Barnabas · For supply houses, bookkeepers & trade advisors · Mpls – St. Paul – Hudson
Contractors trust your counter, your books, your advice. When they gripe about their website — and they do — you can send them somewhere that won't make you regret saying a name.
Contractor websites · Flat $600 build · Care plans from $300/mo
Who this page is for
This page is for the roofing, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical supply houses where contractors think out loud while the order gets pulled. For the bookkeepers and accountants who see exactly what a slow season does to a trades business. For the coaches who get asked about everything, including things nobody hired them for — like websites.
When that question lands on you, the honest answer has usually been "I don't know, Google it." This page exists so the answer can be a name instead: Barnabas, a two-person Twin Cities shop that builds websites for contractors — from the counter in St. Paul to the branch in Hudson — and nothing else.
Heard at the counter
You hear it in February and you hear it in July. Their website may give homeowners little to go on: no clear service descriptions, no coverage area, and no easy way to request an estimate.
That's the exact problem our local SEO plans work on — useful service pages, local content, and website improvements, with a monthly report that shows what happened.
Worth asking them: "When's the last time you Googled your own company?"
Great — until the two builders feeding them work retire, or the neighborhood turns over, or a competitor starts showing up first. Word of mouth is the best lead source in the trades; it's just not a plan.
A site that ranks is word of mouth that compounds: the recommendation is still there at midnight when a stranger with a burst pipe is searching, not just when a friend happens to be in the room.
The invoice arrives, the site doesn't change, the report — if there is one — reads like it was written to not be read. They can't tell if they're paying for work or for a subscription to a logo.
Our care plans come with a monthly report in plain English: calls, rankings, what got done, what's next. And the rate card is public on the pricing page — priced like an honest bid, because that's the crowd we work for.
Worth asking them: "What did you get for it last month?" If the answer takes more than a minute, send them here.
No shame in it — it counted then. But phones, search, and their competitors have all moved since, and a site that can't be found or tapped on a phone is quietly costing them the jobs that used to come easy.
A rebuild is not a big production here: flat $600, typically two to four weeks from kickoff, built for the trades from the first line. Old pages get redirected as part of the build so what they had doesn't just vanish from Google.
The math for you
There's no finder's fee here, because the return for you is plainer than that: a plumber who grows needs more bookkeeping, not less. A busy roofer runs more material across your counter. A coaching client who wins keeps paying for coaching. And the person who pointed them at the fix — that was you.
What your contractor gets
This is the part to pull up on your phone while the order prints. One flat price to build, one monthly rate to keep it running, and the full breakdown public on the pricing page.
How it goes
Tell them "call Barnabas," or send us their name and number — either direction works.
We look at what they have, tell them what a build covers, and give them a straight number. No pressure either way.
Typically two to four weeks from kickoff to a live site taking calls, with tracking wired in from day one.
When the site goes live, everyone remembers whose idea it was. That's the whole arrangement.
We do websites. We don't sell materials, keep books, or coach — your lane is yours. If your customers ask us about supplies, accounting, or business advice, we know whose name to say.
Live builds
Explore three websites we built for local service businesses. See how each presents its services, explains where it works, and helps visitors get in touch.
A licensed electrician serving homes and businesses across the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro — wiring, lighting, EV chargers.
yourelectrician.co ↗Gutter cleaning, window washing, and pressure washing in Wausau, Wisconsin — a seasonal business with a site that sells the season.
exteriorservices715.com ↗A Twin Cities custom home builder and luxury remodeler serving Edina, Minnetonka, and the southwest metro.
northhavendb.com ↗Straight answers
There's no fee or cut — nothing to enroll in. What you get is a customer whose business is healthier and a name you can hand out that doesn't come back on you. And when our clients ask who to see about supplies, books, or coaching, we pass names along the same way.
That's the usual starting point. We generally build fresh rather than patch what's there, and redirects from the old pages are part of the build. The free consult is where we look at what exists and say which parts are worth keeping.
Yes — we work both sides of the river. Hudson, River Falls, and the St. Croix Valley are home turf, alongside Minneapolis and St. Paul.
A flat $600 build and a care plan from $300 a month, with local SEO and website content plans above that. The full sheet is on the pricing page — same terms for everyone.
Where to look next
The service, the terms, and the trade pages — so you know what's behind the name before you say it.
Behind a camera or an ad account instead of a counter? The creative version of this page.
Read the creative pageWhat a build includes, how the process works, and what happens after launch.
See the website serviceFlat build price, monthly care plans, and what each tier covers.
Open the pricing pageWhat roofing companies need to catch storm-season search demand.
View the roofing pageSeasonal demand, emergency calls, and the pages that catch both.
See the HVAC pageHow we build for contractors on the Wisconsin side of the river.
Open the Hudson pageNext time it comes up
Send us their name, or just tell them to call. Twenty minutes, a straight answer, and you're the one who knew somebody.