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How to create a website for your business
By the Acyera team · Updated 4 October 2026
The short answer: a business website needs five things above all: a headline that says what you do and where, your services or products with prices where you can, proof that you are real (photos, reviews, location), one clear way to contact you, and a page that loads fast on a phone. Build it from a template made for your kind of business, publish it, then put the link everywhere your customers already are.
Most small businesses in Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria already sell through WhatsApp, Instagram and word of mouth. A website does not replace those. It gives them one trustworthy address to point to, it shows up when someone searches for what you sell, and it answers the same questions you are asked fifty times a week.
If you have never built a website at all, read How to create a website for the step-by-step mechanics. This guide is about what to put on a business site so it brings in customers.
What every business website needs
Five things decide whether a visitor becomes a customer:
The sections to use, by kind of business
Start from a template made for your kind of business and change it to yours. These are the sections that matter most for each:
Every template is in the template gallery. "Use this template" opens it in the editor in your browser with no account needed.
One page or several?
A single, well-organised page is enough for most small businesses to start, and it is what the free plan gives you. Visitors scroll on a phone happily, and everything is one tap away.
Add pages when you have enough to say that one page would become too long: a separate menu, a page per service, a page of frequently asked questions, a contact page. Paid plans start at $4.99 a month with up to 10 pages per site. See pricing for every plan's limits.
Get it live this week
- Day 1: write your headline, your list of services with prices, and your contact details. Pick your five best photos.
- Day 2: open a template for your kind of business, or let the AI builder draft the page from a description of your business. Replace every word and photo with yours.
- Day 3: preview it on a phone, fix what looks wrong, and ask a customer or friend to try the main button.
- Day 4: publish it on a free address like yourname.acyera.com, then share the link on WhatsApp, your social profiles and your Google Business Profile.
After it is live
- Turn on "Show my site on search engines" in your site settings, and read How to get your business on Google.
- Answer the questions customers ask most often in a questions section. Each answer saves you a message and can match a search.
- Update prices and photos when they change. A wrong price costs more trust than a missing one.
- When the site is bringing in enquiries, connect your own domain. Acyera includes it on every paid plan.
Questions business owners ask
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Ready to build yours?
Build on Acyera with no account, then save your page to a free account when you are happy with it. The free plan gives you one page on an address like yourname.acyera.com.