Business card website: which format to choose.

Not every business needs a big website. Sometimes a simple one, what people call a "business card" site, is exactly right. The question is which format fits you. Here's how to decide without overthinking it.

The one-page site

Everything lives on a single page: what you do, a few photos, reviews, and how to reach you. People scroll top to bottom and that's it.

• Good for: a solo trade, a new business, or anyone who offers one clear service.
• Why it works: cheap, fast to build, and impossible to get lost in. One scroll to the phone number.
• The catch: less room to rank on Google for lots of different searches, and it gets crowded if you offer many services.

The small multi-page site

A handful of pages, a home page, a services page or two, maybe a gallery and a contact page.

• Good for: a business with a few distinct services, or one that wants to be found for each of them.
• Why it works: each service gets its own page, which helps you show up on Google and gives customers detail.
• The catch: a bit more to build and keep updated.

So which one?

If you do one thing and mostly need somewhere to point people, a one-page site is plenty and you can always grow later. If you offer several services and want each to pull in searches, go with a small multi-page site.

Either way, the rules are the same: fast, clear, easy to contact, and honest about what you do. Not sure which fits? Tell us about your business and we'll point you to the format that makes sense, not the one that costs the most.