Guides

Plain-English guides for small businesses.

What makes a great small-business website, what it should cost, and how to get found on Google — written for tradespeople and local firms, not web designers.

Editing your own site.

Your site, your hands. Change the everyday stuff yourself; we handle the big stuff.

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What makes the perfect 3-page website.

Most small businesses don't need ten pages. They need three good ones that turn a Google search into a phone call.

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Do tradespeople need a website in 2026?

“I've got a Facebook page, isn't that enough?” It's a fair question. Here's the honest answer.

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How much should a small business website cost in the UK?

Quotes range from £149 to £5,000 for what looks like the same thing. Here's what you're really paying for.

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What to put on a tradesperson's website.

A simple, copy-paste-able checklist for the three pages that actually win work.

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3-page vs 5-page website: which is right for you?

More pages isn't more customers. Here's how to decide what you actually need.

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How to get found on Google: local SEO basics.

You don't need an SEO agency to show up locally. You need a handful of basics done right.

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Website + reviews: the combination that wins jobs.

Being found is half the battle. Being trusted is the half that gets you paid.

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What a brilliant simple business website looks like.

You don't need to imagine it. Here's what a great simple site looks like, and the ingredients they share.

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How your wee site, GotAPal and ServicePay work together.

Three small tools, one loop — get found, look legit, get paid, repeat.

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Who actually owns your domain name?

The five-minute check every small business should do today.

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Websites without the monthly bill.

Subscriptions are brilliant — for the companies charging them.

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A website in days, not months.

The job isn't big. The process usually is.

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Ready when you are.

Three tidy pages and your own .co.uk, £149 to launch, drafted within 24 hours by a real person.

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