The quick price guide
- DIY website builder: £0–£20 a month, plus your time. Free tiers exist but look generic and often show ads.
- Subscription "trade website" services: £20–£60 a month, forever. Convenient, but you never stop paying and you rarely own the site.
- One-off professional one page site: £249–£1,000 once, no monthly fee. Best value for most tradespeople.
- Hosting & free subdomain — included. With our £249 build, hosting and a free subdomain (yourbusiness.tradewebsite.uk) are included in the price.
- Agency multi-page website: £1,000–£5,000+ one-off, sometimes with a support retainer. Overkill unless you need e-commerce or lots of pages.
Why the price varies so much
The cost of a trade website comes down to four things: how many pages it has, whether the design is custom or templated, whether you're renting it monthly or buying it outright, and whether ongoing support or SEO is bundled in. A national firm needing online booking and dozens of service pages genuinely needs to spend more. A local plumber, electrician or gardener who mainly wants the phone to ring does not.
One-off fee vs monthly subscription
This is the biggest decision. A £30-a-month service sounds cheap until you add it up: that's £360 in year one and £1,800 over five years — and you usually stop having a website the moment you stop paying. A one-off build costs more upfront but nothing after, and the site is yours to keep. For a steady local trade business, a one-off almost always works out cheaper over time.
What about the domain and hosting?
With our £249 build, hosting and a free subdomain (yourbusiness.tradewebsite.uk) are included in the price — there's nothing extra to arrange or pay for to get your site live. If you'd rather use your own domain (e.g. yourname.co.uk), we'll connect it free of charge; a domain typically costs you just £8–£15 a year from the registrar.
Be wary of other providers who bundle hosting into a large monthly fee without telling you how cheap it is on its own.
What a tradesperson actually needs
Most local trade customers find you on their phone and decide in seconds. To win that customer your website really only needs to: load fast, look trustworthy, clearly state what you do and where, and make it one tap to call or message you. A single well-built page does all of that. Extra pages and features are nice-to-haves, not the thing that gets you booked.
What we charge — and why
We build a clean, mobile-friendly one page website for a £249 one-off fee with no monthly costs. It includes your services, your area, your accreditations and tap-to-message (WhatsApp) and email buttons, set up and put live for you — with hosting and a free subdomain (yourbusiness.tradewebsite.uk) included in the price. If you have your own domain, we'll connect it free of charge. Best of all, you get a free preview of your website within 24 hours before you pay anything. We picked one-off pricing on purpose: a sole trader or small firm shouldn't carry a monthly bill forever for a simple website.
If you'd like to see how this applies to your trade, we've written specific pages for plumbers, electricians, builders, roofers and gardeners. Not sure you need one yet? Read do tradespeople need a website?
Frequently asked questions
How much does a trade website cost in the UK?
A simple one page trade website typically costs between £249 and £1,000 as a one-off, or £20 to £60 a month on a subscription builder. Larger multi-page sites from agencies usually run from £1,000 to £5,000 or more. Tradewebsite.uk builds a clean one page site for a £249 one-off fee with no monthly costs.
Are there ongoing monthly costs for a trade website?
It depends on the provider. Subscription builders charge £20 to £60 a month indefinitely. A one-off build like ours has no monthly fee — hosting and a free subdomain (yourbusiness.tradewebsite.uk) are included in the £249. If you'd prefer your own domain (around £10 a year from a registrar) we'll connect it free of charge.
Why are some trade websites so expensive?
Higher prices usually pay for multiple pages, custom design, e-commerce, booking systems, ongoing support contracts or monthly SEO. Most tradespeople winning local work don't need all that — a single clear page that loads fast and makes it easy to contact you does the job.
What is the cheapest way to get a trade website?
The cheapest route is building it yourself on a free tier, but it costs your time and often looks it. The best value is usually a low-cost one-off professional build with no monthly fees, so you get a site that looks credible without an open-ended bill.