Websites for dog walkers & pet sitters
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What they need →Websites for dog groomers
Websites for dog groomers that win the work.
Websites for dog groomers - salon or mobile - that show real dogs you have done, price by breed and coat, and fill the diary without a morning lost to messages. From £99 a month, live in 3 working days.
Your customers
How people actually choose a dog groomer.
Most grooming customers are not choosing a groomer, they are choosing who to trust with a dog they treat like family. The first question is whether their dog will be handled kindly, and the anxious ones - rescue dogs, nervous dogs, old dogs, dogs who have had a bad experience elsewhere - want to know you do slow introductions and will stop if the dog is stressed. The second question is breed: a cockapoo owner wants to see cockapoos you have done, not a generic before-and-after of a terrier. Price comes next, and owners know it depends on size and coat condition, so they want a guide rather than a single number. Discovery is heavily visual and social - Instagram, Facebook community groups, the other owners at the park - but the decision to book is often made after a quick search to check you look legitimate. Once they are happy, a dog comes back every six to eight weeks for its whole life, and doodle and poodle-cross owners often book the next appointment before they leave.
When demand peaks. The run-up to Christmas books out weeks ahead, and spring into summer brings a rush of shave-downs and heavy de-shedding. January and February are quieter.
The problem
What most dog groomers websites get wrong.
Groomers live on Instagram and Facebook, and most have no website or a one-page site that says "call for prices". That leaves them invisible to the owner who has just moved to the area and searched for a groomer near them. The deeper problem is that the diary is run through Messenger and WhatsApp, so the groomer spends evenings answering "how much for a cockapoo" and "have you got anything Saturday" instead of resting. A good grooming site answers both of those without a conversation: a price guide by size and coat type, the breeds you specialise in, what happens with matted coats, and a booking or request route that respects your rebooking cycle. It also needs the reassurance content - handling approach, first-groom process, what you do with nervous dogs - that social posts never quite spell out.
What it has to do
The jobs a dog groomer website is built for.
New dog booking request
A first groom is the start of a relationship that repeats every six to eight weeks for years.
Price guide viewed before enquiry
Answering the size-and-coat price question on the page removes the most common message in your inbox.
Puppy introduction bookings
Puppies who get used to grooming early become calm, easy regulars.
Next-appointment rebooking
A dog on a fixed cycle is predictable income and a fuller diary.
The pages we build for you
- Home
- Real dogs you have groomed, how you handle nervous dogs, and how to book.
- Prices
- A guide by size and coat type, with what changes the price - matting, temperament, extras.
- Services
- Full groom, bath and tidy, hand stripping, puppy intro, nails - each explained in a line.
- Gallery
- Before-and-afters organised by breed, because that is how owners look.
- First visit
- What happens at the first groom, how long it takes, and what to bring.
- Book
- Booking or request form that captures breed, size and coat condition up front.
- Find us or coverage area
- Salon location and parking, or the villages a mobile van covers.
What moves the needle
- Price guide by size and coat type, with matting policy stated
- Owners expect a range; explaining what moves it stops the endless "how much" messages and the awkward surprise at collection.
- Gallery sorted by breed
- Owners want proof you can do their dog's cut, not a general standard of work.
- Booking request that asks for breed, age, coat and temperament
- Lets you allocate the right time slot and spot a two-hour matted doodle before it lands on a Friday afternoon.
- A clear page on nervous, elderly and rescue dogs
- Handling approach is the real buying decision for a large share of owners.
- Rebooking prompt and cancellation policy
- Grooming income depends on regular cycles and on no-shows being rare.
- Coverage map for mobile groomers
- Stops enquiries from outside your round and helps you rank for the villages you actually visit.
Trust signals we put on every page: Grooming qualifications such as City & Guilds dog grooming certificates · Pet first aid certificate · Public liability and care, custody and control insurance · Membership of a trade body such as the British Dog Groomers' Association · Real before-and-after photographs by breed
Concept build
What a dog groomer website could look like.
Dog owners want to know two things: what it costs for their breed, and whether a nervous dog will be all right. The page answers both with the energy of a sticker book. A sunflower-yellow card with ink outlines and hard shadows sits on a tomato-red page, and the hero is the joke everyone gets: "Muddy in.
The market, in real numbers
24,310
other personal service businesses, a category that includes pet grooming, pet boarding and tattooing registered across 377 UK local authorities.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, SIC 96090, 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Local authority | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Westminster | 475 |
| Buckinghamshire | 355 |
| Camden | 315 |
| Birmingham | 280 |
| North Yorkshire | 255 |
| Islington | 250 |
| Cheshire East | 235 |
| Wiltshire | 220 |
| Leeds | 210 |
| West Northamptonshire | 210 |
£299to set up
£99a month
3working days to launch
You approve it before anything goes live.
Designed from scratch, every word written for you, hosting and Google setup included. Or pay £1,795 once and £49 a month with no minimum term.
Questions
Dog Groomers: what people ask us
How do I put prices on my grooming website when every dog is different?
Publish a price guide by size and coat type, then say in one sentence what moves the price - matting, temperament, and extras like hand stripping. Owners know a doodle costs more than a Jack Russell; what they want is a sensible range so they are not surprised at collection. A guide cuts the "how much for my dog" messages dramatically.
I am already fully booked. Why would I need a website?
A website lets a full groomer choose clients rather than take whoever messages first. It can show a waiting list, state which breeds and coat types you prefer, and filter out enquiries from outside your area. It also protects your business if a social account is lost, and it keeps new clients coming as regulars move away or their dogs get older.
I already have a busy social page. Do I need a website?
A social profile cannot be found by someone searching for a barber near them, cannot show a current price list clearly, cannot take a booking without a conversation, and belongs to the platform rather than to you. It works well alongside a website and badly instead of one.
Can you add online booking?
Yes. Every plan includes a booking-request form, live-availability booking can be added to any plan (quoted on your call) and comes as standard on Pro, and we can connect whichever booking system suits your business rather than forcing you onto ours. For appointment businesses it is usually the highest-return feature on the site, because the phone going unanswered while you are working is a constant source of lost bookings.
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