Guides for Jersey businesses
Plain-English guides on websites, costs, getting found on Google and growing your business online, written for local Jersey businesses.
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Planning a business website
Whether you need a website, what to get ready, how to choose who builds it and when to start again.
Do I need a website for my Jersey business?
“I already have a Facebook page” is the most common reason owners skip a website. Here is when that is fine, and when it quietly costs you customers.
Read guideWhat to get ready before your website is built: a checklist
The details, photos and decisions that make a website build quicker and simpler, and the things that can safely wait until later.
Read guideHow to choose a web designer in Jersey: 10 questions to ask
Jersey has long-established agencies, freelancers and remote studios, and prices vary tenfold. Ten questions that tell them apart, including the ones people forget until it is too late.
Read guideWeb designers in Jersey: who builds websites, and how to compare them
Ten studios that build websites for Jersey businesses, listed alphabetically from what their own websites say, with the questions that tell them apart.
Read guideOne-page or multi-page website: which does your business need?
A simple way to decide how big your website should be, with examples for trades, salons, cafés, shops and professional firms.
Read guideA website for a new Jersey charity: domain, pages and costs
For new and small Jersey charities and trusts, including those still applying to register: the steps in order, the free .org.je domain, the pages that matter, and what it all costs.
Read guidebusiness.site alternatives: what to replace Google’s free website with
Google’s free business.site websites closed in 2024. The realistic replacements, what each one asks of you, and how to choose between them.
Read guideWhen to redesign your business website: keep, fix or rebuild?
How to tell whether your website needs a few fixes or a fresh start, and how to switch to a new one without losing the customers and searches you already have.
Read guideHow we can help: First business websites in Jersey
Running a business in Jersey
The registrations and rules for a Jersey business: the business licence, setting up as a sole trader, GST and data protection.
Starting a business in Jersey: the steps, and where your website fits
The official steps to start trading in Jersey, in the order you need them, with 2026 fees. Then the online side: domain, email, Google profile and a first website.
Read guideBecoming a sole trader in Jersey: the steps and the costs
Working for yourself in Jersey: the licence, the business name, Social Security and tax, with 2026 figures from gov.je and the JFSC.
Read guideGST in Jersey: what a small business needs to know
Jersey has GST, not VAT. When you must register, how returns work, and what it means for the prices you show, checked against Revenue Jersey.
Read guideData protection registration in Jersey: the JOIC explained
Almost every Jersey business that holds personal details must register with the JOIC. Who needs to, what it costs and when to renew.
Read guideHow we can help: First business websites in Jersey
Website costs in Jersey
What a website really costs over time, how our pricing works and where help with the cost can come from.
How much does a website cost in Jersey?
A straight answer on what a business website costs in Jersey: upfront, ongoing, and the hidden extras most quotes leave out.
Read guideHow our website pricing works
Two prices, explained plainly: a build price that starts from £100 and depends on the job, and hosting from £20 a month. What each one covers and what you own.
Read guideFree website builder or a website from £100? What each really costs over three years
Monthly fees hide the real cost of a website. Here is how to work out what a DIY builder, a freelancer and a built site from £100 each cost a Jersey business over three years, and what the monthly figure leaves out.
Read guideIs there a grant for a business website in Jersey?
The honest answer for 2026: the main scheme could in principle fund digital work, but it is fully allocated for the year and sole traders cannot apply. How it works, and what to do instead.
Read guideHow we can help: Our price list
Getting found on Google
Local SEO for Jersey businesses: Google Business Profile, listings, and being found without a shopfront.
Local SEO in Jersey: how customers find you on Google
You have a website. Now how do islanders actually find it? The local-SEO fundamentals that move the needle for a Jersey business, in plain terms.
Read guideGetting found on Google without a shopfront
Most local SEO advice assumes you have a shop with an address and a sign. Plenty of Jersey businesses do not. Here is what works instead.
Read guideWhere to list your Jersey business online
Which listings are worth your time in Jersey, what they cost, and which popular UK directories do not cover the island at all. Checked in September 2026.
Read guideStill got a business.site link? Where it hides and how to replace it
Every copy of an old business.site address now leads to an error page. A checklist of where the link hides and what to put in its place.
Read guideHow we can help: SEO in Jersey
Domains, email and security
Choosing a .je domain, keeping control of it, and keeping your website and accounts secure.
Do you need a .je domain, or will .co.uk do?
A .je domain says "we are here" more clearly than anything else on your site. It also puts your details on a public record. Here is how to decide.
Read guideHow to get your website and .je domain back from an old web designer
Designers retire, move on or stop answering. If they hold your domain and logins, you can still get them back: the steps in order, and how the .je registry handles disputes.
Read guideWebsite security for small Jersey businesses
Most attacks on small business websites are automated, not personal. A handful of basics stops most of them, and Jersey has free help on the island if something does go wrong.
Read guideHow we can help: Business email and .je domain setup
Website law in Jersey
What the law asks of a Jersey business website: data protection, selling online, accessibility and JFSC rules.
What a Jersey business website has to show
Registering with the JOIC is a legal requirement with criminal consequences for ignoring it, and it costs £70 a year. That is the one most Jersey businesses miss.
Read guideSelling online from Jersey: postage, UK VAT and GST
A Jersey online shop sells into two tax systems at once. What changes for island customers, what changes for UK customers, and what the parcels need before they leave.
Read guideWhat a JFSC-regulated firm must show on its website
For Jersey investment, trust, fund services and insurance mediation firms, a website counts as an advertisement. What the Advertising Order requires, and the mistakes that are easy to make.
Read guideWebsite accessibility for Jersey businesses: what the Discrimination Law means
About one in five islanders has a longstanding health condition, and many use your website with a screen reader, a keyboard or zoom. Where Jersey law stands, and what to fix first.
Read guidePrefer to watch? Video tips
All 205 videos →Short videos, each under two minutes, with every step written out on the page.
How to get your Jersey business on Google Maps
Set up a free Google Business Profile, so you appear on the map when people nearby search.
Google’s business.site websites have closed: what to do now
Had a free website from Google? Six steps to replace your business.site address with your own.