Window searches are owned by two national brands with television budgets. A local C-17 glazier does not beat them on ads. The site beats them on the searches they ignore: shower doors, storefront glass, single-pane replacements in 1960s South Bay homes, and the homeowner who wants a person, not a sales pitch.
Fouro Digital builds websites for window and glass contractors in San Jose and across the Bay Area, including Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, Fremont and Gilroy. A C-17 glazing contractor sells several unrelated things, residential windows, shower enclosures, commercial storefront, mirrors and repairs, and each is a separate customer and a separate search, so the site keeps them on separate pages from the start. I am a one-person studio in San Jose: I design, write and launch every site myself, in English and Spanish, for $2,100 fixed for the eight-page Growth build, with Google setup included. Call or text (408) 620-4106. Esta página en español.
I check this against real search results in San Jose before I write a page, because the page has to match the search or it does not show. For window and glass contractors the pattern is consistent:
One page per service, because each service is its own search. A single "Services" page with everything on it ranks for nothing.
For "window replacement" the ads and the top organic results belong to companies with national budgets, and a local site does not change that. What it does is rank for shower doors, storefront glass, window repair, the cost searches, the cities you work and your name, and make you the local glazier a homeowner calls after the national brand quoted them $40,000.
The C-17 Glazing license covers windows, doors, shower enclosures, storefront and mirror work, and commercial property managers ask for it before issuing a purchase order. Homeowners check the license number on the CSLB site before they call, so it goes in the footer of every page, on the home page and on the contact page, next to the bond and insurance line. If you hold more than one classification, each one is named on the service page it covers. See every California contractor classification I build for.
San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, Fremont, Gilroy and the rest of the Bay Area. A glazier working San Jose, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale gets short city pages, because "window replacement Santa Clara" is a separate search. Areas I serve. Related: websites for remodeling contractors, websites for garage door and gate contractors, websites for solar contractors.
Most window and glass contractors fit the Growth tier at $2,100, fixed. That includes Search Visibility Setup, Spanish pages, and the monthly plan starts after launch. A glazing contractor with windows, shower doors, storefront and mirrors is an eight-page Growth build. A shower-door-only specialist is usually Starter at $1,500. A single-service glazing contractor can fit Starter at $1,500.
A $525 deposit starts it and you see a preview in 24 to 48 hours. See exactly what Growth includes.
Growth, the usual fit for window and glass contractors
Start with a $525 depositOr ask me first, which most people do.
Fouro Digital, a one-person web design studio in San Jose, builds websites for window and glass contractors in San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, Fremont, Gilroy and the rest of the Bay Area. Most window and glass contractors fit the $2,100 Growth build: eight pages, English and Spanish, Google Business Profile and Search Visibility Setup included. Call or text (408) 620-4106.
At Fouro, $2,100 fixed for the Growth build, which is what most window and glass contractors need: home, window replacement, shower doors, commercial, one more page, a gallery, reviews and contact, in English and Spanish. A $525 deposit starts it and you see a preview in 24 to 48 hours. The monthly plan covers hosting, domain, email and updates, with no contract. A single-service glazing contractor can fit Starter at $1,500.
Yes. People search "Milgard installer San Jose" and "Anlin windows" by name, and a page that names your brands ranks for those with almost no competition.
A range, yes. "Most vinyl replacement windows run $800 to $1,500 installed" is the search, and it undercuts the national brand's sales pitch before it starts. You set the numbers; I will not publish one you have not confirmed.
Yes. The commercial page gets its own contact line and its own form, and the property manager never has to read about shower doors.
Keep them if they send work. The site is the thing you own; those are rented. The site links to your profiles so the reviews count both ways.
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What you do, which cities, how many services. I will tell you the tier and the exact price in one text, in English or Spanish.