Small business website design, built for you
The short answer
CoveDesk builds websites for small businesses and contractors: 5 to 7 pages, with a page for each service and the towns you serve, built for you. Buy it for $1,500 one time plus $39 a month for hosting and edits, or pay $129 a month on a 12-month term with no build fee. You own your domain either way.
Contractors, plumbers, salons and shops need the same few things from a website: what you do, where, proof you’re good at it, and a fast way to call.
What’s included
- 5 to 7 pages, including a page for each service and the towns you serve
- Built for you, from what you tell us about your business
- Hosting, and monthly edits on the care plan or the subscription
- Tap-to-call on every page, and a “Text us” button once it’s ready (coming soon)
- More town pages whenever you start serving a new area
What a small business website needs
We build yours around these pages. Most are what a customer looks for before they call.
- A home page that says what you do, where, and your phone number at the top
- A page for each service, so a search for that service can land on it
- A page for each town you serve, written for that town
- Photos of your own work, before and after where it fits. You send them, and we never pass off stock photos as your work.
- An about page with your license and insurance details, if your work needs them
- Your reviews, with a link to your Google profile
- Tap-to-call on every page, and your hours and service area on the contact page
Who owns what
- What’s yours, on every plan. You own your Google profile, your domain, your website files and your content. After your paid term, we hand everything over within 7 days of a written request, at no charge. You can move your Google profile and domain at any time.
- On Website Subscription, the website subscription has a 12-month term. After 12 paid months it moves to Website Care on its own, at the Website Care price, and the website files are yours. If you cancel the website subscription before its 12 months are up, the months left in the term are still due. Pay them and the website files are yours: we hand them over within 7 days of a written request. Either way, you keep your domain and your Google profile. Inside the first 30 days the money-back guarantee applies instead, and nothing more is owed.
- On a site you buy outright, you pay nothing for the build until you’ve approved your free homepage preview. Then half the build fee is due, and the other half when your site goes live. Once the build is paid, the site files are yours too.
What it costs
Prices in US dollars, from our current price list. Taxes may apply.
| Service | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Website Build + Care | $1,500 one-time + $39/moOne-time | A 5 to 7 page website with pages for each service and the towns you serve, built for you. You pay nothing for the build until you’ve approved your free homepage preview. Then half the build fee is due, and the other half when your site goes live. Hosting and monthly edits are on the care plan, month-to-month. |
| Website Subscription | $129/mo12-month term | The same website with no upfront build fee, plus hosting, local pages and monthly edits. The website subscription has a 12-month term. After 12 paid months it moves to Website Care on its own, at the Website Care price, and the website files are yours. You own your domain. |
| Extra Service-Area Page | $150 one-timeOne-time | A new local page on your website for another town you really serve. |
| Website Text Button | $29/moMonth-to-month | Coming soon: lets visitors text your business from your website. Included in Front Office. |
| Front Office | $449/mo250 front desk minutes a month included, then $0.35 a minute. No setup fee. 12-month term | We run the whole front office for you in one plan: phone answering, missed-call texting, your Google profile and a website, with a monthly check-in. |
Front Office includes a website on subscription, with phone answering and your Google profile.
You don’t need a phone plan for any of these. The free pilot is for phone plans. The money-back guarantee also covers Google Business Profile Management and the website subscription. It doesn’t cover one-time work.
How it works
Talk to us
Tell us what you do, where, and what your site needs to do. Ask for a free preview homepage before you spend anything.
We build the pages
From what you tell us and the photos you send. You read every page.
You ask for changes
We change what you want before it goes live.
Go live, then monthly edits
New services, new towns, new photos: send them and we update the site.
Who it suits, and who it doesn’t
A good fit for
- Contractors, plumbers, electricians and other trades who need a page for each service and town
- Salons, shops and offices that need a simple, fast site
- Owners who want it built and looked after for them
Not the right fit if
- You want to build it yourself. See our website builder guide.
- You need many more pages on day one. We quote larger sites.
Common questions
How much does a small business website cost?
What should a contractor website include?
Do I own my website and domain?
What’s the difference between buying the site and the subscription?
Can I make changes later?
Do I need a phone plan to get a website?
Guides
Best website builder for small business
Six builders by need, with published prices, stores and booking.
Wix vs Squarespace
Plans, what’s free, payments, booking and how to decide, plus when to pay for a build.
How to buy a domain name
Picking one, .com prices by registrar, renewal traps and keeping it yours.
How to get a business email address
The steps, published prices, free options and address examples.
Free tools
Website cost calculator
Compare a website builder and your time with paying for one, over the years.
Google Business Profile audit
Score your Google profile on 15 points and see what to fix first.
Ask about a website
Tell us how things work today and we’ll tell you what would help and what it costs, even if it isn’t CoveDesk.