Blockside — websites for trade businesses
Blockside
Websites for trade businesses
Built first · paid after
One-time price · no monthly fees

I build the site first. You decide after you’ve seen it.

I build websites for plumbers, HVAC companies, roofers and shops — the kind of site that loads fast on a phone, says what you do, and makes it easy to call you. You look at it before you spend anything. If it’s not right, you owe me nothing.

See one

What one of these actually looks like

These are three sites built by the same generator that builds yours — different layout, different type, different colours, because they are different businesses. Open one on your phone.

HVAC · Kernersville
Copperfield HVAC
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Roofing · Kernersville
Cedarline Roofing
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Hair · Kernersville
Thistle & Comb
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These three are made-up businesses, built so there is something to look at without putting a real client’s site on a sales page. Yours is built from your business, not from one of these.

Pricing

Three ways to do it

The difference between them is how much is built from scratch for you. Every one is a one-time payment — there is no subscription unless you deliberately add one.

Launch
$500one time

The site I already built, finished and handed over.

  • The one-page site you were sent, built out properly
  • Your photos, colours and wording
  • Works on a phone (most of your customers are on one)
  • Click-to-call and a contact form that emails you
  • Google Business Profile connected
  • You own the site and the domain outright
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Complete
$1,800one time

Built to get found, not just to look right.

  • Everything in Custom
  • A page per service area so you turn up in local searches
  • Quote-request flow that lands in your inbox, not a portal
  • Local search setup (Google Business Profile, maps, directories)
  • Booking or scheduling link if you use one
  • 90 days of changes included after launch
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Paid search in the trades runs about $128 for a single lead — per lead, every month, for as long as the ads keep running. Launch costs about what 4 of those cost. Complete, about 14. Once.

That is a comparison of what things cost, not a promise about leads. I don’t know what your site will bring in and I am not going to guess — the number is there so the price has something to sit next to.

Optional add-on

Managed

Most people don’t want to think about hosting, renewals or plugin updates. If that’s you, add this to any tier and I handle all of it.

$225per month

Optional. Add it to any tier, cancel any time.

  • Hosting and the domain renewal, handled
  • Unlimited small changes — email me, I do it
  • Security patches and uptime monitoring
  • No contract. Cancel and the site is still yours.
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Side by side

What you get in each

What’s includedLaunchCustomComplete
Mobile-ready site, live in your name
Click-to-call and contact form
Google Business Profile connected
You own the site and domain
Designed from scratch
Up to 5 pages
I write the wording
Your Google reviews on the page
Service-area pages for local search
Quote-request flow
Local listings setup
90 days of changes included
One-time price$500$1,000$1,800
How it works

Four steps, and you see it before step three

  1. You look at what I built

    A real working site for your business, not a mock-up or a slide. Open it on your phone.

  2. Tell me what’s wrong with it

    Wrong photos, wrong services, wrong hours, wrong colours. I fix it. Still costs nothing.

  3. Pick a tier and pay once

    Card or bank transfer through Stripe. You get a proper invoice and receipt for your books.

  4. It goes live in your name

    Domain and site are registered to you. I hand you the logins and you’re not tied to me.

Straight answers

The questions I actually get asked

Is there a monthly fee?

Not unless you choose Managed. Launch, Custom and Complete are one payment and that’s the end of it. Most web companies sell you a $99–$300 monthly plan and you stop owning the site the day you stop paying. That’s not how this works.

Who owns the site and the domain?

You do. Both are registered in your business name, and I hand over every login. If you want to move it somewhere else next year, you can, and you don’t need my permission or my help.

What if I don’t like it?

Then don’t buy it. That’s the whole reason I build it first. You’ve spent nothing and you’re under no obligation — and I’d rather hear a straight no than chase you.

How long does it take?

Launch is usually live within two or three days of payment, because it’s already built. Custom takes about a week. Complete is one to two weeks, mostly waiting on photos and wording from you.

Will this get me on Google?

Partly, and I’d rather be honest about it. A good site is what people land on — but most trade work comes through Google Business Profile, maps and word of mouth. Launch and Custom connect your site to your Google profile properly. Complete goes further and sets up service-area pages and local listings, which is the part that actually affects whether you turn up in a search.

Why is it so much cheaper than the agency that called me?

Because it’s one person, there’s no sales team, no account manager, and no monthly retainer to fund. I also built your site before asking you for anything, so there’s no pitching time to pay for either.

Can I pay in instalments?

Yes — Stripe handles that at checkout on the Custom and Complete tiers. Same total, split up. Just pick the instalment option on the payment page.

Not sure which one?

Tell me what you do and roughly where you work, and I’ll tell you which tier I’d pick — including if that’s the cheapest one.

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