A website you own, instead of a Facebook page
A Facebook page is rented space. This is the plain case for a UK small business to own a website that Google can actually find.
Customers search Google. They do not search Facebook.
When someone in your area wants a plumber, a hairdresser, or a builder, they type it into Google. A Facebook page rarely shows up there. A website built around what you do, and where you do it, can. That is the difference between being found by someone ready to buy and being invisible to them.
A Facebook page only reaches people who already follow you, and only a fraction of them. A website reaches the people who have never heard of you yet — the ones actively looking right now.
You rent a Facebook page. You own a website.
Facebook decides what your page can do, who sees it, and whether it stays online. Accounts get suspended for reasons that are never fully explained, and there is no easy way to appeal. If it happens to you, everything you built is gone overnight.
A GitFoundry website is yours. The source code is transferred to your own account on delivery. It runs free on GitHub Pages, and if you ever wanted to move it elsewhere, you could. No one can switch it off.
No monthly fees, no boosting, no algorithm
Reaching your own followers on Facebook increasingly means paying to "boost" a post. That cost never ends. A GitFoundry site is a one-time payment from £349, hosted free afterwards. You are not renting attention month after month — you own the shopfront.
You can keep your Facebook page too. Many businesses do. The point is that it should point to a website you own, not be the only thing you have.
When a Facebook page is enough
If your business is purely social — a community group, a hobby, something you run for fun — a Facebook page may be all you need. If you rely on word of mouth alone and never want new customers to find you on Google, you can stop here.
But if you want to be found by people searching for what you offer, and you want to own what you have paid for, a website is the foundation and Facebook is the extra. Submit a brief and get a fixed quote within 48 hours.
Own your shopfront. Pay once.
A real website, found on Google, from £349 — no monthly fees, no algorithm.
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