However, I beg to disagree. They're not doing the same job, so one can't really stand in for the other. Instagram's job is getting people curious the scroll-stop, the "wait who is this." Your website's job is making the decision easy once they're curious answering the questions, building the trust, getting them to book without you closing every single deal yourself in the DMs.
If your website isn't doing that part, the issue isn't that Instagram's carrying too much. It's that nothing's actually closing. The businesses booking out right now didn't ditch Instagram for a website. They just stopped expecting Instagram to do a job it was never built for.
However, I beg to disagree. They're not doing the same job, so one can't really stand in for the other. Instagram's job is getting people curious the scroll-stop, the "wait who is this." Your website's job is making the decision easy once they're curious answering the questions, building the trust, getting them to book without you closing every single deal yourself in the DMs.
If your website isn't doing that part, the issue isn't that Instagram's carrying too much. It's that nothing's actually closing. The businesses booking out right now didn't ditch Instagram for a website. They just stopped expecting Instagram to do a job it was never built for.
100%... for now. Being booked out today doesn't mean being booked out in three months. Referrals slow down, seasons shift, one client moves cities, and suddenly the waitlist you were coasting on for a year is just... gone. Nobody plans for the slow month. It just shows up.
Here's the part that actually matters: while you're booked out and telling yourself you'll "get to the website eventually," your competitor isn't waiting for a slow season to build theirs. They're doing it now, while things are calm, so it's already working by the time they need it.
So when your slow month hits and hers doesn't, you're not too late. You're just starting the exact thing she finished six months ago, while she's the one showing up first in search, first in the DMs, first in the booking link.
Being booked out isn't a reason to wait. It's the only window you'll get to build this without the pressure of needing it tomorrow.
Well... If you already know your brand, your offer, your price, and you're done watching your Instagram outwork your actual website, YES.
However... If you want me to invent your whole brand from scratch this week for free, or your mate's cousin is already halfway through building you one "on the side," probably not yet, and that's okay too.
I build websites for women who mean business.