Lancing trade website design for sole traders who work off word of mouth.
Most Lancing trades get work through recommendation. A website is what stops that recommendation going cold. £600 to build, then £20/month. £600 to build, then £20/month for hosting, edits and upkeep.
The map pack needs a Google Business Profile. Everything below it needs a website. You want both.
Sitework builds hand-coded, mobile-first websites for tradespeople in Lancing and across Sussex for a £600 one-off build, then £20/month for hosting, unlimited edits and upkeep. Local studios typically quote £700 to £2,200 for a comparable site, plus separate hosting and edit fees. You see free mockups of your business before you pay a penny.
What actually sells work in Lancing
Lancing and Sompting are bungalows, post-war semis and a high density of one-van sole traders. The work is extensions, loft and garage conversions, bathrooms, boilers and the steady maintenance that comes with ageing housing stock.
Almost all of it comes from word of mouth, which is exactly why the website matters more than people assume. A recommendation is not the end of the process, it is the start of one. The name gets passed on, then it gets searched. If nothing credible comes back, the customer moves to the second name on their list, and you never learn the referral existed.
Sitework is based in Sussex, so Lancing is not a pin on a map to us. If you would rather sit down and go through it in person, that is an option here in a way it is not for a studio two hundred miles away.
Trades we build for around Lancing
Covering Lancing, Sompting, North Lancing and Shoreham border. Every site is built around your trade, not a template with the job title swapped out.
Getting found in Lancing
For a sole trader in Lancing the first goal is not beating the big firms, it is owning your own name. When a customer searches the business name off the back of a recommendation, your site, your Google profile and your reviews should be the whole first screen. That is achievable quickly, and it is worth more than a hundred cold visitors.
Every site ships with local business schema, clean titles, a sitemap and fast mobile loading, and we set the groundwork so your Google Business Profile and your website tell Google the same story. If you want the ongoing version, that is the local SEO plan, and it is optional.
What a website costs in Lancing
A trade website from Sitework is a one-off £600 to build, then £20/month. Here is how that sits against the other ways of getting one in Lancing.
| Option | Upfront | Ongoing | You own it? | Built for your trade? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sitework | £600 build | £20/mo, hosting & edits in | Yes | Yes, per trade |
| Lancing web studio | £700, £2,200 | Hosting extra, edits billed | Yes | Usually general small business |
| Directory (Checkatrade etc.) | Setup fee | ~£100+/mo plus lead fees | No, it's their platform | Shared listing, not a site |
| DIY builder (Wix, Squarespace) | £0, £150 | £14, £40/mo | Yes | Only if you build & maintain it |
Local studio figures are typical published ranges for the Lancing area, not fixed quotes, and vary by page count and features. Directory costs vary by trade and area. Sitework has no lead fees: hosting, SSL, backups and unlimited small edits are included in the £20/month.
Website design in Lancing
I only get work through recommendations. Do I need a website?
How much does a website cost in Lancing?
I am a one-man band. Will it look like I am pretending to be a big firm?
Get your Lancing site live for £600
See free mockups of your actual business before you pay a penny. A one-off £600 to build, then £20/month for hosting, edits and upkeep, with no lead fees.