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By Dan Kilkelly·23 June 2026·Pricing·6 min read

What you actually get in a tradie website (real example, no fluff)

A done-for-you tradie website is a custom-built, mobile-first site of three to five pages: a hero with your trade and service area, a services page, real job photos, reviews, your licence details, and a tap-to-call number. It is hosted, secured, has on-page SEO, and most go live in days. Below are real ones you can open right now.

The proof, first-party: these are Clearway demo builds, not stock images. The mobile mechanic demo is live at /mobile-mechanic, open it on your phone. The electrician and plumber demos are live too, with links below.

What you actually get

The honest version: every site is designed and built around your business, your photos, your services, and your suburb. A trade site is a focused build of a few pages, not a sprawling project, which is why most are live in days instead of months. What is inside:

  • Hero with trade plus service area: tells a stranger in two seconds you do their job, near them.
  • Tap-to-call and quote button: turns a phone visitor into a phone call with one tap.
  • Services page: lists what you do, so you stop fielding "do you also do X" calls.
  • Real job photos: proof you have done this before, which does the trust work.
  • Reviews and licence number: the credibility a Facebook page cannot show cleanly.
  • On-page SEO and mobile-first: built so people searching your trade can find you.
  • Hosting, SSL, domain wiring: live on a fast modern edge network, secured, handled for you.

Three to five pages in a typical trade build. You own the site, code and accounts, and changes after launch, like adding a new service page, are quoted one job at a time.

Example sites you can look at

Clearway has live example sites for a range of trades, so you can judge the standard of the build before you talk to anyone. A few you can open now:

  • Mobile mechanic, at /mobile-mechanic: service-area led, big call button, "we come to you" front and centre.
  • Electrician, at /electrician-sole-trader: licence and emergency call-out up top.
  • Plumber, at /plumber-sole-trader: same shape, plumbing-first.
  • Barber, at /barber: premium bookings-led build with a gallery of cuts.

Will a cheap website be bad for SEO?

This is the question that stops most people, so here is the straight answer. Every build includes on-page SEO and runs on a fast modern edge network, the same delivery you would expect from a much pricier site. A fixed, scoped price is not the same as a low-quality build. Each site is built to what the business actually needs, so you are not paying for pages or features you will not use, and the work is not cut.

You do not have to take that on trust. Open the mobile mechanic, electrician, and plumber demos on your phone and judge the build yourself: how fast they load, how they read, how the call button behaves. That is the real output, not a sales mockup.

Do I own the website?

Worth being straight about, because people ask.

You own the code on delivery. The build is a one-off, and the site is yours to keep and host wherever you like. There is no lock-in: the accounts are yours too, and any changes after launch are quoted one job at a time.

So the code is in your own hands from day one. If you want something changed later, a new page, new photos, updated hours, you ask, get a fixed quote for that one job, and decide.

What the build does not include

Worth being straight about it too. A build does not include copywriting from scratch (your words get polished, but ghostwriting is a separate quote) or professional photography. Extras such as online bookings, content updates, or an analytics dashboard add to the scope and are quoted accordingly. For the full breakdown of what moves a quote, see our guide on what a website costs in Perth in 2026, linked below.