A website for chimney sweeps, live in minutes
Everybody rings in the same fortnight. The page exists to take those bookings without you answering the phone through it.
There is no trade with a sharper season. From the first cold week to the end of November you cannot answer the phone, and for the rest of the year it barely rings.
So the page takes the booking rather than the call. Clay builds it from your Google listing, and on it go the certificate you issue, what the visit involves, and a form that asks the two things you need to know: what kind of appliance, and when it was last done.
Why Clay
It pulls your info from Google
No blank page. Clay reads your Google business listing and fills in your name, photos, hours, map and reviews automatically.
A real website, not just links
Menus, bookings, a shop, a gallery, contact, Clay is a full site that also works as a link-in-bio, not a list of buttons.
Live in minutes, free to start
Search, pick a style, publish. No signup to see it, no credit card, and a free live address at name.clay.site.
Yours to grow
Bring a custom domain, add pro widgets, run multiple sites. It scales from a bio link to a full business site.
The reason half of them are ringing
An insurance certificate or your country's equivalent is why a good share of sweeping is booked at all, and naming it puts you in a search that a page about chimneys does not reach.
Say that you issue one, say what it covers, and say that it comes on the day.
Book in September, not in November
A line saying the diary fills from the first cold week is not a sales tactic, it is true, and it is the one thing that moves a booking forward by two months.
The other half is next year: a reminder sign up in October is a diary half full before the season starts.
What you can switch on
Every one of these is part of your site, not a plugin to install. Turn on what you use and leave the rest off.
What it looks like when it is live
Drawn rather than described, the page, the address, and what it can switch on.
How it works
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Search your business
Type your name, Clay pulls your photos, hours, reviews and contact details straight from your Google listing.
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Pick a style
Choose a look and Clay builds a full site around your content. Change anything with a tap, no code, no templates to wrestle.
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You're online
Publish to your own name.clay.site in minutes. Add a custom domain and connect your own tools whenever you're ready.
What you get
- The certificate you issue, named on the page
- How much mess there is, answered before it is asked
- A form that asks the appliance and the last sweep
- A reminder sign up, which fills next year's September
Questions
How long does it really take?
Most people are live in two to three minutes, search your business, pick a style, publish. There is nothing to install and no signup needed to see your site first, because it is built from your Google listing rather than from a blank page.
Is it free?
Yes. You get a live site on your own name.clay.site address with a small badge in the footer, and nothing expires. The paid plan is your own domain, the badge removed and the pro features.
Do I need any tech skills?
None. If you can type your business name, you can build a Clay site: the live page is the editor, so you tap the thing you want to change. There is no code anywhere, and nothing to install or keep updated, see the WordPress comparison for what that saves.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, buy it wherever you like and point it at Clay on a paid plan; the certificate is issued for you. Until then the free name.clay.site address is a real one you can print, and it keeps working afterwards.
How do I handle the season?
Take bookings on the page rather than on the phone, and say plainly that the diary fills from the first cold week. That one line moves bookings from November into September, which is the whole problem your trade has.
Should I mention the certificate?
Name it. A good share of sweeping is booked because an insurer asked for it, and somebody searching for the certificate by name will not find a page that only talks about chimneys.
What do people actually worry about?
Mess. Answer it in one line, say what you put down and what you take away, and you will have addressed the thing that makes people put the job off another year.
Try it with your business
Search your business and see your site in seconds, free, no signup.