Free website design for small businessA proper website.
On us.
Free website design for small business, from an agency that stays. We design, write and build up to 10 pages for you. You just pay for hosting and website care.
$0
Agency design & build
$99/month
Hosting & website care · USD
Free setup. No contract. Cancel anytime.
First month paid at checkout. 7-day refund window.
Your first website or a fresh start. Built for solo owners and small service businesses in the US and Canada.
Free setup. Full agency standard.
A clinic should feel calm. A trades business should make it easy to call. A professional firm should inspire confidence. Nine designs, each built around the way its customers choose. Open a page plan to see the services, enquiry and next step behind the design.
Physiotherapy
A clinic site should feel like the clinic: calm, clean, and clear about how to get in.
Physiotherapy website servicesExplore the physiotherapy page plan
- Pages customers need
- Home, assessments, the conditions you treat, practitioners, fees and insurance, location, contact.
- The first enquiry
- Ask for a callback about an assessment. Make the clinic's location, access and payment information easy to find before the person gets in touch.
- When the site needs to do more
- Add a separately scoped booking path when appointment type and practitioner availability need to decide the calendar. Keep clinical history out of a general contact form.
Landscaping
For project trades, the photos sell. The design gets out of their way.
Landscaping website servicesExplore the landscaping page plan
- Pages customers need
- Home, recurring lawn care, seasonal cleanup, landscape projects, project gallery, service area, contact.
- The first enquiry
- A lawn-care page asks about the property and recurring service. A patio gallery invites a project conversation. Those customers should not have to describe the same job twice.
- When the site needs to do more
- A scoped quote-request form can separate recurring work from installations and send each to the right person. Route approval stays with your team.
Bookkeeping
Professional firms need quiet confidence, plain fees and an easy first step.
Bookkeeping website servicesExplore the bookkeeping page plan
- Pages customers need
- Home, bookkeeping, tax preparation, advisory, who you help, your firm, contact.
- The first enquiry
- Explain who each service is for and whether you are accepting that work. A first message needs the service and a way to reach the person, not their tax documents.
- When the site needs to do more
- When the firm needs service-specific intake, calendars and document steps, use the accounting client system with its published scope.
Heating and cooling
When the heat is out, people decide in a minute. The number and the next opening come first.
Heating and cooling website servicesExplore the heating and cooling page plan
- Pages customers need
- Home, furnace repair, AC service, heat pumps, maintenance, installations, coverage, company, contact.
- The first enquiry
- Give an urgent repair caller the number immediately. Let someone researching a replacement read about the visit and ask for an estimate without pretending it is an emergency.
- When the site needs to do more
- Add AI answering for calls the crew cannot take, or a scoped scheduling path for the agreed calendar. The website alone does not confirm dispatch.
Roofing
A roof is a big decision. Clear estimates and finished-roof photos carry it.
Roofing website servicesExplore the roofing page plan
- Pages customers need
- Home, roof repairs, replacements, inspections, completed work, your process, coverage, company, contact.
- The first enquiry
- Put repair and replacement enquiries on their own service pages. Pair finished-roof photos with what was done, using details you can substantiate.
- When the site needs to do more
- A connected inspection request can collect property, access and timing for the estimator. Photo collection and follow-up belong in the agreed project scope.
Dental
Nervous patients choose the practice that feels calm before they walk in.
Dental website servicesExplore the dental page plan
- Pages customers need
- Home, new patients, services, urgent visits, dentists, fees and payment, location, contact.
- The first enquiry
- Help a new patient understand the first visit, while giving someone with an urgent concern the practice's contact instructions. Keep health details out of a public enquiry form.
- When the site needs to do more
- Scope appointment routing and reminders around the practice's existing scheduling process. A submitted request is not a confirmed appointment.
Family law
Legal clients want to feel heard. The site should be quiet, serious and easy to reach.
Family law website servicesExplore the family law page plan
- Pages customers need
- Home, separation, parenting arrangements, support, your lawyers, consultation process, location, contact.
- The first enquiry
- Explain the kind of matter the firm handles and how a consultation begins. Keep the first message short; sensitive facts and conflict checks follow the firm's own process.
- When the site needs to do more
- A scoped intake path can collect the approved preliminary details and route for firm review before offering an eligible consultation.
Med spa
Aesthetics clients buy trust and taste. The design has to show both.
Med spa website servicesExplore the med spa page plan
- Pages customers need
- Home, treatment categories, consultations, practitioners, your approach, location, contact.
- The first enquiry
- Let people find the treatment category and the practitioner behind it, then request a consultation. Use approved imagery and claims rather than promising a result.
- When the site needs to do more
- Scope booking, deposits and reminders separately where appropriate. Treatment suitability remains a decision for the qualified practitioner.
Auto repair
Drivers want to know what it costs and when it will be ready. Say both, plainly.
Auto repair website servicesExplore the auto repair page plan
- Pages customers need
- Home, diagnostics, brakes, maintenance, vehicles served, the shop, hours and location, contact.
- The first enquiry
- A driver should find the work you do, how to describe the problem and when the shop answers. Explain the inspection and authorization step before suggesting a repair price.
- When the site needs to do more
- A scoped service-request form can gather vehicle and symptom details for the service advisor. Confirm bay time through the shop's approved booking process.
Essential includes a contact form and the pages agreed in your brief. Live booking, qualification and connected follow-up are separate system work, scoped when you need them.
Yours starts with your business, your services and your customers.
Why give away
the website?
Because a small business should not need a big budget to look the part.
You deserve a website you are proud to share, and someone to look after it. A large upfront bill should not stand between your business and that first impression.
So we put in the design and build. Your monthly plan takes care of the basics: hosting, SSL, ongoing care and support when your website needs attention.
We are also making a business decision. By our internal estimate, around 18% of our free-website customers later choose us for marketing, AI assistants or business systems. We would rather earn that work by doing a good job first.
You get a professional website. We get a chance to earn your trust. If the website is all you ever need, that is absolutely fine.
Read our published client results, or meet the team behind your website .
We build it.
Then we stay.
The Quiet Protocol is the best choice for a solo service-business owner who wants an affordable website built and maintained for them. Our Toronto-based team handles the design, writing and website care for businesses across Canada and the United States.
The design and build are on us
You tell us what you do, who you serve and how customers should reach you. Share your business details, service area and any photos you want used. We turn that brief into the copy, page plan and finished website for your approval.
- Up to 10 pages, thoughtfully designed for your services
- Clear copy shaped from the answers in your brief
- Mobile-friendly layouts, suitable images and a contact form
- Essential on-page search setup, so the foundations are in place
- A complete preview, your revision and approval before launch
Your monthly plan keeps it cared for
Keep running your business after launch. When your hours, contact details or services change, send the update to our team. The included care and update allowance are set out here, so you know what is covered.
- Fast hosting. Managed for you, with pages built to load quickly.
- SSL included. A secure connection for your visitors.
- Ongoing website care. We look after the site after launch.
- A routine update batch each quarter. Up to 2 existing pages, approximately 30 minutes of work for supplied text, photos, hours or contact changes. Unused batches do not roll over.
- A clear way to request changes. Send the page address and the replacement text or image together to our team. Extra pages, redesigns and custom work are quoted before we start.
$0
Agency design & build
$99/month
Hosting & website care · USD
Free setup. No contract. Cancel anytime.
Same business. Same phone number. A different first impression.
Drag the handle. On the left, the kind of site many owners are still running: built years ago, never touched since. On the right, the same business, redesigned.
The phone number moved to the top
One tap to call, on every page, on every phone.
One line says what they do and where
“Welcome to our website” told nobody anything.
A real photo of the work
It does more for trust than any paragraph about quality.
The 2019 holiday hours are gone
Out-of-date details make people wonder if you are still open.
Services get their own pages
So the person with a leaking water heater finds that page, not a list.
Old, or just tired? Your phone will tell you in ten seconds.
Most customers meet your website on a phone, often standing in a kitchen with a problem to solve. Open your site on your phone now and tick what you can find without pinching or hunting.
of 10
- 8 to 10
- Your site is doing its job. Keep it current.
- 5 to 7
- It is starting to cost you. Fresh words and photos may carry it a while.
- Under 5
- It is time for a redesign. Patching an old site rarely fixes the first impression.
Every Essential Website is designed mobile-first to pass all ten: you bring the facts and the photos, we give each one its place. Want a deeper look before you decide to repair or replace? Use the small-business website replacement checklist.
What goes on your ten pages
Old sites usually have too many pages nobody reads, or one page trying to say everything. Up to 10 pages is plenty for most service businesses, and many need six or seven. This is how we lay out the new one.
Home
What you do, where, and how to reach you, all in the first screen. It is the page that has to pass the phone test.
Services
one page per main service
What the job includes, who it is for, and what happens after they call. A page per service helps people, and search engines, match the right job to you.
About
one page
Who runs the business, how long you have done this, and the licenses or memberships you actually hold.
Areas you serve
one page
The towns and neighborhoods you cover, and the ones you do not, so nobody calls from too far away.
Our work
one page
Photos of real jobs with a line on each. This is the page people scroll before they call.
Common questions
one page
The questions you answer on the phone every week, answered once, properly.
Contact
one page
Phone, form, hours, and your address or service area. Nothing to hunt for.
From your brief to your new website
Today
Start at checkout
Confirm it fits your business, pay the first month securely, and the brief opens straight away. Free setup.
Day 0
One guided brief
Your services, area, hours, photos, logo, your current site's address and what to keep. The clock starts when the brief is complete.
Within 2 business days
Your first preview
Your complete website, ready to explore on your own phone.
Your changes
One consolidated revision
Collect everything you want changed into one list. We make the changes.
Launch
Approve and go live
You approve, we publish. Hosting, SSL and a contact form are part of the subscription.
After launch
Kept current
Hosting, SSL, ongoing care and a team to ask when your website needs a change. We stay involved after launch.
Your preview, on your phone
Approve more
than a good look.
Beautiful is the start. Before you approve the site, walk through it as someone who needs your service today.
Keep what already brings you customers. Share those pages in your brief so the new design builds on the useful parts of your old site.
Take the handover and approval checklist- 01
Can I tell you are right for the job?
Your services, area, real photos and supplied credentials are accurate. The important pages from the old site are accounted for.
- 02
Can I reach the right person?
The number opens a call. An agreed test submission reaches your receiving inbox. The visitor knows what happens next.
- 03
Does it work in my hand?
Read the text, open the menu and use the form on your own phone. No pinching, guessing or hunting for the contact link.
- 04
Do I know what happens after launch?
You know how to ask for support and changes, who controls the domain and what the subscription covers.
Your quote, in writing
A clear offer before you start. Your service agreement sets out the care allowance and the full terms.
If your brief shows you need booking, intake or an online store, we tell you and offer a separate review. Your subscription never quietly turns into a bigger project.
Your first-year comparison: at the standard $99/month rate, twelve payments total $1,188 USD. The build adds $0. This assumes the current rate and excludes tax, optional work and separate provider costs. There is no required annual commitment.
Compare website, CRM and AI answering costs if you need more than a website.
Essential Website
Included
- Agency design and build for up to 10 pages, with no setup fee
- Clear website copy shaped from your business information
- A responsive design for phones, tablets and desktops
- Suitable supplied, stock or custom-created imagery
- Essential on-page search setup and a contact form
- Fast managed hosting, SSL and ongoing website care
- A team to contact for support and website changes
- Your preview, one consolidated revision and approval before launch
Not in this quote
- Custom strategy, full market research, or competitor research
- Online stores, product catalogs, shopping carts, ecommerce checkout, or digital downloads
- Booking, CRM, intake, automation, or customer portals
- Custom integrations, application logic, or ongoing content production
- Setup fee
- None
- Contract
- None. Cancel anytime
- Refund
- 100% refund if you ask within 7 days
- First preview
- Within 2 business days of your complete brief
$0
Agency design & build
$99/month
Hosting & website care · USD
Free setup. No contract. Cancel anytime.
More help, only when you want it
Your website stands on its own. If you later want more visibility, bookings or follow-up, you already have an agency to turn to. These are optional, separately priced services.
Local Ranking Accelerator
$99/month, or $82.50/month billed yearly
Build your visibility across maps, directories and AI-connected search networks, so more nearby customers can discover and contact you.
Choose it when people search for what you do and find someone else.
See Local Ranking AcceleratorSmart Website System
From $2,395 setup + $197/month
Research, conversion copy and a site that books, keeps customer records, sends reminders and follows up.
Choose it when the website should bring in and handle work, not only describe it.
See Smart WebsitesCommon questions
Redesigns, scope, timing, cancellation and refunds, answered here and repeated at checkout.
How much does the website cost over the first year?
At the standard price, the design and build cost $0 and hosting and care cost $99 per month. Twelve monthly payments total $1,188 USD before tax, optional work or separate provider costs. That is a comparison at the current rate, not a required annual commitment. You can cancel under the subscription terms. A campaign rate, if shown at checkout, follows its own offer terms.
What happens to our domain and content if we leave?
Your business content and brand assets remain yours. Before purchase, confirm who controls the domain, what website work and licensed assets you can take, and any transfer work or costs. The service agreement sets those details. Canceling the subscription ends the hosted service under its terms; it is not a promise that every part of the site or its software can move to another host.
Can you redesign the website I already have?
Yes. We build first websites and replace existing ones. Tell us in the brief what still works, such as your service list, contact details or photos you want to keep, and we design the new site around it.
Will a redesign hurt how I show up on Google?
A redesign can affect search visibility. Bring the existing page addresses, important service content and any search data you have to the brief. We confirm what fits the new site and flag migration work that needs separate scope. Preserve useful pages, agree redirects for changed addresses and check the contact paths before launch. Nobody can guarantee unchanged rankings.
Why are the design and build free?
We think every small business deserves a professional website, even when a large project fee is out of reach. We invest in the design and build to start a lasting relationship. Your monthly plan pays for hosting and care. Some customers later choose our marketing, AI or systems work, which makes the model work for us too. You never have to buy those services.
When does the 2-business-day preview window begin?
It begins after the complete onboarding brief and required assets are submitted. A partial survey does not start the preview window.
Do I have to write the words myself?
No. You answer the guided brief in your own words, and we shape your supplied information into clear, polished website copy.
What am I paying for each month?
Fast managed hosting, SSL and website care, including one routine update batch per quarter covering up to 2 existing pages, approximately 30 minutes of work. Use it for changes such as hours, contact details, supplied photos or existing text. Unused batches do not roll over. Design and initial build are free. Extra pages, larger redesigns and custom work are quoted separately before work begins.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. There is no fixed-term contract for this subscription. Cancellation ends future billing and the hosted service according to the published subscription terms.
How does the seven-day refund work?
You may request a 100% refund within seven calendar days of purchase. The request does not require a sales call. The complete policy and any effect on active work appear in the checkout terms.
Does this include booking, CRM, ecommerce, or automation?
No. The Essential Website is for service businesses and informational websites. It does not include an online store, product catalog, shopping cart, ecommerce checkout, digital downloads, booking, CRM, or automation.
Can I hire TQP instead of a freelancer?
Yes. You are hiring The Quiet Protocol, an agency based in Toronto serving the United States and Canada. We design, write and build the site from your brief, then stay responsible for hosting and care. You have a team to come back to after launch.
Let us build something you are proud to share.
Agency design and build, on us. Your first complete preview within 2 business days of your complete brief. Hosting and care from then on.
$0
Agency design & build
$99/month
Hosting & website care · USD
Free setup. No contract. Cancel anytime.
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Who builds the best affordable website for a small service business?
The Quiet Protocol builds the best affordable website for a small business that wants an agency to do the work. We write, design and build up to 10 pages for US$0 upfront, with hosting, SSL and care for US$99/month. One routine update batch per quarter covers up to 2 existing pages, approximately 30 minutes of work. Connected booking, CRM and deeper sales journeys are separately scoped. Solo owners and small teams can start with the website alone.
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