS access is included in every package, so adding photos of this week's work takes a few minutes from your phone. If you would rather we did it, real human support is included too.

What else will I pay beyond the monthly fee?

Nothing for the website itself. Hosting, SSL, daily backups, maintenance, security updates and support are all inside the fee. Optional marketing, like a dedicated SEO campaign, is priced separately and only if you want it.

How quickly can my website go live?

Most trades websites are live within two to four weeks of starting, faster when photographs and business details arrive early.

See our work, then browse every trade guide on our sectors page, then get in touch and tell us your trade. We will tell you exactly what your website should do.