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The questions tradies ask me before they spend $990, answered properly once. What things cost, how to get found, and what to have ready. Pricing and examples are one tap away.

12 November 2026

Who owns your website? Six questions to ask before you pay anyone

Domain, hosting, and what happens if the builder vanishes. Six plain questions to ask any web builder before you pay, with the answers I give.

I rebuilt an HR consultant's WordPress site without changing her words

Nine pages, her copy kept word for word, her email working all the way through. What I kept, what I moved and the one snag at launch.

What a tradie's homepage has to say in the first ten seconds

Seven things a tradie homepage has to show on the first screen, each one shown on a real site or a labelled sample you can open on your phone.

I built a website for a framing studio in five days. Here's how it went.

Two homepages the night she enquired, live five days later on the hosting she'd already paid for.

How to get found on Google as a tradie: the 5 things that matter

Google Business Profile, a website with your suburbs, reviews and three more. What you control and what you do not.

Do tradies need a website if they have Facebook?

When a Facebook page is enough, when it is not, and why you should keep both.

Wix or Squarespace vs a done-for-you website for tradies

The subscription, the 20+ hours and who owns the site. An honest comparison.

I built a homepage for a real barber shop. Here's every decision.

Six barbers, 187 Google reviews, walk-ins only. What went on the page, what came off, and what it means for yours.

Your Google listing says no website. Here's what your customers see.

You come up on the map with good reviews and no website. Here is what happens next, on Google and in ChatGPT.

What a website should actually cost a tradie in 2026

A five-year price table: Facebook only, monthly rental, agency, and $990 once. Updated 6 October 2026.

What to have ready before you get a website built

The eight things that turn a slow build into a fast one, whoever builds it.

Why I won't build you a blog, a shop or a booking system

Yes, this is a blog post. Here is why I still will not build you one.