Provider facts
What does Made 4 Tradies 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.
Made 4 Tradies (Lane Cove West, Sydney NSW: "11 Gardenia Ave, Lane Cove West" "NSW 2066 Australia" (footer of the contact page; the page itself offers email and a form only)): Prices including GST from $1,999, monthly plans from $50 with hosting and unlimited edits, and a tradie among its three founders. Below is everything its own pages say about price and packages, read 13 Oct 2026, with each source linked.
Made 4 Tradies, from its own pages
Named by: Bing Australia, page 1 (13 Oct) for "local seo for tradies".
- Website price shown
- "Core Multi-Page" "$1,999"; "Max Multi-Page" "$2,999" ("Most Popular"); "Pro Multi-Page" "$6,498". "Is GST included?" "Yes, GST is included where applicable." "No existing website? Add our First Website Launchpad Pack*" "+$500". Payment: "deposit (50% at start) plus balance on go-live".
made4tradies.com.au/pricing - What a build includes
- Core: "Core site + a page per service", build time "7 days", "Copy written to show your expertise", "Tap-to-call phone number on every page", "Spam-protected enquiry form straight to your inbox", "Licence displayed + legally compliant (avoid the $22K fine)", "30-Day Fair Dinkum Money-Back Guarantee", maintenance "First month free". Max: "Core site + services + 10 suburb pages", "Reviews wall pulled straight from your Google reviews", "Two months free". Pro: "Core site + services + 20 suburb pages", "10 days", "Google Business Profile hand-optimised for the Google Map pack", "Listed in 30+ business directories to boost your Google ranking", "Three months free".
made4tradies.com.au/pricing - Ongoing fees
- Monthly plans after the build: "Base" "$50" "/mo", "Grow" "$100", "Scale" "$250". All three include "Website hosting", "Secure Website Certificate", "Unlimited Content edits (48-hour turnaround)" and "Uptime monitoring with alerts". Google Business Profile posts: "1 per month" on Grow, "4 per month" on Scale. "There is just the monthly fee for the Base, Grow and Scale maintenance plans, which are a separate post-build charge". Self-editing: "That is a $999 one-off setup on top of your build."
made4tradies.com.au/pricing - Local SEO or marketing
- Add-ons: "Google Business Profile optimisation $497, additional suburb pages $150 each, 30 to 40 directory listings $1,500." AI search is rated per tier, not sold separately: "Found by AI search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity: 3 out of 5" (Core), "4 out of 5" (Max), "5 out of 5" (Pro). No separate monthly SEO retainer price shown.
made4tradies.com.au/pricing - Platform
- Next.js, as stated: "Built on modern Next.js edge architecture with zero bloated WordPress plugins." Their own served HTML loads "/_next/static" assets.
made4tradies.com.au/websites-for-tradies - Named person
- "Three founders." "Geoff Huens" "Co-founder. Marketer + online specialist."; "Richard Kelsey" "Co-founder. AI builder."; "Daniel Hall" "Co-founder. On-the-tools tradie + AI builder."
made4tradies.com.au/about - Reviews on its own site
- "5.0" "Google Rating (" "6" " reviews)" in the hero of the websites for tradies page. No review count shown beyond that on the pages read.
made4tradies.com.au/websites-for-tradies - Example builds
- "Live client sites.": 12 listed, including "Redhead Automotive Centre", "Fresh Space", "JWT Construction & Maintenance", "J&J Traditional Rendering & Plastering", "Energy Flow Solutions", "Aqua Andy", "Nuvolt Energy", "Pohjola Constructions", "All Things Power", "Pether Electrical", "Platinum Plumbing" and "SMG Electrical Services".
made4tradies.com.au/portfolio - Page for tradies
- Tradie only. Websites page: "Websites for Tradies | High-Converting Tradie Web Design" at /websites-for-tradies; separate pages for SEO, Google Business Profile, Google Maps ads and automations. Footer "Who we build for" lists 25 trades.
made4tradies.com.au/websites-for-tradies - Based
- Lane Cove West, Sydney NSW: "11 Gardenia Ave, Lane Cove West" "NSW 2066 Australia" (footer of the contact page; the page itself offers email and a form only)
made4tradies.com.au/contact
Other things its pages say
- "Live in 7 days. 30-day money-back guarantee."; "From $1,999. Live in 7 days."; "From $50/month." made4tradies.com.au
- "5 Star Google Rated" badge and named testimonials ("Anthony F. · Anthony Farac Plumbing", "Andrew Chilcott · Aqua Andy", "Charlie Lennon · Lennons Virtual Hub" and others marked "Google review"); page JSON-LD gives ratingValue 5.0 and reviewCount 6 made4tradies.com.au
- "Guaranteed to get you" "more leads and more work." with tier figures "2×" "more leads vs your current site" (Core), "4×" (Max), "6×" (Pro) and the note "Positioning estimates based on typical site performance uplift. Results vary by trade, location, and competition." made4tradies.com.au
- "Recognised Work": "Top 50 People in Australian Online (5x)", "Best Online Retail Marketing", "Retail Innovator of the Year" made4tradies.com.au
- Google Ads listed as "Coming Soon" made4tradies.com.au
- "4 of 5 build slots left this week."; "We only build 5 sites a week." made4tradies.com.au/pricing
- "SEO is built into the website work rather than sold as a separate monthly SEO retainer" made4tradies.com.au/seo-for-tradies
- Bing-cited guide "Local SEO for Tradies: A Complete Guide to Getting Found Online", "By Richard Kelsey", "22 May 2026", "Updated 30 September 2026". It says every site serves "A .md copy of every page at yourdomain.com.au/page.md" and "A dynamic llms.txt file at your domain root, listing your business and your pages". made4tradies.com.au/blog/local-seo-for-tradies-complete-guide
- "Top 50 People in Australian Online in 2019, 2021 and 2022" (Richard Kelsey); "Thirteen AI and generative AI certifications." made4tradies.com.au/about
- "ABN: 33 189 153 652"; "Visit our New Zealand site" made4tradies.com.au
Is Made 4 Tradies right for you?
Best for: tradies who want a site live in seven days, backed by a "30-Day Fair Dinkum Money-Back Guarantee".
Worth asking them: what "guaranteed to get you more leads" covers in practice: its 2x to 6x figures are, in its own words, positioning estimates.
How does creativebyjake compare?
creativebyjake runs this site, so read this as our side of it. Same date, same kind of source.
| Made 4 Tradies | creativebyjake (ours) | |
|---|---|---|
| Website price shown | "Core Multi-Page" "$1,999"; "Max Multi-Page" "$2,999" ("Most Popular"); "Pro Multi-Page" "$6,498". "Is GST included?" "Yes, GST is included where applicable." "No existing website? Add our First Website Launchpad Pack*" "+$500". Payment: "deposit (50% at start) plus balance on go-live". made4tradies.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 | Monthly plans after the build: "Base" "$50" "/mo", "Grow" "$100", "Scale" "$250". All three include "Website hosting", "Secure Website Certificate", "Unlimited Content edits (48-hour turnaround)" and "Uptime monitoring with alerts". Google Business Profile posts: "1 per month" on Grow, "4 per month" on Scale. "There is just the monthly fee for the Base, Grow and Scale maintenance plans, which are a separate post-build charge". Self-editing: "That is a $999 one-off setup on top of your build." made4tradies.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 | Add-ons: "Google Business Profile optimisation $497, additional suburb pages $150 each, 30 to 40 directory listings $1,500." AI search is rated per tier, not sold separately: "Found by AI search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity: 3 out of 5" (Core), "4 out of 5" (Max), "5 out of 5" (Pro). No separate monthly SEO retainer price shown. made4tradies.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 | "5.0" "Google Rating (" "6" " reviews)" in the hero of the websites for tradies page. No review count shown beyond that on the pages read. made4tradies.com.au/websites-for-tradies | Not shown on the pages read creativebyjake.com.au |
| Example builds | "Live client sites.": 12 listed, including "Redhead Automotive Centre", "Fresh Space", "JWT Construction & Maintenance", "J&J Traditional Rendering & Plastering", "Energy Flow Solutions", "Aqua Andy", "Nuvolt Energy", "Pohjola Constructions", "All Things Power", "Pether Electrical", "Platinum Plumbing" and "SMG Electrical Services". made4tradies.com.au/portfolio | 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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