Answers · Handyman
Is a website worth it for handyman?
Almost always yes, because in handyman the customer comes back. A good one leaves you somewhere around $1,200 over two years, so the math runs against $1,200, with the $500 job as only the first slice of it.
Updated 2026-08-29
The math, with your numbers and not mine
The site costs $400 one time. There is no monthly fee. So the real question is how many of your jobs it takes to cover it.
What you charge for a punch list around the house runs $100 to $500. Take the high end and 1 job pays for it. Everything after that is yours, and you never pay for the site again.
Put your own number over mine. Charge less and the job count goes up; charge more and it goes down. It still clears either way, and that is the whole point of it being one-time.
What changes when they come back
In handyman a customer is not a one-time thing. They come back every six months, and that is where the business is.
Counted that way, a good customer is worth around $1,200 over two years. That is 3 times the cost of the site, off one customer. Which is why in your trade the question is rarely whether it clears.
The expensive mistake is judging the site by the first job that comes in. The first job is the sample. The money is in the two years after it.
When the answer is no, and I mean it
You do not need to spend this if three property managers already fill your week.
If that is you, a website fixes nothing, because being found is not your problem. Keep the money and come back when you want to grow, or when one of those steady accounts goes away.
We say this before taking your money, not after. Call us and if that turns out to be your situation, you will hear the same thing on the phone.
What actually makes the phone ring
A handyman site that works is one where you can see the list of what you do and what you do not, so nobody wastes a call without hunting for it.
The rest is decoration. With that in place the visitor calls. Without it they go to the next result, however good the design looks.
doubts
What people usually ask
What if I already have Facebook or Instagram for my handyman business?
They help, but they are theirs and not yours, and they do not show up when someone searches Google ready to hire today. Most people end up with both: social for the work, a site so they get found and called.
Is there a monthly fee?
No. It is $400 once, hosting included. The only separate cost is the domain, about $12 a year, bought by you in your name.
What if I don't like it?
You get every dollar back. You pay up front, we show you the mockup, and if you do not like it there is nothing to argue about.