Website GlowupsBy Caro

How a website glowup flows

From the free website check to the monthly plan, plus referrals and affiliates. Who does what, and when. Every website includes 3 one-to-one personal calls with Caro.

Personal. Affordable. Fast.

NEW Version 11, updated 3 November 2026. Gold NEW tags show what has changed.

Finders flow (separate document)

Follow the numbers and arrows from left to right. Teal R steps are referrals. Gold NEW tags show what changed on 3 November. Every step is written out in full further down.

Website Glowups swimlane mapSeven lanes (Booker, Automatic, Caro, Client, Dev Team, Introducers, Client portal) across a timeline from Every month and Day 0 to Monthly. The free website check emails a report, the client books Call 1 online, Call 1 getting to know you, Call 2 the website glow up reveal, things we need and the domain helper, an optional Call 3 to launch and go live, 50% to go ahead and 50% at go live, then a monthly plan on calendar months. Teal R steps show referrals. Gold NEW tags mark what changed on 3 November 2026. The same steps are listed in words under the map. Booker (finder) Automatic Stripe, email, Admin Caro Client Dev Team Introducers Affiliates and WG Clients Client portal One per client Planned Timeline Every month Day 0 Day 0 to 2 Day 3 to 7 Day 7 to 12 Day 12+ Monthly ↻ New enquiries loop back to the start ↻ Referral loop: introducers can refer again Rough numbers Estimates: about 8 calls a week: 300 to 400 contacts a month, weighted to warm leads. Start with 100 in month one and track. Finds a local firm Under 10 staff, dated site. 1 Runs the free check Together, on the live website checker. Live 2 Earns £100 Once live and fully paid. Live before the 28th: paid on the 1st. 16 Report emailed A 3 page report goes out the moment they give their email. To set up 3 Request saved On the Booking requests page. The email alert to hello@ is still to check. Live 5 Live link sent Once the final 50% is paid. To set up 15 Admin flags rewards Once the new client is live and fully paid. To set up R4 Stripe bills on the 1st Missed payments are retried. To set up NEW 17 Footer credit On every site, linking to Caro's page. New enquiries loop back. 18 Monthly lead list Caro and the Dev Team pick warm leads for the Booker. Start Call 1, Getting to know you 15 minutes, all about them and their plans. Personal call 1 of 3. NEW 6 Reviews and OKs it Caro checks the website before Call 2. 8 Call 2, Website glow up reveal 30 minutes. Happy, they go ahead. NEW 9 Call 3, Launch and go live Optional, offered to every client once everything is in and agreed. NEW 14 Caro's tracker Every client's stage. Anything late shows red. Planned Taps approve Checks the referral in Admin, then approves the reward. R5 Changes form Opens on the 1st, cut off the 20th. Reminders 1st, 10th and day before. Planned NEW 17 Books Call 1 online On the form at websiteglowups.co.uk, plus any code. Reminder the day before. Live 4 R3 Pays 50% by Stripe £850, or £700 with Growth. To set up 10 Things we need Logo, wording, hours and 3 photos. NEW 11 Domain helper Pointed, not moved. Guide in the portal. NEW 12 Pays the other 50% At go live, with or without Call 3. NEW 15 Essentials £35 or Growth £95 A month. First part month pro rata. One month's notice. NEW 17 Builds the new website From their site and Call 1. No templates. Sends Caro a preview link. 7 Finishes the site Ready within 7 working days of receiving everything. NEW 13 Uptime alerts We know before the client does if a site goes down. Planned Does the changes Live by month end. No form, no changes. Bigger jobs quoted first. NEW 17 Two kinds of introducer Affiliates: friends, family, recruits. No website needed. WG Clients: existing plan clients. Caro adds the introducer In her Admin, with their own Stripe code like SARAH50 on one £50 off coupon. Every use is tracked. Live R1 Shares their own code A personal code like SARAH50, or a link ending ?ref=SARAH50. R2 Gets the reward Affiliate £50 cash. WG Client a free month of Growth, up to 12 a year. R6 Two automatic emails Thank you, Growth is free next month. Then a week before it ends, Stay on Growth? Planned R7 Sign in with an email code Account made at first payment. A 6 digit code, no password. Planned NEW Book the next call Only the next call shows. Call 3 opens once everything is in. Planned NEW Things we need Checklist, photos, social links and the domain guide. Planned NEW Invoices and card On Stripe's own billing page. We never keep card details. Planned Refer a friend Their own NAME50 code. The friend gets an extra £50 off. Planned NEW Changes form Monthly, open 1st to 20th. Their plan's options only. Planned NEW

New in this version, 3 November 2026

  • NEW 3 one-to-one personal calls with Caro. Getting to know you (15 minutes), the Website glow up reveal (30 minutes), and an optional Launch and go live call.
  • NEW Things we need and the domain helper step sit between Call 2 and Call 3. Domains are pointed, not transferred.
  • NEW Monthly plans run on calendar months. Billed on the 1st, changes form by the 20th, live by month end.
  • NEW Plan switching, notice, missed payments, death and LPA rules added.

Legend

  • BookerAutomaticCaroClient
  • Dev TeamIntroducersClient portal
  • Hand over to the next step
  • Referral steps (R1 to R8)
  • Footer credit loop back to the start
  • Referral loop
  • LivePlannedTo set upStatus key
  • NEWNew or changed since version 10
  • Numbers match the step by step list.

Prices

  • Website glowup: £850, up to 5 pages
  • With the Growth plan: £700 (3 full calendar months minimum, or the £150 is added back). Essentials stays at £850.
  • Payment: 50% to go ahead, 50% at go live, with or without Call 3.
  • Essentials £35 a month. Up to 30 minutes of changes. Live within 7 working days of the monthly form.
  • Growth £95 a month. Up to 60 minutes including the monthly update, results email, reviews added, quarterly AI search check, free logo tidy. Live within 3 working days.
  • NEW Calendar months. Billed on the 1st. First part month pro rata. One calendar month's notice.
  • Bigger jobs like new pages are always quoted and agreed first.

Referrals and affiliates

Codes live Rewards planned
  • Personal codes: one code per client, made from their name (like MARKSMOTORS50). Affiliates get one too, like SARAH50, link ending ?ref=SARAH50. Live
  • New client: an extra £50 off their glowup, on top of the launch offer. £650 with Growth (3 month minimum).
  • Affiliates (friends, family, recruits, no website needed): £50 cash once the client they referred is live and fully paid.
  • WG Clients earn a free month of Growth worth £95 when the client they referred goes live and pays. Up to 12 a year.
  • Essentials clients go back to Essentials on the 1st after the free month, unless they tap Stay on Growth. Never charged £95 without that tap.
  • Tracked in Caro's own Admin. Caro taps approve before any reward.
Finders flow (separate document)How Finders are found, onboarded and paid

Client portal, one per client Preview built

At my.websiteglowups.co.uk

  • NEW Sign in with a 6 digit code sent by email. Account made at the first payment.
  • NEW Book the next call. Only the next call shows. Call 3 opens once everything is in.
  • NEW Things we need, guides including Connect your domain, and a bell for reminders.
  • NEW Monthly changes form, 1st to 20th, their plan's options only, extras priced.
  • Legacy contact and backup contact in settings.
  • Invoices and card on Stripe's own billing page only. We never keep card details.

Your monthly plan, the rules

  • NEW Form opens on the 1st. Reminders on the 1st, the 10th and the day before the cut off.
  • NEW Cut off the 20th. Live by the end of the month. No form, no changes. No roll over.
  • NEW Tick as many as they like. Over the plan's time is quoted first.
  • NEW Upgrade straight away, pro rata. Downgrade from the 1st. Growth £150 joiners finish 3 months first.
  • NEW Missed payment. Stripe retries about 2 weeks, then 30 days unpaid shows a back soon page. Nothing deleted.
  • NEW Death or loss of capacity. Legacy contact, executor, or a registered LPA checked with the OPG.

Who does what

  • BookerFinds busy local firms, runs the free check with them, helps them book Call 1. Earns £100 per site once live and fully paid.
  • AutomaticThe check report email, booking requests, referral codes and tracking, Stripe payments, the live link, billing on the 1st, reminders and retries.
  • CaroMonthly lead list, 3 personal calls, OKs every new website, approves every referral reward.
  • ClientBooks Call 1, says yes, pays 50% then 50%, sends Things we need, adds us as a domain helper, sends the monthly form by the 20th.
  • Dev TeamMonthly lead list with Caro, builds the new website, points the domain, puts it live, does the monthly changes.
  • IntroducersAffiliates and WG Clients. Share their code, and get £50 cash or a free Growth month.

Caro's time per sale

3 one-to-one personal calls

Getting to know you, 15 minutes. Website glow up reveal, 30 minutes. Launch and go live, optional. Our difference from the competition.

Stays human

  • 3 personal calls with Caro
  • Caro's OK on every site
  • Caro's OK on every reward
  • The client's own photos

Outreach rules

  • Opener: a FREE website check at check.websiteglowups.co.uk, with bot protection Live
  • They give their email and the 3 page report is emailed straight away To set up
  • The report leads to one thing. Book Call 1 on the booking form at websiteglowups.co.uk Live
  • Then a phone call, after a TPS check. Email to limited companies, with an easy opt out. No cold WhatsApps.

Step by step

  1. Every month
  2. Start
    CaroDev Team

    Monthly lead list

    Caro and the Dev Team brainstorm a scored list of warm leads and target businesses for the Booker.

  3. Booker

    Rough numbers

    Estimates. For about 8 calls a week: roughly 300 to 400 contacts a month, weighted to warm leads. Start with 100 in month one and track.

  4. Introducer

    Two kinds of introducer

    Affiliates: friends, family, recruits. No website needed.

    WG Clients: existing plan clients.

  5. ★
    Caro

    Caro's tracker

    Every client's stage on one page. Anything due or late is flagged red.

    Planned
  6. ★
    Dev Team

    Uptime alerts

    We hear first if a client's site goes down, before they do.

    Planned
  7. Day 0
  8. 1
    Booker

    Finds a busy local business

    Trades first, then bookkeepers and mobile mechanics. Under 10 staff, a dated website, and good Google reviews that are not shown on it. Reaches out by the outreach rules.

  9. 2
    Booker

    Runs the free website check with them

    At check.websiteglowups.co.uk, with bot protection. The business gives their own email.

    Live
  10. 3
    Automatic

    A 3 page report is emailed straight away

    The report itself leads them to book Call 1. A hand built sample is ready, and the automatic email is the next build.

    To set up
  11. R1
    CaroAutomatic

    Caro sets up each introducer's code

    Caro adds a new introducer in her Admin, with their name and whether they are an affiliate or a WG Client. They get a personal code, like SARAH50, as a Stripe promotion code on one shared £50 off coupon. Every use is tracked back to the introducer, with a link ending ?ref=SARAH50 to share.

    Live
  12. R2
    Introducer

    An introducer shares their own code

    Every affiliate and WG Client gets a personal code, like SARAH50, and a link ending ?ref=SARAH50.

  13. 4
    ClientBooker

    The client books Call 1

    On the booking form at websiteglowups.co.uk. Name, email, business and website, or a tick for I don't have a website yet. The Booker helps, ideally together, and sends a friendly reminder the day before.

    Live
  14. R3
    Client

    The new client adds the code

    In the booking form, or by using the link. They get £50 off their website glowup, on top of the £150 Growth saving.

  15. 5
    Automatic

    The booking request is saved

    It shows on the Booking requests page, and an email goes to hello@ with caro@ as the back up. That email still needs a test.

    Live
  16. Day 0 to 2
  17. 6
    NEWCaro

    Call 1, Getting to know you

    15 minutes, and personal call 1 of 3 with Caro. All about them and their plans. Not a walk through of the report, which they already have. The notes and their current website go to the Dev Team.

  18. 7
    Dev Team

    The Dev Team builds the new website

    Built from their existing site and Call 1. No templates, and it keeps their personality. The Dev Team sends Caro a preview link.

  19. 8
    Caro

    Caro reviews and OKs the new website

    Before Call 2.

  20. Day 3 to 7
  21. 9
    NEWCaroClient

    Call 2, Website glow up reveal

    30 minutes, and personal call 2 of 3. Caro reveals the new website and the before and after scores. Client happy, they go ahead.

    On this call Caro also explains the next steps, the Things we need list and how to add us as a helper on their domain.

  22. 10
    ClientAutomatic

    Client pays 50% by Stripe

    Website glowup £850 for up to 5 pages, or £700 with the Growth plan (3 full calendar months minimum).

    To set up
  23. 11
    NEWClientClient portal

    Client sends Things we need

    In the client portal. Their logo, approval of the wording, opening hours and at least 3 photos (a headshot, one delivering their service and one with a client). Social media links and reviews too.

    Planned
  24. 12
    NEWClient

    Client adds us as a helper on their domain

    Between Call 2 and Call 3. The domain is pointed, not transferred. It stays in their name with their own provider. They add Website Glowups as a helper for domain settings only, never passwords or payment details, using the Connect your domain guide in the portal. They can remove our access any time. A transfer only if the client asks.

  25. Day 7 to 12
  26. 13
    NEWDev Team

    The Dev Team finishes the site

    Ready within 7 working days of receiving everything we need. We point the domain to the new website and check their email still works.

  27. 14
    NEWCaroClient

    Call 3, Launch and go live

    Optional, and offered to every client. Personal call 3 of 3. Only once everything is in and agreed. Caro takes the site live with them.

  28. 15
    NEWClientAutomatic

    The other 50%, then the live link

    Due at go live, with or without Call 3. One round of changes, then approval. The final 50% is paid by Stripe and the live link is sent automatically.

    To set up
  29. Day 12+
  30. R4
    Automatic

    Admin flags the rewards due

    Once the new client is live and fully paid.

    To set up
  31. 16
    Booker

    Booker earns £100

    Once the site is live and fully paid. Live before the 28th means paid on the 1st of the next month.

  32. R5
    Caro

    Caro taps approve

    Caro checks the referral in her Admin and approves the reward. Nothing is paid without her OK.

  33. R6
    Introducer

    The introducer gets their reward

    Affiliate. £50 cash.

    WG Client. A free month of Growth worth £95, up to 12 a year. Growth clients get next month free. Essentials clients get next month free and upgraded to Growth, then always go back to Essentials unless they tap Stay on Growth.

    ↻ They can keep referring

    Planned
  34. R7
    NEWAutomaticIntroducer

    Two automatic emails

    When the referral goes live. “Thank you! [Name]'s new website is now live, so next month you get Growth free. Choose what you'd like from this month's menu.”

    About a week before the free month ends. “Enjoyed Growth? Tap Stay on Growth, £95 a month from next month. Do nothing and you go back to Essentials on the 1st.”

    We never charge £95 without that tap.

    Planned
  35. Monthly
  36. 17
    NEWClientAutomatic

    Essentials £35 or Growth £95 a month

    Calendar months. Stripe bills on the 1st, paid in advance. The first part month, from go live to the end of that month, is charged pro rata. The client agrees the terms online.

    Ending a plan needs one full calendar month's notice. Notice by the last day of a month ends the plan at the end of the next month.

    To set up
  37. 17
    NEWClientClient portalCaroDev Team

    Monthly changes, all in one go

    The changes form opens on the 1st. Cut off the 20th. Reminders on the 1st, the 10th and the day before the cut off. Share your completed form by the 20th and your updates go live within 7 working days on Essentials, 3 on Growth, and always by the end of the month.

    Tick as many changes as they like. Anything over the plan's time is quoted and agreed first. No form by the 20th means no changes that month, and unused time doesn't roll over.

    Planned
  38. 17
    NEWClientAutomatic

    Switching plans

    Up to Growth straight away, with Stripe charging the pro rata difference for the rest of the month. Down to Essentials from the 1st of next month. Anyone who joined on Growth with the £150 off finishes their 3 month minimum first.

  39. 17
    NEWAutomaticCaro

    Missed payments

    Stripe retries for about 2 weeks, with reminders. After 30 days unpaid the site shows a back soon page. Nothing is deleted, and it is restored once paid.

    To set up
  40. 17
    NEWCaro

    If a client dies or loses capacity

    Death. The legacy contact sends a copy of the death certificate and their own ID, then can keep the site running or pause it. Billing pauses and the site stays live for 90 days with no chasing. Ownership and files pass only to the executor (grant of probate, or the will and the executor's ID). Files are kept for 12 months, with a reminder before any deletion.

    Loss of capacity. A registered Property and Financial Affairs LPA, checked with the OPG access code, gives the attorney full access.

  41. 18
    Automatic

    Footer credit on every site

    Links to Caro's landing page, so new enquiries loop back to the start.

    ↻ Back to step 1

  42. R8
    AutomaticCaro

    Monthly affiliate report

    Codes used, who is live and fully paid, and the rewards due and paid.

    To set up
  43. Client portal at my.websiteglowups.co.uk
  44. P1
    NEWClient portal

    Sign in with an email code

    Their account is made automatically at the first Stripe payment, with a welcome email. They sign in with a 6 digit code sent by email. No password to forget or steal. Sign out everywhere is in settings.

    Planned
  45. P2
    NEWClient portal

    Book the next call

    Only the next call shows. Call 1, then the Website glow up reveal (30 minutes), then Call 3, which stays greyed out until everything is in and agreed.

    Planned
  46. P3
    NEWClient portal

    Things we need and guides

    A checklist for the logo, wording approval, opening hours, photos, social links and reviews. Guides include Connect your domain to your new website. A bell for reminders and new reports.

    Planned
  47. P4
    NEWClient portal

    Monthly changes form

    Open from the 1st to the 20th. It shows only the options in their plan, with extras listed separately with a price. Changes made builds up month by month.

    Planned
  48. P5
    Client portal

    Quarterly AI search score

    A new score each quarter with a dashboard notice. Under 70 goes on Caro's private needs attention list.

    Planned
  49. P6
    Client portal

    Account settings

    Name, business, email, phone and address. An optional backup contact and legacy contact.

    Planned
  50. P7
    Client portal

    Invoices and card

    Through Stripe's own billing page only. We never keep card details.

    Planned
  51. P8
    NEWClient portal

    Refer a friend

    Their own code made from their name, like NAME50. The friend gets an extra £50 off their glowup. A free month of Growth when the friend goes live and pays, up to 12 a year.

    Planned