A trades site has about eight seconds and one job: get the phone ringing. Everything here is arranged around that — the number is always on screen, the quote form is short, and the page tells them whether you cover their suburb before they have to ask.
Try the suburb checker. Type "Roodepoort", then try "Durban" — it answers instantly, without a form.
Emergency work is won on trust and speed. A homeowner with water coming through the ceiling isn't reading your company history — they're looking for a number and a reason to believe you'll actually arrive.
In the header on desktop, in a fixed bar at the bottom on mobile. One tap and their phone is ringing yours — no scrolling, no contact page.
The banner reads the actual clock and says whether you're on standard or after-hours rates. Sets expectations before they call, which cuts the awkward conversation on arrival.
They type their suburb and get a straight yes or no on the spot. Saves you the calls you were never going to take, and wins the ones you were.
"From R650" beats "contact us for pricing" every time. Publishing a starting figure filters out the tyre-kickers and builds trust with everyone else.
Registration numbers, insurance, guarantees and the certificates a transfer attorney will ask for. The things that separate you from a bakkie and a business card.
Four required fields, an urgency selector, and a confirmation that repeats their job back to them. Long forms are where trade enquiries go to die.
Emergency trade searches are almost entirely mobile, often one-handed, frequently in a hurry and sometimes in the dark with the power off. That's the design brief — not a pretty homepage.
That's deliberate. The hospitality template is warm, serif and unhurried; this one is navy, heavy and urgent. Same underlying build, entirely different personality — which is the point of showing you more than one.
You'll be asked for things twice — once at the start and once at the review. The rest happens without you having to chase anybody.
What you actually do, which suburbs you'll travel to, and what a good job is worth. An hour, usually on site.
Colour, type and layout agreed on a working page — not a flat picture you have to imagine.
Written by hand, tested on real phones, wired to your inbox and WhatsApp. Photography of your own jobs if you have it.
Domain, hosting, email and Google Business listing set up — the listing matters more than the site for trade searches.
This structure suits any callout trade — the services change, the urgency doesn't. It can be re-dressed in your colours in a matter of days.