5 Website Building Platforms To Use To Create a Contract Service Business Website
A good website is one of the best ways for you to get consistent inbound leads for your contract service business.
But, creating a website can seem overwhelming. Fortunately, with the right website building platform, it can be easy and stress-free.
The key is choosing the correct website building platform for your purpose.
To help you get started, we've compiled a list of the top website platforms you can use to easily create a website for your contract service business.
1. SquareSpace
Level of website skills needed: intermediate beginner.
Cost:
Personal: $16/month
Business: $23/month
Basic Commerce: $27/month
Advanced Commerce: $49/month
Description: SquareSpace provides a drag and drop editor that makes it easy to design your site. Their pre-made modules and builder are designed with mobile optimization in mind (not letting you place parts of a page in a way that will show up poorly on a phone).
They have a few contractor/contract service business oriented templates. However, it can be hard to search through their templates to find the contract service business website template you are looking for because they name their templates creatively rather than literally.
One contract service business website template they offer is Oranssi - this template can provide a good base for your contract service business website because it has sections for you to link to your main services directly on your homepage.
Features: marketing tools, analytics dashboard, blogging capability, mobile optimization, and e-commerce.
2. HubSpot
Level of website skills needed: intermediate.
Cost:
Free: $0/month
Starter: $23/month
Professional: $360/month
Description: HubSpot is a great option for contract service business websites because their starter plan generally provides every feature a contract service business website will need to get started.
Additionally, if you plan on scaling your business, you can eventually upgrade to their higher level CMS hub (their website builder/ manager) plans. As you scale, HubSpot offers additional features that allow you to customize the user experience for your website visitors.
Features: Drag and drop editor, SEO recommendations, traffic analytics, a CRM (customer relationship management) database, and blogging capabilities.
3. GoDaddy
Level of website skills needed: beginner.
Cost:
Basic: $9.99/month
Premium: $14.99/month
Commerce: $16.99/month
Commerce Plus: $29.99/month
Description: GoDaddy's website editor is set up to allow you to easily drag and drop elements, change colors, add text, and add images to customize your website. GoDaddy provides you with templates to help you get started. They even have Home Service Business website templates, designed with your customers in mind.
Features: home service business templates, email marketing tools, mobile-optimized designs, blog posting tools, and e-commerce tools.
4. Wix
Level of website skills needed: beginner.
Cost:
Business basic: $27/month
Business unlimited: $32/month
Business VIP: $59/month
Description: Wix allows you to either design your website yourself or hire someone to design it for you. Regardless of the route you decide, Wix makes it easy for you to create your contract service business website with easy-to-use tools.
Features: home service company templates, blogging functionality, email marketing, and mobile optimization.
5. Weebly
Level of website skills needed: intermediate.
Cost:
Personal: $6/month
Professional: $12/month
Performance: $26/montn
Description: Weebly is a fairly easy platform to use, with many functionalities that allow you to make your site your own through its customized features. They offer website theme templates, but do not offer a large selection of contract service specific templates, so they will require some tweaking to suit your website’s needs.
Features: SEO tools, blog functionality, drag and drop editor, site analytics, mobile optimization, and e-commerce features.
Create Your Contract Service Business Website With a Good Website Builder
While there are some website building platforms that are geared towards certain industries, your business will have unique needs that require certain features from your website building tool that even other companies in your vertical may not need.
For instance, if you are a landscaping company who offers landscaping services and sells landscaping supplies online, you will have different website builder needs than a landscaping business that only offers landscaping services.
To find out more about how to create your contract service business website, check out our article “How to Determine the Structure of Your Contract Service Business Website.” If you have any questions about how to pick the right website builder for your contract service business, feel free to reach out to us.
