Websites for taxi and private hire firms
Someone needs a cab in ten minutes. Someone else is booking an airport run for next Tuesday. The same page has to answer both.
PrimeStart designs a website around your taxi or private hire business, then hosts it, updates it and looks after it for you. Built to show you're properly licensed and to make it obvious how to book — from £99.99 a month with £0 upfront design fee.
Example enquiry — not a real customer
Example design — fictional business
Why a website
Two customers decide the same way: is this outfit properly licensed, and does it cover where they're going.
Someone who needs a car within the hour and someone booking an airport transfer weeks out are both, underneath, deciding whether to trust a stranger's car. A website that hides licensing and coverage behind a bare phone number loses both.
A customer with ten minutes wants proof, fast
Licensing shown plainly and a booking route in one tap, not a search through a contact page to work out whether you're legitimate.
A traveller books an airport transfer weeks ahead
They want to know the pricing basis, that the route is covered, and that the car will be there — long before the journey, not on the morning of it.
Licensing is checked, not assumed
Being clear about operator, driver and vehicle licensing, worded exactly as your authority issues it, is what turns a stranger's car into one someone will actually get into.
A business wants a proper account, not a one-off fare
A company or school with regular travel wants an account enquiry route that asks about volume and regularity, not the same form as a single journey.
Getting customers
Somebody who needs a car right now is searching for one.
“Taxi near me”, “private hire Preston”, “airport transfer cost” — 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, “taxi Preston”, “private hire near me” and “airport transfer Lancashire” — and work on them every month.
- Google Business Profile. Set up and kept current, so your coverage area, phone number and licensing show up correctly on the map, especially late at night when it matters most.
- Reviews from genuine customers. A simple way to ask satisfied customers for a Google review, because a review is what someone checks before getting into an unmarked car.
- Content that answers real questions. What an airport transfer costs, and how a business account works — the things people search for before they're ready to book.
- 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.
Built for you
Licensing and coverage need to sit where a nervous customer actually looks first.
Someone checking whether to get into your car and someone booking a business account weeks ahead are both making a trust decision before a practical one, and both deserve licensing and coverage stated plainly rather than buried behind a bare phone number. 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 licensing shown clearly, your coverage area stated honestly, and a link straight through to the booking route you already use.
“One customer wants a car in ten minutes. One is booking six weeks out. Both want to know we're licensed before anything else.”
The trust-first rule behind every taxi and private hire site
- 1
Worded as your authority issues it
Operator, driver and vehicle licensing (or TfL licensing, in London) shown plainly, never softened or implied.
- 2
The routes you actually take
Towns and distances you genuinely cover, so a customer researching a longer journey knows before they call.
- 3
Not a new dispatch system
A clear link through to the phone line, app or form you already use to take bookings, made easy to find.
- 4
A form built for regular travel
Volume and frequency asked up front, so a company or school's account is quoted properly, not as a one-off fare.
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
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 for the year and save 25%.
Website
A professional website for your taxi or private hire business, looked after for you.
£99.99a month
Save 25%
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 taxi and private hire firms 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 + 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 taxi and private hire customers check before committing.
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 business is passing trade versus repeat and account customers, and we'll say honestly whether SEO is worth it for you yet.
Request a callMost of our work comes from regulars and a rank we already stand on. Do we need a website?
How much does a website for a taxi or private hire firm cost with PrimeStart?
Will the site show that we're properly licensed?
Can the site take bookings directly?
We run both local jobs and airport transfers. Can the site show both properly?
Can we take enquiries from businesses wanting a regular account?
Do I own the website?
How long until my site is live?
Get started
You know the route. We'll keep the website honest about who you're licensed by.
Choose a plan, tell us your licensing and the areas you cover, and see your first design before anything goes live.
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