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Trade websites for local service businesses
Trade website design from Hot Rocket Software, a team of software, website and digital marketing specialists based in the UK, with 19 years in IT. Websites for trades and local services: quote requests, reviews, service areas, Google Business Profile, call and WhatsApp buttons, fast on any phone.
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What is trade website design?
A trade website has one job: turn someone searching on their phone into a call, a WhatsApp message or a quote request. We build trade sites that show your services, the areas you cover and your reviews clearly, link to your Google Business Profile and put call and quote buttons within thumb reach. We have a ready-made trade theme to start from.
Built in Every site we build, whatever its size, is built for speed, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), search engines and AI search from the first day.
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Who is it for?
- Electricians, plumbers, heating engineers, roofers and builders
- Cleaners, gardeners, locksmiths and other local services
- Trades with an old site that does not work well on a phone
- Growing firms covering several towns or offering several services
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What you get
- 01Quote request forms that ask the right questions for your trade
- 02Your reviews shown properly, linked to where customers left them
- 03Service area pages for the towns you really cover, each with useful local detail
- 04Google Business Profile set-up or tidy-up, matched to the website
- 05Call and WhatsApp buttons that stay in reach on a phone
- 06Your accreditations and insurance shown clearly, where you hold them
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Your options
Start from our trade theme
A ready-made trade website theme, adapted to your business, your services and your area. Quicker to launch.
Built from scratch
For firms that want a design nobody else has, or features such as bookings, online payments or a customer area.
Looked after
Hosting, updates and small changes, so you can stay on the tools.
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Typical stack
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Questions
What should a trade website include?
Your services, the areas you cover, real photos of your work, reviews, your accreditations, and a fast way to call, message or ask for a quote. Everything else is secondary.
Do you have a ready-made trade website?
Yes. We have a trade website theme we adapt to each business, which makes launching quicker. If you want something entirely your own, we build from scratch instead.
Will it help me show up in Google Maps?
We set up or tidy your Google Business Profile, match it to the site and add the structured data search engines use for local businesses. Reviews and consistent details do the rest over time.
Should I have a page for every town I cover?
Only where you have something real to say about working there. Thin copies of the same page with the town name swapped can do more harm than good, so we write area pages that are genuinely useful.
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Other kinds of website we build
- W1eCommerce websitesOnline shops, from a few products to large catalogues.
- W2Bespoke websites with functionalityProfessional websites that do real work, not just display pages.
- W4Web apps and portalsWhen the website is really software: portals, dashboards and online tools.
- W5Brochure and small business websitesA clear, fast site that says what you do and how to get in touch.
- W6Redesigns and migrationsMoving an old or slow site on, without losing what already works.
- W7Ongoing careHosting, security, speed and SEO, looked after for you.
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Talk it through with us
A free 30-minute first chat, with no obligation. Tell us what is getting in the way; we tell you honestly what we would do, roughly what it would take, and whether it is worth doing at all.