Real new website
Local tree service
A new site for a local tree and stump service. Clear service breakdown, service-area context, and a quote path that stays visible on mobile.
Visit the live site (opens in a new tab)Trades and service businesses
Websites for trades that do more than look better.
Clear service pages, better enquiries, and practical tools built around how your business actually works.
See website pricingHow an enquiry moves
Request / estimate / approval
- 01EnquiryService, details, photos
- 02RequestArrives already sorted
- 03EstimatePrepared from the details
- 04Your reviewNothing sends without it
- 05ApprovalSigned, deposit, invoice
Optional. A site can use all of it, some of it, or none of it.
Quote & Estimate Workflow
From enquiry to estimate, without the back and forth.
This is the piece most trades websites do not have. The customer describes the job, picks the service, adds photos, and leaves their details. The request arrives with the information already sorted, and an estimate can be prepared from what they sent.
You edit it, you check it, and you decide whether it goes out.
01
Enquiry
The customer chooses the service or problem that fits.
02
Photos and details
They describe the job in their own words and add photos.
03
Estimate prepared
What they submitted is used to help prepare the estimate.
04
You review
You edit the estimate and check it over.
05
Customer receives it
Nothing is sent until you approve it.
Then, where it applies
- The customer approves or signs
- A deposit is collected where that is set up
- The invoice goes out when the work is done
- A review request follows the finished job
Built by me
TradePulse, a tool I built, powers the estimating workflow.
I can integrate TradePulse, an estimating tool for contractors that I built, into the new site. Customers describe the job and add photos, and those details flow into TradePulse, where you review, edit, and approve the estimate before anything is sent.
Want to use TradePulse on its own? Visit trytradepulse.com (opens in a new tab)
Try it
Walk through the workflow.
This is an example of the whole path, from the customer picking a problem to the review request after the job. It runs entirely in your browser on demo data.
Quote & Estimate Workflow
TradePulse, built by me
Customer view
- Request
- Estimate
- After the job
Step 1 of 9
What is the problem?
On a real site this list is your services. Pick one of these example jobs to walk through the workflow.
Example workflow with demo data. Nothing here is sent, saved, or charged, and no live TradePulse service is contacted.
Trades work
A few examples.
A few examples of real projects and working prototypes. If any of these are close to what you do, ask me and I will walk you through the whole project.
Workflow / integration prototype
Contractor quote-flow prototype
A working prototype of the request path: choose the problem, describe it, send photos, and move toward an estimate before anything is scheduled.
See the prototypeView the prototype site (opens in a new tab)Redesign proposal
Phantom Car Detailing
A redesign proposal for a mobile car-detailing business, reorganizing the services, the proof, and the next step so each gets its own moment.
See the proposalView the concept site (opens in a new tab)What I handle
More than the visual design.
Most of the work on a trades site is deciding what it should say and making sure the practical parts are set up properly. I do that part too.
The same person who talks with you about the site is the person designing it, building it, launching it, and making changes later when you need them.
Basic SEO is set up properly at launch: sensible structure, readable titles and descriptions, a sitemap, and clean indexing. I do not sell ongoing SEO retainers, backlink campaigns, or ranking guarantees.
Working out what it should say
- Deciding what the site needs to say first
- Organizing services so they are easy to scan
- Structuring service-area pages
- Writing and editing the content
- Choosing and editing strong photos
Building and launching it
- Making the mobile version work properly
- Setting up and testing the forms
- Domains and DNS
- Help with business email setup
- Analytics setup, basic SEO setup, and deployment
Handing it over
- Hosting set up in an account you control
- Your domain kept in your name
- Checking the forms work at launch
- Changes after launch, quoted or agreed first
- Being reachable when something needs attention
Custom functionality
Other tools, where they earn their place.
If something practical would genuinely help the way you work, it can usually be built into the site.
- Booking and appointment requests
- File and photo upload
- Quote and intake forms
- Review requests
- Customer portals
- Job-status pages
- Calculators
- Service selectors
- Interactive pricing tools
More complex tools and integrations are quoted separately.
Start here
Thinking about a new site?
Email me a little about your business and what you would like the new site to do. I will come back with what I would recommend and a clear price before anything is built.
Talk to me about a new site