The True Cost of a "Free" Website Builder

The Direct Math/ROI Angle Use this if the intent is to appeal to the financial bottom line of local trades.

When you are starting a trades business in Durham Region, it is tempting to use a "free" drag-and-drop website builder. You spend your weekend dragging text boxes around, you pay $15 a month for hosting, and you think you saved money.

Here is the brutal truth: that "free" website is costing you thousands of dollars a month in lost jobs.

DIY builders like Wix and Squarespace are notoriously bloated. They load unnecessary code that slows down your site on mobile phones. When a local homeowner is standing in their flooded basement looking for a plumber, they are not going to wait 7 seconds for your DIY animations to load. They hit the back button and call the competitor whose site loaded instantly.

If your slow website costs you just two $500 jobs a month, that "free" website actually costs you $12,000 a year. We build lightning-fast, custom mobile sites for a flat $500. Stop losing local leads to save $15 a month.