Built for trades. Not for agencies.
Most web agencies are built to keep you paying. We're built to get you a great website, fast, that you actually own.
The trades web game is rigged
Walk into a typical web agency as a tradesperson and here's the playbook: a 'discovery' call to work out your budget, a price that somehow matches it, a few thousand pounds upfront, and a site you never really own.
Cheaper rivals do the reverse — £30 a month, but read the small print and you're renting a site you'll never own, with the lock-in buried in the terms. Either way, it's built around them, not you.
We built Scalesites to do neither. £45 a month, nothing upfront, no VAT, live in two weeks, and you own the site. The only commitment is a 12-month term — and that's simply what lets us hand you a £1,500 website with nothing to pay today.
Scalesites vs the alternatives
The honest version.
| Scalesites | Cheap site builders | Typical agency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | £0 | £0 | £2,000–£5,000+ |
| Monthly price | £45–£79 | £30–£50 | £200–£500 |
| VAT on top | None | Often +20% | Usually +20% |
| Time to live | 2 weeks | Days | 6–12 weeks |
| Who builds it | We do | Often a template | They do |
| Found on Google | Local SEO included | Rarely | Often extra |
| You own it | Yes, fully | Often you rent it | Yes |
| Path to marketing | Scalepoint, built in | None | Varies |
What you actually get with us
You own your website
The site is yours — your domain, your content, your business. No licensing, no hostage situations. If you ever leave, you take everything.
Live in 2 weeks
We build you a real preview first, then go live within two weeks. You're taking enquiries fast, not waiting months.
£0 upfront, nothing hidden
Because you start on a 12-month plan, we hand you a £1,500-quality site with nothing to pay today. After that, you carry on month to month.
No VAT to add
We're under the VAT threshold, so the price you see is the price you pay. Most sole-trader trades can't reclaim VAT anyway, so that's a real saving.
Built to be found
Local SEO from day one, plus a monthly report showing your clicks, calls and where you rank — and where you could rank next.
Preview before you pay
We build a real preview of your site, with your branding, before you spend a penny. Like it, go live. Don't, walk away — no cost, no catch.
No preview you love, no payment
We send you a real preview of your site before you pay anything. If it's not right, you don't pay and you owe us nothing. That's how confident we are that you'll want to go live.
Get found, win more work,
from £45 a month.
£0 upfront. No VAT. We build a free preview before you pay.