Websites for local businesses
Websites for contractors who are losing jobs on a phone
A homeowner looking for a contractor does it on a phone, in about ten seconds. If your site is slow, broken on a small screen, or has no photos of real work, they call someone else. Here is what we rebuild, what it costs, and how fast it goes live.
How a homeowner actually finds a contractor
A homeowner with water coming through the ceiling does not read a website. They pull out a phone, type the trade and the town, and scroll. The first few names get opened. Most of the rest never get tapped at all.
What happens next takes about ten seconds. They open two or three sites. If yours takes more than a couple of seconds to load, they go back. If they cannot see finished work, they go back. If they cannot find a number they can tap, they go back.
Then they judge you on one thing: photos of work you have actually done. Before and after, same house, same angle. That is what makes a homeowner call one contractor and not the next.
- They search on a phone, not a laptop.
- They open two or three sites at most.
- A slow load is a back button.
- Photos of finished work decide it.
- A tap-to-call button turns a looker into a call.
Why contractor sites fail in specific, fixable ways
We have checked 12,823 local businesses across 8 US metros, and the same few problems show up on contractor sites again and again. None of them are complicated. All of them cost calls.
The most common problem is age. A cheap page builder or a relative set the site up years ago and the plan lapsed. The builder badge is still in the corner, the phone number is out of date, and nobody remembers the password.
The second is photos. There are none of real work, or three blurry ones taken on a phone years ago. A homeowner cannot see what you build, so they keep scrolling to the next name on the list.
- The page builder lapsed and nobody has the login.
- No photos of finished work, or three blurry ones.
- The service area is never stated, so nobody knows if you cover their town.
- The phone number is an image, so it cannot be tapped.
- A desktop layout squeezed onto a phone screen.
- No site at all, just a social page.
What the rebuild includes for a contractor
We build the whole thing. You do not write a word and you do not choose a template. We use your services, your service area and your opening hours, taken from what you already publish.
Five pages: home, services, about, FAQ, contact. A phone-first layout, because that is where your calls come from. A real map. A tap-to-call button that works with one thumb. The whole site loads in under a second on a phone.
- Five pages: home, services, about, FAQ, contact.
- Your services, your service area, your opening hours.
- A real map, so people can see you cover their town.
- A tap-to-call button on every page.
- Phone-first design that loads in under a second.
- Live on the domain you already own.
One flat price and a 24 hour turnaround
$600 flat, one time. No retainer. No monthly fee for the first year. No contract. No sales call. You are not signing up for a plan and there is nothing to cancel later.
Once you say yes, the site goes live on your own existing domain within 24 hours. Same address you have now, so the customers, listings and email that already point at it keep working.
Nothing here is a subscription. There is no renew button and no charge per call. The number you see is the number you pay.
- $600 flat, one time.
- No monthly fee for the first year.
- No contract and no sales call.
- Live on your own domain within 24 hours of saying yes.
You see the finished site before you pay
We do not ask for anything up front. We build the site, then send it to you as a free preview. You open it on your phone and look at your own business, your own trade, your own town.
If you do not want it, you keep the preview anyway and that is the end of it. If you do want it, you reply to the email and pay by card or bank transfer using the link in that reply.
- Nothing is paid up front.
- You keep the preview either way.
- Payment is by reply-to-email link, card or bank transfer.
A contractor site we have already rebuilt
1st Choice Painting and Remodeling in Raleigh, North Carolina is one we rebuilt. Open it on your phone and see what a finished contractor site looks like. It is in the gallery at https://preview.localsiteshop.com/.
We have built 330 replacement sites so far, for trades that include painting and remodeling, a dental practice, a barbershop, an animal hospital and a gym. If your trade is not on that list, that is fine. The problem is the same.
What you do not have to do
Most contractors put a new website off because it sounds like a project. It is not a project for you. You look at one finished site on your phone and say yes or no. That is the whole job on your side.
- No writing and no template picking.
- No meetings, no sales call, no contract.
- No money up front.
- No monthly fee for the first year.
- No change to the domain you already own.
Questions we get about this
How much does it cost?
$600 flat, one time. No monthly fee for the first year, no retainer, no contract, and no sales call.
How fast will it be live?
The site goes live on your own existing domain within 24 hours of you saying yes.
What if I do not like it?
You keep the preview either way and you pay nothing. We are only paid if you decide you want the site.
Do I have to give you anything to start?
No. We build from your services, your service area and your opening hours as you already publish them. You see the finished site before you pay.
Will it work on a phone?
Yes. It is built phone-first, with a tap-to-call button on every page and a real map, and it loads in under a second.
Do I need a new domain?
No. The site goes on the domain you already own, so nothing about your address or your email has to change.
Reply to the email you got, or write to shoaib@localsiteshop.com with your trade and your town.
$600 flat, live on your own domain within 24 hours. Look at the finished site before you pay anything.