Questions and answers
The things people ask before they start. If yours isn't here, ask it in the chat.
All questions
What exactly do I get for £250 a year?
A website built in the style of one of the designs on this site, set up with your business details; email on your own web address; hosting with the security padlock, updates and backups; and the setup done for you. One payment a year covers all four.
Are the businesses in the showcase real?
No. Every business in the showcase is made up so you can see a design working with real content: prices, timetables, booking forms, menus. The websites themselves are real, working sites, and yours will be built the same way.
Does my website have to look exactly like the demo?
No. The design is the starting point. Your colours, your logo, your photographs and your words go in, and the pages are arranged around what your customers need to know.
Can a design from a different trade work for me?
Usually, yes. The layouts are about how a business explains itself, not about the trade. A plumber can use a locksmith's design; a café can use a bookshop's. Use the finder to see the designs closest to what you do.
Do I need to write the words myself?
Send us what you have, even if it is a few notes. We write the pages with you so they sound like you and answer the questions customers really ask.
Will people find me on Google?
Every site is built with the things Google looks for: clear page titles, sensible headings, a sitemap, local business details in the format search engines read, and fast pages. Nobody can promise a top spot, and anyone who does is selling something else.
How do I get started?
Fill in the Start today form: a couple of minutes about your business and the design you liked, and we contact you to take it from there. If you would rather ask something first, use the chat on any page. A person reads both.
What if my trade is not in the showcase?
We build it from scratch. The seventy-five designs cover a lot of ground, but if nothing there fits what you do, we design a new site around your business: your services, your prices, the questions your customers ask. Tell us about it on the Start today form or in the chat.
Who is behind My Local Website?
Valley PC Ltd, a web company in South Wales that has been building and hosting websites since 2003. Every site in the showcase was designed and built by us.
Seen one you like? Tell us about your business.
Website, email, hosting and setup for £250 a year. Two minutes on the Start today form and we'll be in touch. Questions first? The chat is on every page.