Provider facts
What does 5 Star Tradie charge, and what do you get?
Disclosure: Appear is run by creativebyjake, which appears in this comparison. Every fact is from each provider's own pages with the date we read them, ours included.
5 Star Tradie (Melbourne: contact page "Based in Melbourne, VIC", "ABN 99 881 612 796", call or text "0412 171 950", email "hello@5startradie.com.au", "Melbourne team", "Reply within one business day". No street address shown): Plans from $237 a month with hosting, security and edits in them and no GST added, a Google profile service at $137 a month or $500 once, 5.0 from 10 Google reviews, and a named founder. Below is everything its own pages say about price and packages, read 14 Oct 2026, with each source linked.
5 Star Tradie, from its own pages
Named by: Bing Australia, page 1 (13 Oct) for "affordable website for a tradie in Australia".
- Website price shown
- No one-off build price; the website comes inside a monthly plan: "One monthly price." "No setup fee. No lock in." "Essential" "$237" "a month" ("About $8 a day", "One page website, no setup fee"); "Growth" ("Best fit for most tradies") "$487" "a month" ("Your full website, no setup fee"); "Dominate" "$887" "a month". "Prices are what you pay, no GST added". Home page: "Like it? From $237 a month."
5startradie.com.au/pricing.html, 5startradie.com.au - What a build includes
- Essential: "One page website, no setup fee", "Hosting, security and maintenance", "Tap to call button and enquiry form", "Small edits when you need them", "Website only. Google profile and ongoing SEO not included." Growth: "Your full website, no setup fee", "Google profile managed (worth $137 a month)", "1 new SEO page and 1 new listing every month", "We track where you show up on Google and AI search, and what nearby competitors are doing", "Every enquiry tracked, monthly report", "100 Day Guarantee included". Dominate: "Everything in Growth, plus:" "AI receptionist answers when you can't", "Missed call text back", "4 new pages and 2 new listings every month", "Quarterly written growth plan", "Priority same day changes". Ownership: "Your domain stays yours. Website files yours after 12 paid months"
5startradie.com.au/pricing.html - Ongoing fees
- The plan is the ongoing fee: "Hosting, security, backups" "Yes" on all three plans; "No minimum term"; FAQ "No minimum term, no exit fee." The cost guide's FAQ: maintenance "sits inside the $487 a month Growth plan in AUD, so there is no separate maintenance invoice on top."
5startradie.com.au/pricing.html, 5startradie.com.au/guides/tradie-website-cost-australia.html - Local SEO or marketing
- Google profile service: "Google Profile only, $137 a month" "Or pay once, $500", "AUD, no GST added", "No minimum term", "Cancel by text or email". Monthly: "Profile check and fixes", "Up to 2 photo posts a week, using your photos", "Replies to your Google reviews", "Review request texts to your customers, no monthly limit", "Small changes whenever you ask", a monthly report with who is in Google's "top 3 around you". Review guarantee: "At least 1 new 5 star review in 60 days, or your money back on the fees you paid in those 60 days." "Rankings and calls are up to Google, so we don't promise those." "Already included in our Growth and Dominate plans.
5startradie.com.au/google-business-profile.html - Platform
- Not stated in the page text. The served HTML is static .html pages with no CMS generator tag and no WordPress paths
5startradie.com.au - Named person
- Team by first name: "Tom" "Founder and Account Director", "Andy" "CEO", "Rosie" "Web design and UX", "Libby" "Local SEO lead", "Ethan" "Growth and campaign strategy", "Harry" "Google Ads", "Pippa" "Social media and creative", "Antoine" "Web development and hosting". Founder's full name "Tom Syddall" (photo alt text here; visible on the contact page as "Tom Syddall, founder" and on the home page under "Who you'll deal with"); "Tom, ex handyman, founder"
5startradie.com.au/about.html, 5startradie.com.au - Reviews on its own site
- "5.0" "from 10 Google reviews", "Every one of them five stars", ten named Google review quotes and a link "Read all 10 reviews on Google" (same carousel on the home, pricing and portfolio pages)
5startradie.com.au/about.html - Example builds
- Two client stories: "Entire Excavations, Yarra Valley" (entireexcavations.com.au) and "ACE Davies Carpentry, Preston" (acedaviescarpentry.com.au, "live since 27 Sept"). "Two of our favourite wins." "Every month we pick the client stories worth telling in full", "No logo wall"
5startradie.com.au/portfolio.html - Page for tradies
- The whole site is for tradies ("Websites and Google profiles for Aussie tradies."). The page Bing showed: "How Much Does a Tradie Website Cost in Australia? 2026 Guide" at /guides/tradie-website-cost-australia.html, "By Tom Syddall, 5 Star Tradie", "9 min read"; it quotes its own prices ("Essential is $237 a month, Growth is $487 and Dominate is $887"). Trade pages listed: landscapers, excavation and earthmoving, painters, mowing and lawn care, Melbourne tradies
5startradie.com.au/guides/tradie-website-cost-australia.html - Based
- Melbourne: contact page "Based in Melbourne, VIC", "ABN 99 881 612 796", call or text "0412 171 950", email "hello@5startradie.com.au", "Melbourne team", "Reply within one business day". No street address shown
5startradie.com.au/contact.html
Other things its pages say
- Home page results: Entire Excavations "6.9x" "more Google search appearances (69 to 477), month 1 to month 2"; "Top 3 on Google Maps with 2 reviews, against rivals on 13 and 8 (16 of 16 checks, 28 Sept)"; ACE Davies Carpentry "8 hours from free design to yes", "12 days from free design to live on his own domain"; "Your homepage designed in 48 hours", "Live within 7 days of saying yes" 5startradie.com.au
- 100 Day Guarantee: "Growth and Dominate: at least 23% more enquiries in 100 days, or your 4th month refunded.*" "* Growth and Dominate. Eligibility and measurement conditions apply." "Minimum 3 more, counted against the same days last year. Miss it and we keep working free until you hit it." 5startradie.com.au/pricing.html
- Their comparison of other providers' prices: "What the same money buys elsewhere." "From published Australian tradie agency price lists, checked October 2026." "One off agency build" "$2,000 to $6,500 upfront"; "Monthly SEO agency" "$1,100 to $2,500 a month" "Often with a minimum term." 5startradie.com.au/pricing.html
- Entire Excavations, Wandin North: "Number 1 on Google Maps anyway." "24 of 27" "Searches where he came 1st" (screenshots dated "13 Oct 2026"); "16 of 16" "Weekday checks in the top 3" 5startradie.com.au/google-business-profile.html
- Local SEO tiers: "Basic SEO, in Growth" ($487 a month), "Advanced SEO, in Dominate" ($887 a month), "SEO for your current site" "Custom, quoted to what your site needs."; "Can you guarantee a number one ranking?" "No, and nobody honest can."; "Melbourne is where Tom is based and where most of our work is. We work anywhere in Australia too." 5startradie.com.au/seo-for-tradies
- Own research: "When we checked 2,444 Australian tradie websites in August 2026, 86% did not name their own suburb in the homepage title"; "Over three years Growth is $17,532 with everything included." 5startradie.com.au/guides/tradie-website-cost-australia.html
- "Australian owned", "One tradie per area", "No lock in contract"; "1" "tradie per trade, per area" 5startradie.com.au/about.html
- Referral: "Refer them and earn up to $2,500, paid over their first year." "Terms apply" 5startradie.com.au/contact.html
Is 5 Star Tradie right for you?
Best for: tradies who would rather pay one monthly price than a build fee, with the Google profile looked after.
Worth asking them: what you own if you leave: its pages say the site's files are yours after 12 paid months, and what its "100 Day Guarantee" needs from you: "Eligibility and measurement conditions apply".
How does creativebyjake compare?
creativebyjake runs this site, so read this as our side of it. Same date, same kind of source.
| 5 Star Tradie | creativebyjake (ours) | |
|---|---|---|
| Website price shown | No one-off build price; the website comes inside a monthly plan: "One monthly price." "No setup fee. No lock in." "Essential" "$237" "a month" ("About $8 a day", "One page website, no setup fee"); "Growth" ("Best fit for most tradies") "$487" "a month" ("Your full website, no setup fee"); "Dominate" "$887" "a month". "Prices are what you pay, no GST added". Home page: "Like it? From $237 a month." 5startradie.com.au/pricing.html, 5startradie.com.au | $500 + GST for a two-page site, paid once; going live on a domain in the client's own name is $100 plus the domain's own fees creativebyjake.com.au/tradie-websites/ |
| Ongoing fees | The plan is the ongoing fee: "Hosting, security, backups" "Yes" on all three plans; "No minimum term"; FAQ "No minimum term, no exit fee." The cost guide's FAQ: maintenance "sits inside the $487 a month Growth plan in AUD, so there is no separate maintenance invoice on top." 5startradie.com.au/pricing.html, 5startradie.com.au/guides/tradie-website-cost-australia.html | Maintenance at $50 + GST a month, no contract, two weeks' notice to stop; hosting: not stated on its pages creativebyjake.com.au/tradie-websites/ |
| Local SEO or marketing | Google profile service: "Google Profile only, $137 a month" "Or pay once, $500", "AUD, no GST added", "No minimum term", "Cancel by text or email". Monthly: "Profile check and fixes", "Up to 2 photo posts a week, using your photos", "Replies to your Google reviews", "Review request texts to your customers, no monthly limit", "Small changes whenever you ask", a monthly report with who is in Google's "top 3 around you". Review guarantee: "At least 1 new 5 star review in 60 days, or your money back on the fees you paid in those 60 days." "Rankings and calls are up to Google, so we don't promise those." "Already included in our Growth and Dominate plans. 5startradie.com.au/google-business-profile.html | Appear at $250 + GST a month: the Google listing kept up, details matched across directories, a review kit, a local page every second month, Maps read weekly and AI answers monthly; Appear and maintenance together are $300 a month including GST creativebyjake.com.au/appear/ |
| Reviews on its own site | "5.0" "from 10 Google reviews", "Every one of them five stars", ten named Google review quotes and a link "Read all 10 reviews on Google" (same carousel on the home, pricing and portfolio pages) 5startradie.com.au/about.html | Not shown on the pages read creativebyjake.com.au |
| Example builds | Two client stories: "Entire Excavations, Yarra Valley" (entireexcavations.com.au) and "ACE Davies Carpentry, Preston" (acedaviescarpentry.com.au, "live since 27 Sept"). "Two of our favourite wins." "Every month we pick the client stories worth telling in full", "No logo wall" 5startradie.com.au/portfolio.html | Example builds for made-up businesses, labelled as such: Pipeworth Plumbing Co. and Brushmore Painting Co. creativebyjake.com.au/tradie-websites/ |
Worth asking us: about how new it is: its examples are builds for made-up businesses and its site shows no reviews, so ask Jake for a call and judge for yourself.
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