Durable just made "I don't have a website yet" the most expensive excuse in business.
Every week someone tells me they have a business idea but they're not ready to launch yet. They need to figure out the website. They need to sort out the branding. They need to find someone to help with the tech stuff.
Durable just eliminated every single one of those reasons. And it did it in 30 seconds.
🔧 Tool of the Week: Durable AI Business Builder
Durable launched a major platform update on March 17, 2026 — the same day it hit 3.4 million views on X. It started as an AI website builder in 2022. It's now something much bigger.
Here's what you get the moment you describe your business:
Website — fully built, mobile-ready, SEO-optimised, with copy and images generated specifically for your business type. Not a template you fill in. An actual website, live in 30 seconds.
Brand kit — logo, colour palette, fonts, and business card design, all generated automatically and consistent with your brand.
CRM — a built-in system to manage leads, customer communications, appointments, and follow-ups. Connected to your website so every contact form submission goes straight in.
Invoicing — professional invoices with Stripe integration so you can get paid directly from the platform. ACH, Apple Pay, credit cards.
AI marketing suite — Google Ads copy, social media posts, and blog content written specifically for your business context, not generic templates.
AI discoverability — optimises your business to show up on both Google and AI platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini. As more people use AI to find local services, this is becoming as important as Google rankings.
The verdict: For a service business — cleaner, photographer, consultant, coach, tradesperson — this is the fastest way to go from idea to operational online presence that exists. Rebecca Hoekstra of NaturePure Cleaning Co. used Durable when a neighbour posted asking for a cleaner on Instagram. What started as a side hustle became a fully booked business within a year. Durable handled everything except showing up and doing the work.
🧪 Real Business Example
Durable has built over 10 million websites since launching in 2022. The average time from sign-up to live website is under a minute. One user — a freelance photographer in Austin — described going from "I should really get a website" to having a live, bookable site with a contact form, portfolio layout, and Google-indexed pages in the same afternoon she signed up.
She had been putting it off for two years.
📋 Step-by-Step: Launch Your Business on Durable Today
Go to durable.com and click "Generate your website"
Enter your business type, name, and location — three fields, takes 20 seconds
Review the generated website — Durable builds a complete site with copy, images, and layout
Edit anything that doesn't sound like you — change text, colours, fonts using the drag-and-drop editor
Connect your Google Business Profile inside the Discoverability settings
Set up your Stripe account inside the Invoicing section so you can accept payments
Import or add your existing contacts into the CRM
Go live on your custom domain (free subdomain on free plan, custom domain from $12/month)
Total time from sign-up to live business: under 2 hours, including all the setup.
❓ The Dumb Question
"Will my website look like everyone else's if AI built it?"
Possibly, if you leave it exactly as generated. The AI builds from industry-standard patterns, so a cleaning business site and another cleaning business site will have structural similarities out of the box. The fix is simple: swap the generated copy for your actual voice, add real photos of your work instead of stock images, and include one specific detail that only your business has — a neighbourhood you focus on, a specific service you specialise in, a real customer quote. That's what makes it yours. The AI builds the bones. You add the personality.
💰 What It'll Cost You
Plan | Cost | What You Get |
|---|---|---|
Free | $0 | Website, subdomain, basic CRM, 5 AI images/month |
Starter | $12/month (annual) | Custom domain, unlimited pages, full CRM |
Business | $20/month (annual) | Everything + invoicing, AI marketing suite |
Traditional alternative | $200–$5,000+ | Web designer + copywriter + hosting |
The free plan is genuinely usable — you get a live website, hosting, SSL security, and basic CRM with no credit card. Upgrade when you're ready to take payments or need a custom domain.
⚡ The Practical Play
This week: generate your Durable site. Even if you already have a website, spend 10 minutes generating one for your business just to see what it produces. It's free, it takes 30 seconds, and you might be surprised how close it gets. At minimum you'll walk away with new copy ideas and a fresh perspective on how your business is positioned.
📰 News That Matters
As part of its March launch, Durable offered 500 free subscriptions to recently laid-off Amazon employees exploring business ownership. It's a telling signal about where the market is heading — AI is making it so frictionless to start a business that the barrier is no longer technical. The barrier is deciding to start. That's a meaningful shift.
🚫 Skip This
Paying a web designer $2,000–$5,000 for a basic five-page website before you've validated whether your business has customers. Use Durable to get live and get your first clients. Once you're making money and need something more custom, hire the designer. Don't spend on infrastructure before you've proven the product.
🥷 This Issue Is Brought To You By: The Revenue Ronin
Durable gets you online in 30 seconds. But getting customers requires a different kind of thinking.
Justin French has spent 20+ years helping founders turn online presence into actual revenue — offer design, sales systems, conversion strategy. His free newsletter The Dojo Journal is where he shares it, once a week, in plain English.
Until next issue, Kris
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