Provider facts
What does Built4Tradies 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.
Built4Tradies ("Address: By appointment only"; "VIC, WA, TAS & SA customers" "22 St Kavanagh St, Melbourne VIC 3006"; "NSW & QLD customers" "PO Box 409, Port Macquarie NSW 2444" (contact page)): 39 example tradie sites linked, a page per trade and a long track record. Below is everything its own pages say about price and packages, read 13 Oct 2026, with each source linked.
Built4Tradies, from its own pages
Named by: Claude (8 Oct) for "website designer for tradies in Australia".
- Website price shown
- Not shown on the pages read (no pricing page in the sitemap; pages end with "Contact BUILT4TRADIES today" and a phone number)
built4tradies.com.au/websites-for-trades-people-by-built4tradies-web-design-australia - What a build includes
- "We make sure that all our trades websites include the following features": "Search engine optimised website"; "Custom web design tailored to your business"; "A page for each service you offer"; "Clear contact details"; "Google Map integration"; "Works on all screen sizes from wide screens to phones"
built4tradies.com.au/websites-for-trades-people-by-built4tradies-web-design-australia - Ongoing fees
- "web hosting" is listed as a service ("We offer professional, affordable website design, web hosting, logo design, social media advice and online marketing for trades people and associated businesses."); price not shown on the pages read
built4tradies.com.au - Local SEO or marketing
- "Search engine optimised website" is listed as included in every build; ongoing SEO is described in a plumber case study ("This will only get better over time as we perform more SEO to the site."); no SEO package or price shown on the pages read
built4tradies.com.au/website-designs-for-plumbers-by-built4tradies-australian-web-design - Platform
- Not stated for client builds on the pages read. Built4Tradies' own site is served as WordPress (wp-content/themes/bb-theme in the served HTML)
built4tradies.com.au - Named person
- Not shown on the pages read: no about or team page in the sitemap; "Jeremy" is named only inside client testimonials
built4tradies.com.au - Reviews on its own site
- Home page "REVIEWS FOR BUILT4TRADIES": 13 testimonials by first name and business (for example "Dylan", "PMQ Electrical"; "Joshua", "Blight's Pipes"), 9 of them with five stars; no Google rating, count or profile link in the visible text. JSON-LD LocalBusiness AggregateRating "ratingValue": "5", "ratingCount": "16" with a Google Maps place link in "hasMap"
built4tradies.com.au - Example builds
- 39 example sites, each with "Visit the website" (for example First Light Electrical Co., Bridle Electrical, Jamie Oram Electrical, Shane's Roofing, Coffs Pest Control), with the note "Please note the websites below may have been altered since their original launch."
built4tradies.com.au/trades-construction-websites-built4tradies-tradespeople-website-designers - Page for tradies
- The whole business is for trades. "WEBSITES FOR ALL TRADES", title "Websites for Trades people by Built4Tradies Web Design Australia" at https://www.built4tradies.com.au/websites-for-trades-people-by-built4tradies-web-design-australia/; separate pages for electricians, plumbers, builders and trade suppliers
built4tradies.com.au/websites-for-trades-people-by-built4tradies-web-design-australia - Based
- "Address: By appointment only"; "VIC, WA, TAS & SA customers" "22 St Kavanagh St, Melbourne VIC 3006"; "NSW & QLD customers" "PO Box 409, Port Macquarie NSW 2444" (contact page)
built4tradies.com.au/contact-built4tradies-websites-designed-for-aussie-trades-people
Other things its pages say
- "we have been building websites for Aussie Tradespeople right here in Australia since 2005" built4tradies.com.au
- "Part of SOUTHBANKCREATIVE" (footer, linking to southbankcreative.com.au) built4tradies.com.au
- Sister site for electricians: "www.built4electricians.com.au" built4tradies.com.au/websites-for-electricians-electrical-contractors-by-built4tradies-australian-web-design
- Logo design "includes": "Minimum of 6 designs to choose from"; "Colour guide"; "EPS scalable file for signwriters" (no price shown) built4tradies.com.au/professional-logo-design-for-trades-people-such-as-electricians-plumbers-builders-by-built4tradies
Is Built4Tradies right for you?
Best for: tradies who want a builder that has made trade sites since 2005.
Worth asking them: for prices (none are shown) and who will build and look after your site, since no person is named.
How does creativebyjake compare?
creativebyjake runs this site, so read this as our side of it. Same date, same kind of source.
| Built4Tradies | creativebyjake (ours) | |
|---|---|---|
| Website price shown | Not shown on the pages read (no pricing page in the sitemap; pages end with "Contact BUILT4TRADIES today" and a phone number) built4tradies.com.au/websites-for-trades-people-by-built4tradies-web-design-australia | $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 | "web hosting" is listed as a service ("We offer professional, affordable website design, web hosting, logo design, social media advice and online marketing for trades people and associated businesses."); price not shown on the pages read built4tradies.com.au | 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 | "Search engine optimised website" is listed as included in every build; ongoing SEO is described in a plumber case study ("This will only get better over time as we perform more SEO to the site."); no SEO package or price shown on the pages read built4tradies.com.au/website-designs-for-plumbers-by-built4tradies-australian-web-design | 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 | Home page "REVIEWS FOR BUILT4TRADIES": 13 testimonials by first name and business (for example "Dylan", "PMQ Electrical"; "Joshua", "Blight's Pipes"), 9 of them with five stars; no Google rating, count or profile link in the visible text. JSON-LD LocalBusiness AggregateRating "ratingValue": "5", "ratingCount": "16" with a Google Maps place link in "hasMap" built4tradies.com.au | Not shown on the pages read creativebyjake.com.au |
| Example builds | 39 example sites, each with "Visit the website" (for example First Light Electrical Co., Bridle Electrical, Jamie Oram Electrical, Shane's Roofing, Coffs Pest Control), with the note "Please note the websites below may have been altered since their original launch." built4tradies.com.au/trades-construction-websites-built4tradies-tradespeople-website-designers | 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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