Websites for a garage, MOT centre or vehicle service
Booked in for an MOT before they've had to ring round.
We build websites for garages, MOT centres, tyre fitters and vehicle servicing businesses in Bude, North Cornwall and North Devon: the booking button, this week's price and the courtesy car question answered in the first screen, so the enquiry lands online instead of down the phone. A website starts at £1,195, or we build it free from £25 a month.
From £25 a month, or from £1,195Every price
“You're elbow-deep in a cambelt when the phone goes. Whoever answers gets the MOT slot, and it isn't you, because your hands are covered in oil and the machine cuts them off after ten seconds.”
A site that turns 'MOT near me' into a booked slot with the price and the courtesy car question answered, so the yes happens online while your hands are still on the car.
Every ramp booked, and the phone still ringing.
The words below are the ones you use. We write the site in them rather than translating them into something a stranger would say.
Every ramp is booked before you've had a coffee: two MOTs, a service, and a brake job that came in as a walk-in because the pedal went soft on the way over. The MOT reminder lands on a customer's phone a month out from the DVSA, but most people don't book off the back of it. They wait until the fortnight before it runs out, then ring round while the kettle's on, and the slot goes to whoever answers, not necessarily the best mechanic in Kilkhampton.
A lot of your trade is the same handful of cars coming back every year: the same mechanic who's had the keys to that Corsa since 2019 and can hear what's wrong with it down the phone. That loyalty is worth more than any advert. The gap is the family who've just moved to Stratton and don't have a garage yet. They don't know your name, so they check what comes up and what other people have said about you before they ring anyone.
Then there's the summer traffic: visitors towing caravans down the A39, a hire car with a warning light on, someone's holiday interrupted at Widemouth Bay because a fan belt went at the worst possible time. They need a slot today, not a call back this afternoon, and a courtesy car if the job runs into tomorrow. Your site's job is to have the booking, the price and the courtesy car question all answered before the phone even rings.
- MOT
- class 4 MOT
- the ramp
- cambelt
- advisories
- diagnostics
- courtesy car
- collection and drop-off
- trade parts
- the forecourt
- warning light
- same mechanic for years
Tempcover, as reported, 2026
34%of UK drivers name a garage's local reputation or online reviews as a reason they trust it
Source: Tempcover, as reported, 2026. motester.co.uk's write-up of a 2,000-driver Tempcover survey; Tempcover's own release could not be found published separately.
motester.co.uk/consumer-trust-is-more-important-than-ever-for-uk-garagesWhat your site actually has to carry.
Not a feature list. These are the things a customer of yours is trying to do, and where each one has to sit before they give up and ring somebody else.
| What it needs | Why, for you | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| Book an MOT or service online | Most people ring round when the reminder is about to run out; the one that lets them book right then gets the car. | A button in the first screen, wired to your diary or booking system |
| This week's price, not 'call for a quote' | A driver comparing three garages by phone picks the one that just tells them the number. | Next to the booking button, for the MOT and the basic service |
| Courtesy car, stated plainly | Whether one comes with the job decides whether someone can say yes today. | On the booking page, with any conditions |
| The makes and the work you actually take on | Diagnostics on a modern hybrid is a different job from a cambelt on an old diesel; saying which saves a wasted call. | A short page, in plain English, not a manufacturer badge wall |
| Collection and drop-off | Some customers work all day and can't wait in reception; saying you'll collect the car removes their only objection. | Stated on the booking page and the home page |
| A review link sent after every job | Somebody who's just moved to the area checks reviews before they ring; the review almost never appears without being asked for. | Your Google Business Profile, sent by text the day the car goes back |
What we’d do first.
Before a rebuild, before a rebrand, before anything with a monthly fee attached to it. In this order, for a garage, MOT centre or vehicle service.
A 'Book an MOT or service' button with this week's price and the courtesy car question answered, so the booking happens online instead of a phone call while you're under a bonnet.
The MOT class, the makes you actually work on, and collection and drop-off written out in plain words, so the enquiry that lands is one you want.
A Google Business Profile with the right hours and categories, and a review link sent by text after every job, because that's the page most people check before they ring round for a slot.
And what we wouldn’t bother with
A live, minute-by-minute booking calendar
A two- or three-ramp garage does not need software built for a forty-bay dealership. A simple form that asks for the job and the day you'd like, confirmed with a call, does the same work for a fraction of the cost and the time to build.
The words your customers actually type.
Not keywords. Half-sentences, typed with one thumb, usually within a few miles of you and usually about to spend money.
MOT Bude
garage Holsworthy
tyres Launceston
car service Kilkhampton
Every one of those is either a page on your site or a line on your Google Business Profile, and usually both. Local SEO and the Google profile is priced on its own, set up once and kept right through the season.
Read next: How do I show up on Google Maps in Bude?
What that takes, and what it costs.
Every one of these has a published price. Where it’s a range, a short call turns it into one fixed figure in writing before any work begins.
- Website design and buildFree build from £25/month, or from £1,195The MOT price, a booking request and the courtesy car question answered, on a phone.
- Local SEO and Google Business ProfileGoogle Business Profile setup £90Found for 'MOT near me' and the town, with your real opening hours on Google.
- Care planFrom £60/monthHosting and backups, and from the Grow plan up price and opening-hours changes sent over on WhatsApp.
Most of what we can show you so far is holiday parks, glamping and holiday home sales, built by the same two people under our holiday-park name. The thinking is the same and the figures on each study are lab measurements, stated in full. See the work.
Care plans, marketing and the smaller extras are all on the pricing page. When you know what you need, start your project.
The questions we get, answered straight.
Can people book an MOT or service straight from the site?
Yes. We wire the booking into the diary or system you already use, so a real slot goes in rather than an enquiry you have to ring back. If you're still taking bookings on paper, we'll talk through what suits a two- or three-ramp shop before building anything new.
Should we put our prices on the site?
We put the price you're comfortable quoting for the standard jobs, an MOT or a basic service, so it settles the phone-round before it starts. Anything found once the car's on the ramp still gets a call before work starts, which protects you as much as it reassures them.
Most of our trade is repeat customers. Do we still need a website?
Less than a garage relying on passing trade, but every year some of your regulars move away or sell the car, and whoever they tell their neighbour to try next is decided by what comes up online. The site mostly earns its keep with the driver who's just moved to Kilkhampton and doesn't have a garage yet.
What does a website for a garage cost?
A Fast-Track Website, from £1,195, covers the booking button, your prices, the makes you work on and the courtesy car question answered. Google Business Profile setup is £90 on top of that. Hosting and updates are the care plan, from £60 a month. Or we build it free from £25 a month on a pay-monthly plan. Every price is on our pricing page, and a range is fixed in writing before we start.
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Send us your web address. We'll tell you what's costing you bookings.
Built in Bude: The Bank at Bude, The Triangle, Bar Thirty Five. See all the work
We look at it the way one of your customers would: on a phone, in a hurry, on a Bude signal. Then you get an email from Leonard or Rebecca with the one thing to fix first and roughly what it would cost.
The check costs nothing and there is no sales call after it.