3 Wee Pages vs DIY website builders
Wix, Squarespace and GoDaddy are genuinely good tools. The question isn't whether they work — it's whether you want to spend the evenings building and maintaining your own site, or have a real person do it for you.
DIY builders are cheap to start and put you in full control. If you enjoy that kind of thing and have the time, they're a fair choice — you can drag, drop and tweak forever.
The catch is that the work, and the upkeep, stay with you. You pick the template, write the copy, size the images, fix it when it looks off on a phone, and keep paying the monthly subscription for as long as the site is live. For a lot of busy trades and local firms, that's the part that never gets done.
3 Wee Pages is the opposite trade-off: you answer a few questions, a real person builds three tidy pages within 24 hours, and you own the .co.uk at the end. One fair price, no monthly rent.
Side by side
| 3 Wee Pages | DIY builders (Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who builds it | A real person builds it for you | You build it yourself |
| Time to live | First draft within 24 hours | However long it takes you |
| What you pay | £149 once to launch, then £49/year | Monthly subscription, typically ~£10–£30/mo, forever |
| Your domain | Your own .co.uk, included and owned by you | Often an add-on; sometimes tied to the platform |
| Ongoing upkeep | We host it; small changes are easy to request | On you — updates, fixes, plugins |
| Design decisions | Done for you, on a clean estate template | Yours to make (and maintain) |
| Best for | Busy trades who want it sorted, not fiddled with | People who enjoy building and have the time |
3 Wee Pages is the better fit when…
You want a clean, professional three-page site without learning a builder, picking a template, or paying a subscription every month for the rest of the site's life.
A DIY builder is the better choice when…
you want unlimited pages, an online shop, a blog you update constantly, or full hands-on control over every pixel — and you genuinely enjoy doing it yourself. Builders are powerful, and if you have the time and the inclination, they give you more room to grow than three pages will.
Both get you online. The difference is who does the work, and whether you're renting the site or own it.
Common questions
Can I move my site to Wix later?
Your content is yours, and because you own your .co.uk domain you can point it wherever you like in future. You're never locked in.
Isn't a builder cheaper?
The headline price can look lower, but a monthly subscription never stops. £149 once plus £49/year is usually cheaper over a couple of years than most builder plans — and you don't have to build it.
Ready when you are.
Three tidy pages and your own .co.uk, £149 to launch, drafted within 24 hours by a real person.