Provider facts
What does Digital Marketing Tribe 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.
Digital Marketing Tribe (Three offices: "Suite 507/476-478 George St, Sydney NSW 2000", "53-55 Gladesville Rd, Hunters Hill NSW 2110", "Suite 5 141 O'Connell Street, North Adelaide, SA 5006" (contact page)): A fully published + GST price list, 5.0 from 24 Google reviews, a named founder with bylines, and a dedicated AI search offer. Below is everything its own pages say about price and packages, read 13 Oct 2026, with each source linked.
Digital Marketing Tribe, from its own pages
Named by: ChatGPT (8 Oct) for "how do I get my small business recommended by ChatGPT".
- Website price shown
- Website development, one-off: "Business Website" "from" "$" "4,500" "+GST · One-off payment" ("Up to 5 pages"); "Custom WordPress Site" "from" "$" "7,500" ("Up to 12 pages, custom design"); "E-commerce or Complex Build" "from" "$" "15,000" "+GST · Custom scope & timeline". "All prices shown are exclusive of GST."
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/pricing - What a build includes
- Business Website: "Up to 5 pages", "Mobile-responsive design", "On-page SEO setup", "Contact form & Google Maps", "GA4 & GSC connected at launch". Custom WordPress Site: "Advanced on-page SEO & schema", "Core Web Vitals optimised", "CRM / booking / form integrations", "Copywriting for key pages", "30-day post-launch support".
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/pricing - Ongoing fees
- No hosting or care plan price shown on the pages read. Retainer terms: "All monthly retainers are month-to-month with 30 days' notice to cancel."
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/pricing - Local SEO or marketing
- SEO retainers: "Starter" "Local SEO" "$" "1,200" "/month" "+GST · Billed monthly · Cancel anytime" ("Google Business Profile optimisation", "Up to 10 target keywords", "On-page optimisation (up to 5 pages)", "Local citation building", "Monthly ranking & traffic report"); "Growth" "Full SEO" "2,000"; "Accelerator" "Competitive SEO" "3,500". AI search: "Website AI & SEO Audit" "1,500" "one-off"; "AI Search Optimisation" "from $" "1,200" "/month" "+GST · Added to any SEO package". Google Ads management: "Search Campaigns" "1,000", "Multi-Campaign Ads" "1,500", "Full Google Ads Suite" "2,500" per month, "+GST · Management fee only · Ad spend separate".
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/pricing - Platform
- WordPress, as stated: "All websites are built on WordPress, SEO-configured from day one, and Core Web Vitals compliant at launch." E-commerce on "WooCommerce / Shopify builds".
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/pricing - Named person
- "When Bilal Alwan founded Digital Marketing Tribe in September 2017"; "Bilal Alwan" "Founder & SEO Specialist". Team shown: "Lachlan Best" ("Account Management & Copywriting"), "Jeremy Sujanto" ("Google Ads & E-commrce", spelling as shown), "Dave C" ("Website Developer").
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/about - Reviews on its own site
- "Google Reviews" "5.0" "24 reviews across our Sydney, Hunters Hill and Adelaide offices", "See all reviews on Google"; named reviews shown. JSON-LD on the page carries AggregateRating blocks of "5.0" from "19", "1" and "23" reviews.
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au - Example builds
- 12 case studies on the projects page, including "Mistral", "Stirling Central Health Clinic", "Ajak & Tut Lawyers", "THEVA Remedial", "Marley Flow", "Transform Orthodontic Care", "Synaco by Synergie", "Underworld Laser", "AJ Concrete Services", "Tom's Court Hotel" and "Kpark Case Study".
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/projects - Page for tradies
- Tradie SEO page (SEO and Google Ads, not a website build package): "SEO for Tradies Australia | Tradie SEO Agency" at /industries-digital-marketing-for-tradies/. Its FAQ: "Our local SEO retainers start at $1,200 a month plus GST for a single service area, $2,000 for full SEO with content and links, and $3,500 for multi-service or multi-location businesses." "Bundles with Google Ads start from $3,200 a month." Trade clients named: "AJ Concreting, Grid Electrics Group, Precise Plumbing & Electrical, Urban Spark Electrical, JC Energy, Marley Flow".
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/industries-digital-marketing-for-tradies - Based
- Three offices: "Suite 507/476-478 George St, Sydney NSW 2000", "53-55 Gladesville Rd, Hunters Hill NSW 2110", "Suite 5 141 O'Connell Street, North Adelaide, SA 5006" (contact page)
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/contact-us
Other things its pages say
- AI search offer page "AI SEO Services Australia | AI SEO Agency | Get Cited by AI": "AI SEO, AEO, GEO. Different names, same job"; "Monthly AI Visibility Monitoring": "We track where and how often your brand is cited across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude." Same prices as the pricing page: audit "1,500" "one-off", "AI Search Optimisation" "from" "1,200" "/month". digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/services/website-ai-seo
- On results: "These are search results rather than AI citation results: the foundations overlap, but we have kept the two separate rather than claiming one proves the other." digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/services/website-ai-seo
- "Certified Google Partner agency, in business since 2017, with offices in Sydney, Hunters Hill and Adelaide"; "No lock-in contracts, month-to-month with 30 days' notice" digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/industries-digital-marketing-for-tradies
- Pricing page stats: "9+" "Years in Business" "Est. 2015"; "100+" "Clients Served"; "18" "Core Services" "All in-house" digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/pricing
- "We're proud to work with 100+ active clients across Australia, and even prouder that most of them came to us through a referral." digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/about
- About page lists "Website Hosting": "Managed, maintained, and monitored hosting so your site stays fast, secure, and online." (no price) digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/about
- "Google" "Certified Partner"; "No" "Lock-in contracts"; "Built to get recommended when customers ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Google AI who to call."; "See all 35 clients" digitalmarketingtribe.com.au
- "ABN 30 650 835 359" digitalmarketingtribe.com.au
Is Digital Marketing Tribe right for you?
Best for: businesses with a real marketing budget that want SEO and AI search from an established agency.
Worth asking them: whether you need its scale: local SEO from $1,200 + GST a month and websites from $4,500 + GST are at the top of what is shown here.
How does creativebyjake compare?
creativebyjake runs this site, so read this as our side of it. Same date, same kind of source.
| Digital Marketing Tribe | creativebyjake (ours) | |
|---|---|---|
| Website price shown | Website development, one-off: "Business Website" "from" "$" "4,500" "+GST · One-off payment" ("Up to 5 pages"); "Custom WordPress Site" "from" "$" "7,500" ("Up to 12 pages, custom design"); "E-commerce or Complex Build" "from" "$" "15,000" "+GST · Custom scope & timeline". "All prices shown are exclusive of GST." digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/pricing | $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 | No hosting or care plan price shown on the pages read. Retainer terms: "All monthly retainers are month-to-month with 30 days' notice to cancel." digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/pricing | Maintenance at $50 + GST a month, no contract, two weeks' notice to stop; hosting: not stated on its pages creativebyjake.com.au/tradie-websites/ |
| Local SEO or marketing | SEO retainers: "Starter" "Local SEO" "$" "1,200" "/month" "+GST · Billed monthly · Cancel anytime" ("Google Business Profile optimisation", "Up to 10 target keywords", "On-page optimisation (up to 5 pages)", "Local citation building", "Monthly ranking & traffic report"); "Growth" "Full SEO" "2,000"; "Accelerator" "Competitive SEO" "3,500". AI search: "Website AI & SEO Audit" "1,500" "one-off"; "AI Search Optimisation" "from $" "1,200" "/month" "+GST · Added to any SEO package". Google Ads management: "Search Campaigns" "1,000", "Multi-Campaign Ads" "1,500", "Full Google Ads Suite" "2,500" per month, "+GST · Management fee only · Ad spend separate". digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/pricing | 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 | "Google Reviews" "5.0" "24 reviews across our Sydney, Hunters Hill and Adelaide offices", "See all reviews on Google"; named reviews shown. JSON-LD on the page carries AggregateRating blocks of "5.0" from "19", "1" and "23" reviews. digitalmarketingtribe.com.au | Not shown on the pages read creativebyjake.com.au |
| Example builds | 12 case studies on the projects page, including "Mistral", "Stirling Central Health Clinic", "Ajak & Tut Lawyers", "THEVA Remedial", "Marley Flow", "Transform Orthodontic Care", "Synaco by Synergie", "Underworld Laser", "AJ Concrete Services", "Tom's Court Hotel" and "Kpark Case Study". digitalmarketingtribe.com.au/projects | 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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