Have your trade website built, from the first call to handover
You supply the facts and the photos, we turn them into a site that works on a phone just as well as on a desktop. The price is agreed before the first line is written.
In short and in plain language
This page shows how we build your website. It covers the way from the first call to handover.
You give us facts and photos. We write the texts, and you check and approve them. If photos are missing, we come to your business.
You know the price before we start. The photos on site cost nothing extra.
At handover you get all logins and written help. You can then change small things yourself.
Do you want a website? Then write to us or call us. The first call is free.
Key figures
8 pages
included in the base package
3 meetings
initial call, draft, sign-off
cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month
support with no minimum term
94 percent
of German trade businesses have a website (Bitkom)
Website at a fixed price
- Structure, copy and design for up to eight pages
- On-site photography at no extra charge, it is part of the project price
- Contact form, directions, imprint and privacy notice
- Handover with credentials, a short briefing and written instructions
The price is agreed before the project starts and does not change while the agreed scope holds. Ongoing support from 49 euros per month, cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month, no minimum term.
Prices as of September 2026.
For a trade business, having a website built rarely means dealing with technology. It means setting aside a few appointments, making a few decisions and handing over photos and facts. This page describes what happens in between: who supplies what and when, how long each step takes, and what most often derails a schedule in practice.
The process at a glance
What having it built actually means
You are not commissioning a template into which you type your own copy. You are commissioning the finished work: structure, design, copy, photography, legal texts and go-live. We write the pages based on what you tell us in the initial call and put them to you for approval. The difference from a self-build system is not the technology but the responsibility: if something stops working in the autumn, the question is not who set it up back then. What the individual elements cover is described on the websites for tradespeople page.
Technically we build on WordPress, so you stay independent and any competent firm can look after the site later. Hosting is in Germany. Every page is built so that a customer holding a phone in one hand and a folding rule in the other finds your number within seconds. What that looks like is shown in the design examples. If a site already exists and only needs renewing, a relaunch is the better route.
Having a website is no longer a distinguishing feature
Which businesses this suits
Businesses without a site
You live on word of mouth but lose every enquiry from someone who checks first whether the business really exists.
Sites that fail on a phone
The site from 2014 still loads, but the phone number only becomes tappable after three pinches. That costs as much as having no site at all.
Businesses hiring apprentices
Anyone advertising a training place is checked online first, by applicants and by their parents. Without pictures of everyday work the impression stays vague.
Businesses with a fixed catchment
If you work within thirty kilometres you do not need national reach, you need the right towns on the right pages.
Businesses changing hands
When the daughter or the foreman takes over, a site only the founder understands is not an asset but an open building site.
Owners with no time for tech
You do not want to learn how to crop images or update a plugin. You want someone else to do it and to hear nothing more about it in the evening.
The process, step by step
Initial call
About twenty minutes, by phone or at your premises. We ask about trades, catchment area, the jobs you want and, just as importantly, the enquiries you no longer want. The outcome is a page list, not a wish list.
Quote and commission
Usually within three working days you receive a written quote with a page list, scope, fixed price and schedule. Whatever is not in it has not been commissioned and will not quietly appear on an invoice later.
Gathering content
You supply services, reference projects, opening hours, trade register entry and imprint details. If images are missing we spend half a day at your premises and on a site. This photography is part of the project price.
Draft
You receive one draft of the home page with real copy and real photos, not five variants to choose from. Colours, type and structure are settled here so the rest can be built without further questions.
Build
All remaining pages, contact form, directions, legal texts and setup on a server in Germany. This is the phase in which you hear the least from us, which is a good sign.
Sign-off and handover
You review the pages at your own pace and send changes back in one batch; one round of corrections is included. Then the domain is switched over, credentials handed over in plain text, with a short briefing and written instructions.
About twenty minutes, by phone or at your premises. We ask about trades, catchment area, the jobs you want and, just as importantly, the enquiries you no longer want. The outcome is a page list, not a wish list.
Usually within three working days you receive a written quote with a page list, scope, fixed price and schedule. Whatever is not in it has not been commissioned and will not quietly appear on an invoice later.
You supply services, reference projects, opening hours, trade register entry and imprint details. If images are missing we spend half a day at your premises and on a site. This photography is part of the project price.
You receive one draft of the home page with real copy and real photos, not five variants to choose from. Colours, type and structure are settled here so the rest can be built without further questions.
All remaining pages, contact form, directions, legal texts and setup on a server in Germany. This is the phase in which you hear the least from us, which is a good sign.
You review the pages at your own pace and send changes back in one batch; one round of corrections is included. Then the domain is switched over, credentials handed over in plain text, with a short briefing and written instructions.
The stretch between quote and draft depends most on you. We can write copy and take photographs, but we cannot know that you stopped taking bathroom refurbishments two years ago, or that the registered company address differs from the one on the van. The more accurate those details are on the first pass, the fewer loops arise later. The effort inside the business stays manageable and is spread over several short sessions.
What you contribute and where projects stall
What your business needs to supply
Most of it already exists, it simply has to come together in one place. We send a list of six points for that, not a twelve-page questionnaire.
- Services and catchment area in bullet points
- Imprint details, trade register entry, VAT information
- Logo and wordmark at a decent resolution, if available
- One person in the business who answers queries within a few days
- Owner consent where third-party properties are to be shown
What really derails a schedule
It is hardly ever the technology. It is missing consent, a lost domain login, or a reply that sits in an inbox for three weeks.
- Domain and credentials sit with the previous provider
- Sign-off comments arrive one at a time instead of in one batch
- Property consent is missing and images have to be swapped
- The scope grows by pages that were never discussed
What the fixed price covers
- Structure and design for up to eight pages, tailored to your trade
- Copy written by us from the initial call and approved by you
- On-site photography at your premises and on a job, with no separate line item
- A contact form asking for the details you actually need to quote
- Directions, opening hours and phone number reachable with one tap from anywhere
- Imprint and privacy notice reflecting the position at handover
- Setup on a server in Germany and switching over your existing domain
- One round of corrections after sign-off, plus credentials, briefing and written instructions
The photography is deliberately not a separate item. A site built on stock imagery looks the same in every trade and explains to nobody why your business in particular should get the job. What comes out of such a visit, and how to take usable pictures yourself, is described under photos for trade websites. The full price overview with all the building blocks is on the pricing page.
What the fixed price does not cover
- Ongoing operation: updates, backups and availability from 49 euros per month, cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month, no minimum term
- Hosting in Germany from 15 euros per month, cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month, no minimum term
- Ongoing work on findability from 490 euros per month, cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month, no minimum term
- Looking after your business profile and local listings from 290 euros per month, cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month, no minimum term
- Extra pages, a careers section or a second location that were not discussed in the initial call
Without upkeep a website becomes a liability over time
What the site costs
| Service | Price | What is included |
|---|---|---|
| Website at a fixed price | from 1,490 euros net | Up to eight pages, copy, on-site photography, legal texts, go-live, one round of corrections |
| Relaunch of an existing site | from 2,900 euros net | Existing content carried over, new structure, redirects from the old addresses |
| Website support | from 49 euros per month | Updates, backups, availability; cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month, no minimum term |
| Hosting in Germany | from 15 euros per month | Server in Germany, encryption, email forwarding; cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month, no minimum term |
| Local visibility and business profile | from 290 euros per month | Listings, photos and opening hours kept current, handling reviews; cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month, no minimum term |
| SEO support | from 490 euros per month | Ongoing work on content and findability, monthly reporting; cancelable with one month's notice to the end of the month, no minimum term |
A from-price is binding here: it applies to the scope stated in the quote and is not raised afterwards because the work turned out to be more involved than expected. If the scope grows at your request, you receive a separate quote for it before anyone starts working. Why a fixed price in this range is often the calmer decision compared with a self-build system is worked through on the site builder or agency page.
How long it really takes
A few weeks is the usual range for a site of the basic scope (project experience). That is not a committed date but an observation: it depends almost entirely on how quickly content and approvals come out of the business. In peak season, when every fitter is on site, input takes longer than it does in January. Where a date genuinely matters, such as the start of an apprentice search, we plan backwards and put the content gathering first.
- Initial call to quote: usually three working days
- Quote to complete content: the real bottleneck
- Draft of the home page: once the content has arrived
- Building all remaining pages: after the draft is approved
- Sign-off, corrections and go-live: at the end
The biggest lever sits before the project starts