Already paying somebody for your web presence? Own the next one.
Pick what you have today. Each page is the honest picture: what it gives you, what tradespeople report it costs, what changes with a site in your own name, and what does not change, because the directory stays while the site ramps up.
Lead directories
On Checkatrade? Keep it for now. Own the next lead.
What a Checkatrade membership gives you, what tradespeople report it costs, and what changes when the enquiries come to a website you own. Keep both for now.
Read the pageOn MyBuilder? Stop paying per shortlist for jobs you did not win.
What MyBuilder charges when you are shortlisted, how many trades quote each job, and what changes when the enquiry comes to a site you own. Keep both for now.
Read the pageOn Rated People? Own the enquiry, not the shortlist.
What Rated People charges per month and per lead, how many trades see each job, and what changes when the enquiry comes to a website you own. Keep both for now.
Read the pageOn Bark? Pay for the job, not the introduction.
What Bark charges per lead, how many professionals see each request, and what changes when the enquiry comes to a website you own. Keep the account meanwhile.
Read the pageWebsite builders
Built your site on Wix? Stop being its administrator.
Built your site on Wix? What that makes you responsible for, what changes when the job is done for you, and how the move happens with no day offline.
Read the pageBuilt your site on GoDaddy? Stop being its administrator.
Built your site on GoDaddy? What that makes you responsible for, what changes when the job is done for you, and how the move happens with no day offline.
Read the pageBuilt your site on Squarespace? Stop being its administrator.
Built your site on Squarespace? What that makes you responsible for, what changes when the job is done for you, and how the move happens with no day offline.
Read the pageManaged website providers
Paying Yell for a website? Own the next one.
What a Yell website gives you, what stays with Yell when the contract ends, and what changes when the domain and the site are in your name from day one.
Read the pageSocial pages
Running the business from a Facebook page? Give customers somewhere to check you out.
Running the business from a Facebook page? What a page is for, what it cannot do for the customer checking you out, and what a site adds. The page stays.
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