£0 upfront trade website — and the domain is in your name
Nothing to pay to get started. That much you can get in several places; most of the trade-website field advertises no build fee. What varies enormously is the term you are signing and who owns the thing at the end of it.
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The short answer
A trade website here costs £0 upfront with no setup fee and no deposit. One monthly plan covers the build, hosting, SSL, backups and content changes, with no minimum term. The domain, site, content and reviews transfer into your name on the first payment and stay yours whether you keep the plan or not. We rebuild your homepage free before you pay anything.
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.
Straight answers
Questions people ask about the price
Is £0 upfront a limited offer?
No. There has never been a build fee here and there is no promotional price that steps up later.
Do I need to give card details before the site is built?
No. The free homepage rebuild happens first, with no card and no obligation. You decide once you have seen it.
Is a £0 upfront site a template?
Not here. The site is written and designed around your business, your photos and the jobs you actually take. The portfolio shows what that looks like.
Who owns a website I paid nothing upfront for?
You do, from the first payment: the domain in your name, the site, the content and the reviews, permanently, whether or not the plan stays active.
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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