Are you open
Your hours, plainly, including the bank holiday you keep getting asked about. Easy for you to change yourself when they shift.
Shops and services
Barbers, dentists, salons and everyone else on the parade.
Your customers are local and they mostly find you by walking past or searching on their phone. A website's job is to answer what happens next: are you open, what does it cost, and can I book. £45 for your first year.
15 GB, email at your own name, daily backups and free SSL. Then £75 a year.
Worth saying first
A website is not your main shopfront
For most businesses on a high street, the map listing and the sign above the door do the heavy lifting. If you only ever do one thing online, claim and fill in your Google Business Profile — it is free, it is not us, and it will bring you more walk-ins than a website will.
A website earns its keep by doing the things a map pin cannot: your whole price list, the questions people ask before booking, your treatments explained, and an email address at your own name instead of a free webmail one. It is the difference between being found and being chosen.
What people actually check
Four things, on a phone, in a hurry.
Almost everyone who looks you up is standing somewhere holding a phone. These are what they came for.
What it costs
A real price list. Publishing it saves the calls that were never going to book, and people trust a business that says the number.
Can I book
A booking link, a form, or a phone number that dials when tapped. Use the system you already pay for, or a free one on your own hosting.
Where exactly
A map, the nearest parking, which door. Small things, and the reason someone turns up rather than giving up.
What it looks like inside
Photographs of the actual place and the actual work. For barbers, salons and clinics this does more persuading than any words will.
The awkward questions
Parking, accessibility, whether you take card, whether children are welcome, how long a treatment takes. Answer them once, in writing.
Barbers, salons and studios
Photographs and prices
Nobody reads a paragraph about your approach to fades. They look at pictures of the work, check the price, check you are open, and either walk in or book. Keep the site to that.
Photographs are worth taking properly. A dozen good ones of the actual place beat any amount of writing, and they are also what you will use on your map listing and your social accounts.
If you sell time rather than things, a booking tool matters more than a shop. Keep the one you use, or install a free open-source appointment app on your own hosting at no extra cost.
Dentists, clinics and therapists
Where being careful matters
A practice or a treatment room has a website job the barber does not: explaining what a treatment involves, what it costs, and what happens at a first appointment. People are often nervous, and plain writing does real work here.
One genuine caution. If you handle health information about patients or clients, take it seriously and get proper advice on your obligations. A brochure site with a contact form is simple. Anything that stores client records, notes or intake forms is a different proposition, and we would far rather talk it through with you before you buy than afterwards.
We look after the server, the email, the backups and the padlock. What the website itself collects and stores is yours to decide, and yours to be responsible for. Where the line sits, plainly.
What it costs
One price, whoever walks in.
Hosting does not charge by visitor, so a good month costs the same as a quiet one.
Hosting and email
£45 first year
15 GB, email at your own domain, daily backups, free SSL and the Website Builder. Then £75 a year.
Buy web hostingA .co.uk domain
£10 a year
The same price to renew as to register. With 15 GB hosting: £55 for year one, then £85 a year.
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£0 to move it
Moving your website and email across is included. Tell us how it was built and we will check it first.
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Before you get started
Questions from the high street.
I get all my customers from Google Maps. Do I need a website?
You need one less than a business that sells online, and we would rather say that than sell you something. What a website gives you is the things Maps cannot: your full price list, the questions people ask before they book, and somewhere to send anyone who wants detail. It also gives you an email address at your own name.
Can people book online?
Yes, and several ways. Keep whatever booking system you already pay for and link to it, or install a free open-source booking app on your own hosting — there are over 200 free apps including appointment tools. Because you get PHP and a database, you are not limited to what a website builder allows.
I do not want to build a website. Can I get one quickly?
Our Website Builder is free with hosting: pick a template, put in your own words, opening hours and photos, and publish. Most single-location businesses need four pages and an afternoon. If you would rather hand it over entirely, tell us what you need and we will give you a price first.
What about my opening hours over Christmas?
That is exactly the sort of thing you want to change yourself in two minutes rather than emailing someone about. Whichever way the site is built, editing your own hours is straightforward, and what's included explains who does what.
Can I have an email address at my own name?
Yes, included, as many as you like — hello@, bookings@, your own name. They can all arrive in one inbox, or forward into an inbox you already check so there is nothing new to learn.
Do I need to worry about patient or client data?
If you handle health information — a dental practice, a clinic, a therapist — take that seriously and get proper advice. A plain brochure site with a contact form is straightforward. Anything storing client records or notes is a different question, and we would rather talk it through with you before you buy than after.
Can I show my prices?
Yes, and it is one of the most useful things you can do. Price lists are what people actually look for, and publishing them saves you the phone calls that were never going to book anyway.
What does it cost?
15 GB of hosting with email is £45 for your first year, then £75 a year. A .co.uk domain is £10 a year and costs the same to renew. No long contract, and hosting has a 30-day money-back guarantee.
A home for your business online
Open, priced and easy to book.
15 GB, email at your own name, daily backups and free SSL for £45 in your first year, then £75 a year. Or ask us what your shop actually needs first.