Provider facts
What does Newcastle Web Co 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.
Newcastle Web Co ("Studio" "Cameron Park NSW 2285", hours "Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm" (contact page); no street address shown): Published prices ($1,800, and from $3,500 for the larger build), SEO in every package, maintenance at $50 a month and a Google listing plan at $350 a month. Below is everything its own pages say about price and packages, read 13 Oct 2026, with each source linked.
Newcastle Web Co, from its own pages
Named by: ChatGPT (8 Oct) for "website designer for tradies in Australia".
- Website price shown
- "The Starter" "$1,800" ("3 to 5 pages", "3-week turnaround"); "The Growth" from "$3,500" ("5 to 10 pages" plus "30 SEO suburb pages"); "The Authority" "Book a call" ("10 to 20 pages", "50 SEO suburb pages"). No GST note on the pages read. The tradie page repeats the three tiers: "Right for a one-van operation." for the Starter
newcastlewebco.com.au/website-packages, newcastlewebco.com.au/services/web-design-for-tradies - What a build includes
- Starter: "3 to 5 pages, professionally adapted from a proven base"; "Full keyword research and on-page SEO: meta titles, descriptions, H1s, schema"; "Local SEO targeting your suburb and the areas around it"; "Mobile-first design, tested across every screen size"; "Google Search Console and GA4 connected at launch"; "SSL certificate included". Every package: "SEO, AEO and GEO in the build price, not sold back to you later"; "Your files delivered on completion, yours to keep"
newcastlewebco.com.au/website-packages - Ongoing fees
- "Maintain is $50 a month and covers Cloudflare hosting, SSL, uptime monitoring, security patching and up to two small content edits. Momentum is $200 a month and adds one SEO suburb page and one blog post every month. Scale is $850 a month for four to six suburb pages, four blog posts and 48-hour turnaround. Custom retainers start at $1,500 a month." "No minimum term." AI receptionist: "$249 a month after a one-off $790 setup", website chat "$79 a month", both "$299 a month"
newcastlewebco.com.au/website-packages - Local SEO or marketing
- SEO is in the build price ("SEO is included in every package at no extra charge.", SEO for Tradies page). Separate Google Business Profile plan: "The Local SEO plan is $350 a month and is open to any business" (four posts a week, review replies, monthly report). Add-on suburb pages "in packs of 5 for $350 or 10 for $600" on sites they built
newcastlewebco.com.au/website-packages, newcastlewebco.com.au/services/seo-for-tradies - Platform
- "Everything is built on Astro rather than a page builder" (home); "Built with" "Astro · Tailwind · Cloudflare" (about); /_astro/ assets in the served HTML. Clients do not edit the site: "There is no login on any tier." (tradie page FAQ)
newcastlewebco.com.au/about, newcastlewebco.com.au, newcastlewebco.com.au/services/web-design-for-tradies - Named person
- "Every site is built by the founder." (about FAQ); the founder is not named on the pages read
newcastlewebco.com.au/about - Reviews on its own site
- Home page badge "5.0" "Google reviews" linking to the Google reviews page (search.google.com/local/reviews?placeid=ChIJ0-OPW2NbEYYRA5qFynwu4TQ), a "Top rated · verified by Trustindex" link, and "03 clients" with three named testimonials (Amanda Frost, Bellus Bridal Hair & Makeup; Lisa Gusse, Lisa Fowler Hair + Makeup; Kirsty & Trevor, Enrich Aesthetics); no Google review count shown
newcastlewebco.com.au - Example builds
- "3 builds, all still ours to look after": Bellus Bridal Hair & Makeup, Lisa Fowler Hair + Makeup and Enrich Aesthetics (all 2026); "In the pipeline": "Newcastle Kill A Pest" "Pest control" "Coming soon". No trade build shown live on the pages read
newcastlewebco.com.au/work - Page for tradies
- Tradie page title "Web Design for Tradies | Sites That Get Calls | Newcastle Web Co", heading "Trade websites. More calls.", https://newcastlewebco.com.au/services/web-design-for-tradies/; a separate "SEO for Tradies" page (https://newcastlewebco.com.au/services/seo-for-tradies/)
newcastlewebco.com.au/services/web-design-for-tradies - Based
- "Studio" "Cameron Park NSW 2285", hours "Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm" (contact page); no street address shown
newcastlewebco.com.au/contact
Other things its pages say
- "We audited 742 local business websites in September 2026" newcastlewebco.com.au/services/web-design-for-tradies
- "Every site scores 85+ on Google's mobile speed test, 100 on accessibility, best practice and SEO"; "Starter builds in 3 weeks." newcastlewebco.com.au
- "We only take on two new builds a month to keep the quality consistent." newcastlewebco.com.au
- JSON-LD Organization "foundingDate":"2026-01-10" newcastlewebco.com.au
Is Newcastle Web Co right for you?
Best for: Hunter tradies who want a fast site with suburb pages and SEO included, and no admin login to manage.
Worth asking them: about its trade work: it is a new studio, its three live builds are hair, makeup and aesthetics, and its own pages give two prices for the Scale plan.
How does creativebyjake compare?
creativebyjake runs this site, so read this as our side of it. Same date, same kind of source.
| Newcastle Web Co | creativebyjake (ours) | |
|---|---|---|
| Website price shown | "The Starter" "$1,800" ("3 to 5 pages", "3-week turnaround"); "The Growth" from "$3,500" ("5 to 10 pages" plus "30 SEO suburb pages"); "The Authority" "Book a call" ("10 to 20 pages", "50 SEO suburb pages"). No GST note on the pages read. The tradie page repeats the three tiers: "Right for a one-van operation." for the Starter newcastlewebco.com.au/website-packages, newcastlewebco.com.au/services/web-design-for-tradies | $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 | "Maintain is $50 a month and covers Cloudflare hosting, SSL, uptime monitoring, security patching and up to two small content edits. Momentum is $200 a month and adds one SEO suburb page and one blog post every month. Scale is $850 a month for four to six suburb pages, four blog posts and 48-hour turnaround. Custom retainers start at $1,500 a month." "No minimum term." AI receptionist: "$249 a month after a one-off $790 setup", website chat "$79 a month", both "$299 a month" newcastlewebco.com.au/website-packages | 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 is in the build price ("SEO is included in every package at no extra charge.", SEO for Tradies page). Separate Google Business Profile plan: "The Local SEO plan is $350 a month and is open to any business" (four posts a week, review replies, monthly report). Add-on suburb pages "in packs of 5 for $350 or 10 for $600" on sites they built newcastlewebco.com.au/website-packages, newcastlewebco.com.au/services/seo-for-tradies | 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 badge "5.0" "Google reviews" linking to the Google reviews page (search.google.com/local/reviews?placeid=ChIJ0-OPW2NbEYYRA5qFynwu4TQ), a "Top rated · verified by Trustindex" link, and "03 clients" with three named testimonials (Amanda Frost, Bellus Bridal Hair & Makeup; Lisa Gusse, Lisa Fowler Hair + Makeup; Kirsty & Trevor, Enrich Aesthetics); no Google review count shown newcastlewebco.com.au | Not shown on the pages read creativebyjake.com.au |
| Example builds | "3 builds, all still ours to look after": Bellus Bridal Hair & Makeup, Lisa Fowler Hair + Makeup and Enrich Aesthetics (all 2026); "In the pipeline": "Newcastle Kill A Pest" "Pest control" "Coming soon". No trade build shown live on the pages read newcastlewebco.com.au/work | 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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