Websites for recycling and scrap metal businesses
Web design for recycling and scrap metal businesses: what you take
PrimeStart designs a website around your business, then hosts it, updates it and looks after it for you. Built to answer a customer's question before they move to the next yard on the list — from £79.99 a month with £0 upfront design fee.
Example enquiry — not a real customer
Example design — fictional business
Why a website
A customer bringing in or clearing out metal wants a clear answer before they load the van.
They want to know what you take, whether you're a licensed dealer, and how you pay - fast, because most customers are comparing two or three yards at once. A site that answers all three clearly, rather than a phone number that goes unanswered mid-clearance, is often the difference between an enquiry and a drive to the next yard.
A customer checks what you take
Ferrous metal, non-ferrous metal, or trade and site clearance collections, described exactly as your business does them.
A customer checks your licence
Your Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 licence, described as your own, rather than left to a phone call to confirm.
A customer checks how you pay
Your own payment method, described accurately - cash payment is prohibited by law across the whole trade, and the site states that plainly.
They want a fast way to ask
A simple enquiry route, rather than a form built for something else, catches the enquiries you'd otherwise lose.
Getting found
A customer usually searches before they ever call.
"Scrap metal recycling near me", "licensed metal dealer Rotherham", "sell scrap copper South Yorkshire" — searches made by traders and households looking to recycle metal. Website + SEO is the ongoing work of being visible when they do.
- Local searches, agreed with you. We pick the three searches that matter most to your business — say, "scrap metal yard Rotherham", "licensed metal recycler near me" and "sell scrap metal South Yorkshire" — and work on them every month.
- Google Business Profile. Set up and kept current, so you appear on the map with your materials taken, your coverage area and a way to get in touch.
- Reviews handled carefully. A simple way to gather genuine reviews from customers you've worked with, shown as written and never used to imply a result we can't confirm.
- Content that answers real questions. What materials you accept, what your licence covers, and how payment works, written accurately for the customers asking.
- A monthly report you can read. What moved and what we're doing about it — in your Client Platform, without the analytics jargon.
We never promise rankings or a number of new visitors. We do promise consistent, honest work on being found — and to show you exactly what we did.
Built for you
A customer needs a clear answer about materials and licensing fast, not one generic waste-trade template.
They're deciding whether you'll take their metal and whether you're a properly licensed dealer, and a generic template that never actually says either makes that harder than it should be. We don't.
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 logo dropped in. It's built around what your yard actually offers: your materials, your licence, and your own process.
"A customer clearing out metal wants to know, clearly, whether you'll take it and whether you're a licensed dealer paying properly, not in cash. Show them both, and most of the back-and-forth goes away."
Why materials and licensing sit side by side on every recycling and scrap metal site- 1
Ferrous, non-ferrous and clearance collections, never assumed together
Described exactly as your business has them, never inflated to look bigger than it is.
- 2
The weighing and collection process you actually work to
Never a generic materials list or a service you don't actually offer.
- 3
Your council licence, only where you hold it currently
Background information for customers, never a claim about a licence we can't confirm.
- 4
A link to your existing enquiry or collection process
Never an online ordering or payment system we build — a clear route to however metal is already weighed and paid for.
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 inbox
- 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
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
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 and save 15%.
Website
A professional recycling and scrap metal website, looked after for you.
£79.99a month
12-month plan. £0 upfront design fee.
Start my websiteDesign, build, hosting, domain, SSL, backups, updates, small changes, support and your Client Platform login.
Website + SEO
For businesses who want help being found on Google.
£349.99a month, in total
Includes your managed website. The extra £270 a month is the SEO work.
Start Website + SEOEverything 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 recycling and scrap metal businesses ask us.
The commercial questions, answered plainly. Anything else, ask us — a real person will call you back.
Not sure which plan?
Tell us how much of your work comes from search versus repeat trade customers and word of mouth, and we'll say honestly whether SEO is worth it for you yet.
Request a callCan the site show our own prices?
Does the website include an online ordering or payment system?
Can the site mention our scrap metal dealer licence?
How much does a website for a recycling or scrap metal business cost with PrimeStart?
Is the domain name included?
How quickly will I see a first draft?
Get started
You run the recycling business. We'll build the website.
Choose a plan, tell us about your business, and see your first design before anything goes live.
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