Be reachable when someone searches for you at 2am
Local service customers search when they need help right now and ring the first business that works. If your site is down, so is your phone.
Why this matters for plumbers, electricians & local trades
For trades and local services, the website is mostly a phone number and a contact form — but it's the first thing a customer opens from a Google search. A site that doesn't load, or shows a security warning, sends them straight to the next listing. Most owners are on a job and not checking.
What to monitor
- Your homepage — where the phone number and call button live.
- Your contact or quote-request page.
- Your domain registration — if it lapses, the site and any email on it stop together.
- Your SSL certificate.
How OwlHound helps
- 5-minute checks, confirmed before alerts — failures are retried and confirmed, so every email is real. How uptime monitoring works.
- SSL and domain expiry warnings well before anything lapses. Learn more.
- A weekly report with uptime, outages and response times, and optional Slack or Discord alerts.
Hear about it first
An email — or a Slack or Discord message — the moment a problem is confirmed means you can call your web person or host while it still matters. The weekly report is a one-minute read to show the site is healthy.
Frequently asked questions
I don't have a web developer. What do I do when I get an alert?
The alert tells you what failed and since when. That's what your host or whoever built the site needs to fix it; many hosts respond quickly to a clear time and error.
Do I need technical knowledge to set this up?
No. You paste your website address and email; there's nothing to install.
Will it check my Google Business Profile?
No. OwlHound checks your website's availability, not directory listings.
Start watching your site in minutes
7-day trial. No installs and no passwords — we only check public pages.