A contractor website that wins the bid
BrightSite is the modern website platform for general contractors, builders, and remodelers. Project galleries, service areas, and quote-request forms, all mobile-first. Plans from $29/mo. No plugins to update.
What contractors keep telling us
If any of these sound familiar, your website is losing you work you should be winning.
Project photos never get posted
The best work sits on a phone. Adding it to the site means emailing a developer, so it never happens and the portfolio stays three years old.
Service areas aren't clear
Homeowners two towns over can't tell whether you cover them, so they call the contractor whose site says so plainly.
Quote requests go missing
The contact form routes to an inbox nobody watches. By the time anyone replies, they have already signed with someone else.
The site is slow on mobile
Prospects check you out from a driveway or a job site on bad signal. A heavy site simply does not load, and they move on.
What's included for contractors
Built so someone running crews all day can still keep the site current.
- 01
Project galleries you update from your phone
Shoot the finished job, upload it, and it is live. BrightSite resizes each photo for every screen.
- 02
Service area pages
A page per town or county you cover, so you have a real page for your trade plus each location people search.
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Quote-request forms that actually arrive
Built-in forms with email alerts and an inbox of every submission. On Grow and Scale, a webhook can route leads to Slack or your CRM. Nothing sits unread in a shared inbox.
- 04
Before and after comparisons
Show the transformation, which is what sells remodels. Images sized for every screen, no gallery plugin to license or update.
- 05
Licensing, insurance, and trust signals
Dedicated space for license numbers, bonding, insurance, and affiliations. The details homeowners check before they call.
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Made for phones on the job site
Images are resized for every screen and sent as WebP where the browser supports it, and there are no plugins adding their own scripts.
Start from a finished site.
Complete templates you can make your own. Hover to scroll through each one.
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Summit Ridge RoofingRoofing and exteriors
Greenfield LandscapesLandscaping and snow removalAn example, just to make it concrete
Imagine a design-build remodeler running three crews. Every Friday the project manager uploads two photos from the week's kitchen job straight from the truck. The gallery updates as soon as it is published, no developer, no ticket.
Quote requests from the "Request an estimate" form reach the office right away, so it replies the same morning instead of Monday. Separate pages for each town in the service area mean the firm shows up for "kitchen remodel in [town]" without paying for ads on every one.
Illustrative scenario. Not a real customer.
BrightSite vs the alternatives for contractors
| Platform | Plugins to update | Built-in forms | Team members | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrightSite | None | Built in | Unlimited on every plan | $29/mo, or $290 a year billed yearly |
| WordPress (self-hosted) | Yes, you keep them updated | Needs a plugin | Unlimited users | Hosting plus plugins, varies |
| Squarespace | None | Form blocks | 2 on Basic, unlimited from Core | From $19/mo billed yearly ($25 monthly) |
| Wix | None | Wix Forms | 2 on Light, up to 100 on Business Elite | From $17/mo billed yearly |
Competitor prices and limits are from their US pricing pages, checked September 27, 2026. Full breakdowns: BrightSite vs WordPress, vs Squarespace, vs Webflow, and vs WP Engine.
Contractor website FAQs
Can I show my project portfolio by service type?
Yes. Organize galleries however your business is structured, by kitchens, baths, additions, whole-home, or by service area. Every image is sent at the size the screen needs, even on a page with forty photos.
Can homeowners request an estimate through the site?
Yes. Native forms handle estimate requests including project type, budget range, timeline, and photo uploads from the homeowner. Submissions are stored and emailed to you, and on Grow and Scale, a webhook can forward them to Slack or your CRM.
Will I rank for my service area?
That is what the service-area pages are for. Each town gets its own page, and your whole site carries LocalBusiness structured data (including the GeneralContractor type) with your address and hours. Ranking still depends on competition and your Google Business Profile, but the technical groundwork is in place from day one.
Does BrightSite handle estimating or project management?
No, and it should not. Keep using Buildertrend, JobTread, CoConstruct, or whatever your crews already know. BrightSite is the public-facing site that brings leads into that system.
Can I update the site myself?
Yes. Click any text or photo on the live page, change it, and publish. No CMS to learn and no developer in the loop for routine updates.
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