Stand out from the competition with a prime featured placement above the Top 5 in your area. One exclusive spot per location and trade. Once it's taken, it's yours. As an early adopter you get 25% off, your first 6 months on the monthly plan or your whole first year if you pay annually, which also comes with two months free every year.
£290/year, two months free versus paying monthly. Early adopters get 25% off the first year: £217.50, then £290/year. Prepaid for 12 months and non-refundable, cancel renewal any time.
Top5Trades is a new and fast-growing UK trades directory, adding trades, towns and visitors every week. Featured spots are limited to one business per trade, per area, so joining early means you lock in both the slot and the discounted early-adopter rate before demand rises, and you're already sitting above the Top 5 as your page climbs and its traffic builds. Back it early, grow with it.
One featured spot per trade, per area. £29 a month, or £290 a year with two months free, no contract, cancel any time. Here's an honest way to weigh that up before you decide.
Your featured card sits above the Top 5 on the exact page someone lands on when they're already looking for your trade in your area. They're not idly browsing, they're ready to pick up the phone. You're paying to be the first name they see at that moment, measured in clicks through to your website and taps on your number.
At £29/month that's £348 a year, or £290 if you pay for the year up front (two months free). Some months the spot brings several enquiries, some fewer; that's normal and expected. The right question isn't "did it pay for itself this week?" It's "across twelve months, did it win me work?"
You don't need a steady stream of enquiries for the maths to stack up. For most trades, a single job dwarfs the annual cost:
We put you in front of the right people at the right moment: homeowners actively searching for your trade in your area. What we can't guarantee is a set number of leads or jobs. Whether an enquiry becomes work comes down to your quote, your reviews and how quickly you follow up. And to be clear: no business pays to appear in the organic Top 5. Featuring is a separate, clearly-labelled placement above it.
Visibility and ready-to-buy local enquiries are the main reason to feature, and they come first. But on top of that, your featured card does quieter, longer-term work for your whole online presence. Here's the bit that isn't so obvious.
Your featured card links directly to your website from a page that's specifically about your trade in your town. Search engines treat links from genuine, topically-relevant local sources as a vote of confidence, the kind that can help your own site climb the rankings for the searches that win you work, not just the visitors you get from us.
More and more people get an answer without scrolling a list of links, through voice assistants, Google's AI overviews and featured snippets. These pull from structured, trusted sources. Appearing on an independently-researched Top 5 page, clearly tied to your trade and area, makes you one of the names an answer engine can surface. That's Answer Engine Optimisation.
When someone asks ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot for "a good plumber near me" or "a reliable roofer in my town", the model leans on reputable web sources it has read. Generative Engine Optimisation is about being present in those sources, and a featured spot on a curated, independent local-trades site is exactly the kind of citation that makes an AI more likely to mention your business.
Being shown on a site whose whole premise is independent, no-pay-to-rank research lends you credibility you can't give yourself. It reassures customers, and the algorithms, that you're a recognised local name, and it's something you can point to in quotes, on your van and across your own marketing.
You don't need anything fancy to see whether your featured spot is working. Two simple habits tell you almost everything.
Your featured card links straight to your website, so the visits it sends show up in Google Analytics as referral traffic from top5trades.co.uk. Set your phone number and contact form up as events or conversions, and you can see exactly how many visits, calls and enquiries the spot drives each month.
The simplest method of all: ask every new caller or enquiry "how did you find us?" and keep a quick tally. It takes a second, and it captures the phone calls and word of mouth that analytics can't see, giving you the full picture alongside the numbers.
Reviews are coming to Top5Trades, and featured businesses will get a review profile built right into their listing. Real feedback from real customers, working for you around the clock.
Your customers will be able to leave reviews directly on your featured listing, so your reputation lives right where people are choosing who to call.
A clear star rating reassures prospective customers before they even pick up the phone. It's the social proof that turns a maybe into an enquiry.
Star ratings shown on your listing can help you catch the eye in search results, so your business stands out from the businesses without them.
One featured business per trade, per area. £29/month or £290/year with two months free, and 25% off as an early adopter. No contract, cancel any time. Check whether your spot's still available.
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