For independent tradies in Australia

Websites for tradies, one trade at a time.

A plumber’s customer has water on the floor. A builder’s client is about to spend six figures. A painter’s wants three quotes by Friday. Each trade wins work its own way, and each state licenses it differently. Send your web address and see yours rebuilt free by the next business day.

You only pay if you go ahead. Pick your profession

Pick your trade.

Each page has a working homepage for a fictional business, and the reason behind every part of it.

Three steps. Only the last one costs anything.

Your web address

Day 0. Free

Send your address.

Your current website, your name, email and mobile. Then pick a time with Joseph.
The next business day. Free

See your new homepage, on a 15-⁠minute call with Joseph.

You see what your customers would see, before you pay anything. The link stays live for 7 days.
Within 7 days. From $249 a month +GST

Decide on the full site.

Say yes and we do the rest. Your first month is charged when you approve the design. Live within 14 days of sign-off, or that month back.

The advertising rules

The licence rules change from trade to trade, and state to state.

There’s no Ahpra for tradies. Each state licenses the work, often above a contract value, and most license electrical, plumbing and gas work at any value. In NSW, Queensland and the ACT the licence number has to appear in your advertising, and your website counts. Your reviews and prices fall under the Australian Consumer Law. This is who licenses each trade, and what it changes on a homepage.

Profession	Who sets the rules	What it changes on the site
Builders	State builder licensing (in NSW, a contractor licence from Building Commission NSW) and the Australian Consumer Law	The licensee’s name and licence number with its category on every page, deposits never promised beyond what the law allows, and no price or finish date that can’t be kept.
Carpenters	State licensing: a NSW contractor licence or a QBCC licence above a dollar value, none yet in Victoria or the ACT	In NSW and Queensland the licensee’s name and licence number go on every page, and “licensed carpenter” only where the state licenses one.
Bricklayers	Each state’s licensing body: Building Commission NSW, the QBCC, the BPC in Victoria and Consumer and Business Services in SA	The licensee’s name and licence number on the site, the services kept inside the licence category, and prices shown as the total including GST.
Concreters	Each state’s building licence or registration, such as a NSW contractor licence for general concreting	The licensee’s name and licence number with its category on every page, prices as one total, and no promise that it won’t crack.
Roofers	State contractor licensing: roof plumbing in NSW, roof tiling and roof and wall cladding in Queensland	The licensee’s name and licence number with its category beside the phone, warranties with their conditions, and no restoration or pressure cleaning offered on asbestos roofs.
Plumbers	Building Commission NSW, the QBCC and each state’s plumbing regulator, with a licence needed at any job value	The licensee’s name, licence number and category on every page, the call-out fee as a total price, and anyone who smells gas sent to the distributor or 000 first.
Electricians	State electrical licensing (Building Commission NSW, Energy Safe Victoria, the Electrical Safety Office in Queensland)	The contractor licence number goes on the website in the state’s format with the licensee’s name, and any call-out fee is shown with the total.
Air conditioning	State trade licensing (Building Commission NSW, QBCC) and the Australian Refrigeration Council	The state licence number on every page, both ARC licences named for what they are, and prices shown as totals including GST.
Painters	State licensing: the QBCC in Queensland, a contractor licence in NSW, registration in WA	The licensed name, licence number and category of work on the site wherever the state licenses painting, and prices as totals including GST.
Tilers	State licensing: NSW wall and floor tiling and waterproofing licences, QBCC classes in Queensland, limited registration in Victoria	The licensee’s name, number and categories beside the phone in NSW and Queensland, a per square metre rate only with what it covers, and no “certified” waterproofing claims.
Plasterers	State building regulators: Building Commission NSW, the QBCC and others	The licensee’s name, licence number and category on every page, total prices only, and real reviews.
Cabinet makers and kitchens	Each state’s building licence rules (NSW contractor licence for joinery and kitchen renovation), and the national engineered stone ban	The licence number and category on every page, prices shown as totals, and only the benchtops that can still be supplied.
Landscapers	Each state’s building regulator (structural landscaping is licensed building work in NSW, Queensland and SA)	The licensee’s name, number and category on the page, approvals checked before a wall is quoted, and design fees shown with their conditions.
Fencing	State contractor licences (NSW, Queensland and SA want the number in every ad), and dividing fences law	Licensee name and licence number on every page, COLORBOND® steel named as the product it is, prices per metre with what they include, and no claims to certify pool fences.
Handymen	No handyman licence in any state; the state building regulators set what needs one	No electrical, plumbing or gas on the service list, no “licensed” without a licence, and in Queensland the value limit stated on the page.

Builders

Who sets the rules: State builder licensing (in NSW, a contractor licence from Building Commission NSW) and the Australian Consumer Law
What it changes on the site: The licensee’s name and licence number with its category on every page, deposits never promised beyond what the law allows, and no price or finish date that can’t be kept.

The page for builders

Carpenters

Who sets the rules: State licensing: a NSW contractor licence or a QBCC licence above a dollar value, none yet in Victoria or the ACT
What it changes on the site: In NSW and Queensland the licensee’s name and licence number go on every page, and “licensed carpenter” only where the state licenses one.

The page for carpenters

Bricklayers

Who sets the rules: Each state’s licensing body: Building Commission NSW, the QBCC, the BPC in Victoria and Consumer and Business Services in SA
What it changes on the site: The licensee’s name and licence number on the site, the services kept inside the licence category, and prices shown as the total including GST.

The page for bricklayers

Concreters

Who sets the rules: Each state’s building licence or registration, such as a NSW contractor licence for general concreting
What it changes on the site: The licensee’s name and licence number with its category on every page, prices as one total, and no promise that it won’t crack.

The page for concreters

Roofers

Who sets the rules: State contractor licensing: roof plumbing in NSW, roof tiling and roof and wall cladding in Queensland
What it changes on the site: The licensee’s name and licence number with its category beside the phone, warranties with their conditions, and no restoration or pressure cleaning offered on asbestos roofs.

The page for roofers

Plumbers

Who sets the rules: Building Commission NSW, the QBCC and each state’s plumbing regulator, with a licence needed at any job value
What it changes on the site: The licensee’s name, licence number and category on every page, the call-out fee as a total price, and anyone who smells gas sent to the distributor or 000 first.

The page for plumbers

Electricians

Who sets the rules: State electrical licensing (Building Commission NSW, Energy Safe Victoria, the Electrical Safety Office in Queensland)
What it changes on the site: The contractor licence number goes on the website in the state’s format with the licensee’s name, and any call-out fee is shown with the total.

The page for electricians

Air conditioning

Who sets the rules: State trade licensing (Building Commission NSW, QBCC) and the Australian Refrigeration Council
What it changes on the site: The state licence number on every page, both ARC licences named for what they are, and prices shown as totals including GST.

The page for air conditioning

Painters

Who sets the rules: State licensing: the QBCC in Queensland, a contractor licence in NSW, registration in WA
What it changes on the site: The licensed name, licence number and category of work on the site wherever the state licenses painting, and prices as totals including GST.

The page for painters

Tilers

Who sets the rules: State licensing: NSW wall and floor tiling and waterproofing licences, QBCC classes in Queensland, limited registration in Victoria
What it changes on the site: The licensee’s name, number and categories beside the phone in NSW and Queensland, a per square metre rate only with what it covers, and no “certified” waterproofing claims.

The page for tilers

Plasterers

Who sets the rules: State building regulators: Building Commission NSW, the QBCC and others
What it changes on the site: The licensee’s name, licence number and category on every page, total prices only, and real reviews.

The page for plasterers

Cabinet makers and kitchens

Who sets the rules: Each state’s building licence rules (NSW contractor licence for joinery and kitchen renovation), and the national engineered stone ban
What it changes on the site: The licence number and category on every page, prices shown as totals, and only the benchtops that can still be supplied.

The page for cabinet makers and kitchens

Landscapers

Who sets the rules: Each state’s building regulator (structural landscaping is licensed building work in NSW, Queensland and SA)
What it changes on the site: The licensee’s name, number and category on the page, approvals checked before a wall is quoted, and design fees shown with their conditions.

The page for landscapers

Fencing

Who sets the rules: State contractor licences (NSW, Queensland and SA want the number in every ad), and dividing fences law
What it changes on the site: Licensee name and licence number on every page, COLORBOND® steel named as the product it is, prices per metre with what they include, and no claims to certify pool fences.

The page for fencing

Handymen

Who sets the rules: No handyman licence in any state; the state building regulators set what needs one
What it changes on the site: No electrical, plumbing or gas on the service list, no “licensed” without a licence, and in Queensland the value limit stated on the page.

The page for handymen

Every page is written with your trade’s licence rules in mind, and anything that needs your judgement is flagged for you to approve. You stay responsible for what your business advertises.

If you go ahead.

The rebuild is free. If you go ahead, one monthly price covers the finished site and everything that keeps it working, with no lock-in.

WebsitesNo lock-in

Websites from $249 a month

From$249a month +GST

Hosting, edits, support and your copy included, so there’s nothing else to pay for. Leave any time and owe nothing. Your price drops after 12 months.

Pricing and questions

When it goes live

It looks like your business. Designed from your free rebuild, never a template.
You never have to write a word. Joseph writes every page, and you approve it.
Fewer people leave before they enquire. Built for phones first, and fast to load.
You wake up to bookings and enquiries instead of voicemails. Your booking or enquiry system, linked.
Enquiries come in with what you need to reply. Contact and enquiry forms.
You don’t lose the enquiries you already get. Every old page redirected, so Google keeps finding you.
One less thing to worry about with the regulator. Written with your profession’s advertising rules in mind.

Every month after

If something breaks, it’s ours to fix. Hosting, security and daily backups.
You send a change and it’s done. Edits whenever you need them.
You can see what the site brings in. Counted calls and a performance dashboard.
People searching for you land on the right page. Page titles, descriptions and a sitemap, set up.
You never chase your old web person again. We deal with your old host and booking provider.
It doesn’t look dated in three years. A design review every year, if you want one.

Yours to keep. Your domain and content are yours from day one. The design files and a static export of your site are yours at month 12, or sooner if you pay off the rest of the build. Terms, clause 13

More than one location? Email hello@bdog.com.au for a quote.

Marketing

Want more people finding you?

From$449a month +GST

Marketing for your business, quoted after a call with Joseph. Ad spend is separate, paid by you straight to Google or Meta.

Call Joseph on 0452 424 845

What each part costs, or email hello@bdog.com.au and he’ll call you.

What it can cover

Show up on the map when people nearby search. Your Google Business Profile.
Be easier to find on Google. Search optimisation for your website.
Get recommended when people ask AI. AI search (GEO): ChatGPT and Google’s AI Overviews.
Enquiries while the search work builds. Google Ads.
Reach locals before they search. Meta ads, on Facebook and Instagram.
People find you through the questions they search. Blogs and content.

What it can cover

Show up on the map when people nearby search. Your Google Business Profile.
Be easier to find on Google. Search optimisation for your website.
Get recommended when people ask AI. AI search (GEO): ChatGPT and Google’s AI Overviews.
Enquiries while the search work builds. Google Ads.
Reach locals before they search. Meta ads, on Facebook and Instagram.
People find you through the questions they search. Blogs and content.

Your marketing dashboard, free

See what’s working without logging in to six accounts: Google Analytics, Search Console, Google Ads, Meta, your Google Business Profile and counted calls, in one place, once you give us access.

Month to month, with 30 days’ notice to stop. We tell you what we’d do and what it costs before anything starts.

Questions.

The ones businesses ask before they send their address.

Something else? Call Joseph on 0452 424 845.

All Questions, Answered

My trade isn’t on the list. Can you still help?

If you run an independent trade business in Australia, almost certainly. Choose “Another trade” in the request and say what you do. Joseph checks the licence rules for your trade and your state before he starts.

Is every site the same template in a different colour?

No. Each example was designed for its trade: what sits on the first screen, which sections follow and in what order come from how that trade’s customers decide. Your rebuild starts from your own business, your jobs and your suburbs, not from the example.

Can my site show my Google reviews?

Yes. Tradies can show reviews and testimonials. They have to be real, and the good ones can’t be picked out in a way that misleads: the Australian Consumer Law covers both. We show your Google rating and recent reviews as they are, linked to your profile.

Where does my licence number go?

Where your state needs it and where customers look for it: beside your phone number and in the footer of every page, with the licence name and category. In NSW, Queensland and the ACT it has to appear in your advertising, and your website counts.

Will jobs come through the site, or just calls?

Both. The call button stays in reach on every screen, and the quote form asks what you’d ask on the phone, with room for photos of the job. Enquiries go where you already work: your inbox, or your job management system if it takes them.

Do you work with tradies outside Sydney?

Yes. bdog works with businesses across Australia. You send your address, and Joseph walks you through your new homepage on a 15-⁠minute video call.