A contractor website that shows your work and your credentials
Homeowners check out a contractor before they invite one in for a big job. Show your finished projects, your license and insurance and how you work, and collect detailed project requests.
What PressUp can put on your site
What a contractor website needs
It's a starting point, not a template: ask for more in the chat, and change any of it later.
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Services
Kitchen and bath remodels, basements, additions, new builds. PressUp gives each kind of project its own section with what you handle, from design and permits to the finishing work.
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Project gallery
Photos of finished jobs, uploaded in the chat and grouped by kind of project. Add a few lines about a job and PressUp can turn it into its own project page, with before and after pairs where you have them.
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License and insurance
Your license numbers, insurance, bonding and years in business, in the words you provide. PressUp places them wherever you ask, such as the footer and your about page, because careful homeowners look for them before they call.
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How a project runs
Consultation, estimate, contract, permits, build and final walk-through. Laying out your steps and a rough timeline shows homeowners you are organized, and PressUp writes it from what you tell it.
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Reviews from past clients
Homeowners read reviews before they trust you with a remodel. Ask past clients through PressUp, and the reviews they consent to sharing can sit on your home page or beside your project photos.
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Project requests
A form for the kind of project, the address, a rough budget and when they hope to start, so you can tell a serious job from a quick question. Requests go to your inbox and your email.
How it works
From a few sentences to a live website
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Describe your business
Say what you do and where, in your own words. Add screenshots of sites you like, if you have some in mind.
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Get a site made for it
PressUp plans the pages, writes the words and designs a look that suits your business. It usually takes a few minutes.
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Change it by asking, then publish
“Add a service.” “Make it feel more premium.” Ask in plain words, undo anything, and publish when you're happy.
Getting found
How homeowners find a contractor
They search "general contractor near me", "kitchen remodel" with their city or "basement finishing", then check reviews and look for a license before they call. A clear site helps with both: it gives those searches a page to find, and puts your license and reviews in plain sight.
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A page for each type of project
Kitchen remodels, bathroom remodels, additions and basements are separate searches with separate budgets. Ask in the chat and PressUp builds a page for each, with your photos of that kind of work.
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The cities and suburbs you build in
Homeowners add their city to the search. A page for each place you take projects, describing the work you do there, helps you show up for it.
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Profiles that send people to you
Homeowners check Houzz, Angi and the Better Business Bureau as well as your Google Business Profile. Put your website on each one, so a good review there leads to your full portfolio and your request form.
Every PressUp site comes with the basics search engines look for: a title and description for each page, your business details in a form Google can read, a sitemap, pages that load fast on phones, and Bing told about your changes when you publish.
Questions
Questions about a contractor website
Do I need a website as a contractor?
Before a homeowner trusts you with a remodel, they want to see finished projects, your license and insurance, and how you work. Referrals and directories send them your way, and a website is where they look you over and send a detailed request.
What should a contractor website include?
The services you offer, a gallery of finished projects, your license and insurance details, how a project runs from estimate to walk-through, reviews and a project request form. PressUp builds all of these from your description, and you can ask for a page per service or city.
How do I show my license number and insurance?
Give PressUp your license numbers and the insurance details you want shown, and say where they go: the footer, your about page or every project page. PressUp shows them as you write them. Keeping them current, and checking what your state requires you to display, is up to you.
Can I show a big project from start to finish?
Yes. Upload photos from each stage in the chat, from demolition to the finished room, and ask for a project page. PressUp can show them as a slideshow, add a before and after slider, and embed a walk-through video from YouTube or Vimeo if you have one.
How much does a contractor website cost with PressUp?
Building it is free, with no card: your site on a pressup.site address, with hosting and 20 credits to change it by chat. Pro, at $29 a month, adds your own domain, 200 credits a month and as many sites as you like.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, on Pro. Connect a domain you already have, or find and buy one through PressUp, and PressUp points it at your site and sets up its security certificate.
How do I change the site later?
Ask in plain words in the chat, like "add a new service" or "change my phone number". PressUp makes the change, you look it over, and you can undo anything. Publish when you're happy.
Start free
Describe your business and see your site before you sign up. Your first site is free, with 20 credits to change it by chat.