Guides.
One question each, answered plainly, for people running a shop, a clinic, a class or a service.
- How to make a website for your small business without a developerMost small businesses don't need a full website. They need one page that says what you do, what it costs, when you're open and how to reach you. You can build that on your phone in a few minutes, without a developer or any coding.
- What to put on a one-page business websiteFour things, in this order: what you do, what it costs, when you're open, and how to reach you. Everything else is optional. Prices are the one most businesses leave off, and the one visitors most want.
- How to take enquiries on WhatsApp from your websiteAdd a WhatsApp button to your page. When a visitor taps it, WhatsApp opens on their phone with a first message already typed and addressed to you. They tap send, and the enquiry lands in your WhatsApp like any other chat.
- How to choose a good web address for your businessPick something short, easy to spell and easy to say out loud, because you'll be saying it to customers on the phone. Use your business name. Add your city or trade only if the name alone is taken.
- How to accept UPI payments on your websiteConnect your bank account through a licensed payment gateway, then add a payment button to your page. Your customer pays by UPI in a few taps, and the money goes to your bank.
- Should you show prices on your website?Yes, in most cases. Price is the thing visitors most want to know, and the thing most small business pages leave out. Showing even a starting price saves you time on enquiries that were never going to buy.
- How to make a business website in Hindi, Tamil or another Indian languageWrite your page in the language your customers actually speak. On OurLink.is you can write your page in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi or Bengali.
- How to stop losing enquiries: following up with every leadPut every enquiry in one list, give each one a status, and check that list every day. Most small businesses don't lose customers on price. They lose them because nobody replied, or nobody followed up.
- Link in bio or a real business page: which do you need?A link-in-bio page is a list of buttons that send people somewhere else. A business page answers the customer's questions on the spot: what you do, what it costs, when you're open, how to reach you. Then it keeps track of who enquired. If you sell something, you need the second.
- How to use your own domain name with a simple websiteBuy the domain from any registrar, then point it at your page by pasting two lines into the registrar's DNS settings. Connecting your own domain to OurLink.is is coming soon.