A clear website for your business, built for you
We build a simple, fast website that works on a phone, and the domain name and the content are yours from day one.
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Website Design and Build is for local trades businesses such as plumbers, electricians, roofers and landscapers that need a website, or need a better one. We collect the facts about your business, write and build the pages, and set up the basics so Google can read them. You review a draft and approve it before anything goes live. The domain name and the website content belong to you.
What is Website Design and Build?
A website is a set of pages that people can reach by typing in your web address. For most trades businesses, it does three jobs. It says what you do, it says where you do it, and it makes it easy to call you. Everything else is extra.
Your domain name is your web address, such as yourbusiness.com. You rent it, usually a year at a time, from a company called a registrar. The domain should be registered in your name or your business name, with your own email on file. If it is in someone else's name, you can have trouble moving your site later. With us, it is in yours. If you do not have one yet, we help you register it in your name.
Website Design and Build is the building part. We ask you about your business, write the words, lay out the pages, and set up the small technical things that help Google understand the site. We use AI openly. It helps us write first drafts quickly. A person at Liftofly checks everything, and you approve it, before the site goes live.
Building a site is different from keeping it running. Hosting, which means the computer that stores your site and sends it to visitors, plus backups and updates, is the job of our Website Care service. Your rep will put in writing who is responsible for each of these jobs.
What you get
- A website built around what customers need to know: what you do, where you work and how to reach you
- Pages for your home, your main services, your story and your contact details
- A design that is easy to read and use on a phone, with a phone number people can tap to call
- A contact form that we test before launch, so messages reach you
- Basic setup so Google can read the site: clear page titles, short descriptions, headings and photo descriptions
- A build that aims for WCAG 2.2 AA, a widely used set of accessibility guidelines for people with disabilities
- A site built to load quickly, with photos sized so they do not slow it down
- Your domain name registered in your name, and full ownership of the site's content
Is this for you?
A good fit if
- You have no website, or only a social media page
- Your current site is old, hard to read on a phone, or hard for you to change
- You want a plain, honest site rather than a flashy one
- You can spend a little time telling us about your business and reading drafts
Probably not for you if
- You do not want to spend any time telling us about your business, because the site needs your facts
- You want a site launched with no review from you at all
- You want a promise of top spots on Google, which nobody can honestly give
- You want a very large site with hundreds of pages, which is rarely useful for a local trade
How it works
Get started with your rep
You talk with our team, or your Liftofly rep gives you a one-time code. Your rep builds a plan with you, and you get the details in writing before you agree to anything.
We collect your business details
We ask you for your business name, phone number, the towns you serve, your services and a few photos. We also ask what customers often ask you. We write all of it down as one agreed set of facts.
We write and build a draft
AI helps with first drafts of the words. A person at Liftofly checks them, builds the pages, sets up the basics for Google, and tests the contact form. We send you a draft to look at, on a private address, so no one else sees it yet.
You approve it before anything goes live
You look through the draft on your phone and your computer. You can ask for changes, and we make them. Only after you say yes do we launch the site on your domain.
What you will have to do
You tell us the facts about your business, send a few photos if you have them, and read the draft. You tell us what is wrong or missing, because you know your trade and we do not. You do not need to know anything about computers. If you are busy, tell us and we will work around you.
What it looks like
Page outline for Ridgeline Electric, a made-up business
This is a made-up outline of a five-page site, to show how we plan one. It is not a real customer site.
Home: One sentence on what the business does and where. A tap-to-call phone number at the top. A short list of main services. A link to the contact page.
Residential Electrical Services: Panel upgrades, outlet and lighting work, ceiling fans, EV charger installs, and safety checks. One short section for each, in plain words, with the towns served.
Emergency and Repair Work: What counts as an emergency, what to do first, how to reach the business, and what the owner says about response. Only things the owner confirms are true.
About: The owner's photo, a few real facts about the owner and the crew, and the license information the owner chooses to show.
Contact: Phone number written as text, service area, hours, and a short form that asks for name, phone number and what the job is.
Why it matters, in plain words
Most customers look at a business online before they call. If they cannot tell what you do, where you work or how to reach you, they usually move on to the next name. A clear site answers those questions fast.
Most people also look on a phone. Our article on what a small business website needs points out that Google mainly judges the phone version of a site. So we build for the phone first, and check the desktop version after.
We aim for WCAG 2.2 AA because a site should work for everyone, including older visitors and people with disabilities. That means clear text colors, labeled form fields, photo descriptions, and a site you can use with a keyboard. It is a target we build toward. It is not a legal promise, and it is not legal advice.
AI tools learn about local businesses from what is written online. A site that plainly states your services, your area and your contact details gives them accurate facts to work with. Google says you do not need special files or code for its AI features. Nobody can promise that an AI tool will name your business.
Honest expectations
- A new site does not appear on Google overnight. Google says changes to a website usually take weeks to months to show up in search. A good site makes your business easy to understand. It does not guarantee more calls.
- We cannot promise rankings, more visitors, more calls or more customers. What we can promise is that the site will be clear, built to work on a phone, tested, and approved by you before anyone sees it.
- The words need your knowledge. If a draft says something about your work that is wrong, you tell us and we fix it.
- We build the site. Keeping it running, safe and backed up is a separate job, and Website Care covers it. Your rep puts in writing who does what.
Questions people ask
Who owns the website and the domain name?
You do. The domain name is registered in your name, and the website content, including the words and the photos you give us, belongs to you.
Do I have to approve the website before it goes live?
Yes. You see a draft first and can ask for changes. Nothing goes live on your domain until you say yes.
How do I get started?
Talk to our team, or, if your Liftofly rep has given you a code, use the Have a code button. Your rep builds a plan with you and you see the details in writing before you agree.
Can I stop?
Yes. Your plan and agreement explain exactly how, and your rep will go over it with you before you sign. The finished work stays yours.
I already have a domain name. Can you use it?
Yes. We use the domain you already own. We ask you to give us access in a way that never needs your password, and we tell you each step.
Will the website work on a phone?
Yes. We build for phones first, then check it on a computer. We also check that the phone number can be tapped to call.
Is the site ADA or WCAG compliant?
We build to a target of WCAG 2.2 AA, but we do not claim legal compliance. No builder can honestly promise that for every visitor, and this is not legal advice. If you have a question about your legal duties, ask a lawyer.
Who keeps the site running after it launches?
Hosting, backups and updates are covered by our Website Care service. Ask your rep to write down who is responsible for each job.
Works well with
Website Copywriting
Clear words are what make a new site work, and we can write all of them for you.
Website Care
Keeps the new site online, safe, backed up and up to date after it launches.
Local SEO
Makes sure the facts on your new site match your listings across the internet.
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