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Best Job Management App for Tradies in Australia (2026 Prices)

5 November 2026 by Luc Dossis

For most small Australian trade businesses, the shortlist is ServiceM8, Tradify and Fergus. ServiceM8 charges by how many jobs you do, not how many people you have, so it’s usually cheapest for a crew, or for a sole trader doing up to about 50 jobs a month. Tradify suits a steady team that wants a … Read more

Missing Calls on the Tools? What Tradies Can Do (2026)

5 November 2026 by Luc Dossis

If you miss calls on the tools, set your phone up so a missed call still turns into a job. Turn on the free call screening and voicemail features already on your phone, set a voicemail greeting that says when you’ll ring back, and send a text back to every missed caller. If you miss … Read more

How Much Does a Tradie Website Cost in Australia? (2026 Prices)

5 November 2026 by Luc Dossis

A tradie website in Australia costs anywhere from about $400 to $6,700 as a one-off build, or about $19 to $250 a month on a plan, going by the published prices of six businesses that sell websites to Australian tradies. Some quote GST on top and some don’t. Building it yourself on Wix or Squarespace … Read more

Do Tradies Need a Website or Is Facebook Enough? (2026)

5 November 2026 by Luc Dossis

A Facebook page is enough to get started if most of your work comes from word of mouth and you’re already busy. If you want new customers who don’t know you yet, you need a website and a Google Business Profile, because that’s where people look when something breaks. Facebook is good for showing off … Read more

Tradie Lead Cost Report 2026: What 14 Trade Businesses Paid for Enquiries

5 November 2026 by Luc Dossis

We looked at 1,266 enquiries from 14 Australian trade and home service businesses between May and October 2026. Most of them, 71%, came from Google search and Google Business Profile, not from ads. The six businesses running Google Ads with us paid $7.34 a click and about $99 an enquiry. Electricians paid nearly twice as … Read more

Weekly Marketing Plan vs 12-Month Contract: What Tradies Should Sign in 2026

5 November 20261 November 2026 by Luc Dossis

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For most tradies, a weekly plan with no lock-in is the safer thing to sign, because you can walk away the week the work stops paying for itself. In our worked example below, leaving at month 3 costs $4,550 on a weekly plan and $19,000 on a 12-month contract with a payout clause. A contract … Read more

Google Ads vs hipages for Electricians: Which Gets You Cheaper Jobs?

1 November 2026 by Luc Dossis

Google Ads costs for tradies explained in a digital marketing context.

In our worked example, a booked job costs about the same either way at the start: about $240 to $300 in hipages leads or $200 to $320 in Google Ads clicks. Google Ads gets cheaper per job once your website, call tracking and negative keywords are set up. Every lead there is yours alone. hipages … Read more

hipages vs Your Own Website: What Each Really Costs Per Job

1 November 2026 by Luc Dossis

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hipages wins if you need jobs this week or your jobs are worth $2,000 or more, because it can put leads in front of you within days. Your own website and Google profile win if you plan to be in business next year. In our worked example below, each hipages job costs about $240 to … Read more

The 9 Best SEO Agencies for Tradies in Australia (2026), Compared

1 November 202620 August 2026 by Luc Dossis

Who wrote this: I’m Luc Dossis, and I own Dossis Digital, one of the nine agencies on this list. So I’ve only used facts you can check on each agency’s own website, re-checked on 28 October 2026. The list is in order of the lowest published monthly price for SEO, not who I think is … Read more

How SEO for Tradies Actually Works

19 October 202612 August 2026 by Luc Dossis

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Most tradies think SEO is a mysterious monthly retainer that may or may not do anything. It’s actually five concrete jobs, and you can check whether each one has been done. SEO for tradies is the work that gets your trade business found on Google and in AI answers when someone in your area searches … Read more