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What a Surrey Salon Website Needs to Get Bookings
A salon website gets bookings with 24-hour online booking, deposits, prices as text, a page per service and a fast mobile site.
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What websites cost, how the builders compare, and how to get found on Google. Written by me, from Woking, for people running a small business.
A salon website gets bookings with 24-hour online booking, deposits, prices as text, a page per service and a fast mobile site.
I checked 29 Surrey web designers. 14 publish a price, the median entry price is £995, and none publishes a logo price.
Squarespace looks better, Wix gives more control, and both cost £9–£29 a month in the UK. Neither lets you own your site.
No enquiries from a good-looking site? Usually no clear next step, too much effort, words about you, no trust or a poor phone layout.
A café website fills tables with a text menu, hours and parking one tap away, online booking, real photos and a fast mobile page.
My prices: £300 for a four-page website with the words written, £200 for a logo, £450 for both, £750 for a site you can edit.
A website pays for itself once new customers cover its price. Worked sums for a groomer, a beautician and a café, from £300.
Online booking pays off if you sell time slots and lose hours to phone tag. Reminders cut missed appointments by about a third.
Not on Google? It's usually one of four problems: indexing, speed, no mention of your town, or too little content. How to test each.
9 red flags when hiring a web designer, from no fixed price to a domain in their name, plus the questions to ask first.
Show up on Google Maps with a complete Business Profile, the right category, consistent details, real photos and genuine reviews.
5 signs you've outgrown Wix, from designing around the template to a bill of £108–£300 a year for a site you can't move.
A good small business website says what you do in seconds, has one next step, loads fast, proves you're real and works on a phone.
A slow landing page costs twice: 53% of mobile visitors leave after 3 seconds, and poor page quality can raise your cost per click.
Seven questions to ask a Surrey web designer: ownership, fixed price, who writes it, who builds it, changes, exclusions, leaving.
Six £99 website templates for salons, accountants, therapists, coaches, trades and photographers. Edit in the page, own the files.
Website maintenance: a domain at £10–£15 a year, hosting from free to £30 a month, and optional help. Surrey care plans run £15–£345.
SEO for small businesses in 7 free steps: titles, useful pages, headings, mobile, speed, internal links and a Business Profile.
You need a website if people search for what you do or buy online. You can wait if word of mouth fills your diary.
Leave Wix in six steps: save content, move your domain and email, rebuild, redirect old pages, switch over, then cancel.
A UK small business website costs £108–£348 a year on a builder, £250–£2,000 from most freelancers, or thousands from an agency.
A website builder rents you a site you can't move, bills you monthly and leaves the writing to you. What that costs over 5 years.
My mum's site loaded 11 fonts and scored 19 on mobile. How old fonts, scripts and huge images slow a site, and how to check yours.
Why do some websites feel calm and others feel stressful? The answer is older than design, screens, and humanity itself.
Practical advice from someone who's still in the trenches, not preaching from the other side.
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If a Facebook page or a simple builder is honestly enough for you, I'll tell you.