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Websites for haulage companies

One load needs a spot-hire quote this afternoon. One customer wants the whole fleet on contract for the next two years.

PrimeStart designs a website around your haulage business, then hosts it, updates it and looks after it for you. Built to give a real quote for a real load and state your fleet and licensing honestly — 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
Row of European HGV lorries backed up to loading bays at a distribution depot
Built around your businessA spot-hire load needs a different page to a two-year fleet contract.

Example enquiry — not a real customer

Neat row of liveried lorries parked in a haulage company yard, representing a licensed operator fleet

Example design — fictional business

Why a website

A spot-hire load and a fleet contract are both decided on the same two facts: what you run, and what it costs.

No business hands a load to a haulier without checking the licence and the fleet first. A website that hides this behind a bare contact form loses that load to whoever states it plainly.

01

A spot-hire customer wants a real quote, fast

Weight, dimensions and route gathered up front, so the quote reflects the actual load, not a phone call to find out whether a truck is even free.

02

A contract customer wants trucks committed to their work

A business wanting the fleet on contract wants a route to discuss volume and duration, not the same form as a one-off load.

03

The licence and the fleet are stated honestly, not assumed

Being clear about your operator's licence, your Transport Manager CPC and the vehicles you actually run is what turns an enquiry into a booked load rather than a wasted one.

04

The right trade is named clearly

HGV loads needing an operator's licence is a different trade to same-day and multi-drop van work, and the site should say so.

Getting customers

Somebody with a load to place is searching right now.

“Haulage company near me”, “contract haulage Yorkshire”, “tipper hire Wakefield” — different searches, different urgency. Website + SEO is the ongoing work of being found for each one.

  • Local searches, agreed with you. We pick the three searches that matter most to your business — say, “haulage company Wakefield”, “contract haulage Yorkshire” and “tipper hire near me” — and work on them every month.
  • Google Business Profile. Set up and kept current, so your fleet, coverage and contact details show up correctly on the map when a business is comparing hauliers.
  • Reviews from genuine customers. A simple way to ask satisfied customers for a Google review, because a review is what a business checks before committing a load to a new haulier.
  • Content that answers real questions. What a spot-hire load actually costs, and how a fleet contract works — the things businesses search for before they're ready to commit.
  • 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 customers. We do promise consistent, honest work on being found — and to show you exactly what we did.

Manager in a haulage warehouse taking a call about a load to place, forklift and pallet racking behind him

Built for you

The licence and the fleet need to sit where a business placing a load actually looks.

Someone with a load to place this week and someone reviewing a two-year fleet contract are both making a considered, practical decision, and both deserve your licence and fleet stated plainly rather than buried behind a bare contact form. 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 a quote form that gathers the real load, fleet and licensing stated honestly, and spot-hire and contract work set out as the different services they are.

“One load needs a truck this week. One business wants the fleet on contract for two years. Neither wants to guess at a price.”

The real-quote rule behind every haulage site
Custom HTML & PHP on WordPress No page-builder templates Fast on mobile Yours after the term
Fleet of liveried European lorries lined up at a logistics hub loading canopy
1Quote, not calculator 2Fleet, stated honestly 3Two ways of working, shown as two 4Contract route
  • 1

    Weight, dimensions, route

    Gathered through the form, so the quote sent back reflects the actual load rather than a flat-rate guess.

  • 2

    What you run, and what you don't

    Your real fleet and operator's licence position, so a customer with a load knows before they commit.

  • 3

    Spot-hire and contract

    Most businesses on this page run both, and the site sets them out separately rather than blurring them together.

  • 4

    A form built for a long-term commitment

    Volume and duration asked up front, so a business wanting the fleet on contract is quoted properly, not as a single load.

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 businessApproved 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
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While you're on the road

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 businessYour fleet, licensing, coverage area and the contract work you take on.
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 haulage business, 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 haulage companies 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 haulage customers check before they book.

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

Haulage yard worker and driver reviewing a clipboard of booking details beside a lorry

Not sure which plan?

Tell us how much of your business is spot-hire loads versus long-term contracts, and we'll say honestly whether SEO is worth it for you yet.

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Most of our work comes from repeat contract customers. Do we need a website?
Repeat contracts keep the fleet moving until a customer changes supplier or a competitor turns up first in a search. A website is where a new business checks your fleet and your operator's licence and Transport Manager CPC position, before they hand over a load.
How much does a website for a haulage company 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 quote a load automatically?
No. The site gathers weight, dimensions, pickup and drop-off through a quote form, and sends it to you — a genuine haulage quote depends on the actual load, not a flat-rate calculator.
Can the site show our fleet and licensing clearly?
Yes. Your fleet, vehicle types and operator's licence position are stated plainly, so a customer with a load to place knows before they commit rather than after.
We do spot-hire loads and long-term contracts. Can the site show both properly?
Yes. Most businesses on this page run both, so the site sets them out separately — a quote route for a one-off load, and a contract enquiry route for a business wanting the fleet committed long-term.
We're a haulage firm, not a courier. Will the site make that clear?
Yes. Haulage here means loads that need an HGV and an operator's licence — a different trade to same-day and multi-drop courier work, and the site is written for the trade you actually do.
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.
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Get started

You know the fleet. We'll keep the website honest about the licence and the load.

Choose a plan, tell us your fleet and your licensing, and see your first design before anything goes live.

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