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What we do, what it costs
Digital marketing for tradies, in plain words.
Four things: your website, your Google Business page, getting found in search, and looking after it all month to month. Plans are $237 to $887 a month, or $137 for your Google page on its own. Free homepage design in 48 hours, live within 7 days of saying yes.
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The four things we do
- ✓Your website
- ✓Your Google Business page
- ✓Getting found in search
- ✓Looking after it monthly
from $137 a month
The four things
What each one is for, what it costs and who it suits.
Every price here is a monthly price in Australian dollars, with no GST added and no minimum term.
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Your website
What it’s for
The place a customer lands after they find you. Its one job is to turn a look into a call or a quote request, so it has to load fast and work properly on a phone.
What it costs
Built free on every plan, with no setup fee. A one page site on Essential at $237 a month, or a full site on Growth at $487 and Dominate at $887. Hosting, security and small edits are in the price.
Who it suits
Tradies with no website, or one that breaks on a phone or hasn’t been touched in years.
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Your Google Business page
What it’s for
The listing that shows in the map box when someone searches for your trade near them. For a lot of local jobs it’s the first thing a customer sees before they ring.
What it costs
$137 a month on its own, or included in Growth and Dominate. On its own it carries a review guarantee: at least 1 new 5 star review within 60 days of us getting your customer list, or the fees from those 60 days back.
Who it suits
Tradies whose website already works, but whose Google page has few reviews, old photos or nobody replying.
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Getting found in search
What it’s for
Showing up when someone who doesn’t know your name searches for the job and their suburb, on Google and in AI answers like ChatGPT. That takes a page for each job you do and the areas you cover, and your business listed in the right places online.
What it costs
Included in Growth at $487 a month: 1 new page and 1 new listing every month, plus tracking where you show up on Google and AI search and what nearby competitors are doing. Dominate at $887 does 4 new pages and 2 new listings a month. Not part of Essential.
Who it suits
Tradies who want work from new customers, not only the ones who already know them.
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Looking after it, month to month
What it’s for
Keeping everything online, safe and up to date so you never have to think about it. A real person makes your changes, and you can see what came in.
What it costs
Hosting, security, maintenance and small edits are in every plan from $237 a month. Growth adds every enquiry tracked and a monthly report. Dominate adds priority same day changes, an AI receptionist that answers when you can’t, and missed call text back.
Who it suits
Every tradie on a plan. It’s the part that keeps the other three working.
Google and Meta ads and social media are quoted separately, and only if they make sense for your trade and area. Google and Meta ads · Social media
Why it matters
Having a website isn’t the same as being found.
In our study of 2,444 Australian tradie websites across 14 trades, 86% don’t name their own suburb in the homepage title, the blue line Google shows in its results. Only 14.1% do. Across the 5,787 businesses in the 14 trade sample, 54% have no meta description, the short summary under that line.
Those are small, fixable things, and they’re exactly what the four parts above are there to sort out. The study covers businesses that already have a website, Australia wide, and the suburb test is an exact text match.
From our 2,444 site study
86%
don’t name their own suburb in the homepage title
14.1%
do, 344 of the 2,444 homepages tested
54%
of the 5,787 businesses have no meta description
Google Maps data for Australian trade businesses with a website, collected 12 August 2026.
Side by side
All four, by plan.
| Google page only | Essential | Growth | Dominate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price a month | $137 | $237 | $487 | $887 |
| Setup fee | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Your website | Not included | One page | Full site | Full site |
| Your Google Business page managed | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| New pages a month | No | No | 1 | 4 |
| New listings a month | No | No | 1 | 2 |
| Tracking on Google, AI search and competitors | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Hosting, security and small edits | No website | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Every enquiry tracked | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Monthly report | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| AI receptionist and missed call text back | No | No | No | Yes |
| Guarantee | 1 new 5 star review in 60 days | None | 100 Day Guarantee* | 100 Day Guarantee* |
| Minimum term | None | None | None | None |
* Growth and Dominate. Eligibility and measurement conditions apply. How the guarantee works. Your domain and content are always yours, and the website files are yours free after 12 paid months. Full pricing
Where most tradies should start
Start with the free design, then one plan.
We design your homepage from your Google page, your current site and your job photos, and text it to you within 48 hours. No card, no deposit. Once we’ve seen your business, we recommend one plan, not three.
Most tradies
Growth, $487 a month
It covers all four: your full website, your Google Business page, a new page and listing every month, and the looking after. It’s where your website and Google work together, and it carries the 100 Day Guarantee*.
Website already brings calls?
Google page only, $137
If your site works on a phone and the phone rings, keep it. Start with your Google Business page instead.
Just need to get online?
Essential, $237 a month
A one page site with hosting, a call button and a form. Move up to Growth from your next month whenever you’re ready.
Busy area, missing calls?
Dominate, $887 a month
Everything in Growth, four new pages and two new listings a month, plus an AI receptionist and missed call text back for when you’re on the tools.
Show me my free homepageSee the Growth plan
* Growth and Dominate. Eligibility and measurement conditions apply.
No fine print
Before you hand anything over, here is exactly where you stand
The questions a sensible tradie asks before paying a small business every month. Straight answers.
What does it cost?
$237 a month on Essential, $487 on Growth, $887 on Dominate, with no setup fee for the website. One predictable price with hosting, security and maintenance already in it.
What do I pay upfront?
Nothing. No deposit. We design your homepage and show you. You only pay once you are happy with it and you want us to build the rest of your site.
How long does it take?
You see a draft within 48 hours. Once you say yes, you are live within 7 days.
What if 5 Star Tradie disappears?
You are not stuck. The domain is in your name, the content is yours and you are the owner of your own Google profile. There is no account you cannot get into, and the website files are yours free after 12 paid months.
How much does digital marketing for tradies cost with 5 Star Tradie?
$137 a month for your Google Business page on its own, or $237, $487 or $887 a month for Essential, Growth and Dominate. Prices are in Australian dollars with no GST added, no setup fee for the website and no minimum term. Ads and social media are quoted separately.
Which one should I start with?
Start with the free homepage design, and we’ll recommend one plan once we’ve seen your business. For most tradies that’s Growth, because it covers the website, the Google page and getting found in one monthly price.
Do I need all four?
No. If your website already brings calls, your Google Business page on its own at $137 a month may be all you need. Essential is a website with hosting and small edits, without the Google page or new pages each month.
I already have a website. Can I still use you?
Yes. We’ll design you a new homepage for free so you can compare it with what you have, and you don’t switch anything over or pay until you say yes. If your current site already brings calls, keep it and start with your Google Business page.
What do I own if I leave?
Your domain, your content and your Google Business page are always yours. The website files are yours free after 12 paid months, and there’s no minimum term or exit fee.
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