[NOOB GUIDE] Designing websites for your local business

Introduction
This method requires $0 investment, however, in order to maximize your earnings it would be wise to invest around $20/monthly. This is 100% optional, I will explain why later on.

Method
Method is pretty straight forward, you will be designing websites for your local restaurants, shops, etc. Now you are probably thinking, how the fuck am I supposed to create a website when I have no idea about HTML, CSS etc. No worries, there is a simple website that will literally make websites for you. That website it called Wix (you probably heard of it), there are some alternatives like Weebly, SquareSpace but Wix is the best one in my opinion.

Wix is a free site and on there you will be creating a website (I will explain how later on) for your local restaurants, clubs, etc. Everything you get is literally profit, since we have no investments or any other costs.

Optional investment is $20/monthly which I recommend you getting, it's Wix premium membership which will give you a lot of benefits like unlimited bandwidth, custom domain (for example www.yourrestaurant.com) and so on. You can read more about Wix premium plans in the link below. http://www.wix.com/upgrade/website (look for Unlimited plan that goes for $19.99/month)

In the next chapter I will explain you how to create Wix website, how & when to contact a restaurant/shop and what to look for when creating a website for them.

Getting customers
Before creating a website we need to find a restaurant (or anyone else) that desperately needs a new website. Those are usually your local restaurants that don't get much online traffic You will either go to the restaurant or e-mail/call them and explain how you are website developer & designer and that you would like to make them a new website for cheap.

Word of advice, it's 100 times better to call or show up than to email, text, WhatsApp, whatever. People will take you 100 times more seriously if you show to the restaurant and explain what you do and how can new & improved website help a restaurant.

Creating a website with Wix
After you find owners that are willing to buy the website, head over to Wix and start creating it. I would suggest you searching for templates in restaurants & food category, those are usually best ones for the type of website we are doing (they usually have contact form, online ordering...) In my opinion, best templates are

• Vegetarian Restaurant (personal favorite)
• Coffee House
• Cooking School
• Bread Shop
• Italian Restaurant

List of all Restaurant & Food templates can be found here https://www.wix.com/website/templates/html/restaurants-food/1

After you found template you like it's pretty straight forward, edit it a bit so it matches your restaurant description, edit address, contact, menu, etc. (be sure to ask your restaurant owner what do they want on the site & how do they want the site to look)

I will not go into much details since you just need to click the box and change the text/image but if you still need help please email me and I will help you out as much as I can.

Here is an example website I created in literally 5 minutes.

https://grbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.wixsite.com/mysite

Payment
Now, you are probably thinking, how much am I going to charge for the website? Well, I usually charge between $200-300 per website. I could easily set the price at $500 per website but that is too much imo, especially considering that I made it for free.

After you made the website, send the preview (screenshots or something) to the restaurant owner and see how he feels about it. If he likes it, pay $20 for premium plan and see what URL would be the best for that specific restaurant. Some examples that you should consider.

• www.name-restaurant.com
• www.nameresraurant.com
• www.restaurant-name.com (best one in my opinion)
• www.restaurantname.com
• www.name.com

Final words
This method might be an open door for the most people. I have been using this tactic a few years ago and it went well. Also, Wix is just an example, but if you need more control over your website, WordPress is the way to go.

Enjoy!

This is a great guide @Festinger. I think one of the issues involved here, though, is a one-time website fee versus a monthly cost for the Wix site. If you think about it, if the customer's website is a one-time $300 charge, and you're paying $20 a month for Wix and the cost of the domain, after 16 months you are in the red.

The trick here is ensuring that your revenue is recurring.

Festinger said:

I know you are sceptical and that you are probably thinking about asking for a refund but let me explain everything once again.

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Refund?

BassTrackerBoats said:

Refund?

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Sorry, this was meant to be added to an ebook, but I decided to share it for free.

Why wix?

blackbrut said:

Why wix?

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No hassle to setup for noobs.

This is a great method.There are a lot of new businesses opening here in my area. Hopefully I can try this method.

For restaurants who already have websites, is it easy to transfer existing domains to Wix?

Stansy said:

For restaurants who already have websites, is it easy to transfer existing domains to Wix?

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Yes, you can setup custom domains.

I remember seeing this methd before, but it's great to see it clearly explained in an updated way.

Stansy said:

For restaurants who already have websites, is it easy to transfer existing domains to Wix?

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Why would you do that?

Great method. I read in an other topic months ago that you can also make on offer like "20$/month for maintenance". According to what he said it is not a lot of work most of the time.