Plain comparisons between SiteHike and the other agencies that sell to home service businesses, covering what each one costs, what you're locked into, and who each one suits.
This applies to us as much as to anyone else you're looking at. We've gotten some of these wrong ourselves over the years, which is part of how we know what to check for. If we come out badly on one of them, that's worth knowing.
Ask to speak to the person who would build your site. In many shops the salesperson and the builder are different people, and you never meet the builder. Once the contract is signed, you're handed to an account manager who relays messages.
Get it in writing: the domain, the website itself, the Google Business Profile, the content and the tracking numbers. Anything you can't take with you gives the agency an advantage at renewal, and the problem usually shows up on the day you want to leave.
A low monthly price with a build fee added on can end up costing more than a higher monthly price that includes everything. Add up twelve months of each, including setup, hosting and anything billed separately, then compare the two totals.
Copy these into a note and ask every agency the same six questions. The differences between them will become clear quickly.
A straight answer here tells you most of what you need to know. For us it's usually David, and you talk to him on the first call, before anything is signed.
Ask specifically about the domain, the site, the Google Business Profile and the content. With us, the domain and Google profile are yours from day one. The site is yours outright after 12 payments.
There's no build fee. Hosting is $300 a year and Webflow bills you for it directly, so it never runs through us.
Ours is twelve months, because local SEO results take longer than a few weeks to show. After that you can continue month to month or take the site with you.
Many owners get caught out here. A screenshot showing you ranking first, taken from your own shop, doesn't prove much, because results vary by location. Ask for a grid of rankings across the whole service area.
A portfolio only shows the work an agency chooses to show, while a phone number for a real client is much harder to fake. We'll give you one if you ask.
Get a free audit and see what we'd do with your site. Then compare that with what any other agency is offering you.