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Build your small business website, free
Create a professional website for your business in about 10 minutes, absolutely free. No coding, no sign-up and no monthly fees.
Start with one of five free templates, each designed for a different kind of business and filled with sample content you simply edit:
- Summit for home services and trades
- Bistro for restaurants, cafés and bakeries
- Glow for salons, spas and wellness
- Ledger for accountants, consultants and professional services
- Market for shops, boutiques and makers
Prefer a blank page? Start from scratch instead. Add your services and products and each one gets its own page, alongside your home, about, reviews and contact pages.
Contractor? Pick your trade (roofing, remodeling, painting, plumbing, flooring and tile, electrical, HVAC or handyman) and get a website with estimate requests, your license and before-and-after projects. See the free contractor website builder.
Local SEO is built in. Add the cities and counties you serve, and each one gets its own page with the area in its web address, title and description, such as “Lawn Care in Plano, TX”. Your main service and city appear in your page titles, search engines get your business type and service areas, and a live Local SEO score shows exactly what to improve next. Then download your website and publish it free in about a minute. A custom domain name, such as yourbusiness.com, is optional and purchased separately.
Your path from idea to growth
Find an idea
Compare markets in our industry profiles and filter business ideas by budget and model.
Explore ideasPlan the numbers
Work out startup costs, your break-even point and what to charge.
Use the calculatorsLaunch
Follow the A–Z guide from validating your idea to your first customer.
Start a businessGrow
Win customers, hire, manage taxes and fund the next stage.
Grow your business
Free tools for every stage
Plan your business, build a brand, get found and handle paperwork with 14 free tools. They run in your browser, need no account, and your work stays on your device.
Start
Name your business, choose its structure, and work out costs, prices and when you'll break even.
- Business name generator
Get business name ideas from what you do, where you work and the style you want, then check the .com domain and save your favorites.
- Business structure chooser
Answer six questions to see which business structure fits you, then estimate whether an S corporation election could save you money.
- One-page business plan
Build a clear one-page business plan in about 20 minutes, with revenue, profit and break-even worked out for you, then save it as a PDF.
- Startup cost calculator
Add up your one-time startup costs and the cash cushion you need while sales build.
- Break-even calculator
Find how many sales you need each month to cover your costs, and how many more to make the profit you want.
- Pricing calculator
Work out the minimum hourly rate you need to charge to reach your income goal after costs and taxes.
- Business loan calculator
See the monthly payment, total interest and full cost of a business loan, how much extra payments save, and a month-by-month schedule.
Launch
Get online step by step: your brand, website, domain, business cards and email signature.
- Launch your business online
A free, step-by-step guide to getting your business online: choose a domain, build a free website, get hosting, and get found on Google, Apple Maps and Yelp.
- Start hereBrand Kit
Save your business name, logo, colors and contact details once, and use them across Advanton's free business tools.
- Website builder
Build a beautiful small business website free in about 10 minutes, with local SEO built in and a page for every city or county you serve.
- Business cards
Design and print business cards with your logo and a QR code. Print 10 to a sheet at home, or download a print shop file with bleed.
- Email signature generator
Create a professional email signature with your name, business, phone, website and logo, preview it in an email, and copy it into Gmail, Outlook or Apple Mail.
- QR code generator
Make QR codes for your website, Google reviews, guest Wi-Fi, contact card, or to call, text or email you, in your brand colors, and download PNG or SVG.
Market
Reach customers nearby and online: flyers, neighborhood mailers, your online presence and reviews.
- Flyers
Make a professional flyer for a sale, opening, event, services or hiring, with your logo, a photo, a QR code and optional tear-off tabs.
- EDDM postcard maker
Design an Every Door Direct Mail postcard in USPS-approved sizes, with the EDDM Retail postage block and "Local Postal Customer" placed for you, and estimate your campaign cost.
- Online presence checkup
Answer 25 quick questions to score your business's online presence out of 100 and get a prioritized action plan.
- Review request kit
Get ready-to-send review request texts and emails, reply templates for good and bad reviews, and printable counter cards with a QR code to your review page.
- Lead source tracker
Track spend, leads, customers and revenue by marketing channel to see your cost per lead, close rate, cost per customer and return on spend.
Grow
Get paid, keep customers coming back and stay on top of your cash.
- Quotes and invoices
Create professional quotes and invoices with your logo, turn quotes into invoices in one click, and save them as PDFs.
- Cash flow forecast
Forecast the next 13 weeks of cash in and out, see your lowest week before it happens, and work out your profit margin and prices.
- Hiring cost calculator
Work out the true yearly cost of an employee: pay, employer payroll taxes, unemployment taxes, workers' comp, benefits and equipment, plus the cost per hour worked.
- Mileage log
Log business trips with the details the IRS expects, see your deduction at 72.5 cents a mile for 2026, and download your log for tax time.
- Rewards program
A simple loyalty program for your shop. Print numbered stamp cards, add a stamp in two taps, and celebrate rewards. No app, no sign-up, and it works offline.
- Loyalty cards
Design printable loyalty punch cards with your logo, choose how many stamps earn a reward, and print 10 per sheet.
- Gift certificates
Make numbered gift certificates with your logo, print three per page, and download a list of numbers to track sales and redemptions.
- Word to PDF
Convert a Word document (.docx) to PDF for free, right in your browser. Your file is never uploaded.
Small business online in 2026
Having a website is now the norm. What sets businesses apart is being easy to find, easy to trust and easy to contact: a complete Google Business Profile, recent reviews and consistent details everywhere. Read our step-by-step guide to building a strong online presence, then score your own business with the free online presence checkup.
Get listed in the free Advanton directory
Give your business its own page with your description, photos, hours and contact details. Every listing is reviewed by a real person, and you get a free “Listed on Advanton” badge for your website.
Add your business free · Browse the directory
Guides to help you grow
- Hiring Your First Employee: The Step-by-Step Checklist
Everything to set up before your first hire starts work, from tax forms and new-hire reporting to payroll and workers' compensation.
- How to Finance Business Growth: Your Options Compared
From lines of credit to SBA loans and equipment financing, the main ways to fund growth, what they really cost, and which to avoid.
- How to Keep Customers Coming Back: A Practical Retention Plan
Winning a customer is expensive. Keeping one is cheap. A simple plan to turn first-time buyers into regulars and referrers.
- Small Business Taxes and Bookkeeping: What Changed for 2026
The bookkeeping habits that keep you out of trouble, and the 2026 changes to 1099 forms every small business should know.
- Using AI in a Small Business: Practical Uses and Sensible Limits
Most small businesses say they use AI, but few have built it into how they work. Where it genuinely helps, where it doesn't, and how to start safely.
- UPS Hubs and Shipping Networks Explained: A 2026 Shipping Guide for Small Businesses
All guides to growing your business
Sources
- Clutch, 2025 small business website survey, via Business Wire
- BrightLocal, Local Consumer Review Survey 2026
Last reviewed October 23, 2026. Startup costs are estimates; check local prices, licensing and tax rules before you commit money.
