Tradie websites built for the customer who looks you up before they call
Someone hands over your name, and the next thing that happens is a search. What they find in the following thirty seconds decides whether you get the call or a second quote goes out. We build that page for Sydney plumbers, sparkies, builders, plasterers and tilers, and you see your homepage before you pay anything.
Six things a tradie website needs that most don't have
We checked the five sites Google ranks first for "tradie websites". None of them mentions a licence number.
Your licence number, on every page
NSW requires it in your advertising, and a website is advertising. Strata managers, builders and insurers look for it before they look at anything else. It goes in the header or footer of every page and beside the quote form.
A page for each job you want more of
One "services" page listing twelve things ranks for none of them. Bathroom renovations, hot water, switchboard upgrades: each gets its own page with its own photos and its own questions answered.
The suburbs you work in, written down
"Sydney wide" tells Google nothing. Naming the suburbs you take work in, on pages that say something real about working there, is what puts you in front of a local search.
A phone number you can tap
Most of your visitors are on a phone, often standing next to the problem. The number sits at the top of every page as a button, and the quote form asks for four things, not fourteen.
Photos of your own work
Stock photos of a smiling model in a hard hat cost you the job. Before-and-after shots from your own phone, labelled with the suburb and the job, do more than any paragraph we could write.
Your Google review link, ready to use
We set up your direct Google review link and give it to you to put on your invoices, so asking for a review becomes part of getting paid. You also get our guide to replying to reviews, good and bad, in line with Google's own recommendations. A profile with last week's review beats a better tradie whose latest is from 2022.
Three Sydney trades, three live sites
Every one is live. Open them on your phone and judge for yourself.
Where tradie websites usually fail
Most trade sites are built once, by whoever was cheapest, and never touched again. They look fine on the day they launch. The problems show up later, when the phone number changes, the licence is renewed, or you start doing a kind of work the site never mentions.
- ✓One long page, so no single service can rank
- ✓A contact form that emails an inbox nobody checks on site
- ✓Photos from a stock library, not your jobs
- ✓A login you never received, so nothing can be updated
The price, before you ask
Four of the five sites Google ranks first for "tradie websites" don't publish one.
One setup fee, one monthly fee
That is the Growth plan: up to 8 pages, every enquiry captured in one place, your Google Business Profile set up and managed, hosting and security included, and up to two content updates a month. Current prices are on the Pricing page.
No lock-in
Month to month, 30 days' notice either way. Your domain and your Google profile are in your name from the start.
Want it built once?
We do website-only builds with no monthly fee. The first 12 months of hosting are included; after that it moves to your own account. Say so when you send your details and we'll price it. The monthly plan is for trades who want the site, the Google profile and the enquiries looked after.
From first message to live site
Tell us your trade and your suburbs
A short form. No call needed to start.
See your homepage
We build a real working homepage and walk you through it within 2 business days of getting your details. No cost. It stays with us unless you go ahead.
Send photos and your licence details
Job photos from your phone are fine. We write the copy and you approve every page before launch.
Go live
10 business days after we have your details and access to your domain and Google accounts.
We keep it current
New services, new suburbs, new photos and your Google profile, handled each month.
Tradie website questions, answered
How much does a tradie website cost?
One setup fee and one monthly fee on the Growth plan, which covers the site, hosting, enquiry tracking and your Google Business Profile. A site built once with no monthly fee is quoted on its size, with the first 12 months of hosting included. Current figures are on the Pricing page.
How long does it take?
You see a working homepage within 2 business days of sending your details. The full site goes live 10 business days after we have your details and access to your domain and Google accounts. Waiting on photos is the usual delay, so send what you have on your phone.
Do I have to write anything?
No. We ask about your trade, the jobs you want more of and the suburbs you cover, then write the pages. You read and approve them before anything goes live. If we have a detail wrong, you tell us and we fix it.
I don't have professional photos. Is that a problem?
No. Phone photos of real jobs work better than professional photos of nothing in particular. Send before-and-after shots with the suburb and the type of job, and we crop and label them. A site with eight honest job photos beats one with thirty stock images.
Who owns the website if I stop paying?
Your domain, Google Business Profile and Search Console are yours throughout, with your own logins from day one. If you leave, give 30 days' notice. Once fees are paid we transfer the site to your own platform account on request, and you pay the platform directly from then on.
Will it get me on the first page of Google?
Nobody can promise that, and you should be wary of anyone who does. What we can say is that the site is built the way Google reads a trade business: a page per service, suburbs named, licence shown, Google profile connected. Ranking then depends on your reviews and your competition.
I get my work from hipages and word of mouth. Do I need a website?
Referrals get searched before they call, and a thin result makes a bigger client hesitate. Hipages rents you leads at a price per lead. A site and a Google profile are yours, and keep working in the months you aren't paying a platform.
Can you use the domain I already have?
Yes. We connect your existing domain and handle the switch. If the domain has lapsed or is held by a previous web company, we can usually get it back into your name first. We did that for Sydney Plaster Master before their site went live.
Where to go next
SEO for tradies
How a trade ranks when you work from a ute and hide your address on Google.
SEO for tradiesWhich builder should a tradie use?
Wix, WordPress, Squarespace or a managed build, compared on bookings and local search.
Best website builder for tradiesHipages or your own site?
What each one costs and what you own at the end.
Hipages vs your own website
See your trade's homepage before you pay for it
Tell us your trade and the suburbs you work in. We build your homepage as a real working page and walk you through it within 2 business days of getting your details. No cost, no obligation. It is a preview: the page stays with us unless you go ahead.