Build 76 vs Just a Facebook page
Do you need a website if you have a Facebook page?
A free page on someone else's platform, against a website you own that shows up when people search.
Plenty of good businesses run entirely off a Facebook or Instagram page, and for a while it works. This is the honest version of where a social page genuinely does the job, where it quietly holds you back, and why most businesses end up wanting both rather than one instead of the other.
Where Just a Facebook page wins
We're not going to pretend otherwise
It's free and already set up
No setup cost and no monthly fee. If you already post, you have a presence today for nothing.
It's where people already are
Your customers scroll Facebook and Instagram anyway. A page meets them there, and a good post can travel further than any website.
Messaging and reviews are built in
People can message you, leave a review and share your work with friends, all in one place they already trust.
Updates take seconds
Snap a photo, write a line, post. No logging into anything and no waiting on anyone.
What it tends to cost you
The part the sticker price never shows
You don't own any of it
The page, the followers and the messages all live on Facebook’s terms. If the account is limited, hacked or wrongly flagged, you can lose the lot overnight with nobody to call. It's built on rented land.
Nobody finds it on Google
When someone searches "electrician near me" or "florist in Manchester", a Facebook page rarely shows up. A website is how you get found by people actively looking to buy, not just the people already following you.
The algorithm decides who sees you
Reach isn't yours to control. A post that reached a thousand people last year might reach eighty now, and the only reliable way back is to pay for ads.
It quietly costs you credibility
For a lot of buyers, "they only have a Facebook page" reads as smaller or less established than a competitor with a proper website. Same work, weaker first impression.
Why the way we build wins
Not just done for you. Built on better foundations.
A page on a platform you rent can never do these. Your own site, built the way we build, can.
One platform, not a pile of plugins
Your content, SEO, forms, bookings and automations all run in one system we build and manage, not a dozen third-party plugins bolted together and hoping to agree with each other. Fewer moving parts, less to break.
Edit it yourself, right on the page
Click the bit of the live page you want to change and change it. No hunting through a clunky dashboard, no code, no support ticket. Powerful when you need it, simple when you don't.
Built for AI, not just people
Your content is stored as clean, structured data, so on-site assistants and automations can actually use it, and AI search engines can read and recommend you. Most builders bury your content in a template where none of that works.
Yours to keep, nothing locked in
It's open code on an open platform. Own it outright whenever you like and host it anywhere. No walled garden holding your website hostage, which is exactly what the builders are.
Fast, and it stays fast
Pages are built ahead of time and served as plain files, so the site opens in well under two seconds and doesn't slow down as you add to it. Builders assemble every page on the fly, and it shows.
Room to grow into anything
Because it's one real platform and not a fixed template, we can add a booking system, a customer portal, a shop or custom software later without tearing the site down and starting again.
Side by side
| Just a Facebook page | Build 76 | |
|---|---|---|
| Who owns it | Facebook does. You rent the space | You. Own the code outright for £1,500 whenever you want |
| Found on Google | Rarely. Pages seldom rank | Built to be found when people search |
| Who controls reach | The algorithm, and it keeps changing | You. Your site is always there in full |
| First impression | "Only a Facebook page" | A proper site that looks the part |
| If the account is lost | You lose the page and the followers | Nothing to lose. It's yours |
| What it's best at | Reach and staying in touch | Getting found and turning visitors into enquiries |
Checked July 2026. These companies change their pricing often, so we've kept this page to the things that don't change.
So, honestly, which one?
Choose Just a Facebook page if
Never, not on its own. Keep the page, it's great at reach. It just can't be your whole shopfront.
Choose Build 76 if
You want to be found by people searching right now, on something you actually own. Keep the page too; the two work best together.
This isn't really either/or. Social reaches the people who already know you; a website you own catches the ones searching for what you do right now, and it's the one that looks the part when they decide. Keep the page. Just don't let a business you've built live entirely on rented land.
See what we'd do with yours
Before you commit to Just a Facebook page, let us redesign your homepage for free. Like it, and we build the rest. If you don't, you've lost nothing.
Want the detail first? See how our pay monthly websites work, £199 to start, then £49 a month with everything looked after.
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