Plenty of good trades businesses in the Quiet Corner run entirely on a Facebook page. No website, just the page, and the work still comes in. So the honest answer to whether that hurts you is: it depends on where your next customer comes from. If every job is a referral from someone who already knows you, a page is fine. If you want the stranger who just moved to Putnam and has a leaking water heater, the page is quietly costing you.
Here is the fair version, both sides.
What a Facebook page does well
Give it credit. A page is free, it is easy to post a job photo from your phone, and the people who already follow you see your work and your reviews. For staying in front of past customers and their friends, it does a real job. Keep it.
The three things it cannot do
One: you do not own it. This is the big one. Facebook owns the platform, and it can restrict, suspend, or disable your page with no warning and no one to call. It happens to small businesses more than you would think, usually over some automated flag that has nothing to do with you. Everything you built, the followers, the photos, the reviews, can vanish in a morning. A website, its domain, and the contacts it collects belong to you, the same way your truck does. If you have read who actually owns your website, you already know why this matters.
Two: it does not show up when a stranger searches. When someone types “plumber near me” or “electrician Putnam,” Google shows the map pack and a list of real websites. A Facebook page is not what wins that moment. Your Google Business Profile can put you on the map on its own, but it works far better when a real website backs it up with clear services and a service area for Google to read. Without that, you are invisible in the exact moment a new customer is deciding who to call. That is the whole story of why a business stays hidden on Google.
Three: it does not look like a front door. A stranger who lands on a Facebook page has to already have a Facebook account, dig past the posts to find your hours and number, and take your word that you are established. A simple website answers all of that in five seconds: what you do, where you work, how to reach you, and proof you are real. For a trade where people are letting you into their home, that five seconds of looking legitimate is worth money.
Where your next customer actually is
They are on Google, on their phone, at night, with a problem. They are not scrolling Facebook hoping to stumble onto a plumber. Businesses with a website are linked to significantly more revenue than those without one, and the reason is simple: the website is there when the referral is not.
The honest recommendation
Do not pick one. Keep the Facebook page for the people who already follow you, and add a website that you own, that shows up on Google, and that looks like a real front door. They are not competitors. The page keeps your regulars warm; the site catches the strangers. My whole pricing is published so you can see exactly what a build and a care plan cost before you talk to anyone, including me.
If you are in Putnam or anywhere in the Quiet Corner and want a straight read on whether your Facebook page is quietly costing you jobs, book a free 15 minute call. I will look at how you show up on Google right now, on the phone, with you, and tell you honestly whether a website would earn its keep for your specific business.