Website creation in Montpellier for local businesses

I work for businesses in every district the city of Montpellier lists, which means the Centre with the Écusson, Antigone, Beaux-Arts, Boutonnet, Les Arceaux, Figuerolles and Gambetta, then Port Marianne, Prés d'Arènes, Croix d'Argent, Les Cévennes, Mosson, Hôpitaux-Facultés and Celleneuve. The communes of the metropolis get the same work, and a good share of a Montpellier tradesperson's clients actually live in Castelnau-le-Lez, Lattes, Pérols, Juvignac, Saint-Jean-de-Védas, Le Crès, Jacou, Grabels or Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone. A well built site names those communes on its pages, because clients type them into Google before they type your trade.

Building trades carry real weight in the Hérault, with 13,500 artisan building companies on the trades register according to CAPEB, close to half of all artisan businesses in the area. Plumbers, electricians, tilers, painters, masons and air conditioning installers compete for the same searches, and the site often decides between two similar quotes. Shops and services make up most of the 12,210 employer establishments INSEE counted in the city at the end of 2024, with the restaurants and boutiques of the Écusson, health professionals settled near the Hôpitaux-Facultés district, and a digital sector the metropolis promotes on its Entreprendre à Montpellier site, which also brings English speaking founders who need a French site.

Take an electrician based in Prés d'Arènes who works across the whole metropolis. His site has a home page that states his trade and his city clearly, a page for bringing installations up to code, a page for emergency repairs, and one page per commune he drives to often, say Lattes, Pérols and Saint-Jean-de-Védas. Every page shows photos of his own jobs, his hours, a call button that stays visible on a phone, and the list of districts he covers written out in full. That's the structure I describe on my page about the website for tradespeople, and it answers searches like "électricien Lattes" without any paid advertising.

For a shop or an independent in the centre the logic is the same with different pages. A restaurant in the Écusson needs a menu that reads well on a phone, exact opening hours, a booking link and directions from the Place de la Comédie, in French and in English since so many visitors search in English. A physiotherapy practice in Port Marianne needs a page per speciality, fees, how to book, and the tram lines that stop nearby. I design each site from these concrete needs, never from a template, and if you're based further east, my page for businesses in Avignon describes the same offer for the Vaucluse.

It starts with an hour long conversation, by video or in person if you prefer, where you tell me about your trade, your clients, the areas you cover and what you want visitors to do when they land on the site. I look at your competitors in Montpellier, note the phrases they target, and ask for your photos, any existing text and your reviews. You don't have to write anything, I draft the copy and you approve it, in French, in English, or both.

I then design the site and code it entirely, with no prebuilt page, and send you a complete first version to read through at your own pace. You send back your corrections, I apply them, and before going live the site passes a check on speed, accessibility and technical SEO. Two clients never receive the same site, so a roofer in Croix d'Argent won't get the same structure as a beauty salon in Port Marianne.

Going live usually happens less than 48 hours after the order, depending on how quickly you review. After that, every month, I handle hosting, daily backups, monitoring and fixes, and your requests for text or image changes are delivered within 48 working hours. You write to me from a job site, I publish, and you get the report at the end of the month. The full detail of both plans and what they cover is on my pricing page.