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Websites for butchers

A customer wants to know whose farm the beef came from before they drive past the supermarket.

PrimeStart designs a website around your shop, then hosts it, updates it and looks after it for you. Built around real provenance and today's cuts, never an online shop you don't run — from £99.99 a month with £0 upfront design fee.

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£99.99a month, £0 upfront
Custom builtnever a template
Fully managedhosting, changes, updates
Two butchers in aprons preparing cuts of meat at the counter of a traditional butcher shop
Built around your counterA customer weighing up the supermarket needs a real reason to choose you instead.

Example enquiry — not a real customer

A customer looking into the glass meat display while an older butcher in an apron waits to serve her

Example design — fictional business

Why a website

A customer who can see today's cuts and real provenance is one honest page away from choosing you.

Nobody drives past the supermarket for a butcher whose website can't say what's on the counter today. A stock photo of a chop and a phone number loses that customer every time.

01

A customer wants a reason to choose you

Today's cuts and specialities shown honestly, not a generic meat-counter stock photo.

02

Provenance is checked before choosing, not after

Named farms and suppliers stated only where you can genuinely support the claim — never implied.

03

Christmas and BBQ lead times are checked early

How far ahead to order before your busiest weeks, stated plainly rather than left to a phone queue.

04

No promise of an online shop you don't run

No ecommerce or delivery implied — the site builds the trust that starts the order, honestly.

Getting customers

Somebody choosing between you and the supermarket is searching right now, and not every search ends on a supermarket site.

"Independent butchers near me", "local butcher Christmas order", "provenance butcher" — different searches, different customers. Website + SEO is the ongoing work of being found for each one, so you win the order before the supermarket does.

  • Local searches, agreed with you. We pick the three searches that matter most to your shop — say, "independent butchers near me", "local butcher Christmas order" and "farm-sourced meat" — and work on them every month.
  • Google Business Profile. Set up and kept current, so your shop and location show up correctly on the map when a customer searches nearby.
  • Reviews from genuine customers. A simple way to ask satisfied customers for a Google review, because a review is what someone checks before choosing you over the supermarket.
  • Content that answers real questions. Where your meat comes from, how far ahead to order for Christmas, and what makes your shop different — the things people search for before they're ready to order.
  • A monthly report you can read. What we did, what moved, and what's next — in your Client Platform, in clear, straightforward language.

We never promise rankings or a number of orders. We do promise consistent, honest work on being found — and to show you exactly what we did.

A shopper in a jacket carrying a basket and looking at the meat display cabinet in a butcher counter

Built for you

What's on the counter and where it's from need to sit where a customer looks before they choose you.

A customer weighing up the supermarket and a regular placing a Christmas order both deserve today's cuts and honest provenance stated plainly rather than a generic stock photo. A template can't put the right facts in the right place. We can.

Every PrimeStart website is designed from scratch and custom coded on WordPress in HTML and PHP — no page builders, no theme bought off a shelf with your name typed in. It's built around your shop — what's on the counter, where it's from, how to order ahead — and a clean, honest enquiry route, never an online shop you don't run.

"A customer who's never been in your shop needs to know the provenance is real before they trust you over the supermarket."

The trust-first rule behind every butcher site
Custom HTML & PHP on WordPress No page-builder templates Fast on mobile Yours after the term
A butcher in a dark apron and cap slicing cured meats on a wooden board in a rustic shop
1An enquiry, not an online shop 2Provenance, named only where supported 3Christmas and BBQ ordering, with real lead times 4Click & collect, via your existing route
  • 1

    A clean, honest route to order ahead

    Cuts, quantities and collection date gathered through the form — never a promise of online ordering or delivery.

  • 2

    Real farms and suppliers, stated honestly

    Only where you can genuinely stand behind the claim — never implied for the shop as a whole.

  • 3

    Your busiest weeks, planned for properly

    So a regular customer knows when to get an order in, rather than finding out too late.

  • 4

    A link, not a rebuilt ordering system

    Whichever collection route you already use — never a new ecommerce system built on top of it.

What's included

Everything a website needs to run, handled for you.

You don't need to learn hosting, domains or WordPress. Every PrimeStart website comes with the technical side done and looked after — for as long as you're with us.

Design & build

  • Custom design around your shopApproved by you
  • Custom coded on WordPressHTML & PHP
  • Up to 5 pages to startMore via your platform
  • Mobile-first, fast loading

Hosting & security

  • Hosting, included
  • Domain name & SSL certificate
  • Daily backups
  • Security monitoring & updates

Changes & management

  • Small changes when you need themWithin service scope
  • WordPress & plugin updatesEvery month
  • Enquiry forms to your phone
  • Support from real people

Your Client Platform

  • See your site's progress
  • Request changes in a click
  • Order extra pages
  • SEO reports (Website + SEO)Monthly
A butcher in whites feeding fresh meat into a mincer at a tiled counter
Between orders

We're on the website. Updates, fixes, backups and changes happen in the background — you'll only hear from us when there's something worth hearing.

How it starts

Tell us about your shopWhat you sell, your provenance and how orders currently reach you.
See your designWe design your site and you approve it before anything goes live.
Go live, looked afterYour site launches, and we keep running it from then on.

Choose your plan

Two plans. The difference is whether you want help being found.

Both give you a complete, managed website. One adds ongoing SEO work to it. Pay monthly, or pay upfront for the year and save 25%.

Website

A professional website for your butcher's shop, looked after for you.

£99.99a month

Save 25%

12-month plan. £0 upfront design fee.

Start my website
Months 1–12£99.99 a month
OwnershipYours after the 12-month term

£899.91once

12 months of Website paid upfront — saving £299.97.

Start my website
Instead of£1,199.88 over 12 months
OwnershipEarly handover once approved, or keep it managed

Design, build, hosting, domain, SSL, backups, updates, small changes, support and your Client Platform login.

For getting found

Website + SEO

For butchers who want help being found on Google.

£349.99a month, in total

Save 25%

Includes your managed website. SEO runs for a 6-month minimum.

Start Website + SEO
Months 1–6£349.99 a month · SEO minimum
Months 7–12£349.99 · or stop SEO and pay £99.99

£3,149.91once

12 months of Website and 12 months of SEO paid upfront — saving £1,049.97.

Start Website + SEO
Instead of£4,199.88 over 12 months
Covers12 months of Website and SEO

Everything in Website, plus three agreed local searches worked on monthly, Google Business Profile, reviews, technical fixes and a monthly report.

First payment at signup, no setup charges. Monthly customers own their site after the agreed 12-month term; upfront customers can take early handover once the site is complete and approved. Full terms on the pricing page.

Questions

What customers ask us before they order.

The commercial questions, answered plainly. Anything else, ask us — a real person will call you back.

A smiling butcher in an apron holding out a tray of fresh red meat to a customer at the shop counter

Not sure which plan?

Tell us how much of your trade comes through search versus regular, walk-in customers, and we'll say honestly whether SEO is worth it for you yet.

Request a call
Can customers order and pay online through the site?
No. The site's job is to show what you sell and gather a clear order enquiry — cuts, quantities, collection date — that reaches you to confirm directly. It doesn't include online ordering, payment or delivery as part of the standard plan. If you already take click & collect orders another way, we link through to it.
How much does a website for a butcher cost with PrimeStart?
Website is £99.99 a month for 12 months with no upfront design fee, or £899.91 paid upfront for the year (save 25%). Website + SEO is £349.99 a month in total, or £3,149.91 paid upfront for 12 months of Website and SEO. For new agreements, after the first 12 months the website continues automatically at £49.99 a month for hosting and aftercare, with no new minimum term, unless you give 30 days' notice; Website + SEO continues at £299.99 a month while SEO is still running. Existing customers keep the pricing in their own agreement.
Can the site name the farms we buy from?
Yes, but only where you can genuinely stand behind the claim. We never imply a named farm or local provenance you haven't confirmed with us — say what you can support, and that's what appears.
Can the site show our Food Hygiene Rating?
Yes, if you'd like it shown, exactly as recorded by the Food Standards Agency's Food Hygiene Rating Scheme. We never invent, estimate or round a rating — only what's actually on record.
We're busiest at Christmas and for BBQ season. Can the site handle that?
Yes. Christmas and BBQ ordering, with realistic lead times, are set out clearly so regular customers know when to get an order in before your busiest weeks.
Are you aware of allergen and food labelling rules?
We write with an awareness of the Food Standards Agency's allergen guidance, but we're not a source of legal advice — your labelling and allergen wording is confirmed with you and, where needed, your own adviser.
Do I own the website?
Yes. On the monthly plan the site is yours after the agreed 12-month term, subject to the contract. If you pay upfront you can choose an early handover once the site is complete and approved, or keep it managed with us.
How long until my site is live?
Once we have your details and photos we design your site, show it to you, make your amendments and go live only when you've approved it. You'll see the first design before anything is public.
A butcher in a red apron and mesh glove cutting a large joint of fresh meat on a board

Get started

You know the cuts. We'll keep the website honest about provenance and orders.

Choose a plan, tell us about your provenance and your ordering, and see your first design before anything goes live.

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