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One price. No rent on your own website.
A lot of agencies charge you every month, forever, and the site disappears when you stop paying. You pay me once, you own it, and the first year of changes is on me.
- Free preview in 48 hours
- Live in 14 days
- Yours once it is paid for
One-off. Up to 6 pages. Live in about 14 days. After year one, changes are $25 an hour, or free if you do them yourself.
Wherever you work
Same deal, built for your country.
Your price shows in your local money, your site is written in your local words and spelling, and your Google profile is set up for the towns you cover.
Australia
I build fast, hand-coded websites for tradies right across Australia, written the way your customers talk.
See the Australia pagecontractorsUSA
I build fast, hand-coded websites for contractors and home service businesses across the US.
See the USA pagetradespeopleUnited Kingdom
I build fast, hand-coded websites for tradespeople across the UK, written in proper British English.
See the United Kingdom pagecontractorsCanada
I build fast, hand-coded websites for contractors and trades from coast to coast.
See the Canada pagetradiesNew Zealand
I build fast, hand-coded websites for tradies right across Aotearoa, written the way Kiwis actually talk.
See the New Zealand pageWhat is included
The full list. Every line of it.
No vague promises about an online presence. This is exactly what gets built, set up and handed to you.
On the website
- Up to 6 pages, designed from scratch
- Every word written for you
- Tap-to-call and quote form on every page
- Gallery of your real jobs
- Reviews and credentials up front
- Instagram feed connected
- Fast on every phone, even on two bars
So Google can find you
- Page titles and descriptions for every page
- Local business schema markup
- Service and area wording that matches real searches
- XML sitemap submitted to Google
- Google Search Console set up
- Google Business Profile set up and linked
- Clean, hand-written code with nothing bloated
Launch and after
- Free working preview within 48 hours
- Live on your own domain in about 14 days
- A full year of edits and support
- You own the domain, the code and the content
- Light CMS to change photos, reviews and services
- Every login handed over to you
- Direct line to me, never a call centre
Not included, so there are no surprises: your domain name, which you pay to your registrar, usually a small yearly cost.
Buy once or rent forever
What you pay over three years.
Many website companies charge a monthly fee for a site you never own. Here is a typical monthly plan next to a one-off build.
Yours to keep once it is paid for
Stop paying and you can lose the lot
Where I sit
What should a website for trades cost?
Most small business websites fall into three groups. Here is where your money goes in each.
DIY builders and template shops
- Generic theme with your logo dropped in
- You write it all yourself
- Little or no local SEO
- Often slow on phones
Mago Labs, from $799
- Designed from scratch for your trade
- Every word written for you
- Local SEO built in from day one
- Live in about 14 days, yours to keep
Big agencies
- Workshops and long timelines
- Junior staff often do the work
- Ongoing retainers
- More than most trades need
After year one
Your pick, every time.
Leave it
It keeps running. Nothing more to pay me.
$25 an hour
Send me the changes on WhatsApp. I do them.
Do it yourself, free
The light CMS lets you change photos, reviews and services.
Add when you are ready
Extras, quoted before you commit.
Pricing questions
Straight answers.
How much does a website cost?
The build starts from $799 as a one-off payment. That covers up to 6 pages, every word written for you, Google Business Profile setup and a year of edits and support. Bigger builds are quoted before you commit.
Are there any monthly or yearly fees?
No monthly rent and no yearly fee from me. The only ongoing cost is your domain name, which you pay to your registrar directly, usually a small amount once a year. You own it, so it never depends on me.
What happens after the first year?
Your pick. Leave the site as it is and pay nothing. Send me changes at $25 an hour. Or update your photos, reviews and services yourself through the light CMS, free.
Why is the preview free?
Because you should see your website before you pay for it. I build a working preview from your Instagram or current site within 48 hours. If you do not love it, you walk away and owe nothing.
Who owns the website?
You do, outright, once it is paid for. Your domain, your code and your content. If you ever want to move it somewhere else, I hand everything over. No lock-in contract.
What could cost extra?
More than 6 pages, extra suburb or town pages, online booking, ongoing local SEO, the AI receptionist and social media. Everything is quoted in writing before you commit, so there are no surprises.
Your turn
Send me your Instagram. I will show you your website.
Within 48 hours you get a working preview of your new site, free and with no strings. Like it, and it can be live in two weeks.