Fill your diary without renting it back off a platform.
Booking platforms charge you a monthly subscription — and often a fee per pupil — to manage learners you found yourself. Take bookings on your own site and the diary is yours.
Live example: Roadstart Driving School
The maths
Here's what it's quietly costing you.
Set it to your own numbers. This is money off work you already do.
Drag the sliders. Defaults reflect a typical driving instructor — adjust them to your own numbers.
What the platforms take
£408 / month
That's a year
£4,896
Own Your Trade
£49 / month flat
You'd keep
£4,308/yr
Illustrative. Compares platform commission against the Growth plan's flat monthly fee; excludes card fees, which both sides pay.
See it in action
This is the real thing — try it right here.
Not a screenshot. Place a real test booking below, then look at what the owner sees.
This is the live dashboard the owner sees — every booking lands here in real time, so you run your day without juggling apps.
Straight comparison
Own Your Trade vs Lesson8 vs BookLive
No spin. Filter by what matters to you, and see where the money goes.
| OWN·YOUR·TRADE | Lesson8 | BookLive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A year of bookings | ✓One flat fee — from £348 a year | Subscription plus lead fees — commonly £1,500+ | Subscription plus lead fees — commonly £1,500+ |
| Monthly platform fee | ✓One flat fee, all pupils | Per-instructor subscription | Per-instructor subscription |
| Fee per new pupil / lead | ✓None | Lead fees common | Lead fees common |
| Your own branded site | ✓Yes (Growth up) | Their branding | Their branding |
| Live diary you control | ✓Built in | Yes, on their terms | Yes, on their terms |
| Support | ✓A real local developer | Help articles | Help desk |
What that adds up to
You keep £1,500+ a year
— against one flat fee from £29 a month.
A per-instructor subscription plus typical per-pupil lead fees adds up fast — none of which you pay on your own site.
Pricing for driving instructors
One flat fee. Pick your level.
Starter
The ordering or booking system, live on a subdomain of ours. No custom site build.
No setup fee · yourname.ownyourtrade.uk
- ✓Online ordering or booking system
- ✓Live owner dashboard (orders / bookings)
- ✓Secure card payments via Stripe, straight to your bank
- ✓Hosted on a subdomain we provide
- ✓No commission — one flat monthly fee
- ✕Custom-built website
- ✕Your own domain name
Growth
Your own branded site on a proven system, on your own domain — live in under 2 weeks.
+ £149 one-off setup · yourbusiness.co.uk
- ✓Everything in Starter, plus:
- ✓Your own branded version of a proven system
- ✓Your own domain name, set up for you
- ✓Built for your trade specifically — live in under 2 weeks
- ✓Keep your menu, services, prices, hours and photos fresh — unlimited content updates, included
Established
Growth, plus an ongoing design partner — quarterly improvements, honest reviews, same-day support.
+ £149 one-off setup · yourbusiness.co.uk
- ✓Everything in Growth, plus:
- ✓A small design tweak on us, every quarter — a layout change, photo refresh or minor new feature
- ✓A quarterly design & performance review — real analytics on how the site's doing, what it's winning you, and 2–3 specific next steps
- ✓Priority support — a real person, same day
One flat monthly fee. No commission, ever. A branded site on your own domain is included from Growth up — Starter is the system only, on a subdomain. We don't sell a website without the system. Bigger design or layout changes are easy too — arranged as a simple one-off whenever you want one.
Get started
Own your driving instructor bookings.
Tell me how you take lessons now and I'll come back with a straight answer on whether owning it yourself saves you money. Keep £1,500+ a year — or don't, and I'll tell you that too.