Setting Up Your Static Business Pages: Not the Fun Part, But Certainly an Important One

Let’s be honest: when you think about starting your online business, you picture the exciting stuff.

Building your brand. Creating your content. Designing your offers.

What you don’t picture is sitting down to write… Terms & Conditions. Or a Privacy Policy. Or that all-important Contact Us page.

It’s not glamorous. It’s not creative. And it’s definitely not what gets you out of bed in the morning.

But here’s the truth: these static pages are the unsung heroes of your website. Without them, you risk looking unprofessional, untrustworthy, or even non-compliant with the law.

Why These Pages Matter

• Terms & Conditions → Protects you and sets the rules of engagement for your site, products, or services.

• Privacy Policy → A legal requirement if you’re collecting emails or any kind of customer data (hello GDPR).

• Contact Us → Seems basic, but people want to know there’s a real human behind the site. It builds trust.

Skip these, and your shiny website suddenly looks a lot less legitimate.

Ways to Get Them Sorted

Now, the big question: how do you actually get these pages done without spending weeks buried in legal jargon?

Here are three main routes:

1. Hire a Legal Professional

✅ Rock-solid, fully tailored, legally watertight.
❌ Expensive — not always realistic when you’re just starting out.

2. DIY with AI or Copy-Paste Templates

✅ Quick, free (or very cheap).
❌ Risky — unless you’ve got legal training, you might miss crucial details or fail to comply with regulations.

3. Use a Specialist Template Service

✅ Middle ground: companies provide lawyer-written templates you simply customise with your own business details.
✅ Affordable and much safer than DIY.
❌ Still your responsibility to keep them updated, but far less painful than starting from scratch.

My Recommendation

If you’re brand new, don’t skip this step. It may not be the “sexy” side of business, but it gives your website the credibility and compliance it needs.

At Volcano Publishing, we lean toward option 3 — using a specialist provider for templates, then customising them. It’s fast, cost-effective, and gives us peace of mind that we’re not leaving ourselves exposed.

We used - simply.doc.co.uk

Final Word

Setting up your static business pages won’t feel like progress in the moment. You won’t get likes, shares, or comments from posting your Privacy Policy.

But down the line? You’ll thank yourself.

Because when customers see you’ve taken the time to get the boring but vital stuff right, they’ll trust you more. And trust is the foundation of every successful business.

👉 Over to you: Have you got your Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, and Contact Us pages live yet? If not, which route will you take to get them sorted?