On Checkatrade? Keep it for now. Own the next lead.
Checkatrade is where a lot of trades get their first customers, and nobody here will tell you to cancel it tomorrow. The question is what you own at the end of the year: a membership, or a website with your name on the domain, your reviews on your own Google profile, and every enquiry it brings coming to you alone.
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The honest picture
What you have today
A membership plus a fee per lead
Tradespeople report paying £80 to £100 a month for a typical membership, £100 to £300 when active, more in cities, with a lead fee of £5 to £40 on top. The bill arrives whether the lead becomes a job or not.
Leads shared with the firms beside you
The homeowner who posts a job hears from several members. You are one quote among a handful, and the quickest reply often wins rather than the best fit.
Reviews that stay on the platform
Ten years of five-star feedback builds Checkatrade’s page, not yours. Leave, and the customer looking you up on Google finds a profile with less on it than you have earned.
With a site you own
What changes
Every enquiry is yours alone
A customer who finds your site and calls has chosen you. There is no shortlist and nobody else quoting for the same job.
Reviews build where they travel with you
We point the review request at your Google Business Profile. It is yours, it is what customers check first, and it goes with you whatever else you subscribe to.
One fixed price, whatever comes in
The plan is one price a month with no fee per lead and no minimum term. Fifty enquiries cost the same as five.
Your domain, in your name
The domain is registered to you from day one and everything on the site exports in one click. No company stands between you and your own customers.
What does not change
Keep your Checkatrade account while the site ramps up. Run both for six months, compare the cost per won job on each (the calculator below is for exactly that), and cut whichever one loses. If the account still earns its keep, keep it: the site is not asking you to choose, it is giving you something that is yours either way.
One price, nothing to look after
£49 a month plus VAT: build, hosting, SSL, backups, security updates and uptime monitoring, all included. No setup fee, no minimum term, no fee per enquiry.
No setup fee, ever — and you own the domain, site, content and reviews from day one.
Leaving Checkatrade altogether? Ask about the Growth plan when we call you back: it is built for the firm that wants the site to do the whole job.
Straight answers
Questions people ask before switching
Do I still need a website if I am on Checkatrade?
Yes, and most members already have one, because the homeowner who finds you on Checkatrade looks you up on Google next. A dated site, or none, undoes the profile. A site you own also works for the customers who never open a directory at all.
What happens to my reviews if I leave?
They stay on the directory. That is why we start the review campaign before anything lapses: a request to your past customers so the good ones land on your own Google Business Profile, where every customer looks and where nobody can take them from you.
Is this cheaper than what I pay now?
Only you can say, because only you know your membership, your lead fees and how many of those leads become jobs. Put your own numbers into the calculator on this page and set the result beside the plan price. The site is one fixed price a month, with no fee per enquiry.
What does the website cost?
£49 a month plus VAT, with no setup fee, no minimum term and no fee per enquiry. That covers the build, hosting, SSL, backups, security updates and uptime monitoring. Before you pay anything, we rebuild your homepage free so you can judge the work first.
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