You own your tools.
Do you own your website?
Most trade websites are rented — Wix, GoDaddy, some agency's platform. Stop paying monthly for something you'll never own. Cardiff Media builds fast, custom trade websites you keep permanently.
Plumbers
Electricians
Builders
Roofers
Landscapers
Decorators
Fabricators
Heating Engineers
Your website is probably rented.
And it's costing you more than you think.
Wix, GoDaddy, Squarespace — stop paying and the site's gone. Every month you're paying a platform fee for something you'll never own. And slow sites lose jobs to faster competitors.
Stop paying — site disappears
Most trade websites only exist as long as you keep paying the subscription. Cancel and you lose everything.
Slow sites lose enquiries
Platform sites score 40–60 on Google PageSpeed. Slow pages rank lower and bounce faster — your competitor with a faster site wins the job.
£2,100+ over 5 years
At £35/mo that's £2,100 over 5 years — for a site you'll never own. Our platform fee is £0/mo forever.
Built for trades. Proven in the real world.
Lloyds Fabrications — Steel & Metal Fabrication, South Wales
Lloyds Fabrications needed a site that matched the quality of their work — clean, fast, professional. Cardiff Media rebuilt the site from scratch on fast, enterprise-grade hosting. The result: a 95+ PageSpeed score, full code ownership, and zero ongoing platform fees.
Mobile · Global CDN · 100% client ownership · £0/mo hosting
Three answers to three different problems
Every project starts with a fixed build fee agreed upfront (typically £800–£3,000 after a free call). The monthly figures below are optional ongoing support only.
Build fee typically £150 per page — a 5-page site ≈ £750. Fixed quote after a free call, no surprises. The monthly figures below are purely for ongoing support after the site is live.
- Custom trades site built from scratch
- Zero monthly fees forever
- Free global hosting included
- 100% code and domain ownership
- Local SEO foundations built in
- Click-to-call & contact form
- Full handover & training
- GDPR compliance checklist
- Google Drive recovery folder included
- Everything in Plan 1
- Technical monitoring 24/7
- Security monitoring & response
- Up to 3 content updates/month
- Cookie-free GDPR analytics included
- Monthly performance report
- Annual SEO health check
- Priority support — 24hr response
- Site stays yours if you cancel
- Everything in Plan 2
- Active local SEO management
- Google Business Profile management
- Local keyword targeting
- Monthly content & links
- Short-form video content advice & brief
- Competitor analysis
- Quarterly strategy call
- RepGro reviews — discounted add-on
Questions trades businesses ask us
How much does a trades website cost?+
Every project starts with a fixed build fee agreed upfront — typically around £150 per page. A 5-page site starts around £750. Ongoing monthly plans start at £0/mo (Plan 1, you manage it) or £65/mo (Plan 2, we manage everything). No hidden fees, no long-term contracts.
Will my site rank on Google for local searches?+
A fast, well-structured site with correct local schema markup and Google Business Profile optimisation ranks significantly better than a slow, generic platform site. We build all local SEO foundations in as standard on every project. Plan 3 includes ongoing active local SEO management.
Can you migrate my existing website content?+
Yes. As part of every rebuild we migrate your existing content — copy, images, testimonials, and structure. You won't lose anything you've already built up.
If I cancel, do I keep my site?+
Always. If you cancel any monthly plan you receive all your site files and your domain remains yours. No exit fees, no lock-in, ever.
Can't I just use an AI website builder and do it myself?+
AI builders are useful for prototyping — but you're still renting. The site lives on their infrastructure and leaving means starting from scratch. They're also built for people willing to spend time learning to prompt and iterate. Most trades businesses want a finished, professional result — not a new skill to develop. A Bulletproof Website is permanently yours.
What happens to my website if Cardiff Media ever closes or something changes?+
It sounds scary — but we've made it bulletproof. Every client receives a shared Google Drive folder containing their complete website files plus a plain-English guide covering how to recover the site, how to make future changes, and what to do in any emergency. If you're on Plan 1, you have your own hosting account with the site already live and connected to your domain — completely self-sufficient from day one. If you're on a paid plan, we manage the hosting, but your Google Drive folder has everything needed to take the site anywhere independently. The files are yours, the domain is yours, and you are never dependent on Cardiff Media's continued existence.
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Tell us about your trade business. We'll give you a fixed price and show you exactly what we'd build — no obligation, no pushy sales call.
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