websites for local businesses, durham north carolina
i build the whole site first and text you the link. you open it on your phone, in your own hand, the way a customer would. if you want it, it is $411 one time. if you do not, you pay nothing.
the site, $411 one time
eleven parts. each one exists to turn a person who was looking for you into a person who calls you. nothing here is decoration.
01
a call button at the top of the page, and a bar at the bottom that follows the customer down every screen. the text button opens their messages with your number already typed in.
why it paysnobody memorises a phone number. one tap is the difference between a call and the next name on the list.
02
they pick a service, a day and a time, add a name and a number. it reaches your phone as a text within seconds.
why it paysthe request is written down, with a number, at the moment they wanted you. there is no voicemail to chase.
03
one tap opens a text to you with a photo attached, so you can see the job before you answer it.
why it paysyou can price a job from your phone instead of driving out to look at it.
04
your google rating and review count, quotes from real customers, and your review link with a qr code you can print for the counter.
why it payspeople trust what other customers wrote more than anything you write about yourself.
05
your hours from your google listing, whether you are open at that moment, and a directions link that opens their maps app.
why it paysit answers the two questions people ask before they call, so the calls you get are about the job.
06
what people actually call you for, written the way they search for it, each with a short description.
why it paysthey find the exact thing they want and stop comparing.
07
if your customers need it, one button switches the whole page.
why it paysyou serve the customers already driving past you, without paying for a second site.
08
your name, city, services and hours are written into the page in the format google reads, so it can tie the site to your business.
why it paysgoogle is where the search started. give it the same facts twice and it stops guessing about you.
09
live on your domain within 48 hours, and hosted there after that. if you already own a domain we point it across. if you do not, we set one up for you.
why it paysone address you can put on the truck, the card and the listing, that keeps working after you pay once.
10
send a change in a text: photos, hours, wording, colours. we make it and send the same link back.
why it paysyour prices and hours change. the site changes with them, and nobody sends you an invoice for it.
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every request, and every tap on call or text, collected on one page you can open from a link.
why it paysyou can see which week produced the calls, instead of guessing whether the site is doing anything.
after you pay
four things. you do not have to chase any of them.
if the site does not bring you work in the first 7 days, tell me and i send the $411 back. no form to fill in, no reason needed.
optional
the site works on its own. the site does not need run. run is for the work that keeps happening after the site is up: the calls you cannot pick up, the reviews you never get round to asking for, the customers who came once and forgot you.
calls
mia picks up when you cannot. english or spanish, she takes a name, a number and what they need, and texts it to you within a minute.
why it paysa missed call is a customer ringing the next name on the list. now they get answered instead.
texts
a caller you miss gets one text from your business: sorry we missed you, what do you need. once per caller per week, and never between 9 pm and 8 am. their reply comes to your phone, and your answer goes back out from your business number.
why it paysplenty of people will not leave a voicemail, but almost anyone will answer a text.
reviews
you text us the word review and the customer's number. they get one text with your google review link. once per customer, capped each month, and never again once they say stop.
why it paysyou get reviews at the moment the work is fresh, without remembering to ask anybody.
repeat
you tell us the customers you want back. they get one short text with your openings, at most once a month each, only between 9 am and 7 pm. capped, and stop means never again.
why it paysthe cheapest job you can win is a customer who has already paid you once.
we compare your site with your google listing: hours, phone number, services. when the two drift apart we text you and fix it. checked every three months.
why it paysa listing that says you close at 6 when you close at 7 sends people home.
numbers
calls answered, texts sent, requests from the site, taps on call and text, and the service people asked for most. one text and one email, on the first of the month.
why it paysyou find out which half of this is working, on one page you can read in a minute.
where this stands today. every item above is built and tested. none of it is switched on for a paying business yet, so this page does not carry customer counts or reviews from other shops. your line is set up for your business after your site is live, one line per business, and you can cancel any time.
what it costs. $61 a month, cancel any time. hosting and changes stay free either way, run or no run, because they belong to the $411 site.
the arithmetic
$411 divided by your average job equals the number of jobs.
take what an average job is worth to you. divide 411 by it. that is how many jobs the site has to bring you, once, to cover itself. if a job is worth $150 that is three jobs. if it is worth $400 that is one.
and because there is no monthly fee, the second year costs nothing at all. run is optional and separate at $61 a month.who you are dealing with
i am a software engineer in durham, north carolina. i build these sites myself, trade by trade. when you reply to a text or an email about your site, you are talking to me, not to a call centre or an account manager.
mia is an assistant i built. she answers the phone, replies to texts, and does the first pass on every preview. she is why a preview can be ready quickly, and why a call at 8 pm still gets answered.
you can call (919) 800-0772 and mia will pick up. if you would rather type, the form below is the fastest way to get a preview.
free preview
i build the preview, then text you the link. you look at it on your phone. there is nothing to pay and nothing to cancel.
questions
no. i build it first and text you the link. you pay $411 only if you want to keep it.
then you owe nothing. the preview stays up for four days, and you can ask for changes before you decide either way.
no. $411 once covers the build, your domain setup and free changes. oakmere run is a separate thing at $61 a month and you do not have to take it.
good. we point it at the new site and there is nothing to buy.
the preview comes to you by text, so you can look at it whenever you like. once you pay, the site is live on your domain within 48 hours.
the eight items in the run section further up the page. run starts after your site is live and you can cancel any time.
you do. your domain, your content, your reviews, your customers. if you ever want to leave, you keep the site.