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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: colin bird on July 02, 2013, 05:33:19 pm
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hi thanks for reading,possibly looking at getting a web site set up,but was wondering how much work is generated from it ? also the costs invloved,do you need to have the site hosted so your on the front page of google ?
any help would be much appreciated.
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Long and short Colin...
You'll get out of it what you put in.
If you're looking to shoot right up to the VAT limit and get commercial work etc a website may be the way forward.
If your doing (perhaps) 9-3 3 days a week. Are happy plodding or just looking at (say) a 5 mile radius of your home (nothing wrong in that if you are) then it may be an unnecessary added cost.
Some will say you can't run a business in 2013 without a website but that's just not true. It's like any other tool in business-some can't live without it-some aren't bothered.
All the best with growing your business though
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thanks for that,i hear what your saying,my round generates £38 k a year,this is from canvassing and recomendations,but would like to get it up to 50 K,with web site and canvassing,guess im looking for a few easy new jobs from a web site,depending on cost involved
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Heres a link http://www.studioarts-dtv.co.uk ready made websites for window cleaning, mine was £95 set up and £5 per month hosting. Can go to my profile and have a look. Wayne.
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www.cleanerbrighterwindowcleaners.co.uk
Cost me £85 with a years free hosting
Another £30 for mobile site.not sorted yet
Then £30 a year hosting fees after year 1.
If you want lukes email gis a shout.
I have picked up some great work from the site.
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Just having a website won't bring in any business... You need to make sure the website is being found by your target audience.
Andy
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I don't canvass, drop leaflets or advertise in the paper - - all my work comes from my websites & facebook,.. its by far the best return on investment you can get in advertising if its done right.
Make sure that your website is properly optimised for search engines, and make sure its smartphone & tablet friendly,... otherwise you're just throwing money away. ;)
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I don't canvass, drop leaflets or advertise in the paper - - all my work comes from my websites & facebook,.. its by far the best return on investment you can get in advertising if its done right.
Make sure that your website is properly optimised for search engines, and make sure its smartphone & tablet friendly,... otherwise you're just throwing money away. ;)
How many visits do you get each month Nat ?
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I got 900 plus views for june.
Which equates to 30 views a day.
Had 90 enquiries through my site.
And know of many more who found my website and called me.
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just need to find a good company to keep it right as of yet and 5 years of searching ive yet to find a good internet people there all rip offs
They want you to doall the work for them I wanted a site built but why the hell should I give them all the wording ???? would they pay for there windows to be cleaned if we turn up with our wfp stood back and said ok crack on ??? then charge them for cleaning the windows when they did it themselves???I think not
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I got 900 plus views for june.
Which equates to 30 views a day.
Had 90 enquiries through my site.
And know of many more who found my website and called me.
Are those figures correct, as I find it hard to believe . . . . maybe you got confused ?
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I got 900 plus views for june.
Which equates to 30 views a day.
Had 90 enquiries through my site.
And know of many more who found my website and called me.
Whats your website url?
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Erithwc seems to do realy well from he's website. Even though he said he was too busy and couldnt be bothered to build me 1 up >:(
If it brings in just 2 new £10 customers a week then theres your 12k extra you want in a year.
If i didnt canvass so much id have a website to bring in work for sure.
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Get Nathanael to build you one Mick he built mine plus he does hosting as well www.mmwindowcleaning.co.uk he is a top guy and does a great job .
Colin a well built website is defo worth the extra spend i used a website builder for over a year and got 2-3 jobs form it ,
I then got Nat to build me a site and the work just keeps coming including 2 really big jobs which i have quoted for so the right website defo brings the work speak to Nathanael Jones avondhu-internet.com he does all the SEO so will place well on google . Mike
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Erithwc seems to do realy well from he's website. Even though he said he was too busy and couldnt be bothered to build me 1 up >:(
If it brings in just 2 new £10 customers a week then theres your 12k extra you want in a year.
If i didnt canvass so much id have a website to bring in work for sure.
Ha Ha I only said no because at the moment due to lack of competition internet wise I'm top of google ;)
Its hard to say how much work has come from my site as i don't know how many are from organic searches and how many have searched for me after seeing my van working.
I would say websites are well worth it i have got some one coming to see me tomorrow about adding credit/debit card payments to my site i will see what happens.
Paul
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websites are a good idea to keep work tricklin in . i get plenty from mine
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I got 900 plus views for june.
Which equates to 30 views a day.
Had 90 enquiries through my site.
And know of many more who found my website and called me.
Whats your website url?
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im also interested in how well a website does on google 1st page, mine is on page 2 and get probably 1 call every couple months.
had lots of calls from people promising me they will get me on the top 3 and i will make lots of money, but too many scams out there, who can you trust?? ???
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Whats your website url?
Wtf is a url
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My website works ok for me and with a bit of clever internet marketing I get calls every week. :)
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Whats your website url?
Wtf is a url
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_locator
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Heres a link http://www.studioarts-dtv.co.uk ready made websites for window cleaning, mine was £95 set up and £5 per month hosting. Can go to my profile and have a look. Wayne.
hi wayne thanks for that,had a look at your site ,i think it looks good,have made a note of your web site designer.
do you get much work from it ?
regards colin
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www.cleanerbrighterwindowcleaners.co.uk
Cost me £85 with a years free hosting
Another £30 for mobile site.not sorted yet
Then £30 a year hosting fees after year 1.
If you want lukes email gis a shout.
I have picked up some great work from the site.
hi i think your site looks good,would you be able to let me have a contact for them.
many thanks colin
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Just having a website won't bring in any business... You need to make sure the website is being found by your target audience.
Andy
hi andy ,yes i agree,thats why im looking inot the hosting side,as i feel if its not hosted,i will end up on page 10 on google
regards colin
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www.cleanerbrighterwindowcleaners.co.uk
Cost me £85 with a years free hosting
Another £30 for mobile site.not sorted yet
Then £30 a year hosting fees after year 1.
If you want lukes email gis a shout.
I have picked up some great work from the site.
hi i think your site looks good,would you be able to let me have a contact for them.
many thanks colin
luke@prominentmarketing.co.uk
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I don't canvass, drop leaflets or advertise in the paper - - all my work comes from my websites & facebook,.. its by far the best return on investment you can get in advertising if its done right.
Make sure that your website is properly optimised for search engines, and make sure its smartphone & tablet friendly,... otherwise you're just throwing money away. ;)
thanks for that taken on board your feedback.
regards colin
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Erithwc seems to do realy well from he's website. Even though he said he was too busy and couldnt be bothered to build me 1 up >:(
If it brings in just 2 new £10 customers a week then theres your 12k extra you want in a year.
If i didnt canvass so much id have a website to bring in work for sure.
hi mick re canvaasing service im based approx 10 miles south of gatwick,is that an area you would cover ?
regards colin
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Get Nathanael to build you one Mick he built mine plus he does hosting as well www.mmwindowcleaning.co.uk he is a top guy and does a great job .
Colin a well built website is defo worth the extra spend i used a website builder for over a year and got 2-3 jobs form it ,
I then got Nat to build me a site and the work just keeps coming including 2 really big jobs which i have quoted for so the right website defo brings the work speak to Nathanael Jones avondhu-internet.com he does all the SEO so will place well on google . Mike
hi mike thanks for that will be in touch with him
regards colin
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My website works ok for me and with a bit of clever internet marketing I get calls every week. :)
hi when you say internet marketing whats that ?
apologies if im being thick
regards colin
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Get Nathanael to build you one Mick he built mine plus he does hosting as well www.mmwindowcleaning.co.uk he is a top guy and does a great job .
Colin a well built website is defo worth the extra spend i used a website builder for over a year and got 2-3 jobs form it ,
I then got Nat to build me a site and the work just keeps coming including 2 really big jobs which i have quoted for so the right website defo brings the work speak to Nathanael Jones avondhu-internet.com he does all the SEO so will place well on google . Mike
hi mike thanks for that will be in touch with him
regards colin
The other guys mentioned are MUCH cheaper than me (I charge £375 and upwards for a site) - - I do believe that I offer similar value for money,.. but if your budget is tight I reckon you can't beat studio-arts. ;)
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Window cleaning guy I know has a website that seems up on page one and I looked at his reviews:-
Good reviews from all over Bristol and saying how he was happy to do a one off and how he did their gutters and conny roofs etc. Admittedly there were some that said they "booked" him regularly - but I don't want one's and two's the other side of a large city.
But ... I don't want to drive all over Bristol for a one off or even a regular.
Does anyone here who is trying to build up compact local work get much result from a website?
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Erithwc seems to do realy well from he's website. Even though he said he was too busy and couldnt be bothered to build me 1 up >:(
If it brings in just 2 new £10 customers a week then theres your 12k extra you want in a year.
If i didnt canvass so much id have a website to bring in work for sure.
hi mick re canvaasing service im based approx 10 miles south of gatwick,is that an area you would cover ?
regards colin
Yes mate ill hit there for you.. Only 30 miles from me.
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My website works ok for me and with a bit of clever internet marketing I get calls every week. :)
hi when you say internet marketing whats that ?
apologies if im being thick
regards colin
I just look at how customers may find my website using the internet and then try and get the best results from that. It could be via facebook or gumtree or a million other ways.
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Erithwc seems to do realy well from he's website. Even though he said he was too busy and couldnt be bothered to build me 1 up >:(
If it brings in just 2 new £10 customers a week then theres your 12k extra you want in a year.
If i didnt canvass so much id have a website to bring in work for sure.
hi mick re canvaasing service im based approx 10 miles south of gatwick,is that an area you would cover ?
regards colin
Yes mate ill hit there for you.. Only 30 miles from me.
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Heres a link http://www.studioarts-dtv.co.uk ready made websites for window cleaning, mine was £95 set up and £5 per month hosting. Can go to my profile and have a look. Wayne.
hi wayne thanks for that,had a look at your site ,i think it looks good,have made a note of your web site designer.
do you get much work from it ?
regards colin
Depends where u are i think, i maybe get a couple of jobs a month from it and im on top half of page 1 on google but i live in a low population area, less than 60,000 in my county, prob would get better results if u live in a city but i also use it for taking payments at £5 per month cant go wrong really..
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Erithwc seems to do realy well from he's website. Even though he said he was too busy and couldnt be bothered to build me 1 up >:(
If it brings in just 2 new £10 customers a week then theres your 12k extra you want in a year.
If i didnt canvass so much id have a website to bring in work for sure.
hi mick re canvaasing service im based approx 10 miles south of gatwick,is that an area you would cover ?
regards colin
Yes mate ill hit there for you.. Only 30 miles from me.
hi mick that sounds good how can I contact you to discuss the way forward
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I Had mine designed by mike at studio arts www.cghwindowcleaning.co.uk I appear in the top 5 on page 1 on google for various search terms.i get between 1 and 6 calls a week from mine,just last week picked up a little commercial office from it.
Well worth the £5 a month hosting fee.
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www.vistaprint.co.uk are the best in my opinion for websites, about 7 quid a month for 3 pages and no charge the first 30 days so you can set it up dead easy a dunce could do it and theres no commitment .
iv had a vistaprint site about 3yrs now after reading on these very forums of them. iv raked in no end of decent jobs from it that id not have heard of otherwise
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Erithwc seems to do realy well from he's website. Even though he said he was too busy and couldnt be bothered to build me 1 up >:(
If it brings in just 2 new £10 customers a week then theres your 12k extra you want in a year.
If i didnt canvass so much id have a website to bring in work for sure.
hi mick re canvaasing service im based approx 10 miles south of gatwick,is that an area you would cover ?
regards colin
Yes mate ill hit there for you.. Only 30 miles from me.
hi mick how can I contact you to discuss,can you email me regards colin
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Hi colin.
Roundbuilder@hotmail.com
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Get Nathanael to build you one Mick he built mine plus he does hosting as well www.mmwindowcleaning.co.uk he is a top guy and does a great job .
Colin a well built website is defo worth the extra spend i used a website builder for over a year and got 2-3 jobs form it ,
I then got Nat to build me a site and the work just keeps coming including 2 really big jobs which i have quoted for so the right website defo brings the work speak to Nathanael Jones avondhu-internet.com he does all the SEO so will place well on google . Mike
hi mike thanks for that will be in touch with him
regards colin
The other guys mentioned are MUCH cheaper than me (I charge £375 and upwards for a site) - - I do believe that I offer similar value for money,.. but if your budget is tight I reckon you can't beat studio-arts. ;)
With respect to other guys you only get what you pay for the extra spend is defo worth it site design layout and overall appearance is far better if you spend a bit more .
Mine has paid for itself 10 times over and more . Mike
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Mick,
You should get a website for your canvassing business?
Andy
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Mick,
You should get a website for your canvassing business?
Andy
Got something sort of in place but to be honest i dont want to have too many people to canvass for at any particular time.. I hate being stressed with not enough time to gef everything done so a website wont do me many favours just yet. Besides i need to gain a good rep and good feedback before i lash out any dollar advertising.
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Hi colin.
Roundbuilder@hotmail.com
hi mick will e mail you in the morning as on wife's I pad my pc is in office,well garage really regards colin
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Just to say - we are currently working with Nathanael Jones at present, he is brilliant to work with, if you are thinking of having a website designed, I would really recommend getting in touch with him.
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Hi colin.
Roundbuilder@hotmail.com
hi mick will e mail you in the morning as on wife's I pad my pc is in office,well garage really regards colin
hi mick have e mailed you 8.25am thurs,would you let me know if you have received it.
regards colin
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Just to say - we are currently working with Nathanael Jones at present, he is brilliant to work with, if you are thinking of having a website designed, I would really recommend getting in touch with him.
LOL,.. So thats who you are on CIU!! I never made the connection before! Doh! ::)roll ;D
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Colin, I have a few sites and all have been very, very profitable. I was the first window cleaner in Shropshire to have a window cleaning website about 10 years ago. My business grew from 8K per annul to 36K in 3 years. It was all down to the website. There was NO competition, it was great. Times have changed though.
That said, websites ARE the way forward. My solar business has grown exponentially since I had my solar site built by www.discoverysquare.co.uk . The site is being overhauled by the same company and the new look site will grow my business further for sure.
There are a lot of sharks out there. I know my man is good, I know Nat is good from what everyone on here says. Personally, I would steer clear of Vistaprint. They copied and pasted my whole window cleaning website for someone in my town. I got the whole site taken off the web and it has never re-appeared. They should know better than to copy and paste. Go with recommendations, not companies who ring you up.
Spending £500 on a website is a very worthwhile investment, better than any pole you can buy. The ROI is amazing if the site is built properly. :)
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Hi Steve thanks for the advice,just going to start looking at all the options it's appears to be a minefield and yes I agree loads of sharks out there that just want youmoney
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Hi Steve thanks for the advice,just going to start looking at all the options it's appears to be a minefield and yes I agree loads of sharks out there that just want youmoney
Hope you get something sorted Colin.
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I got 900 plus views for june.
Which equates to 30 views a day.
Had 90 enquiries through my site.
And know of many more who found my website and called me.
hi they what your web site name please . just to look at it :)
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My wesite gets loads of hits ............. new dehli, coventry, london, portugal, usa, ireland, canada, manilla, even had one in wiltshire this week ;D
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I got 900 plus views for june.
Which equates to 30 views a day.
Had 90 enquiries through my site.
And know of many more who found my website and called me.
hi they what your web site name please . just to look at it :)
www.cleanerbrighterwindowcleaners.co.uk got 2 schools to clean from it this week.
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Get Nathanael to build you one Mick he built mine plus he does hosting as well www.mmwindowcleaning.co.uk he is a top guy and does a great job .
Colin a well built website is defo worth the extra spend i used a website builder for over a year and got 2-3 jobs form it ,
I then got Nat to build me a site and the work just keeps coming including 2 really big jobs which i have quoted for so the right website defo brings the work speak to Nathanael Jones avondhu-internet.com he does all the SEO so will place well on google . Mike
hi mike thanks for that will be in touch with him
regards colin
The other guys mentioned are MUCH cheaper than me (I charge £375 and upwards for a site) - - I do believe that I offer similar value for money,.. but if your budget is tight I reckon you can't beat studio-arts. ;)
With respect to other guys you only get what you pay for the extra spend is defo worth it site design layout and overall appearance is far better if you spend a bit more .
Mine has paid for itself 10 times over and more . Mike
not always the case because when they have your cash and you stop filling there pockets they don't care and then they wont give you he details to get the site reworked because they think they have some write not too ??? I have yet to meet a guy or girl I could trust to build me a site
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I got 900 plus views for june.
Which equates to 30 views a day.
Had 90 enquiries through my site.
And know of many more who found my website and called me.
hi they what your web site name please . just to look at it :)
www.cleanerbrighterwindowcleaners.co.uk got 2 schools to clean from it this week.
nice one I have spoken to Luke and started to get things underway many thanks
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let me know how it goes colin
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I got 900 plus views for june.
Which equates to 30 views a day.
Had 90 enquiries through my site.
And know of many more who found my website and called me.
hi they what your web site name please . just to look at it :)
www.cleanerbrighterwindowcleaners.co.uk got 2 schools to clean from it this week.
nice one I have spoken to Luke and started to get things underway many thanks
excellent your making the right move,his sites are far superior to others and at a very good price!
let me have a look at your site whens it done!
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Get Nathanael to build you one Mick he built mine plus he does hosting as well www.mmwindowcleaning.co.uk he is a top guy and does a great job .
Colin a well built website is defo worth the extra spend i used a website builder for over a year and got 2-3 jobs form it ,
I then got Nat to build me a site and the work just keeps coming including 2 really big jobs which i have quoted for so the right website defo brings the work speak to Nathanael Jones avondhu-internet.com he does all the SEO so will place well on google . Mike
hi mike thanks for that will be in touch with him
regards colin
The other guys mentioned are MUCH cheaper than me (I charge £375 and upwards for a site) - - I do believe that I offer similar value for money,.. but if your budget is tight I reckon you can't beat studio-arts. ;)
With respect to other guys you only get what you pay for the extra spend is defo worth it site design layout and overall appearance is far better if you spend a bit more .
Mine has paid for itself 10 times over and more . Mike
not always the case because when they have your cash and you stop filling there pockets they don't care and then they wont give you he details to get the site reworked because they think they have some write not too ??? I have yet to meet a guy or girl I could trust to build me a site
Nathanael is well known on this forum and he is a moderator of ACS forum based in Ireland has been on here for a good few years now . Mike
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let me know how it goes colin
ok it will be a while as lots of stuff to sort
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I got 900 plus views for june.
Which equates to 30 views a day.
Had 90 enquiries through my site.
And know of many more who found my website and called me.
hi they what your web site name please . just to look at it :)
www.cleanerbrighterwindowcleaners.co.uk got 2 schools to clean from it this week.
nice one I have spoken to Luke and started to get things underway many thanks
excellent your making the right move,his sites are far superior to others and at a very good price!
let me have a look at your site whens it done!
i have looked at a few of the sites he has done and was well impressed ,thought they were great value for money,I know some of the other guys have paid a lot more money for there sites and fair play to them if they think they've got value for money,maybe I'm a bit thick but I have to say I can't really see a lot of difference to Luke's sites and a £500.00 site but that's just my opinion. Will be a while before the site is up and running as have to sort information and photos to go on the site. Thanks again regards colin