A customer's standing in their kitchen with a burst pipe. They tap the first tradie whose site loads, looks legit, and shows a number. If that's not you, it's the bloke down the road.
Whale Digital Consulting is a Melbourne web design studio building websites for tradies — plumbers, electricians, builders and every other trade — with fixed prices from A$499, free hosting and no lock-in. Founded in 2026 and based in Melbourne's Bayside.
You're good at the work, but your "website" is a Facebook page or nothing. Customers can't find you, trust you at a glance, or book you after hours.
A fast, mobile-first site built for how tradies get hired — tap-to-call up top, real jobs in photos, your suburbs, and a quote form that lands in your inbox.
More quote requests while you're up a ladder. A site that works the night shift, so Monday starts with leads, not silence.
A phone number on every screen, before-and-after photos of real jobs, your suburbs, reviews, and a one-tap quote form.
Stock photos of someone else's van, a blog nobody reads, or a $300/month builder you can't edit.
Built once, yours to keep — free hosting, no lock-in, edit it yourself.
A mate passes your number to a bigger job, or a builder refers you to a client — either way, they check you out online before they call. No site to find, and a warm referral goes cold.
We build it once, you own it, hosting's free, and there's no lock-in.
A plumber website built to turn a burst-pipe panic into a phone call — tap-to-call on every screen, your service area, an after-hours emergency line up top, and real jobs in photos. Set up to show up when someone nearby searches for an emergency plumber.
An electrician website that proves you're licensed and local before they ring — licence number, the suburbs you cover, switchboard and safety-check work front and centre, and a one-tap quote form. Built to rank for the electrical jobs people actually search.
A builder website that lets the work do the talking — full-bleed photos of finished builds and renos, a clear list of what you take on (extensions, new homes, decks), and an enquiry form that sorts real projects from tyre-kickers. Built to win the jobs worth quoting.
Plumber, sparky, chippie or builder — same fast, mobile-first build, tuned to the words your customers actually type into Google.
One site, your trade, your suburbs — set up to show up when someone nearby searches for exactly what you do.
We're a Bayside studio, so we know these streets. If your work takes you across the south-east, your site gets built around the suburbs you actually drive to — not a generic "Melbourne" page.
| What it costs | How often | |
|---|---|---|
| The build | A$499, A$1,699 or A$4,800 | Once. Quoted before we start. |
| Hosting | Free | Never expires. It's on us, permanently. |
| Domain name | Your registrar's fee | Once a year, paid direct — we don't mark it up. |
| Edits | Free if you do them | The site is built for you to run yourself. |
| Care plan (optional) | A$99 or A$199 / month | Only if you'd rather we watch it for you. |
So the floor is your domain renewal, paid straight to your registrar — and nothing else. Plenty of quotes bundle hosting and a compulsory maintenance plan into a monthly fee that never stops. Ask any provider for this same table before you sign, and compare the bottom row, not the headline price.
Websites for Australian tradies. Built to sell.
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