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Websites and Leads for Trades and Home Service Businesses in South Africa
Win the callout, quote from the van, get paid. One system.
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Social Agencies builds websites, quoting software and lead generation for trades and home service businesses: electricians, plumbers, builders and renovators across South Africa. You get a site built to be found on Google Maps, quotes sent from the van, and enquiries from Meta ads landing on your phone. One system, one team, in your name.
What we build for home service businesses
Built for your trade
Pick your trade to see exactly what Social Agencies builds for it, with the proof.
The first call
Sound familiar?
Four things home service owners tell us, almost word for word.
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You pay for leads everyone else got too
The directory sells the same homeowner to several other companies. Whoever phones first and quotes lowest wins, and you paid either way.
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Quotes get typed at night
You measure up on site, drive home, and build the quote at the kitchen table after dinner. By then the customer has had two other prices.
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Invisible on Google Maps
Someone nearby searches for exactly what you do. Three other names come up on the map. Yours is not one of them, so the phone stays quiet.
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Chasing money you already earned
The job is done and signed off, and you are still sending reminders weeks later. Nobody knows at a glance who owes what.
Be the one they call
How do I show up when someone nearby searches for my trade?
Through the map. When a homeowner searches for help near them, Google shows a map with a handful of businesses first. Most calls go to those names.
Social Agencies sets up and completes your Google Business Profile and builds your website with a page for every service and every area you cover, so Google knows exactly what you do and where.
- A complete Google Business Profile, kept up to date
- A page for each service and each suburb you work in
- A review link on every invoice you send
Plumbing, Helderberg
Vics Plumbing: the owner reports more calls and more work, with no paid marketing.
Social Agencies built Vics Plumbing a fast, credible website made for the phone, with tap to call, WhatsApp and a page for each service. Since it went live, the owner reports more calls and more work coming in, with no paid marketing running.
Read the Vics Plumbing case study Visit vicsplumbing.co.za ↗
What you get
Everything a home service business needs to win work, in one system
Three parts, built by one team to work together. Start with the one that hurts most, or take all three.
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Part 1
The website
A hand-coded site that loads fast on a phone and makes a stranger trust you enough to call.
- A page for every service and area you cover
- Tap to call and WhatsApp on every page
- Your registrations, reviews and real job photos up front
- Domain and hosting in your name
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Part 2
The quoting and job software (BlitzBooks)
Our own quoting and invoicing app for South African trades, run from the phone in your pocket.
- Quotes sent from site with your logo
- Job cards and a calendar for the team
- Invoices raised from the accepted quote
- A list of who still owes you
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Part 3
The leads (Meta ads and Google Maps)
Enquiries that come to you alone, not a lead sold to a list of competitors.
- Facebook and Instagram ads showing your real work
- Aimed at the suburbs you actually want to work in
- Google Business Profile set up and kept current
- Every enquiry straight to your phone
One team. One system. One monthly partner. Built, run and improved by Social Agencies.
Book a callQuote from the van
Your quote goes out before you leave the driveway
Build the quote on your phone while you are still on site, with your own line items and your logo. The customer gets a clean PDF and can accept it the same day.
The accepted quote becomes a job card, then an invoice, without typing anything twice. Your evenings are yours again.
- Quotes built and sent from your phone on site
- Accepted quote becomes a job card, then an invoice
- One list of who still owes you, and how much
Our own software
BlitzBooks: quoting and invoicing for South African trades, live and in daily use.
Social Agencies built and runs BlitzBooks. Quotes, invoices, job cards, expenses and a list of who still owes you, from the phone in your van.
Know what you are buying
Lead directories, a template website, or one joined system?
Each has its place. Here is the honest difference.
| Lead directories | A template website | Social Agencies | |
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| Who else gets the enquiry | Often several competitors | Nobody, if anyone finds it | Nobody |
| What you compete on | Speed and the lowest price | Whatever the template allows | Your work and your reviews |
| Built to be found on Google Maps | No | Rarely | Yes, a page per service and area |
| Quoting and invoicing | No | No | BlitzBooks, from your phone |
| What you keep if you stop | Nothing | Often nothing, the builder owns it | Domain, site and customer list |
In build
Electro-Spark: a 38-page site for an electrical contractor and solar installer.
Social Agencies is building Electro-Spark a site with a page for every service and area it covers, so it can be found for each one. The site is in its final build stage, and the owner reports more calls.
Read the Electro-Spark case study Visit electro-spark-two.vercel.app ↗
Why us
Why do home service businesses choose Social Agencies?
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We built software for trades first
BlitzBooks is our own quoting and invoicing app for South African trades, live and in daily use. Social Agencies understands quotes, job cards and callouts because we built the tool that runs them.
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One team, not three suppliers
The website, the software and the ads come from Social Agencies. When an enquiry goes missing, there is one number to call and nobody to blame but us.
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Your leads are yours alone
Every enquiry from your site, your map listing and your ads comes to you. Nobody else is phoning the same homeowner, so you can win on your work instead of your price.
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Built for the phone you carry
Your customers find you on their phone and you run your business from yours. Social Agencies builds every screen for a thumb, a small screen and a patchy signal.
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Plain answers, fast
You review everything on a preview link and reply by voice note. After launch, changes are a WhatsApp message away. No jargon, no ticket queue.
The machine
From an ad to a paid job, without retyping anything
Social Agencies runs the four steps as one system, so nothing falls through the gaps between apps.
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The ad
Facebook and Instagram ads show your real work to homeowners in the suburbs you cover.
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The enquiry
Every call, form and WhatsApp lands in one inbox and on your phone at once.
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The quote
The quote is built on site and sent before you reach the van.
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The job
The accepted quote becomes a job card, then an invoice when the work is signed off.
No surprises
What you can count on
A fixed quote in writing first
Social Agencies gives you a fixed price in writing after a short call. Nothing is built, and nothing is paid, before you have agreed to it.
You own it all
Your domain, your website and your customer data are in your name from day one. If you ever leave, you keep everything.
Clear terms, no surprises
The monthly terms, including notice, are written into a short agreement you see before anything starts. No hidden exit fees, and you keep everything you own if you leave.
Your ad budget goes straight to Meta
Your ad spend is paid directly to Meta on your own card. It never passes through us, so you always see exactly what was spent.
The Social Agencies method
How does working with Social Agencies work?
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Discover
A short call about your business, where enquiries come from today and where they get lost.
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Plan and quote
A written plan and a fixed, itemised quote. Nothing starts until you agree to it.
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Build
You get a live preview link from early on and watch it take shape, instead of waiting for a reveal.
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Launch and grow
It goes live on accounts in your name, then we host, support and keep improving it every month.
“BEST website company ever. From the start they have been so helpful designing a company website for me. Great pricing, very helpful, wil definitely recommend them to everyone i know. Great Team to work with Social Agencies. Thanks Team for the great work”
Ievan VictorVics PlumbingGoogle review
Free demo site
Your business. Your free demo.
See your new website before you pay a cent. Social Agencies builds a demo of your homepage, free, so you judge the work first.
- A real demo of your homepage, built for your business
- What your competitors are doing online, in plain words
- Where your current site is losing enquiries
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Tell us about your business
Two minutes on the form, or a quick call.
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We build your homepage demo
Your name, your services, your area. Not a template.
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You decide
Like it? You get a fixed quote in writing. If not, you owe nothing.
Get your free demo
No cost, no obligation.
Professional, efficient, and delivered exactly what we needed. The website is clean, modern and easy for our customers to use, and communication was clear throughout.
From the blog
What are owners asking us?
- For home services · 5 minHow much does a website cost for a trade business in South Africa?What a website costs an electrician, plumber or builder in South Africa, from published once-off and monthly prices, and what actually drives the price up.
- For home services · 4 minHow electricians and plumbers rank higher on Google MapsHow electricians and plumbers in South Africa rank higher on Google Maps and get more calls: a complete Google Business Profile, the right category, reviews and suburb pages.
- For home services · 4 minAre paid electrician and plumbing leads worth it?Are paid electrician and plumbing leads worth it? Why shared leads from lead sites turn into price fights, and how running your own ads to your own website compares.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost?
It depends on what you need: how many service and area pages, whether you want ads running every month and whether you take the quoting software. Social Agencies gives you a fixed price in writing after a short call, before anything is built.
How long until my new website is live?
Usually two to three weeks once we have your details and photos of real jobs. You watch it take shape on a preview link on your phone. The clock pauses while anything we need from you is outstanding.
I already have a website. Do I need a new one?
Not always. If your site loads fast, shows your registrations and reviews, and has a page for each service and area, we can connect it to the ads and the quoting software. If it does not, we will tell you plainly on the first call.
I already get leads from directories. Why change?
Keep them if they pay. The problem is that a directory sells the same homeowner to several other companies, so you race on price. Your own site, map listing and ads bring enquiries nobody else gets, and they keep working after you stop paying anyone.
Do you only build websites?
No. Social Agencies builds the website, runs your Facebook and Instagram ads, sets up your Google Business Profile, and supplies BlitzBooks, our own quoting and invoicing app. Each works on its own, and they work best joined.
Am I locked into a contract?
The terms are clear before you sign. The build is quoted once, in writing. The monthly terms, including notice, are in writing before you sign, and your domain, site and customer data stay in your name either way.
How do I get started?
Book a call. Social Agencies asks about your trade, the areas you cover and where your work comes from now, then sends you a fixed quote in writing. Nothing starts until you say yes.
Let's talk
Talk to Social Agencies about your business.
One short call with a director. You get a plan and a fixed quote in writing before anything is built.
- You speak to a director, not a call centre
- A fixed quote in writing, no obligation
- A reply within one working day
How would you like to talk?
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