What it costs
What a carpenter website should cost
For a carpenter, the site is a portfolio, and a portfolio that wins bespoke commissions is worth far more than it costs. Here is what the price covers and how to judge it.
From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
Carpenter website cost
The short answer on cost
A carpenter website cost starts from £297 for a spec-built site on your own domain, live within seven days, with the first three months of care included. That sits below the agency quotes of several thousand and above the near-free page builders, both of which mislead you. For a carpenter, the useful way to think about the price is simple: your site is a portfolio, and a portfolio that wins even one bespoke commission has more than paid for itself. Against considered work like fitted furniture, staircases and kitchens, a few hundred pounds is nothing.
What makes carpentry different from most trades is that the whole decision turns on whether the customer likes what they see. So the money is not buying a brochure, it is buying a well-built showcase for your craft, findable by the people searching for exactly the kind of work you do. That is what actually wins the job.
What the build price covers
When I quote from £297 to build a carpenter’s site, the money is buying a portfolio that works, not decoration.
It buys your work shown properly: clear, well-presented photos of genuine jobs, organised by type so a visitor finds what they want and sees you have done it before. For a trade judged on finish, this presentation is most of the value.
It buys findability: a structure that ranks for the specific things people search, fitted wardrobes, staircases, bespoke kitchens, rather than a single vague page. And it buys speed, because these searches happen on phones and a slow, cluttered gallery loses people before your best work loads.
Why cheap undersells the one thing that matters
For a carpenter, a cheap site carries a specific risk that does not apply to every trade: it undersells your craft. When your entire pitch is quality and finish, a clunky, generic, template gallery quietly contradicts it. The customer’s eye is already tuned to detail, that is why they want bespoke work, and a shabby site reads as a mismatch with the craftsmanship you are claiming.
So the usual bargain logic backfires here. A page builder saves a little and presents your fine work poorly, which is the last thing a carpenter can afford. A properly built portfolio does your jobs justice, loads fast, and looks like the work of someone who cares about finish, which is exactly the impression you want to give. Paying a little for that is not indulgence, it is consistency with what you sell.
Weigh it against a single commission
Here is the right way to think about a carpenter website cost. Do not weigh it against zero, and do not weigh it against an agency quote. Weigh it against a single bespoke commission.
Fitted furniture, a staircase, a made-to-measure kitchen, these are valuable jobs, and winning just one you would otherwise have missed, because your portfolio convinced the customer, covers the whole build several times over. After that, the site keeps turning admirers into enquiries at a small monthly cost. For a trade where the work genuinely sells itself once it is shown, a few hundred pounds to show it well is one of the smartest things a carpenter can spend on, and it usually pays for itself with the first job it wins.
How it works
From message to live in four steps.
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Message me
Tell me your trade and your town on WhatsApp. No forms to wade through, no call to book.
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£99 to start
A £99 deposit gets your build going and comes off your quote. It covers some of the build time.
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I build it, you see it
I build the whole site, framed around your work, and send it to you finished to look at.
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Pay the rest, go live
Happy with it? You pay the balance, it goes live on your own domain, and it is yours to keep.
What you get
What a carpentry site from me includes.
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Built on spec
I build it first and send it finished. You see the real thing before you decide, not a mock-up.
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Live in 7 days
From the go-ahead, your site is live within a week. No months of back and forth.
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On your own domain
It goes live in your name. You own the site and everything on it, with no lock-in.
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Genuinely fast
Static pages, no WordPress. Fast pages rank better and turn more visitors into calls.
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Found on Google
Built to be found in local search, with the plumbing done properly from day one.
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Looked after
Someone looks after it and changes it when you need. Two small edits a month, your listing kept current.
What it costs
A straight price.
From £297 to build it, first three months of Care included, then £49 a month.
You own the site outright and can stop the monthly plan whenever you like. Hosting is part of Care and Grow, so one of those keeps it online after the first three months, or you host it yourself. See the full pricing.
Common questions
Questions I get asked.
How much does a carpenter website cost?
I build them from £297 as a one-off, live on your own domain within seven days, with the first three months of care included. After that it is £49 a month for hosting and small edits, which you can stop any time. For a trade that wins considered, bespoke commissions, a single fitted-furniture or staircase job usually covers the whole cost, so it is a small outlay against the work a good portfolio brings in.
What am I really paying for in a carpenter website?
A portfolio that shows your craftsmanship properly, organised by the type of work people search for, and easy to enquire from. Carpentry sells on the finish, so most of the value is in presenting your real jobs clearly and making them findable, not in decoration. You are paying for a site that turns your best work into enquiries, which is exactly what a considered trade needs.
Why do some carpenter websites cost thousands?
Agencies bundle designers, managers and often a WordPress build, none of which shows your woodwork any better than a clean, fast portfolio does. You are paying their overheads. A carpenter needs a site that displays real jobs and loads fast, not an enterprise build, and paying enterprise prices for one is money better spent on tools or timber.
Is a cheap DIY website enough for a carpenter?
Usually not, because a portfolio has to look the part. Page builders are generic and often slow, and a clunky, template gallery undersells fine work, which is the one thing a carpenter cannot afford. When your whole pitch is craftsmanship, a site that looks cheap quietly contradicts it. A properly built portfolio does your work justice, which a bargain builder rarely manages.
Are there ongoing costs beyond the build?
A domain is about ten to fifteen pounds a year and you own it. My monthly plan covers hosting, backups and up to two small edits, so you can keep adding photos of new jobs as you complete them, which matters for a portfolio. Nothing is hidden, and a static site has almost nothing to break, so there are no surprise invoices.
How quickly does a carpenter website pay for itself?
Usually on the first commission. Bespoke and fitted carpentry jobs are worth a good deal, so winning a single one you would otherwise have missed, because your portfolio convinced the customer, covers the whole build several times over. After that, every enquiry the site brings in is profit against a small monthly cost.
Tell me your town and I'll build you a carpentry site on spec, so you can see it before you pay. Or read What a website costs, see the full pricing, or get in touch.