Handyman

Websites for handyman services, built around the to-do list

Nobody hires a handyman for one job. They hire the visit that clears the list, and the site is built to collect the list.

The short version

The visit is the unit, not the job

Every house has a list: the sticking door, the wobbly fence panel, the towel rail in the garage since Easter. One twenty-minute job is not worth anyone's callout, but the list is. So the site sells the visit: book an hour or a half day, attach the list, and it all gets done in one go, cheaper than five separate callouts.

Book the visitAn hour or a half day against your real availability, with your callout and hourly rate stated up front. The list rides along with the booking so you arrive with the right gear.
Or send the list firstBigger and odder jobs, small renos, anything needing a look: through the quote path with photos. You price the visit, they accept by email, it books in.
The detail that matters

What a handyman site needs that a generic one does not

The job list, attached to the bookingThe customer types the list when they book, so the visit is planned before you knock. No gear runs back to the shed.
Your limits, in writingElectrical and plumbing go to the licensed trades, and the site says so. It stops the wrong calls and reads as honesty, because it is.
Callout and rates, statedMinimum callout, first hour, then your rate. Stated on the page, so price shoppers sort themselves out before they ring.
Materials, your wayYou supply and bill it, they supply, or either. One line on the site, one less conversation at the door.
Repeat customers rememberedEvery customer and their whole job history in your dashboard. The second visit is easier to win than the first ever was.
Odd jobs welcome, said properly"If it is on your list, ask" is a sentence that wins work from people embarrassed to ring a builder about a cat door.
What it looks like

A handyman site, the shape we would build it

A sample build for a made-up handyman business. Sample data shown.

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Sample handyman business website
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What it costs

The same two numbers as everyone else

$500 once to build it, $59 a month to run it. No lock-in contract, and the domain is registered in your business name. The full pricing page has the lot.

Already in the $500, not an extra

Visit booking with the list attachedHours and half days against your real availability, callout stated.
The quote path for the odd stuffPhotos in, price out, accepted by email, booked.
Customers with historyWho you have worked for and what you did, on your phone.
A gallery if you want oneDecks oiled, gates rehung, before and after. From your photos.
Receipts and tax invoicesMade from any job in a tap, branded and numbered on from your old book, emailed as a PDF or printed.
Gift cardsSold from your dashboard, emailed as a branded PDF, redeemed by code when they book.
Your own photos, swapped from your phoneChange the picture on any service, or add photos from the job you just finished. A before and after page too, switched on when you want it.

Add-ons that suit a handyman

Day-before reminders"See you tomorrow", so someone is home and the side gate is open. One saved trip pays for it.$149 once
Review engineReviews are how strangers decide you are safe to let in. Shown on the site, asked for after each visit.$149 once
Google Business Profile"Handyman near me" is where this trade gets found. Set up with you, in your account.$99 once

These are the ones that tend to fit handyman work. The whole add-on list is on the pricing page, and none of them are needed on day one.

Fair questions

What handyman operators ask us

My jobs are twenty minutes each. How does anyone book that?

They do not book twenty minutes, they book the visit. An hour or a half day, with the job list attached: the dripping tap, the door that will not close, the flat-pack in the garage. One visit, several jobs, priced as a visit. It is the only booking shape that makes sense for this trade.

How do I stop the calls for electrical and plumbing work?

The site says what goes to the licensed trades, in plain words, right where people read before they book. You will still get the odd one, but "we leave electrical and plumbing to the licensed trades" on the page stops most of them and makes you look straighter for saying it.

Hourly rate or price per job? I do both depending.

Then the site says exactly that. Small stuff by the hour with your callout stated, defined jobs at a price, and anything odd through the quote path with photos. The intake form asks how you charge, and the site is written to match.

What about materials?

Whichever way you run it: you supply and add it to the bill, the customer buys their own, or either. The site states your way so the argument never happens at the door.

Is repeat work really worth building around?

In this trade it is the whole game. The person whose door you fixed has a list waiting for someone they trust. Every customer and every job they have booked lives in your dashboard, and the reminders and review add-ons keep you the person they think of first.

Built for other kinds of work too

Every industry we write up gets this treatment: the page reads the way that work actually runs.

Car detailingCleaningNDIS providersPaintingLawn mowingLandscapingDog groomingPest controlPressure washingRubbish removalMobile mechanicsDog walking

Yours not here? Tell us your industry, and if we add it we will email you when its page is live. Or just start your website: the build is the same one, and the questions change to suit you.

Ready when you are

The form already knows your trade, so it asks the right questions. About twenty minutes, no payment.

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