Preview First

We build your website first. You pay only if you want it.

Describe your business in two minutes. We write the words, design the page and build it, and your preview appears on this screen, usually within 30 minutes. Keep it and pay, or walk away and owe nothing.

No deposit, no card, no sign-up. Operated by Finlay Consulting, Toronto. Questions: jonathan@finlayconsulting.ca

What a finished one looks like

Five sites built the way yours would be: from a few lines of notes, in under an hour each. The businesses are made up. Yours is written and laid out for your trade, not poured into one of these.

Sample one-page website for a plumberA plumberEmergency calls, prices up front, service area Sample one-page website for a hair studioA hair studioFull-photo opening, gallery, price menu Sample one-page website for a bakeryA bakeryWhat comes out of the oven and when, hours, wholesale Sample one-page website for a landscaperA landscaperRecent projects, seasonal services, care plans Sample one-page website for a bookkeeperA bookkeeperMonthly plans, what to expect, common questions

Have your own logo and photos? Good. Real photos of your work beat anything from a library, and you can send them as soon as your order is in.

Why build it before you pay?

Because it is the cheaper way to sell a website. A one-page site takes us well under an hour to write and build. Showing you the finished thing costs us less than a sales call, and it tells you far more than a quote would.

Most web projects go wrong before anything exists: in the pitch, the deposit, the weeks of waiting. So that part is gone. You judge the site, not a promise about it.

What's the catch?

  • Your preview carries a banner and lives on our address until you pay.
  • Unpaid previews come down when the shop closes, Tuesday at 7 pm Eastern.
  • The price covers the site. A web address of your own is separate, about $20 a year from any registrar.
  • These are sites that explain a business and bring in calls. No online stores, no booking systems.

What you can order

Three things, fixed prices, no calls. Each one is built before you pay for it.

One-page website

Your whole business on one page: what you do, why people pick you, and how to reach you. The words are written for you, and the page is designed and built to work on phones. One round of changes is included.

C$550

Five-page website

Home, services, about, contact, and one more page of your choice. Same deal as above: built first, paid for only if you want it.

C$1,100

Website teardown

Send the address of the site you have now. You get back the ten changes most likely to bring you more enquiries, with a rewritten headline and opening section. You read the first three before paying.

C$95

How an order goes

From your first click to a finished site, in four steps.

  1. Describe the business. The form takes about two minutes.
  2. Your site gets built. You can watch each stage tick off on this page. The preview usually arrives within 30 minutes, always within three hours.
  3. Look it over on your phone and your computer. Ask for changes if something is off.
  4. If you want it, pay and it's yours. If you don't, you owe nothing.

Start an order

Write it the way you'd explain your business to a new neighbour. Rough notes are fine. They get turned into the page.

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Check an order

Enter the code you were given when you sent your order.

Questions

The ones worth asking before you send anyone money.

What else will I need to pay for?

A web address of your own, about $20 a year from any registrar. Hosting can be free, and the instructions that come with your files show how. There is no monthly fee to us, no contract and no subscription.

Who am I paying?

Finlay Consulting, a business in Toronto, through PayPal. The receipt carries that name. You pay only after you have seen your finished site. To reach a person, write to jonathan@finlayconsulting.ca.

What exactly do I get?

The finished site as plain files that run on any web host, with instructions for putting it on your own address. You download them from your order page as soon as your payment shows up. The site also stays online at its preview address for 30 days so you have time to move it.

What can't be built this way?

Online stores, booking systems and anything that needs a login. These are sites that explain a business and get people to call, write or visit. The design works without photos, and the spots for yours are marked.

What if I don't like it?

Then you don't pay. Nobody should have to buy a website they haven't seen.

How long is the shop open?

Until 7:00 pm Eastern on Tuesday, November 10. This is a one-day run. Anything ordered before then gets built and delivered.

What do you do with my details?

They are used to build your site. No email address is collected, so there is no list to end up on.