How much does a website cost for a small business?

£249.99 to design and build it. After that a sole trader pays £50 a month, a small business with staff £100 a month, and a site that needs a shop or bookings from £200 a month. That covers hosting, changes, updates and support, and there is no minimum term.

Why is it only £249.99 to build?

Because there is no agency behind it. No premises, no sales team and no project manager, and layouts that already work on live sites get reused, so the build takes days rather than weeks. The words are written fresh for your business every time.

Will my website actually show up on Google?

Nobody can promise a position on Google, and anyone who does is guessing. What I can show you is that the sites I have built currently hold 97 page-one rankings between them, including first and second place for searches like “double glazing unit replacement near me” and “painter in redruth”. Every site is built around the services and towns you want work from.

How long does it take to build?

Usually one to two weeks from the point your content is with me. You see it before it goes live and one round of changes is included.

Do I own the website and the domain?

Yes. Two domains are bought for you and registered in your name, the .com and the .co.uk, and the accounts are yours. You are never locked out of your own website.

What if I already have a website?

Most of the work I do is replacing a site that is out of date, slow, or was built on a template and never brought any work in. Your words, photos and logo are the hard part and I will use all of them.

Do I need to know anything technical?

No. You send me what your business does and I do the rest, including the domain, the hosting and the Google setup. When you want something changed after launch you message me and I change it.

Can I cancel the monthly?

Yes, at the end of any month. There is no minimum term. It is billed at the end of each month for the month just gone, so you never pay for time you have not had, and the domains are in your name so you keep them.

What is the free Google visibility check?

You tell me your trade and your town. I check where your business shows up on Google today for the searches your customers actually type, look at who sits above you and what they are doing differently, and send it back in plain words within two working days. It costs nothing and you can do what you like with it.

Sole traders and small businesses across the UK

Get found on Google. Get more enquiries.

I build websites that put you in front of the people already searching for your trade, then turn that into phone calls. I’m Liam Tapp, I do the work myself, and I look after the site once it’s live.

£249.99 to build £50 a month for a sole trader no minimum term

Start my website See the websites

97: page-one Google rankings across client websites, and counting
8: real client businesses, every site live today
1–2: weeks from your content to launch

Real client work

Eight businesses. Eight websites. All live today.

Real screenshots of real sites you can open and check for yourself. Nothing here is a mock-up.

Property maintenance

Coast & Quay Property Care

A property maintenance business in St Austell that needed customers across mid Cornwall to find it. The site is built around the services it wants more of and the towns it covers, which is why it now sits 2nd on page onefor “property maintenance st austell”.

View live site How I built it →

97page-one Google rankings
across client websitesand counting

My clients get found. That’s the point of the website.

Counted in Google Search Console on 13 September 2026, across the established sites below — LCD Haulage launched this month and has not been counted yet. Every search here puts a client on page one of Google today. Not estimates, not the same page counted twice, and you can type any of them in yourself.

“property maintenance st austell”2nd on page oneCoast & Quay
“property maintenance services”1st on page oneCoast & Quay
“double glazing unit replacement near me”1st on page oneMK Repairs
“painter in redruth”2nd on page oneCBM Decorators
“painters and decorators near me”2nd on page oneCBM Decorators
“cornwall door and window repair”2nd on page oneMK Repairs
“broken window repair”2nd on page oneMK Repairs
“window and door companies near me”2nd on page oneMK Repairs
“kitchen cupboard painters near me”2nd on page oneCBM Decorators
“kitchen cupboard repairs near me”6th on page oneCoast & Quay
“property maintenance”7th on page oneCoast & Quay
“bespoke storage cornwall”9th on page oneCoast & Quay

More visibility

Customers looking for your trade in your area can actually find you, instead of scrolling past to someone else.

More enquiries

A phone number, a WhatsApp button and a form on every page, so finding you and contacting you are one step apart.

More local work

Pages written around the services you want more of, in the towns you are willing to travel to.

Nobody can promise a position on Google, and I won’t. What I can show you is where the sites I have built actually sit today, and you can search any of these yourself.

Who this is for

Built for people who are busy running their business.

Most self-employed tradespeople don’t want to spend their evenings learning web design, hosting and SEO. You run the business. I handle the website.

Get found locally

Pages built around the services and the areas your customers actually search for, not a single page that says what you do.

Look professional

A site that earns trust before anyone rings you. Most people check you online before they call, whoever recommended you.

Turn visits into enquiries

Clear ways to get hold of you on every page, and a form that arrives in your inbox. Tested before launch, checked every month.

Someone to ring

Changes, updates and fixes are part of the monthly, from £50. You message me with what you need and I do it.

12+ years self-employed.I’ve chased invoices, quoted jobs and had quiet months, so I know what a website has to earn before it’s worth paying for.

The offer

£249.99 to build. Then one monthly amount that covers everything.

A complete, properly built website for one fixed build price of £249.99. After that a monthly amount covers the hosting, the changes and the person who looks after it, billed at the end of each month.

Sole Trader

£50 a month

One person, one trade: plumbers, electricians, decorators, gardeners, handymen, cleaners and the like.

Up to 100 pages

Everything every plan includes, listed below
Up to 100 pages: services, areas, guides and jobs
Content changes and updates through the month, as you need them
Software, dependency and security updates kept current
Uptime monitoring, with faults picked up before customers report them
Broken-link and form-delivery checks
A short note each month of what was done

Start with Sole Trader

Small Business

£100 a month

A firm with staff or vans, more than one service line, or a wider area to cover.

Up to 250 pages

Everything in Sole Trader
Up to 250 pages, so every service and every town gets its own
Google Business Profile set up or tidied and connected to the site
Team and staff pages, and job pages for the work you want more of
Changes turned round within two working days
A monthly note of where the site is showing up on Google

Start with Small Business

Bigger Website

from £200 a month

A business that needs the site to do something: sell online, take bookings, or let customers or staff sign in.

As many as the site needs

Everything in Small Business
An online shop with card and buy-now-pay-later payments, or a booking system, or a customer area
Quote tools, calculators and admin areas where the business genuinely needs them
A written scope agreed before anything is built
Changes turned round within one working day
Custom software, apps and portals quoted separately where the scope goes beyond a website

Start with Bigger Website

Every plan includes

Responsive mobile, tablet and desktop design
Service pages and area pages written around what your customers search for
Navigation and footer
Enquiry form that sends to your email, tested before launch
Tap-to-call phone number and WhatsApp button on every page
Social-media links
Google Maps embed where appropriate
Page titles, meta descriptions and structured data
Sitemap, robots and Google Search Console setup
Social-sharing metadata
Basic accessibility and performance checks
Two domains bought for you and registered in your name: the .com and the .co.uk
Hosting and a secure certificate
One consolidated revision round before launch
Changes, updates and support every month after launch

Part of every plan, for as long as the site is live. Billed at the end of each calendar month, for the month just gone, so the first payment is taken a month after launch and nothing is paid up front. There is no minimum term. The monthly rolls month to month and you can stop at the end of any month.

What isn’t included, so there are no surprises

Online shops and payment taking, which sit in the Bigger Website plan and are scoped in writing
Booking systems, customer logins and anything with an account behind it, which are also scoped in writing
Photography and logo design, though we will happily work with what you have
Paid third-party subscriptions, such as a booking tool or an email provider, which you pay directly

Usually one to two weeks from the point your content is with us.

Recommend someone, you both get a month free

If a business you recommend goes live with us, you get a month free and so do they. There is no limit and no form to fill in: just tell them to mention your name.

Start my website See every plan in full

The actual goal

Rankings are useful. Enquiries are the point.

Being on page one is worth nothing on its own. What matters is whether the person who finds you picks up the phone. So every site I build is put together to make that the easiest thing on the page.

Your phone number visible on every page, tap-to-call on a phone
WhatsApp where you use it, because most people would rather message than ring
An enquiry form that goes straight to your inbox, tested before launch
Form delivery checked every month as part of the monthly, so a silent site gets caught

Talk to me about your business

A huge thank you to Liam Tapp for all his hard-work, creativity and patience in bringing our website together. Liam took the time to understand our business and what we wanted from our website, and we're so happy with the finished result. It's professional, easy to use and really showcases the services we provide. We've really enjoyed working with Liam and would happily recommend him to anyone looking for a new website or anyone in need of a website refresh.

MK Window and Door RepairsWindow and door repairs, Wadebridge · Facebook

Why Website Builds

No agency, no account manager, no runaround.

Built for local trades and small businesses, not for tech companies
Search considered from the first page plan, not added afterwards
12+ years self-employed, so the business side is not theory
One fixed build price of £249.99, written down before anything is paid
Two domains bought in your name, so you own what you pay for
One person to speak to, who answers his own phone

What they said

In their words, not mine.

Posted by the clients themselves, on their own Facebook pages, under their own names.

We now have an amazing new website and can accept Klarna payments. Liam Tapp has done an amazing job and we are very grateful. A very easy way to view all our wonderful kitchens, past and present.

Wes ToddRecycled Kitchens Cornwall · Facebook, 1 September 2026

I highly recommend using Liam Tapp for a website design.

CBM DecoratorsPainters and decorators, Cornwall · Facebook, 8 September 2026

If you need more

More than a brochure website.

Local SEO

Service and location pages aimed at the searches that bring work, with the technical setup Google expects.

Custom features

Quote tools, calculators, admin areas and booking forms where a business genuinely needs them.

Ecommerce

Selling online where it fits the business. Recycled Kitchens takes card and Klarna payments through its site.

Ongoing support

I am still here after launch. That is the whole point of the monthly care, and it is why the sites stay current.

Straight answers

The questions people ask before they get in touch.

How much does a website cost for a small business?: £249.99 to design and build it. After that a sole trader pays £50 a month, a small business with staff £100 a month, and a site that needs a shop or bookings from £200 a month. That covers hosting, changes, updates and support, and there is no minimum term.
Why is it only £249.99 to build?: Because there is no agency behind it. No premises, no sales team and no project manager, and layouts that already work on live sites get reused, so the build takes days rather than weeks. The words are written fresh for your business every time.
Will my website actually show up on Google?: Nobody can promise a position on Google, and anyone who does is guessing. What I can show you is that the sites I have built currently hold 97 page-one rankings between them, including first and second place for searches like “double glazing unit replacement near me” and “painter in redruth”. Every site is built around the services and towns you want work from.
How long does it take to build?: Usually one to two weeks from the point your content is with me. You see it before it goes live and one round of changes is included.
Do I own the website and the domain?: Yes. Two domains are bought for you and registered in your name, the .com and the .co.uk, and the accounts are yours. You are never locked out of your own website.
What if I already have a website?: Most of the work I do is replacing a site that is out of date, slow, or was built on a template and never brought any work in. Your words, photos and logo are the hard part and I will use all of them.
Do I need to know anything technical?: No. You send me what your business does and I do the rest, including the domain, the hosting and the Google setup. When you want something changed after launch you message me and I change it.
Can I cancel the monthly?: Yes, at the end of any month. There is no minimum term. It is billed at the end of each month for the month just gone, so you never pay for time you have not had, and the domains are in your name so you keep them.
What is the free Google visibility check?: You tell me your trade and your town. I check where your business shows up on Google today for the searches your customers actually type, look at who sits above you and what they are doing differently, and send it back in plain words within two working days. It costs nothing and you can do what you like with it.

By trade

Websites built for your trade, not a template.

Each of these has a page of its own, covering what that trade’s customers search for and what the website needs to do about it.

See all 247 trades and sectors Areas I cover across the UK What I do, in detail Guides: getting found on Google

Your next customer is already searching.

Make sure they find you, and not the business down the road.

Get your business seen online Message Liam on WhatsApp

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