Web design for tradies

Your next job is Googling you right now.

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.

Updated 30 September 2026

The story

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.

The tool

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.

The payoff

More quote requests while you're up a ladder. A site that works the night shift, so Monday starts with leads, not silence.

What goes on a tradie's site (and what's a waste of money)

You need

A phone number on every screen, before-and-after photos of real jobs, your suburbs, reviews, and a one-tap quote form.

You don't need

Stock photos of someone else's van, a blog nobody reads, or a $300/month builder you can't edit.

You own it

Built once, yours to keep — free hosting, no lock-in, edit it yourself.

Referrals get Googled too

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.

What do plumbers, electricians and builders need on a website?

Plumber websites

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.

Electrician websites

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.

Builder websites

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.

Which trades do you build websites for?

#plumbers#electricians#builders#landscapers#painters#carpenters#roofers#concreters

One site, your trade, your suburbs — set up to show up when someone nearby searches for exactly what you do.

Which Melbourne suburbs do you cover?

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.

BrightonSandringhamHamptonMentoneBentleighCheltenhamMoorabbinElsternwickCaulfieldMalvernPrahranSouth YarraCarnegieOrmondMcKinnon

What does a tradie website cost to keep running?

What it costsHow often
The buildFrom A$499Once. A$499 is our standard Starter package: a fixed price, quoted before we start.
HostingFreeNever expires. It's on us, permanently.
Domain nameYour registrar's feeOnce a year, paid direct — we don't mark it up.
EditsFree if you do themThe site is built for you to run yourself.
Care plan (optional)A$99 or A$199 / monthOnly 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.

Questions we get asked

Tradie websites start from A$499, our standard Starter package: a fixed price, quoted upfront, with free hosting and no lock-in. If you need more pages or features, we quote that upfront too, so there are no surprise invoices. You'll know the number before we start.

Most tradie sites go live in 1–2 weeks once we have your photos and details.

Yes. We hand you a site you can run — change prices, add a job, swap a photo. No developer on speed dial.

That's the point. We build it to be found — and to be the answer when AI tools recommend a local tradie.

Yes — plumbers, electricians, builders and every other trade. Same fast, mobile-first build, tuned to the words your customers search and the suburbs you work in.

Yes. We're based in Bayside, but we build for tradies across greater Melbourne — the site gets tuned to the suburbs you actually work in, wherever that is, not just the ones near our studio.

Invoicing and quote follow-ups are custom AI Builder work, scoped on a diagnosis day, not something you can buy off the shelf. What you can buy today is Whale Marketing in One, a marketing dashboard that drafts your posts and holds them until you approve. Tell us which part of your admin costs the most time and we'll say straight whether it's worth building.

Follow up — most quotes that go quiet aren't a no, just an unfinished decision. We've laid out the exact cadence and the texts and emails to send in customer gone quiet after your quote? — that cadence isn't automated yet, so for now these are messages you send yourself.

We won't quote you a made-up number — the stats floating around online don't agree with each other. What we can tell you is which repeatable tasks are worth handing off first: see how to cut your admin hours as a tradie for the honest, task-by-task breakdown.

For one-off quotes and replies, sure — see ChatGPT prompts for tradies for ready-to-copy prompts for quotes, safety paperwork and customer replies. The difference is you're still the one opening the app and typing it every time; automation is for the parts you'd rather not have to remember at all.

Built to win jobs. Built to convert. Built to bring customers.

Websites for Australian tradies. Built to sell.

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