Web design for tradies, with a page for your trade

A tradie's first question is whether this works for their trade. The trade pages answer it, and this page covers what every trade site shares.

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$298 a month
Website for tradies, AUD, GST inclusive
No build fee
We carry the cost of the build and recover it through the monthly fee over a 12 month term
Live in 48 hours
Hosting on Cloudflare, SSL and security upkeep
A white work ute and a small van on a suburban driveway beside a brick house, a tradie in hi-vis seen from behind loading a ladder onto the roof racks (generated image)

The trades are mostly one-person businesses

The ABS counts the businesses in the industry classes that hold the trades we build for. A trade is often a class of its own, but some share one.

339,591
Nationalbusinesses across the thirteen classes that hold our trade verticals at 30 June 2025. 59% of them have no employees.
Source: ABS Counts of Australian Businesses
22%
Nationalof house construction businesses were new that year. Building and finishing trades run entry rates of 16% to 22%, so buyers keep meeting new names.
Source: ABS Counts of Australian Businesses, classes 3011 to 3291
-1.0%
Nationalnet change in pest control businesses in the year, and -0.8% in appliance repair. Both are mature trades with few new entrants.
Source: ABS Counts of Australian Businesses, classes 7312 and 9421
RegionalQueensland holds 33% of pest control businesses (942), Victoria 15% (430). Every other class we cover is concentrated in NSW and Victoria.
Source: ABS Counts of Australian Businesses, class 7312

What every trade site shares

Every trade site we build starts from the same parts: a number that dials on a tap, a licence block, a gallery of your own work, a list of the places you cover and a short form. The parts are reused, so the site is quick to launch.

What changes is the order. A plumber's site opens with the number and the hours. A builder's opens with finished projects. The trade pages in the list below go into the order for each trade, the licence wording for its states and the pages it needs.

Urgent trades and planned trades need different front doors

We group the trade pages by how the customer buys, not alphabetically.

Urgent-led: plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, pest control, air conditioning, appliance repair
Now or this week
The number on the first screen, the hours, the area, the licence where it is required, and live reviews.
Planned-led: builders, carpenters, painters, landscapers, concreters, tilers
Weeks to months
Project pages with your own photos, a cost guide, the paperwork in one block and a quote form.
A trade that does both
Both
Two doors on the home page, one for the call and one for the project.

The licence number belongs on the site in most states

NSW Fair Trading, QBCC, Energy Safe Victoria and Western Australian regulators

NSW requires the licensee name, licence number and phone number in all advertising, including the internet. Queensland requires the licensed name and QBCC number, and counts websites. Western Australia requires the number in plumbing, electrical and building advertisements. Victoria requires registered electrical contractors to show their number on promotional material.

Every trade site has a licence block set by state. Each trade page covers the wording for its own trade.

Read the NSW advertising rule
A tradie's hands holding a smartphone on a kitchen bench beside a hard hat, a tape measure and a mug (generated image)
The phone is where most of your visitors are, so the page is built for a thumb.
A row of five tradies' utes and vans parked end to end at the kerb of a tree lined street (generated image)

Work we run for tradies

These are trade businesses whose sites we built. Each card says what it measures, and the numbers are theirs. Ovas Build and Wollongong Service Company include visitors from Google Ads.

Web design for tradies: your questions

What do all tradie sites have in common?
A tap to call at the top, a licence block where the law asks for one, your own photos, a list of the areas you cover, a price statement that is true and a short form. The trade pages go into what each trade adds.
Do I need a different site for each trade I offer?
No. One site with a page for each trade you offer and hold the licence for. Pages for work you do not do bring visits you cannot serve.
Why are the case studies in the Illawarra?
Because that is where our clients are. The method does not depend on the place, but the numbers are theirs and we say where they come from.
How fast can a tradie site be live?
Ovas Build went live in about a week from a Wix site. All Round Carpentry was rebuilt and live the same evening. A supplier site, HTG Group, was live in 24 hours after its host shut down.
Do I need to give my own photos?
Yes, they do the most. If you have none yet, we start with a few good ones taken on your next jobs and replace any stock images later.
What does the quote form ask?
A name, a phone number or an email, and a comment. Ovas Build's form has three fields, and every enquiry email says which page it came from.

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