£0 upfront roofer website, and you own it
Nothing to pay to get started and no setup fee — which, to be straight with you, is what most of the field advertises too. The part worth reading is what happens after: whose name the domain is in, how long you are tied in, and what is left if you stop paying.
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The short answer
A roofer website here costs nothing upfront and carries no setup fee. You pay one monthly plan that covers the build, hosting, SSL, backups and content changes, with no minimum term. The domain, the site, the content and the reviews are transferred into your name on the first payment and remain yours whether you keep the plan or not. Before you pay anything we rebuild your homepage free, so you judge the work first.
Worth asking
Three questions “nothing upfront” does not answer
Ask these of us and of everyone else you are comparing. The answers are where the offers stop looking alike.
Who owns the domain and the site?
A free build is often free because the provider keeps what was built. Ask whose name the domain is registered in, and what you are allowed to take with you. Ours transfer to you on the first payment and stay yours whether the plan continues or not.
What is the minimum term?
A waived build fee is frequently recovered over twelve, twenty-four or thirty-six months you cannot leave. Ask for the term in writing before the price. There is no minimum term here: the plan is month to month and you can stop it whenever you like.
What happens when you stop paying?
On most no-fee offers the site goes off and the address stops resolving, which is the moment the customer searching for you finds nothing. Yours keeps working because it is yours — the domain, the site, the content and the reviews.
For comparison
Setup fees that do exist
Publicly advertised build fees elsewhere in this market, for the reader holding more than one quote. Listed as facts about published pricing, nothing more.
| Provider | Advertised upfront | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Yell (Websites) | £399 – £3,499 | Upfront build fee plus a monthly plan, on a twelve-month term. |
| Trade Pixels | £1,499, or 12 × £150 | The instalment option is finance on the build, not an ongoing care plan. |
| 5 Star Trades | £350 | Build fee ahead of a £49 monthly plan. |
| Get A Trades Website | ≈ £99 | Entry fee ahead of a subscription. |
| TradesPlace | £0 | No build fee, no deposit, no minimum term. £49 a month plus VAT. |
Figures as advertised publicly by each provider at the time of writing and subject to change; check them yourself before you decide. Plenty of other providers also advertise no build fee — this table is the upper end of the range, not the whole field.
What the monthly plan covers
Everything below is inside the plan. There is no second invoice for any of it.
The build itself
Design, writing and the whole site, done for you. Not a template you fill in, and not an hourly bill at the end.
Hosting, SSL and backups
The padlock, the nightly backup and minute-by-minute uptime checks are part of the plan. Nothing for you to renew.
Changes when the work changes
New photos, a new service, a price that moved: send it over and we do it. Content updates are included rather than quoted for.
Found on a phone
Built for the search that actually happens, and connected to your Google Business Profile with the setup done properly.
No setup fee, ever — and you own the domain, site, content and reviews from day one.
More on what the site itself does for your trade: websites for roofers .
Straight answers
Questions people ask about the price
Is there really no setup fee for a roofer website?
None. There is no build fee, no deposit and nothing to pay before the site is live. The monthly plan is the whole cost, and the build is inside it.
What do I actually pay in the first month?
The monthly plan and nothing else. We rebuild your homepage free before that, so the first money you spend is on a site you have already seen.
What happens to the site if I cancel?
It is yours. The domain is in your name, the content exports in one click, and the reviews are on your own Google Business Profile. There is no minimum term to serve out first.
Do you understand what a roofer’s customers are looking for?
Yes. Roofing is a high-value job bought on trust, so the site is built around proof: finished work photographed properly, the cover you carry, how long a job takes and what the mess looks like. Storm damage and a planned re-roof are different searches and get different answers.
What does the website cost in total?
£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, uptime monitoring and content changes. Before you pay anything, we rebuild your homepage free so you can judge the work first.
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