Industry guide

Trust is the product. Your site shows it.

Drivers want to know they are being dealt with straight. A garage site that lists services with clear prices, shows real reviews, and explains what happens after you book gives them that, and it is working at 9pm on a Sunday when the warning light comes on.

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The Handyman template, rendered live, a real starting point for garages & auto services.Open the full preview
What your site needs

The three jobs your website must do.

01

Straight answers on price

MOT, service tiers, and diagnostics priced or ranged honestly on the site. Transparency is the strongest differentiator you have.

02

Proof from other drivers

Google reviews on your own pages, plus the accreditations and guarantees that reassure someone choosing between an independent and a dealership.

03

Bookings without the phone queue

A booking-request form capturing registration, symptoms, and preferred dates, answered between jobs instead of interrupting the one on the ramp.

Made for garages & auto services

The right sections, ready to drop in.

  • ServicesMOT, servicing, repairs, priced plainly
  • Google reviewsdrivers trust other drivers
  • Booking formregistration + symptoms up front
  • FAQcourtesy cars, warranties, wait times
Try this briefExample
Independent MOT and service garage in Leicester, all makes, courtesy cars and same-week bookings

You get a draft with MOT, servicing and repairs priced plainly, and a booking form that asks for the registration and the symptoms.

It starts from a template made for the trade. Here that is Handyman, the one rendered live at the top of this page.

Write your own brief

An example, not a live demo. Nothing runs on this page.

A mechanic at work over an open engine bay
Why it works

A website that does the whole job.

The search that finds a garage is usually urgent: "MOT near me", "clutch replacement Leicester". The driver books with whichever result answers three questions fastest, whether you do the job, what it roughly costs, and whether you can fit them in this week. Pendro puts those answers above the fold, with services priced or ranged, current availability in the announcement bar, and a booking form that works at 11pm, which is when the decision is often made on a phone.

Everything else on the site builds trust. Review sections put your rating where the comparison happens, an about section with faces and years in the trade humanises the workshop, and an FAQ covers courtesy cars, warranty on parts, and how long jobs take. The booking flow is built for triage: registration number, symptoms, preferred dates, enough to schedule properly and order parts before the car arrives. Fewer interruptions mid-job, and a written record of what was asked for.

Every plan starts free — see what each plan includes.

Garages weighing Wix should look at the pricing and enquiry sections rather than the template gallery. Publishing honest costs and taking a registration number with the request is where the products differ. Read the full Pendro vs Wix comparison, or see how Pendro measures up against Squarespace, Framer and WordPress.

Questions

Asked by garages & auto services.

Can drivers book their MOT or service online?

They send a booking request with their registration, the work needed, and preferred dates, and you confirm the slot by reply or text. Requests arrive instantly with the details you need to schedule the job and order parts ahead of the car arriving.

Should I put prices on the site?

Where you can, yes: fixed prices for MOTs and service tiers, honest ranges for jobs that need diagnosis first. Price transparency is a top reason drivers pick one independent over another, and it saves you quoting for people shopping purely on the lowest number.

We are a specialist in tyres, bodywork, or detailing. Does this fit?

Yes. The structure adapts: your specialism as the headline, galleries for visual trades like detailing and bodywork, before/after sliders for transformations, and the same booking-request flow. Specialists often rank faster because their searches are more specific.

How do I compete with the dealership on search?

By being more specific than they can be. Dealerships rank for makes and models nationally; you can rank for the job in your town, with a page on cambelt changes, one on diagnostics, one on MOT preparation, each naming the area you serve. Put your live Google rating on those pages too.

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